Religious freedom strikes again.
The NCAA made a terrible decision to let Brigham Young University’s golf team play a round of the finals tournament on Thursday instead of Sunday due to the Mormons refusal to join the rest of the world.
Weather is a huge factor in golf. It’s not indoors. It may be windy, cold, rainy, a large number of factors that affect the golfers’ game on a given day. Allowing this religious group to play under different rules is an affront to the entire competition.
BYU has every right to refuse to play on any day they choose. But as usual, they demand that the rest of the world march to their tune. Enough!
If Mormons want to live in society, then they should comply with the rules of the majority, which they have been loathe to do for their entire history.
Maybe someone will sue the NCAA for preferential treatment and discrimination. Any win by BYU should be disqualified because it’s unfair the rest of the field who exercise their freedom from religion by playing on Sunday. Ask Johnny Miller any Sunday afternoon.
Bill Miller, Salt Lake City