Quote:Currently, athletes are generally limited during the school year to 20 ''countable hours'' toward their sports per week, with one day off. Countable hours mostly cover practices, competition and conditioning, but does not count travel to and from events. The commissioners proposed expanding the definition of required athletic activities to include but not be limited to activities such as media requirements and mandatory community service.

Quote:Power Five conference commissioners want to change NCAA rules to give college athletes more time away from team activities, including no longer counting travel as an off day

(07-11-2016 07:50 AM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

Quote:Currently, athletes are generally limited during the school year to 20 ''countable hours'' toward their sports per week, with one day off. Countable hours mostly cover practices, competition and conditioning, but does not count travel to and from events. The commissioners proposed expanding the definition of required athletic activities to include but not be limited to activities such as media requirements and mandatory community service.

Quote:Power Five conference commissioners want to change NCAA rules to give college athletes more time away from team activities, including no longer counting travel as an off day

It seems to me that teams that charter their travel will have an advantage over teams that fly commercial, and teams that travel by bus will have to kiss practicing goodbye. Do you think the P5 commissioners are doing this for the good of the athletes, or to further separate their teams from the have-nots?


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/power-5-commissioners-propose-more-time-off-athletes-170820272--spt.html

(07-11-2016 07:50 AM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

Quote:Currently, athletes are generally limited during the school year to 20 ''countable hours'' toward their sports per week, with one day off. Countable hours mostly cover practices, competition and conditioning, but does not count travel to and from events. The commissioners proposed expanding the definition of required athletic activities to include but not be limited to activities such as media requirements and mandatory community service.

Quote:Power Five conference commissioners want to change NCAA rules to give college athletes more time away from team activities, including no longer counting travel as an off day

Do you think the P5 commissioners are doing this for the good of the athletes, or to further separate their teams from the have-nots?


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/power-5-commissioners-propose-more-time-off-athletes-170820272--spt.html

(07-11-2016 08:51 AM)monarx Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 07:50 AM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

Quote:Currently, athletes are generally limited during the school year to 20 ''countable hours'' toward their sports per week, with one day off. Countable hours mostly cover practices, competition and conditioning, but does not count travel to and from events. The commissioners proposed expanding the definition of required athletic activities to include but not be limited to activities such as media requirements and mandatory community service.

Quote:Power Five conference commissioners want to change NCAA rules to give college athletes more time away from team activities, including no longer counting travel as an off day

Do you think the P5 commissioners are doing this for the good of the athletes, or to further separate their teams from the have-nots?


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/power-5-commissioners-propose-more-time-off-athletes-170820272--spt.html

I think further separation is their motivation for nearly every decision they make.

(07-11-2016 11:14 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 08:51 AM)monarx Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 07:50 AM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

Quote:Currently, athletes are generally limited during the school year to 20 ''countable hours'' toward their sports per week, with one day off. Countable hours mostly cover practices, competition and conditioning, but does not count travel to and from events. The commissioners proposed expanding the definition of required athletic activities to include but not be limited to activities such as media requirements and mandatory community service.

Quote:Power Five conference commissioners want to change NCAA rules to give college athletes more time away from team activities, including no longer counting travel as an off day

Do you think the P5 commissioners are doing this for the good of the athletes, or to further separate their teams from the have-nots?


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/power-5-commissioners-propose-more-time-off-athletes-170820272--spt.html

I think further separation is their motivation for nearly every decision they make.

To be fair---this is actually an area where the G5 can match the P5 fairly easily---but it might be an area where its to their advantage NOT to match. For the most part, the G5 plays with players they P5 didn't want, so it wont make any significant difference in recruiting. However, the extra practice time G5 schools enjoy over P5 should create a difference in a players physical development and in the quality of on field play. It would be fairly easily to sell recruits on developing more as football player due to the extra hours of work within the program.

(07-11-2016 12:43 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  From a football perspective, this is kind of a non-story... When I was with the program at Rice, the schedule was the following:

Saturday: Gameday (Travel back after the game Saturday night)
Sunday: Off-day, Training room open in the afternoon for injuries/rehab (This would still be allowed)
Monday: Film, team stretch/conditioning, "walk-through" style practice
Tuesday: Heavy practice (Shells or full pads)
Wednesday: Heavy practice (Shells)
Thursday: Moderate practice-Situational and Special teams (Helmets only)
Friday: Walkthrough/Travel Day
Saturday: Gameday

Most schools do something pretty similar to this schedule. The one difference I've heard of at some schools is that they meet, stretch, and walkthrough Sunday, and have an off-day Monday.

(07-11-2016 04:23 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:14 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 08:51 AM)monarx Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 07:50 AM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

Quote:Currently, athletes are generally limited during the school year to 20 ''countable hours'' toward their sports per week, with one day off. Countable hours mostly cover practices, competition and conditioning, but does not count travel to and from events. The commissioners proposed expanding the definition of required athletic activities to include but not be limited to activities such as media requirements and mandatory community service.

Quote:Power Five conference commissioners want to change NCAA rules to give college athletes more time away from team activities, including no longer counting travel as an off day

Do you think the P5 commissioners are doing this for the good of the athletes, or to further separate their teams from the have-nots?


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/power-5-commissioners-propose-more-time-off-athletes-170820272--spt.html

I think further separation is their motivation for nearly every decision they make.

To be fair---this is actually an area where the G5 can match the P5 fairly easily---but it might be an area where its to their advantage NOT to match. For the most part, the G5 plays with players they P5 didn't want, so it wont make any significant difference in recruiting. However, the extra practice time G5 schools enjoy over P5 should create a difference in a players physical development and in the quality of on field play. It would be fairly easily to sell recruits on developing more as football player due to the extra hours of work within the program.

I must be missing something. If the NCAA makes the rule, how would the G5 get more time to develop players than the P5?