A bill has been proposed by members of the North Carolina House of Representatives that would force NC State and UNC to play one another, as well as East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.
According to House Bill 965, which you can read here in full, NC State and UNC would be required to play one another annually in Football, Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball. The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels would also be forced to play a game annually in all three sports against either ECU, UNC-Charlotte or App St. Every six years, NC State and UNC would be required to have played a home and away game against each of the three school in all three sports.
Here’s the exact wording from the proposed bill:
Competition Required. – A high-enrollment institution shall do all of the following in each eligible sport: (1) Every academic year, play at least one home or one away game against (i) another high-enrollment institution and (ii) an eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. (2) Every six academic years, play at least one home and one away game against each eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. A high-enrollment institution shall alternate home and away games that are scheduled against the same eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution.
For glossary of terms being referenced above:
For the purposes of this bill, “High-enrollment institutions” = NC State and UNC, while “Eligible constituent institutions” = East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.
It’s worth noting that NC State already has games schedule against each of these teams home-and-away in Football between now and 2031.
2025 – East Carolina (H)
2025 – @ App St.
2026 – App St. (H)
2028 – @ East Carolina
2030 – Charlotte (H)
2031 – @ Charlotte
What are your thoughts?
For more details, check out this article at WRAL.
PACKINSIDER! YOUR VIDEO CHANGES. IT STARTS WITH BRENDON ARMSTRONG. THEN AN ADD COMES UP AND IT SWITCHES TO OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM SCORING TOUCHDOWNS!!! VERY CONFUSING.
Sorry to yell.
Glad to see you are alive and well. Miss the forum for this site and did not see you comment anywhere else lately. Papajohn posts his thoughts and analyses on BTP and Dof87 shows up there occasionally.
Yep. Been a while since I’ve been on and the lack of forums definitely contributes to that absence. The dead period for me is usually that time after after basketball and before football. Good to hear from you, though, Rev! Alive and well!
Weird, it is working showing the whole video on my end.
Ok I see what happened. On mine, it popped up on the screen to click “next” or “stay.” I guess you need to click “stay.”
All good. I’ll have to try that. Thanks!