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Should college football be shown on Sunday?

Depends on the college. Obviously you won't see Notre Dame or any religious school playing football on Sunday. Also unlikely that any of the state schools would play on Sunday. If you know any government people, they absolutely abhor work on Sunday.

The other issue is getting TV to carry it. Any network that has a deal with the NFL isn't likely to break their Sunday schedule.
 
TheBigA said:
Depends on the college. Obviously you won't see Notre Dame or any religious school playing football on Sunday. Also unlikely that any of the state schools would play on Sunday. If you know any government people, they absolutely abhor work on Sunday.

The other issue is getting TV to carry it. Any network that has a deal with the NFL isn't likely to break their Sunday schedule.
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That eliminates OTA except for the fringe networks, and all the major cable sports players but Turner.
 
CTListener said:
That eliminates OTA except for the fringe networks, and all the major cable sports players but Turner.
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So just the streamers. How badly do they want to get in the sports business? How much money to spend for limited return.

The other side of this is the declining ratings for sports. That includes college. Do they want 100% of Saturday or the potential of 50% on Sunday?
 
TheBigA said:
So just the streamers. How badly do they want to get in the sports business? How much money to spend for limited return.

The other side of this is the declining ratings for sports. That includes college. Do they want 100% of Saturday or the potential of 50% on Sunday?
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ESPN isn't part of the NFL's afternoon picture, so maybe they move a few of their many Saturday college games over to Sunday. You speculate that religious and state schools might not want to play on Sundays, but what about secular private schools or state schools in states where college football isn't an obsession? The games might be better suited for ESPNU than ESPN or ESPN2, but at least they'd be on cable as well as streaming. But you'd think ESPN+ would have streamed a few Sunday college games by now, just to get its toes wet, but none have been available, so maybe it's a combination of schools not being interested and ESPN not wanting to ruffle NFL feathers.
 
Absolutely no chance of this happening. The colleges aren't going to challenge the NFL because they'll get killed in the ratings. Plus, if people really disliked the NFL why does their money always go up and why did the new XFL crater so quick?
 
The XFL cratered in 2020 because most (all?) of their teams could not play due to Covid-19 restrictions. Or, at least that's a convenient excuse for the next time someone starts a pro football league.
 
TheBigA said:
Obviously you won't see Notre Dame or any religious school playing football on Sunday. Also unlikely that any of the state schools would play on Sunday. If you know any government people, they absolutely abhor work on Sunday.
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Not sure why I didn't challenge this absurdity before, but I will now. Notre Dame, Xavier, BYU and TCU all play basketball on Sunday, as do Indiana, Ohio State, Utah and Texas. You'll find both kinds of colleges and universities playing baseball and other sports -- including participating in conference and national tournaments -- on "the Lord's day" as well. Your scenarios were neither obvious nor unlikely.
 
CTListener said:
Made = mad? As in upset about kneeling and BLM? Who gives a crap if they have a choice? Oh, and Sunday college football is not going to happen. The neutrals are going to stick with the NFL, meaning those college games will attract only fans of the participating teams and the occasional redneck.
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I agree fully. The person who wrote this letter to the editor with their opinion is most likely the same kind of person who posts memes on Facebook, asking why companies like Nike don't do more to highlight and pay tribute to athletes who stood for the Anthem, or who did something particularly patriotic or 'merican in their opinions, instead of broadcasting commercials featuring more outspoken athletes who refuse to 'shut up and dribble'. While I'm sure there are varying opinions, I think most would be happy to keep things as they are - Saturdays are for college football, Sundays are for pro games and Monday Night Football is beer/wing night with friends at their watering hole of choice.

Also consider that, in some markets, radio and/or TV guys sometimes work both college and pro football. They'll call college games for one group of stations on Saturdays, then travel to cover NFL games for a different sports network on other days. Having college and pro games both played on Sundays may present conflicts for them. Two examples that come to mind in the Pittsburgh market would be Jack Flemming - He broadcast WVU football games on Saturdays and also called Pittsburgh Steelers games with Myron Cope (he also worked WVU basketball games at different periods while also voicing NBA games for the Chicago Bulls for a time). Later, Bill Hillgrove did something similar, calling Pitt football games and also broadcasting with the Steelers network. Many stadiums are also used for college on Saturdays and pro on Sundays, Mondays or Thursdays.
 
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Not sure about this year yet, but there have been college games on Sunday before the NFL season starts, usually on Labor Day weekend, when there isn't a conflict. But putting college games on Sundays competing against NFL games on a regular basis doesn't make sense. There would be too many conflicts on the networks that carry college and NFL games., and the NFL has a deal where all games are shown somewhere in the nation. Saturday works best for college and Sunday for the NFL.
 
TheBigA said:
Just because they do it in basketball doesn't mean they'll do it in football.
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No way to back you into a corner and make you admit it, is there, BigA? ;) The NCAA has its Final Four semifinals on Sunday. Every school eligible plays. Even if Liberty (Falwell's old school) were to get into the semis, it wouldn't pull out over religion. You mean to say it would say no thanks to a nationally televised football game against, say, James Madison?
 
CTListener said:
No way to back you into a corner and make you admit it, is there, BigA? ;)
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Not sure what you mean...we're all just speculating here. What am I admitting? No one has officially proposed doing this. Just someone writing a letter to the editor. Big jump from there to it actually happening.

But sure, we all know if you pay a college enough money they'll do just about anything. Notre Dame used to have this policy that they wouldn't allow other events in their football stadium. Then in 2018, they started booking concerts there, and even hosted the NHL's Winter Classic on that hallowed grass. So nothing is sacred.
 
CTListener said:
Not sure why I didn't challenge this absurdity before, but I will now. Notre Dame, Xavier, BYU and TCU all play basketball on Sunday, as do Indiana, Ohio State, Utah and Texas. You'll find both kinds of colleges and universities playing baseball and other sports -- including participating in conference and national tournaments -- on "the Lord's day" as well. Your scenarios were neither obvious nor unlikely.
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BYU does not play or practice on Sundays in any sport. Playing sports on Sunday violates the university's Code of Conduct, and is not allowed to happen. If BYU does make the NCAA Basketball Tournament, they are seeded so that they play Thursday and Saturday, not Friday and Sunday.

www.yahoo.com

NCAA will change tournament schedule if BYU advances to the Sweet 16

BYU is in a region that plays on Sunday in the Sweet 16. A longstanding school policy means the NCAA would have the Cougars play Saturday instead.
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Doesn't the NCAA have an agreement with the NFL that they won't schedule games on Saturday until college is done. I'm sure the NCAA knows they would get killed if the NFL played more Saturday afternoon games.
 
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