Friday nights should be reserved for HIGH SCHOOL football in Iowa according to a member of the Iowa House.
That’s State Representative Peter Cownie of West Des Moines. He’s sponsoring legislation that would forbid the Hawkeyes from playing in Iowa City on a Friday night. The Cyclones and Panthers couldn’t play a “home” football game on a Friday night either if his bill becomes law.
Iowa has offered to host a home game to kick off the 2018 season, on the Friday of Labor Day weekend.
Representatives of the Board of Regents that governs the University of Iowa are officially registered as “undecided” on Cownie’s bill. Last November the Big Ten announced its new T-V deal includes a package of six Friday night games per season during each of the next six seasons. Penn State has announced it will not participate.
