LINCOLN — Gov. Pete Ricketts waded into the increasingly political fray Monday over the Big Ten’s decision to postpone fall sports because of the pandemic.
At a press conference, the governor said the conference had “made a mistake,” both in the decision they made and how it was announced, and he called for conference officials to reconsider.
“I think the Big Ten has taken a bad approach with regard to this and I would certainly encourage the Big Ten to reexamine what they’re doing because they’re penalizing a lot of folks here,” Ricketts said.
The governor said conference officials should let member universities make decisions based on the situations in their particular location.
In Nebraska, he said it would be “all manageable” to hold football games this fall. The university had been working on plans, in cooperation with public health officials, before the Big Ten announcement.
