Interesting.
- Division II and Division III are getting rid of two-a-days.
It’s a move that already happened in the NFL and is moving to college. As a result, fall camp can open earlier. Bronco Mendenhall recently talked about
this coming option in FBS. The Division III presidents will vote to make it official at their level later this month.
“It is a difficult decision to make when tradition and coaching experiences call for us to have multiple practice sessions in any one given day, but our primary mission of providing for the safety and security for all scholar-athletes must be put at the forefront,” said Brit Katz, Management Council chair and vice president of student-life and dean of students at Millsaps. “Data suggests that a disproportionate number of injuries occur during the preseason and practice sessions, so we should then consider other means of providing skill development and team development absent those types of contact practices that lead to injury.”
In addition, the NCAA said, “To account for the practice time lost due to the elimination of two-a-day practices, the Management Council also recommended a one-time blanket waiver that would remove the prohibition on athletically related activity during the two days before the first permissible practice date for football in 2017. The Presidents Council will act on the recommendation later this month.”
