The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/football/)
JT Baker ’21, a football player who ran for student-elected trustee, was disqualified because of an email a Cornell Athletics official sent alerting athletes to Baker’s campaign and encouraging them to vote in the election.
Cornell football players expressed their anger on Wednesday that their teammate was disqualified from the student-elected trustee election.
It is no surprise that playing football can be dangerous; however, studies show that merely being a fan of football can also pose some serious risks. While many hail Super Bowl Sunday as a national holiday, evidence suggests that it is one of the unhealthiest days of the year. Football, one of the most followed sports in America, has some pretty serious fans — the Facebook presence of the NFL alone has over 17.2 million followers. Just last year, the championship game was broadcasted to over 103 million viewers. But the dramatic fluctuations from the victorious highs to the defeating, anxiety-ridden lows can take a toll on one’s body.
Princeton’s win in its season finale against Penn capped off an undefeated season, and cemented the Tigers as outright Ivy champions. The Red battled for a 3-4 Ivy record, but instead fell to 2-5 in a heartbreaker at Columbia making Cornell’s final record only better than that of winless Brown.
Cornell took the lead in the final minute before Columbia returned the ensuing kickoff to the house for the game-winning touchdown.
Cornell ends its season in New York City on Saturday.
There’s nothing to play for in terms of playoffs, but Cornell is motivated to send its seniors off with a win in New York City.
Cornell’s skid of no winning record in league play since 2005 continues with the loss to Dartmouth.
Cornell’s seniors gave it their all in their final game on East Hill.
The Red takes on yet another stellar defensive team, hoping to keep its hopes of a 4-3 league record alive.