Randy Wade, father of Ohio State cornerback Shaun Wade, weighs in on the Big Ten announcing the return of the football season on ‘Fox & Friends.’
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Jillian good morning were back
Jillian good morning were back
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Brian
Brian, all right thanks so much
Jillian.
So some real big news yesterday
and the president was extremely
excited.
He played a role in it: the
parents, the players and the
president worked hard with
heel officials to get the big ten
to play football. Why
we learned more about this virus
number two. As you
know, the acc is playing. The F
cc is playing, and maybe
the PAC 12 will be playing. So
that is great news. They are
going to play football.
One of the people that made this
happen is a parent, Randy, W
Ade and still deciding
whether hes going to come back
or just be a first round draft
pick without even playing this
year, but Randy
it wasnt about your son. This
was about playing football
and the families and players in
the big ten wasnt it.
Oh yeah, oh yeah. It was
definitely not about me.
It was about these parents and
different situations that the
kids are in and by them not
playing in the fall. It just hurt
them tremendously and not just
like in their feelings, but as
far as preparing for the
draft and stuff like tax,
just holding them back
Brian. So when you saw the SEC,
the ACC Playing
football, you actually saw them
play. What were you thinking?
The frustration must have been
off. The charts
im like this is crazy.
This is crazy.
The big ten is the best
conference in America is not
playing.
The NFL is playing and were
not playing, and it just was
unthinkable.
It was unthinkable
Brian. So you have your son
Shawn, whose still deciding
whether he wants to come back or
not, and you just tell me hes
worried because in his head, hes
preparing for the combines and
preparing for the pros, so
youre worried about him coming
back this year in a season that
has him playing in a few weeks
right
yeah. This is not an ordinary season
ordinary season.
So coming back quick, you know
it is my focus so right now
yesterday was his birthday, so we
partied yesterday
we are just getting up and were
going to talk about it later on
in the day, but whats more
important right now for his
future whats more important
winning the championship at Ohio,
state or running a four point. Three in the
combine
you know he has to think about
his future at the same time,
its not his fault that this
happened for thirty something
days with no information, no
transparency, but were going to
definitely think about it,
Brian. So the word from the
conference is, while were so
much better off than we were
five weeks ago, so much more
prepared than we were forty three days
ago. Do you think thats it that
were better prepared, that they
have different protocols, or do
you think its something else?
I definitely think its
something else, but im sitting
here with the rest of the parent
s and were happy that,
at the end of the day, we wanted
transparency, but at the end of
the day the bottom line was we
want to make football safe.
We as a parent and the fans,
thought they shut it down too
early.
Of course we dont know it.
Dont seem to matter
our kids are playing and have a
chance to play for the national
championship.
Brian Randy, your son is going
to go pro, but its not about
going pro. Is it
its about the team? The journey
thatll never be replaced and
those moments for parents,
players, fans the school. You
wont, have the fans in the
stands, but they will have
something to watch.
This was a unnecessary sacrifice.
Final thought:
yes, unnecessary sacrifice.
My final thought is the parents
from the big ten. We need to stay
together and build some kind of
union to have a voice for the
players.
The players go through so many
things that have nothing to do
with coronavirus on a daily
basis and it gets brushed under
the rug by different schools and
we need to stay together and
form a union for the players
because they have no voice.
Everybody else does
Brian well dont stop, even
when your son graduates and
whatever he decides to do,
because you are definitely a
powerful voice.
Pac 12, you saw what just
happened.
Get your act together, get some
protocols, the resources. Are
there get back on the field?
Randy thanks so much and I hope
Shawn makes the right decision.
He cant make a wrong decision.
Would love to see him on the
field. If not well, see him.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-17.