The University of Texas Football Team will be hosting the Crimson Tide of Alabama in Austin this year in one of the most anticipated non-conference matchups of the 2022 season. Two of the most storied programs in the NCAA will face off deep in the heart of Texas on September 10th, with the winner of the game most likely becoming a favorite for a spot in the CFP.

Unfortunately, Fox Sports will have the broadcasting rights to the game. College football fans around the country mostly enjoy Fox Sports-they have great hosts on their pregame show and Gus Johnson is a national treasure. However, Fox Sports has the ridiculous notion that fans enjoy watching premier college football games at noon Eastern/11 Central. Instead of competing with whatever game ESPN will choose to have at prime time, Fox Sports, like the cowards they are, elects to broadcast their marquee matchup of the day at noon. Noon! If Fox Sports wants fans to consider them as the ultimate college football broadcaster they should compete with ESPN during prime time, not opting out from the challenge and submissively showing their best game at noon to ensure people will watch it. 

Fans of both programs planning to attend September’s clash of titans can expect projected highs of 97 degrees Fahrenheit in Austin. Players on the artificial turf at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium can expect field temperatures to exceed 105 degrees. Fans on the eastern half of the stadium facing west can expect the sun to be on them the entire game. Let me repeat that for emphasis. Fans facing west can expect the sun on them THE ENTIRE GAME. The sun won’t go down below the opposite grand stand until the game is over. No amount of sunscreen can protect fans of fairer complexion, and skin cancer doesn’t discriminate. 

If Fox Sports eventually decides to broadcast this game at noon Eastern, which they will because they are cowards and do not care for the well being of players or fans, they will cement themselves as the little brother of college football broadcasting and might as well stick all the fans in the cars in the parking lot because they’re going to die regardless. 

Please sign this petition to bring attention to the issue and hopefully to persuade Fox Sports to come to their senses and let players play under the lights like how college football is meant to be played.