Historic Agreement between the
LDS Church and the NCAA
I am definitely going to the conference center for
priesthood tonight!
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| LDS Conference Center |
April 1 2017, the LDS Church announced that due to
overwhelming demand they will simulcast the NCAA semifinal game between North
Carolina and Oregon during the church's General Priesthood Session on Saturday
April 1st. April, a church spokesman, commented "we did not
want our priesthood brethren to have to choose between the general priesthood
session and the NCAA semifinal so we have contracted with the NCAA to broadcast
the game on the big screens in the conference center".
One Tar-Heel fan commented "This is such a blessing.
I love the priesthood session but I did not want to miss this big game. It is
comforting to know the brethren understand how important this is to the
Tar-Heel Nation". Oregon Duck, President of the Oregon LDS Student
Association, in an emotional comment said: "When the announcement was made
to all the Institute classes yesterday you could hear cheers coming from all
the classrooms. Student were seen crying they were so relieved that they could
attend the priesthood session and not miss the game".
Elder Jeffry R. Holland, a member of the Quorum of Twelve
Apostles and former President of the University of Oregon, commented that
President Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church and former player at The
University of North Carolina, asked us to find a way to make it happen and with
divine intervention we were able to get the NCAA to allow the broadcast in the
conference center.
When asked how they will broadcast the game and still
have all the talks, one of the technicians involved said that they have
developed new technology that will allow the highlights of the game to be
broadcast between the speakers. "This is the most advanced technology that
has ever been used. We will be able to strip out all the slow parts of the game
and just show the exciting plays while still streaming live into the conference
center. The speakers all know that their talks may be interrupted whenever
something exciting is happening in the game".
For more information contact April at
aprilfools@ldsnews.com.
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