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Brigham Young? I Don't Think So
Rick Reilly
November 12, 2001
Would you send your junior high football team to play a high school squad? Of course not! They'd get whacked. Did you think it was fair that busloads of 12-year-olds got whiffed by 14-year-old pitcher Danny Almonte in the Little League World Series? Hell, no!
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November 12, 2001

Brigham Young? I Don't Think So

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From now on, nobody older than 23 at the start of a season should be allowed to play college football. Look, nobody's criticizing Mormon missions. If you feel the calling, good for you. However, the mission isn't required by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it's perfectly fine to go on one after you finish college, or even after you retire. Nobody is limiting anybody's religious freedom here, but it's not fair that these BYU players get to go back, suit up and kick the bejesus out of kids fresh out of high school.

That stuff just isn't Christian.

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