Clemson University refused a request by the Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN to move this year’s home game against South Carolina to the Friday night after Thanksgiving on Black Friday.
Court documents obtained by TigerNet pertaining to the school’s lawsuit against the conference in its efforts to break the Grant of Rights revealed that the conference and ESPN made the request.
The conference asked Clemson to move the game – scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 30th – to a Friday night primetime game on ESPN.
The rivalry game was played on Thursdays until 1959. When President John F.