Looks Like Michigan Is Going To Get the 2 weeks of Spring Practice Back
Per the AP: The NCAA's football oversight committee expects to finalize a plan Thursday to allow teams to conduct up to 12 unpadded, slow-speed practices, also know as walk-throughs, during the 14 days before the typical preseason begins in August. Teams will be permitted up to 20 hours per week of what the NCAA calls countable athletically related activities during those extra two weeks, leading into a normal 29-day preseason practice schedule. The walk-throughs will be part of those 20 hours per week, along with weight training, conditioning, film study and meetings. Players will not be permitted to wear pads or helmets during walk-throughs, which cannot exceed one hour per day.
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Not impossible, but geesh, they are just walk thru's.
It's nice that Doc Brown is letting us use the delorean.
Poor Marty probably doesn't have much use for it anymore
Wait what are we talking about?
What do the players think?
I don't know, Mr. McGrone...what DO you think? :)
He thinks you should order a Domino's Pizza is what he thinks. Allegedly.
I allegedly work at Domino's Corporate...and I approve this alleged assertion as to Mr. McGrone's thoughts.
Have you looked into making good pizza?
LOL - Like anybody gives a fuck what the players think. There are millions on the line and we can't allow the quality of the product created by the "student-athletes" to suffer
Half speed eh? Can't wait for Rosenberg to be out watching practice with a radar gun.
Stopwatch, too. NO EXTRA STRETCHING!
One hour of walk-throughs per day? And Spring Practice includes practicing IN PADS WITH CONTACT. Sigh.
What a joke, NCAA.
The no pads part makes sense. They typically get the summer off after spring practice, whereas here they'll be going directly into fall camp.
Sure, but not even helmets? I played for years and it was always an adjustment to wearing a helmet - even in non-contact. Head pressure, vision changes, etc. all need to be acclimated to and catching a pass in a helmet is way different than without.
And they could gradually throw on pads and remain no contact - which again is an acclimation thing (heat, range of motion, etc.). They will go right into Fall Camp with no adjustment period to being a walking ball of protective equipment.
It won't really be much different than regular years. They would normally begin fall practice not having worn any pads all summer (except maybe helmets during 7 on 7, etc.?).
The NCAA and college football story is kind of interesting right now. All politics and corona-related-squables aside, almost every institution in the country is coming apart at the seems trying to move forward in a very regimented Covid reality.
The NCAA is like "yeah..... no. We Comin' to Your City!"
Seems like it would make more sense to have this take place earlier in the summer, like mid June, so that the players get a break before training camp starts. But what do I know?
But this way delays to inevitable cases of CV to allow the season to get started....
Actually it sounds like a pretty low key way to lead into the season before the high impact training camp conditioning and hitting starts.
Total of 12 one hour non padded walk throughs over two weeks.
Learn the playbook, film study, get your timing, hit the weight room and get your legs under you.
Good, this is will be more important for a team like Michigan replacing the OL and QB.
Its just a relief that something get started, And if political rallies can begin in some form it will help ease into becoming sports spectators again! I am going nuts without some pressor info.
"Great slow walkthrough today. Pay was a beast!
Waiting for that first kiss-of-death coachspeak: "so-and-so did some good things."
Translation: will be in the transfer portal after the season.
So they'll be required to wear masks during all these activities, or no?
If you're testing them regularly (which I would hope is the case), they really wouldn't need masks when they practice together. The purpose of the masks is to prevent spread from people that may be carriers. In these case we would know if they're carriers or not.
Don't forget the primary purpose of the masks which is to make fearful people feel safe even if they're watching a one minute cutup video of the practices on their computer.
Always wear a helmet when watching film.
Yeah, let’s just throw the unpaid guinea pigs out there and see what happens because amurka.
Bad things happened before Covid, kids got hurt, kids have died. We haven't stopped playing because of fear. We learn, we get better, and we live.
There are no perfect answers, I have to assume at a minimum schools are aware that there's lawsuit risks if they rush this too much or screw it up, so they'll be careful. I also assume the tv networks and the school administrators upon whom you're willing to ascribe such callousness are aware enough that their long term best interests (i.e. their profits) rest on still having football over the long run, and if they screw this up too badly, they won't have players. So they actually have a financial incentive to keep their players healthy.
I understand you have fears, that's for you to decide. Here's what I can promise - no one in the whole world, and I GUARANTEE this to you - no one will come force you to go to the stadium to watch. If you go to the stadium, it will be because YOU and ONLY YOU have determined that the risk is sufficiently low that you won't be carrying anything back to infect you or your family.
"We learn, we get better" Not really.
Does that mean we might get to see a Spring Game? #wishingandhoping
I wonder if they considered giving each
team four weeks to complete the two weeks of spring practice. This would separate more players and leave more flexibility with scheduling certain groups to practice and let others work on their summer classes.
countable athletically related activities
not gonna lie, I was triggered.
So now all the freshmen effectively get to participate in spring practice. Nice.
Not the same as getting them all on campus in the winter and getting them in a college weight room 9 months before the season starts, but it’s better than having them all start right during fall camp.