re: B10 Retaliation?

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I believe it was multi-purposed. Firstly, it was political. He wanted to ratchet up unhappiness, pre-election. The guy is on record that he wants to use the B1G as a tool to effect political and social change.

Secondly, it was a power move that backfired. He hoped that, by the B1G leading a boycott of football, that he could position himself as a national power player. Sankey had other ideas.

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This sounds like conspiracy theories to those who do not keep up with these things but this was a real thing among Big 10 schools and the government in Big 10 states. They wanted to shut everything down. I have no issues with those who wanted to do so over public safety and health of the athletes but it was mostly political. The proof in that statement is the Big 10 would not have restarted the seaason if they had canceled it to begin with over a true concern for public health.