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it was actually introduced a year ago but still hasn't been acted on -
there are other somewhat similar examples in other states...
"Several examples tend to come up in conversations about state-mandated rivalries.
There??™s Alabama, where the state House of Representatives passed a resolution in 1947
encouraging Auburn and the University of Alabama to resume playing each other in football after a 40-year hiatus.
The resolution was not a law, but it worked. The teams resumed play the next year and have played every year since.
There??™s Florida, where the state Senate voted in 1955 on a bill that would have forced Florida and Florida State to play each other in football.
The bill failed, but it sparked conversations that led to the beginning of the Gators-Seminoles rivalry, in 1958.
And then there??™s Iowa. Bill Self even referenced the Hawkeye State in his interview with Katz:
???Iowa plays Northern Iowa because the state Legislature says you have to,???
Self said. ???If someone were to come and say something that it??™s law, then we would have to.???
Only that isn??™t true. ???Many folks have said that for years,??? University of Northern Iowa spokesperson
Colin McDonough wrote to Grantland in an email regarding such a law, ???but it has never existed in the state of Iowa.???
Obviously Kansas will never play Wichita because they don't want to lose revenue - and probably won't even play then at Kansas out of fear of embarrassment.
it just is as it is - chicken...
there are other somewhat similar examples in other states...
"Several examples tend to come up in conversations about state-mandated rivalries.
There??™s Alabama, where the state House of Representatives passed a resolution in 1947
encouraging Auburn and the University of Alabama to resume playing each other in football after a 40-year hiatus.
The resolution was not a law, but it worked. The teams resumed play the next year and have played every year since.
There??™s Florida, where the state Senate voted in 1955 on a bill that would have forced Florida and Florida State to play each other in football.
The bill failed, but it sparked conversations that led to the beginning of the Gators-Seminoles rivalry, in 1958.
And then there??™s Iowa. Bill Self even referenced the Hawkeye State in his interview with Katz:
???Iowa plays Northern Iowa because the state Legislature says you have to,???
Self said. ???If someone were to come and say something that it??™s law, then we would have to.???
Only that isn??™t true. ???Many folks have said that for years,??? University of Northern Iowa spokesperson
Colin McDonough wrote to Grantland in an email regarding such a law, ???but it has never existed in the state of Iowa.???
Obviously Kansas will never play Wichita because they don't want to lose revenue - and probably won't even play then at Kansas out of fear of embarrassment.
it just is as it is - chicken...