It's not an NCAA rule; it's a conference rule. It's not going away. When you have a visiting team that needs to get away before the normal 6 p.m. curfew, you need to schedule the start far enough in advance of the curfew to ensure that the full game can be played. To some extent, that's on the home team, but the home team doesn't like to schedule Sunday games to start at 11 a.m. rather than say noon just in case the visiting team gets a lead and their coach is an unethical ******bag who will blatantly stall for time to run out.

Can you imagine Big 10 play now without it?
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I think it's funny that there are actually rules aimed at protecting "student" athletes. It's time for the NCAA/SEC to give up on the charade. Between NIL, the transfer portal, the former NBA player on the Alabama roster, athletes getting 6+ years of eligibility, etc., I'm not sure why the NCAA and/or the conference cares what time games end on Sundays.

ThunderFighter06 said:

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SEC travel curfew rule
The SEC has a rule in place, known as the getaway day travel curfew, that states that no new inning can begin after 4:30 p.m. local time during the final game of a series on Sunday. The rule is meant to provide a visiting team with ample time to get out of the stadium, get to its flight on time and back to campus for athletes to be ready for class the following day.

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https://sports.yahoo.com/article/secs-travel-curfew-rule-helped-150427534.html

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Pretty sure that curfew time is not 4:30 across the board; that was the curfew time for the series with Kentucky because of their travel arrangements. It could have been later if they'd had a later flight. Rules require them to schedule the latest possible flight on departure day.

twk said:

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It's not an NCAA rule; it's a conference rule. It's not going away. When you have a visiting team that needs to get away before the normal 6 p.m. curfew, you need to schedule the start far enough in advance of the curfew to ensure that the full game can be played. To some extent, that's on the home team, but the home team doesn't like to schedule Sunday games to start at 11 a.m. rather than say noon just in case the visiting team gets a lead and their coach is an unethical ******bag who will blatantly stall for time to run out.

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I was rooting for Mike to take him out...

Luke The Drifter said:

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I think it's funny that there are actually rules aimed at protecting "student" athletes. It's time for the NCAA/SEC to give up on the charade. Between NIL, the transfer portal, the former NBA player on the Alabama roster, athletes getting 6+ years of eligibility, etc., I'm not sure why the NCAA and/or the conference cares what time games end on Sundays.

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You don't actually believe this is about student athlete welfare, do you? I'm thinking it's about making g it possible to fly commercial rather than having to book a charter. You won't see LSU or Arkansas, for example, pull this kind of stunt.