PISCATAWAY -- Friday night football is likely coming to Rutgers, but it's already well-established in New Jersey.

Therein lies a potential conflict in New Jersey and other states around the Big Ten, which is asking schools to host Friday night games beginning next season in conjunction with its new television deal.

As Rutgers coach Chris Ash and his peers know, Fridays typically are reserved for high school football.

The Big Ten is committed to six Friday night games per season for the next six seasons -- two on Labor Day weekend and four scattered throughout September and October, Big Ten senior associate commissioner Mark Rudner told NJ Advance Media.

No school will be asked to host more than one Friday game.

"One of the reasons Coach Ash was so attracted to Rutgers is the quality of high school football here in New Jersey," athletics director Pat Hobbs said in a statement.

"He's worked incredibly hard since his arrival to strengthen our ties with these programs. In its continuing efforts to advance the Big Ten, the conference has asked us to be open to playing one game a year on a Friday night, preferably Labor Day weekend.

"As a proud member of the Big Ten, we understand our responsibility and will work with the conference while continuing to do everything we can to support high school football here in New Jersey."

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The problem, however, is that the tradition-proud Big Ten seems be cracking from its uniform voice over this issue. Michigan reportedly has declined to cooperate, Penn State will only consider Friday road games, and Wisconsin is only committing to Labor Day weekend -- before high school football games start.

Penn State has informed the Big Ten that we will not host football games on a Friday night. pic.twitter.com/6SH1tcvrw4 — Penn State Athletics (@GoPSUsports) November 2, 2016

It puts Big Ten newcomer Rutgers -- particularly the coaching staff -- in an awkward and potentially unbalanced position with high school recruits and coaches who either feel like their product is being overshadowed or who who cannot attend a home game.

For Ash to tell high schoolers that his hands are tied and he must support the initiative likely puts him at a disadvantage when someone like Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh can tell the same person that the Wolverines aren't impacted.

"I really respect Friday night high school football, especially in this state," Ash said on his radio show Wednesday night. "There's tremendous coaches, tremendous players, and I have a lot of respect for what they do.

"I think Friday night is a special night in this state. We have not had a chance as a university or an athletic department to discuss the conference's decision to move forward with the Friday night games. It's a decision that they made. We'll see how it plays out."

Michael Cherenson, a spokesman for the NJSIAA, said Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany spoke with NJSIAA President Steve Timko on Wednesday, and New Jersey's governing body for high school sports "doesn't have any issues with the change.''

During its bye last weekend, Rutgers opened its stadium for a high school football tripleheader.

Here's statements from two other Big Ten athletics directors:

Michigan's Warde Manuel: "Michigan is not scheduled to appear in a Friday night football games. We fully support the Big Ten's scheduling decisions as well as conference peers who are able to play on Friday nights. With our large fan base, Michigan fans and alumni travel significant distances to attend games, making Saturdays our preferred day for all football games."

Wisconsin's Barry Alvarez: "There has been a lot of dialogue within our conference about the feasibility of playing a very limited number of Friday night games. As a former high school and college coach, I have great respect for the tradition and importance of Friday night high school football in the state of Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest.

As a conference, we felt it was the right time to explore additional opportunities for exposure on Friday nights on a limited basis. At Wisconsin, we are open to hosting games at Camp Randall on the Friday night prior to Labor Day weekend in selected years but have not committed to hosting Friday night games at any other time."

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