Arkansas AD Sounds Off: Are Leaked Late Kickoff Times Sabotaging the Season?
Arkansas will open on September 5 against North Alabama, then visit Utah on September 12 and host Georgia on September 19. Still, the kick-off times are an issue.
“ESPN has set our game at Utah for 9:15 p.m. Central Time on September 12. We anticipate returning to campus at approximately 6 a.m. on Sunday, September 13 – followed by an 11 a.m. home kickoff against Georgia just six days later on September 19. This assigned schedule will cost our student-athletes nearly a full day of rest and recovery that they would otherwise have available to them. This is not simply a competitive disadvantage – it is a genuine welfare issue for the young men who represent our program and contribute greatly to the bottom line of our television partners,” the letter continues
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