Social media post implying sports team coming next year to BYU-Idaho is fake – East Idaho News

REXBURG — A video circulating on social media implying {that a} native college will make a serious change to its sports activities program is pretend.

The video, despatched to EastIdahoNews.com on Tuesday, lasts about 12 seconds and exhibits a soccer participant with a helmet that claims “BYUI” on it. Then the video says, “Coming Fall 2023.” There’s a hashtag connected to it with the letters NCAA.

The implication is that Brigham Younger College-Idaho in Rexburg may get an intercollegiate athletic group — one thing that has not existed within the Higher Valley because the college transitioned from Ricks School in 2001. The college doesn’t presently host any intercollegiate sports activities groups however as an alternative provides an on-campus intramural program.

In a just lately created Instagram account, the Instagram deal with “BYU-I Athletics” contacted EastIdahoNews.com and mentioned the teaser video was launched by the varsity on Monday. Then they mentioned an official message a couple of new sports activities group could be launched in two weeks.

BYU-Idaho spokesman Brett Crandall instructed EastIdahoNews.com there is no such thing as a reality to the video or announcement. He mentioned the video is totally pretend.

The Instagram person has since eliminated the video and adjusted the account’s username and picture. It’s unclear who made the video and who was behind the Instagram account.

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