ACC Network was scheduled to air North Carolina football’s spring game on Saturday. That is no longer the case.
Head coach Mack Brown and the Tar Heels pulled its scrimmage off of television to hide their secrets.
Seriously, this is a real thing! UNC reached an agreement with the ESPN’s conference affiliate to keep its spring game off of television all together. The ACC Network is going to be on-hand for a practice in the near future instead.
College football fans who are not in attendance at Kenan Stadium will not be able to watch.
Of course, the same can be said for opponents. Other programs also will not be able to watch the Tar Heels play against each other, which is the whole purpose of having it yanked from television. They don’t want any of the other teams in the ACC to be able to scout them.
With Drake Maye off to the NFL, North Carolina has a legitimate quarterback battle on its hands. Conner Harrell and Max Johnson are competing for the starting job. In addition, the program made a lot of changes on the defensive side of the ball — both in terms of personnel and schematics.
UNC doesn’t want to give its opponents an advantage.
Mack does not want to give Clemson, Florida State, Duke or anyone on the FBS level the ability to see what they are doing differently before the start of this upcoming season. They won’t have any tape from the spring game if the spring game does not air.
The logic makes sense, but I did not know this was allowed. It could set a precedent for the future.
Wouldn’t every program in the country want to keep its spring game off of television if they had the opportunity to do so?
The Tar Heels are not the first team to make big changes on either side of the ball during the offseason. Those teams were either forced to play their spring games on T.V. or didn’t know that opting out was an option. They would surely prefer to keep their secrets to themselves.
To make UNC’s decision even more confusing, it’s not like the spring game requires the staff to run every play in its playbook. Most teams run a modified, simplified version of its offense and defense for the scrimmage. Both quarterbacks can get equal reps. The defense can be modified enough to conceal all of the “major changes” that are supposedly the root cause of this decision.
Now that the Tar Heels are not televising their spring game, other than fan exposure or not having anything to hide, why would any other ACC team not follow suit?
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UNC Pulls Spring Game Off Of ACC Network To Hide Its Secrets From The Rest Of College Football
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