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Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
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-com...--spt.html
(This post was last modified: 07-11-2016 07:52 AM by Nugget49er.)
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RE: Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
(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-com...--spt.html
Pretty much every college football team charters, except for UHawaii. I think it could have the biggest impact on basketball teams, as they have sometimes three travel days per week (Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday).
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RE: Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
(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-com...--spt.html
I think further separation is their motivation for nearly every decision they make.
(This post was last modified: 07-11-2016 08:51 AM by monarx.)
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RE: Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
(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-com...--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.
(This post was last modified: 07-11-2016 11:17 AM by Attackcoog.)
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RE: Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
Conspiracy theories aside, this is a no brainer.
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07-11-2016 11:24 AM |
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RE: Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
P5 will not be affect much by this change. They don't travel as much as the G5s do. We chase the money in BBall and FB so we would have to give up practice time.
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ExcitedOwl18
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RE: Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
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.
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RE: Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
(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-com...--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?
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RE: Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
(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.
UAB followed a similar schedule. Sunday was our stretch day and mandatory Rehab/Check in with the trainer for any travel player.
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RE: Power Five commissioners propose more time off for athletes
(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-com...--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?
The P5 are autonomous. They can create rules that other conferences can choose to follow or not, like the COA.
Anyway, I don't see this being a problem in football, but in other sports that require more travel days it might be an issue.
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