High Schools Struggle with College Games on Fridays

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High school football on Friday nights is considered a sacred part of life in many areas of the country, and some athletic directors are unhappy with what they see as encroachment by college football into their special day of the week.

The Big Ten Conference, which announced in 2016 that it would begin playing some conference games on Friday nights, was a subject of criticism by high schools throughout the midwest for the policy change, and those criticisms haven’t slowed down. 

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