[NU Sports] NU-Nevada game to conflict with Rosh Hashanah

[Jonathan Hodges]

I'm sure he Nevada athletic department had more to do with the
scheduling of the game to Friday, but I wouldn't see the NU AD nixing
a nationally televised date for many reasons.  Especially since
college football is all about the money, as we all know by now.  NU's
academic schedule does get adjusted for some holidays (when the Jewish
high holidays fall later in the year, the start of fall quarter gets
pushed back a little), although the university still does not make it
an official holiday (Good Friday/Easter weekend also gives no extra
holidays unless it happens to fall during spring break).  So many
sports are purposely scheduled on holidays now (lots of football on
Thanksgiving, basketball on Christmas, more football on New Years),
that I don't think they really give much regard to time spent by
people doing things other than watching tv on any given holiday.

Jonathan


On 2/25/06, Jim Bendat <thehaze at earthlink.net> wrote:
> http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/022306aaa.html
>
> So, I see that NU announced its football schedule this past week.  We
> already knew the 12 games, but the one change is the date of the game at
> Nevada.  Previously scheduled for September 23rd, that game has now been
> moved up to Friday night September 22nd and will be televised by ESPN2.
>
> That Friday night is the first night of Rosh Hashanah.  This change
> doesn't sit well with me at all.  I wonder whether our administration
> even bothered to check out the possibility of a conflict with a
> significant religious holiday.
>
> Jim B.
>
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