GOOD LUCK WITH THAT....
Ain't gonna be changed. As the little note says, it is also
scheduled for the holiday in 2014. They can start working on that
one. Pulling a national game at this late date? Are they CRAZY??
David
To compel a
man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of
ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and
tyrannical.--Thomas Jefferson
On 9/27/2010 12:17 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Jerusalem Post
Jewish
students want new date for Yom Kippur game
By
JTA
09/27/2010
13:38
University
of Texas Jewish students working to change date of a
football game next year because it falls holy day.
Jewish
students at the University
of Texas are working to change the
date of next year's football game against rival Oklahoma
because it falls on Yom Kippur.
The university's Student Government voted unanimously last
week to call for the rescheduling of the Oct. 8, 2011 game,
the Statesman reported.
At least 1,200 people have signed an online petition urging
the rescheduling of the game.
More than 4,000 University of Texas undergraduate students
are Jewish.
The Texas-Oklahoma game, widely known as the "Red River
Rivalry," is traditionally played each year at the Cotton
Bowl during the Texas State Fair.
The game has been played on Yom Kippur five times in the
past, the first time in 1940 and most recently in 1997, the
Statesman reported. The 2014 game also is scheduled for Yom
Kippur.
The online petition reads: "Next year, Texas-OU weekend
falls on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, a
day dedicated to fasting and repentance. The event is more
than the game itself. It is the state fair, the fried foods,
college GameDay, and the atmosphere of a neutral site game
that cannot be duplicated. Over ten percent of undergraduate
students at the University of Texas (as well as countless
alumni, season ticket holders, and other supporters) are
Jewish. For them to be forced to choose between the holiest
day in Judaism and the biggest day of the year for Texas
football (and the events surrounding the game) is unfair."
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