North Carolina legislators advance schedule mandates amid college sports uncertainty
Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. — In a move reflecting volatile and changing times in college athletics, North Carolina state legislators advanced a bill Tuesday that would require the state’s two largest public universities to play each other annually in football and basketball and play three other top public system schools regularly. The bill also would direct the Wolfpack and Tar Heels to play East Carolina University, Appalachian State University or the University of North Carolina at Charlotte at least once every year in those sports. More specifically, the bill says N.C. State and UNC would have to play at least one home and one away game against each of the other three schools every six years. “Nobody knows really what’s going to happen with ‘super-alignment,’” Willis said, so requiring N.C. State and UNC to compete against each other if they end up in different conferences “just makes complete sense for the state of North Carolina.” The legislation also would allow a game between schools to be held at a neutral site if the otherwise home team chooses.
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