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Originally Posted by moon
Considering that BYU wouldn't have been a top team it seems unlikely that they would have re-bracketed the whole tournament.
It would have been much easier to just place them in a pod that would have them play on thursday-saturday rather than a friday-sunday spot. They know which sites will play which set of games so that would have been a lot easier and made a lot more sense than changing the whole tournament.
Edit: Looks like the issue would have been if they made it to the elite eight, but even then I can't see them changing the game as that would affect so many things (TV, venue, tickets, other team etc.) Considering that plenty of Mormons play NFL on Sundays my guess is that BYU would have had to suck it up or forefit.
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There was an All-Blacks rugby player a number of years ago now who wouldn't play on Sundays.