People wanted a Red-White scrimmage, so Bradley gave them what they wanted. Before attacking the idea of the event on a Sunday PM realize that that was the only reasonable time and day to have it. They didn't pick the Sunday night out of the air. First, the Red-White scrimmage is officially defined as a practice by the NCAA rules, and thus, the players are not allowed to miss schoolwork or classes for it. That essentially ruled out any week night, since several players have classes, and would have had to miss the scrimmage. And besides, if they had held it on a weeknight, there probably would have been complaints about that, too.
And note that the Volleyball team had scheduled home conference matches on both Friday night, Oct. 22 (Creighton) and Saturday, Oct. 23 (Drake- though this match was moved to Sunday noon because of the funeral for Phil kaiser). Those games are scheduled by the MVC and take priority over a men's BB practice. That meant that the scrimmage could not be scheduled for this past Friday or Saturday. And next weekend, Bradley is playing an important closed scrimmage against Iowa State at the Arena, so that ruled out next weekend, as the team was not going to play on back-to-back days. And, of course, the following weekend Bradley plays Quincy in an exhibition game, ruling out that weekend. Plus, people would have complained anyway if the Red-White wasn't scheduled until that late.
So please realize Bradley does try to schedule these events considering what is best for the fans, and they do a great job. However, fans must realize some of the circumstances that go into the decision. Yesterday's date and time was the best available time for this event.
