Apparently Justin Fields believes playing football right now is safer than playing football in the spring. You honestly can't make this stuff up. Fields has started a petition, with over 100k signatures, for the Big Ten to reinstate the fall football schedule. There are universities that won't even be holding in person classes this fall and Fields believes he needs to be playing football.
The absurd part of this story to me is that the Big Ten hasn't even cancelled the season, they've just delayed it until spring when they feel the season can be played under safer conditions.
Apparently this is a cause close to Fields heart. Not the 1,000 americans dying every day from covid. Not massive unrest all across the nation and the BLM movement. Nope Fields is standing his ground for the college football season, WHICH ISN'T EVEN CANCELLED BY THE WAY.
Pure insanity from this completely tone deaf young man and everyone else who's signed the petition. There are more important things in the world than college football and until games can undeniably be played safely, there shouldn't be any football at all.