How common is this? I have LDS friends in Provo who will not go shopping or out

Jun 27, 2016
10:14:11am

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to eat because it promotes Sunday work. They want to keep the Sabbath holy, yet we spend Sunday afternoons watching football all day. I don't judge, I just think legislating free agency is difficult.

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The aspect of BYU and Sunday play that is fascinating to me

Coog4Life

6/27/16 6:11am

I think most members have adopted a stance that you try not to work on Sunday's but sometimes it's required. For

SouthernBlueBlood

6/27/16 6:33am

I don't know a single person that won't work on Sunday if they have to

YIsForBrigham

6/27/16 6:34am

Define "have to"

(Private)

6/27/16 4:21pm

I think most players that feel that way drop out of the sports because of that

Revolution

6/27/16 7:09am

Yes, it seems like every family must deal with this at some point if their kids

nukeduker

6/27/16 7:53am

Many people around me complain that in order to be able to play at BYU you have

Fdnman

6/27/16 7:13am

I hadn't ever thought of that. Interesting yet unfortunate dilemma.

Lalau

6/27/16 7:21am

Yes, that seems like the very definition of an ethical dilemma

nukeduker

6/27/16 7:51am

This has been gnawing at me lately

Ulysses14

6/27/16 8:07am

You can't even play community basketball or football in our area after about 7th

Fdnman

6/27/16 8:25am

Youth football on Sunday? Is that a thing now? That sucks

YIsForBrigham

6/27/16 3:27pm

Really? So how is BYU any different from every other D1 program. You get offered if your good, BYU doesn't control that.

SnickSnack

6/27/16 8:28am

That isn't reality. Reality is if you don't play on Sunday you will never get

Fdnman

6/27/16 8:32am

Amen Amen Amen

OC Coug

6/27/16 9:28am

I don't disagree that playing on Sunday helps you be a better player. But how is this a BYU problem? So BYU should

SnickSnack

6/27/16 12:03pm

They aren't different than any other D1 program...that is the point. Every kid

Fdnman

6/27/16 8:35am

And you get better on Sunday play - in youth sports Sunday is like the

OC Coug

6/27/16 9:35am

BYU coaches attend the Sunday games and recruit those players who play on Sunday

WaterCat

6/27/16 12:43pm

This was a huge issue for us in Florida. The good, better and best talk hit

IUCougar

6/27/16 8:45am

Not making it to church because they choose to play sports on Sunday...

CoachSpeak

6/27/16 10:30am

I understand the viewpoint, but also the question is whether those weekday

Fdnman

6/27/16 10:33am

That certainly is a dilemma

stoils

6/27/16 10:39am

Good points...

CoachSpeak

6/27/16 10:51am

I don't disagree...

CoachSpeak

6/27/16 10:43am

I agree completely. The Church tries to monopolize so much of kids free time

Singcat

6/27/16 12:32pm

Yes. How do we do missionary work, be involved in the community, etc. if

Ulysses14

6/27/16 1:37pm

Facing that right now. Son was invited to play on AAU team...

zerome4sooners

6/27/16 11:21am

This is a real issue for all but Football every other sport has tournaments etc

CariocaCoug

6/27/16 11:40am

I think if Larry Miller could have set the schedule the Jazz would skip Sundays.

Cougarpolis

6/27/16 7:13am

They don't have it figured out

wapiti

6/27/16 9:25am

The Jazz do not play at home on Sunday's except in playoffs.

WJCougar

6/27/16 1:34pm

hmm, did not know that. Just remember Larry "not going to the games" during

Cougarpolis

6/27/16 2:22pm

He got special permission to not play home games on Sunday's...

