Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 19–
Senator Washington

 

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Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Urging the Athletic Directors of the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to consider the feasibility of reuniting the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the same athletic conference and to schedule the annual rivalry football game between their teams on the Saturday following the observance of Nevada Day.

 

    Whereas, Nevada is one of only three states that annually

celebrates its admission to statehood, in 1864, with a state holiday,

and the Nevada Day Celebration in Carson City is by far the largest

celebration of this kind, with the Carson City parade and festivities

dating back to 1938; and

    Whereas, Though not as long-standing a tradition as the

Nevada Day Celebration, the football rivalry between the University

of Nevada, Reno, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is

nevertheless similarly popular and historic; and

    Whereas, The UNR-UNLV football series is a North-South

“Civil War” which spans 34 years and which has been an annual

event since 1989; and

    Whereas, The prize for the victorious team in this state

championship game is the famed Fremont Cannon, college

football’s largest and most expensive trophy; and

    Whereas, The Fremont Cannon is a replica of a cannon that

accompanied Lieutenant John C. Fremont, one of America’s

foremost trailblazers, as he headed west through Nevada in 1843;

and

    Whereas, Combining the tradition of celebrating Nevada’s

admission into the Union and the UNR-UNLV football rivalry

involving the Fremont Cannon, a symbol of exploration of Nevada,

would be symbolic of the pride that the residents of Nevada feel for

this state; and

    Whereas, The Saturday following the observance of Nevada

Day pursuant to NRS 236.015 falls on a weekend that is typically

reserved for football games between universities within the same

athletic conference and the University of Nevada, Reno, and the

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, do not participate in the same

athletic conference; now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the

Assembly Concurring, That the members of the Nevada

Legislature hereby urge Chris Ault and John Robinson, Athletic

Directors for the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University

 

of Nevada, Las Vegas, respectively, to consider the feasibility of

reuniting the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of

Nevada, Las Vegas, in the same athletic conference, and if the teams

are so reunited in the same conference, to urge the conference to

schedule the annual football game between the two schools to be

played on the Saturday following the observance of Nevada Day

pursuant to NRS 236.015; and be it further

    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and

transmit a copy of this resolution to Chris Ault, Athletic Director for

the University of Nevada, Reno, and to John Robinson, Athletic

Director for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 

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