Editor’s note: This letter was sent to HawkFanatic from the parent of an Iowa football player

Response to the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors
& Commissioner Warren’s Announcement from August 19, 2020

Iowa Hawkeye Football Parents
August 20, 2020

The Iowa Hawkeye Football Parents firmly reject BIG10 Commissioner Warren’s Press Release dated 8-19-2020.
Commissioner Warren & Presidents have once again failed to address our questions and concerns and therefore their response is unacceptable.

The lack of transparency, hypocrisy, and failure of leadership gives us no confidence in this decision, or future decisions.
BIG10 players, who have sacrificed so much, deserve better. BIG10 parents and fans deserve better. The athletes that
will suffer due to the economic impact of this decision and the loss of opportunity to realize their dreams are in our
thoughts and our prayers. They are not blind to the risks of playing and never have been.
Collectively, we demand better of the BIG10.

That said, our parent representatives are still going to the BIG10 HQ this Friday as planned.

It is our hope that parents representing the players of all BIG10 schools will do the same so their voices can be heard.

Lastly, we support the Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA) initiative that has been discussed in the media. We
trust this inquiry will get the answers we all so desperately need. If it reveals that our players and the truth have been
misrepresented by the BIG10, we believe there should be consequences.

We humbly await your reply at hawkeyeparent@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Iowa Hawkeye Football Parents

Go Hawks! Go Big Ten