COLUMBUS, Ohio — College football players are at risk of testing positive for COVID-19 and having negative health issues. That’s a fact of this college football season. The result is that about 30 players have opted-out of the season so far, including 12 of them in the Big Ten. These are serious issues with serious consequences. But that’s also true of every football season. Players risk head trauma — concussions now, and possibly, CTE in the future. They can break bones or tear ligaments. Risk, at some level, is part of every snap. So might players in the future consider opting-out of that? Nathan Baird and I talked about that idea on this Friday Buckeye Talk episode, as we examined the players that have opted-out so far and the effect on the Big Ten schedule. We also took a question about where Ohio State would be ranked if, for instance,…
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