[FarmBoy]

The first time I read about Nick Robinson was in an article published in one of the official LDS magazines. It was all about how his spiritual side helped his sports and vice versa. It didn't say anything about Stanford, of course, but it stuck with me. He also had refused to play in any Sunday tournaments, leagues, camps, etc. I'm pretty sure Mark Madsen was the same in high school. But that didn't stop either of them from competing in college. Every BYU football players of course needs to decide if they are willing to break that standard if they choose to go to the NFL. I can't recall any recent stories of top BYU players who decided not to go to the NFL because of the Sunday play issue.

On a side note, I played in an MBA basketball tournament about 10 years ago. We felt pretty good about our chances going in, primarily because we were anchored by none other than former Stanford player, Mark Seaton (a really good guy, btw). Of course, we should have realized former NCAA stars are a dime a dozen at HBS, who matched our height easily with former Duke player Matt Christensen (who was a bit of a star for Duke, at least relative to Mark's role player status for Stanford). Christensen is Mormon and it turned out he was only playing the 1st day of the tournament so he could avoid playing on Sunday, even though he played that regularly in college. So I think these rules are fluid. for different players, at different times of their careers.

[FarmBoy]

The first time I read about Nick Robinson was in an article published in one of the official LDS magazines. It was all about how his spiritual side helped his sports and vice versa. It didn't say anything about Stanford, of course, but it stuck with me. He also had refused to play in any Sunday tournaments, leagues, camps, etc. I'm pretty sure Mark Madsen was the same in high school. But that didn't stop either of them from competing in college. Every BYU football players of course needs to decide if they are willing to break that standard if they choose to go to the NFL. I can't recall any recent stories of top BYU players who decided not to go to the NFL because of the Sunday play issue.

On a side note, I played in an MBA basketball tournament about 10 years ago. We felt pretty good about our chances going in, primarily because we were anchored by none other than former Stanford player, Mark Seaton (a really good guy, btw). Of course, we should have realized former NCAA stars are a dime a dozen at HBS, who matched our height easily with former Duke player Matt Christensen (who was a bit of a star for Duke, at least relative to Mark's role player status for Stanford). Christensen is Mormon and it turned out he was only playing the 1st day of the tournament so he could avoid playing on Sunday, even though he played that regularly in college. So I think these rules are fluid. for different players, at different times of their careers.