ESPN launched its school soccer bowl schedule for the 2024 season and its resolution to modify issues round left many individuals within the HBCU world upset. And a few members of the Dan LeBatard Present as effectively.
ESPN moved bowl season up per week as a result of expanded Faculty Soccer Playoff discipline. That included the Celebration Bowl, the sport between the Mid-Japanese Athletic Convention (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Convention (SWAC) champions that usually decide the HBCU nationwide championship. Traditionally, the sport has taken place the week earlier than Christmas. However it has been moved as much as Dec. 14.
That places the Celebration Bowl, in addition to the Camellia Bowl, on the identical day because the historic Military-Navy Recreation. Dan LeBatard Present co-host Stugotz isn’t feeling it.
“Faculty soccer doesn’t care about our army. They don’t care about our troops,” Stugotz stated throughout Monday’s broadcast. “This recreation has been an remoted recreation, Military-Navy, and people two colleges, the troops, they need to have a weekend that’s all about them.”
“They took this remoted recreation, this stunning recreation…you already know what they did? Now you get the Camellia Bowl, and also you get the Celebration Bowl,” Stugotz continued. “That may be a shame, and I’ll let you know why. Go forward – title any crew who has performed within the final 10 of any of these bowls. The reply is you possibly can’t. I assure you possibly can inform me yearly who’s taking part in within the Military-Navy recreation.”
Whereas not for a similar cause, many within the HBCU soccer ranks aren’t a lot happier concerning the change of date for the Celebration Bowl. Some others had been upset as a result of it gave the SWAC one much less week to arrange for the Celebration Bowl in comparison with its MEAC opponent. ESPN Occasions, in fact, owns the bowl recreation.
What do you concentrate on the Celebration Bowl transferring up per week? Is it a sensible transfer or an unfair benefit?
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