WJCougar

6/27/16 2:46pm

1% assumption is totally wrong

Onside Schtick

6/27/16 7:51am

Amen. My experience is that most LDS parents will drop the sport...

canofpicante

6/27/16 12:50pm

I think it is a lot higher %. Those that don't just don't get make it as far.

blueaussie

6/27/16 8:58am

It's much higher.

canofpicante

6/27/16 12:53pm

Agreed.

blueaussie

6/27/16 6:01pm

Is it possible to keep Sunday holy and still do activities?

coastcat

6/27/16 9:02am

Well its certainly not refraining fronm your weekly activities

OC Coug

6/27/16 9:44am

How common is this? I have LDS friends in Provo who will not go shopping or out

coastcat

6/27/16 10:14am

I don't necessarily think it is wrong to use this reason (i.e. not doing things

nukeduker

6/27/16 10:42am

I think you assume people are watching TV all day

OC Coug

6/27/16 10:49am

I had a roommate who worked Sunday's, so he treated another day of the week as

bretonnia

6/27/16 9:47am

I use President Nelson's words to guide me on this subject

nukeduker

6/27/16 10:04am

What would lead you to make this kind of statement? Do you have data to back it

Ironhide

6/27/16 9:12am

I can name 124 BYU players that have played in the NFL

Coog4Life

6/27/16 11:22am

He has no data. Let's keep it real.

canofpicante

6/27/16 1:02pm

I'll take that

Ironhide

6/27/16 1:10pm

I can see the lack of clarity in my OP

Coog4Life

6/27/16 1:13pm

I assume coaches as well - my interaction was that a specific coach was very

OC Coug

6/27/16 9:51am

And the Church newspaper, the DN, will write glowing articles about Frank

rocker

6/27/16 9:56am

yep...i guess we'll all be happy when these awesome mormon athletes excel

nashty

6/27/16 10:12am

i'll never consider the DN SPorts section an extension of the church

fattycoug

6/27/16 11:32am

i've posted about this a hundred times. BYU sends their coaches to recruit

nashty

6/27/16 10:11am

I don't see what BYU does as hypocrisy

Ulysses14

6/27/16 10:27am

Is it strange that I wouldn't want BYU to celebrate people like Eli Herring

nukeduker

6/27/16 10:36am

In other news: BYU cafeterias open in Freshman dorms on Sunday

MarylandFan

6/27/16 10:37am

This makes me think of my mostly-jewish competitive eating team.

mvtoro

6/27/16 11:15am

This is a very strange analogy.

Jay Rick

6/27/16 11:36am

womens rugby team forfeited rather than play.

Mayor of Cougartown

6/27/16 10:57am

Do most of you commenting on this live outside of Utah?

CoachSpeak

6/27/16 11:37am

Yes Arizona I took my soccer team up to Utah to play in the Utah state games

CariocaCoug

6/27/16 11:42am

Yes. CA. (Grew up in AZ)

nashty

6/27/16 11:56am

Ulysses14

6/27/16 12:09pm

nukeduker

6/27/16 12:15pm

Outside utah virtually every sport plays on Sundays. It has really had an

Singcat

6/27/16 12:42pm

There are many things more difficult being Mormon outside utah. Sports

Singcat

6/27/16 12:44pm

NC - my daughter was just invited to an elite soccer camp

OBXCougar

6/27/16 1:13pm

One would hope that if she attends the camps at BYU, she'll get an offer

WaterCat

6/27/16 1:24pm

Yes. In Florida, most high schools have a travelling team in the summer. If

IUCougar

6/27/16 2:41pm

I think you lack the data to make such claims reliable.

canofpicante

6/27/16 12:46pm

I got the impression he was talking about athletes on the pro level...

CoachSpeak

6/27/16 12:59pm

Maybe you're right. I took him at his words: "LDS players".

canofpicante

6/27/16 1:17pm

I think I lost my testimony reading this thread. Thanks for opening my eyes.

StalwartBraveTrue

6/27/16 12:48pm

Doesn't matter how many athletes feel this way

reddead

6/27/16 2:46pm

This will affect my niece next She is 12 lives in Maryland

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