UIL lifts ban on live video broadcasts of Friday night football games for 2020 season

In a UIL Legislative Council meeting on Wednesday morning, UIL Executive Director Dr. Charles Breithaupt announced the UIL’s ban on live video broadcasts for regular season broadcasts of Friday night football games would be lifted for the 2020 season. 

Dr. Breithaupt, an ardent defender of the UIL’s “Friday Night rule” said, “Friday nights in Texas are a community event and fund raising for multiple organizations takes place at a football game on Friday, we believe that should be protected.” However, due to the current CoVid-19 pandemic and uncertainty on if fans will be allowed back into stadiums across the state this fall, Dr. Breithaupt decided it was best to lift the ban for the 2020 season only.