Changes coming to fall camp

[spliff45]

Full pad practices dropping from 21 to 8 and no more collision drills

Sources: Significant Changes Coming to Fall Camps After February Concussion Study

Significant changes are coming to fall camp, including a major reduction of full-pad practices and the abolishment of collision exercises, sources tell Sports Illustrated.

www.si.com

 

[Luftgekuehlt67]

Full pad practices dropping from 21 to 8 and no more collision drills

Sources: Significant Changes Coming to Fall Camps After February Concussion Study

Significant changes are coming to fall camp, including a major reduction of full-pad practices and the abolishment of collision exercises, sources tell Sports Illustrated.

www.si.com

Wow, that's pretty significant. I guess as long as it's uniformly applied and enforced, everyone will be in the same boat. But I'm also guessing the SEC schools are already hard at work figuring out how they'll circumvent it.

 

[NorthKCHawk]

At some point, we just have to say what is what. This is a contact sport and not good for your body and your head. You should not do it. But, you shouldn't smoke either. If these young men make the informed choice to play football, then they should play football and be coached in how to play football. 8 contact sessions before the first game? And then there is almost no contact once the season begins. These boys will be ill-prepared for games. It feels like we are on the slow descent to flag football. How long until there are green jerseys on the QBs in games?

I am not so old school that I want to go back to safeties taking WRs heads off over the middle, but when you take tackling out of tackle football, its just not football anymore.

Signed,
Sadly becoming my grumpy father.....

 

[Fryowa]

At some point, we just have to say what is what. This is a contact sport and not good for your body and your head. You should not do it. But, you shouldn't smoke either. If these young men make the informed choice to play football, then they should play football and be coached in how to play football. 8 contact sessions before the first game? And then there is almost no contact once the season begins. These boys will be ill-prepared for games. It feels like we are on the slow descent to flag football. How long until there are green jerseys on the QBs in games?

I am not so old school that I want to go back to safeties taking WRs heads off over the middle, but when you take tackling out of tackle football, its just not football anymore.

Signed,
Sadly becoming my grumpy father.....

Hate to break it to you but a majority of schools are already doing this.

And what's the difference as long as everyone has the same rule?

 

[NorthKCHawk]

My concern is where does it end? Some rule changes were necessary. Head shots needed to come out of the game. I get that.

But, it seems like every year we take another step that makes the game less like football in the name of player safety. A lack of contact in practice will make tackling even worse, and its already pretty bad.

But, we have basically taken kickoffs and onside kicks out of the game via rule change. Those are some of the most exciting plays in football.

Blind side blocks are now all gone. Anyone remember Yanda pancaking ISU's defensive end? Of course you do. We have all watched it on Youtube many times. He'd get ejected today.

Any big hit gets you flagged now. The targeting rule and subsequent replay and booting the offender from the game lessens the product. Again, there is a difference between head hunting and a big, clean hit. The game is violent. That is why we love it.

The NCAA just changed the overtime rule for the express reason to "decide games with fewer plays." LOL. Translation: our game is dangerous and we want less of it. Multiple overtime games are some of the most memorable in football, and the NCAA wants to eliminate that?

Eventually the game will look more like rugby in pads. That is where it is heading.

 

[Fryowa]

The NCAA just changed the overtime rule for the express reason to "decide games with fewer plays." LOL. Translation: our game is dangerous and we want less of it. Multiple overtime games are some of the most memorable in football, and the NCAA wants to eliminate that?

That was done for TV scheduling, not player safety.

 

[HawkGold]

At some point, we just have to say what is what. This is a contact sport and not good for your body and your head. You should not do it. But, you shouldn't smoke either. If these young men make the informed choice to play football, then they should play football and be coached in how to play football. 8 contact sessions before the first game? And then there is almost no contact once the season begins. These boys will be ill-prepared for games. It feels like we are on the slow descent to flag football. How long until there are green jerseys on the QBs in games?

I am not so old school that I want to go back to safeties taking WRs heads off over the middle, but when you take tackling out of tackle football, its just not football anymore.

Signed,
Sadly becoming my grumpy father.....

Several thoughts.
1. What about minors making the decision...or parents for that matter?
2. Being ill-prepared could cause more injuries. I former colleague of mine played D1 as a RB. Scored a TD at Indiana. Said injuries are were more prevalent in hs than college due to lack of good technique coaching.
3. I'm a bit jaded. I like football. Loved the hits over the middle. But seeing the severe injuries gets to me. I do remember HF (or at least I think I do) saying he thought about leaving coaching due to injuries (mostly talking about knee) and after having my own severe knee injury in sports, I cringe (I totally inverted my knee) But he was a master at salesmanship and likely wanted changes such as different turfs. But mostly, the corruption just goes beyond making it fun. Seeing Baylor when the BB NC (OK not football), and seeing what levels universities will go to in winning makes it hard to give a lot of care. Baylor should have been wiped clean (along with PSU and others).

I'll keep watching and rooting. In favor of making things safer.

In the end though, younger generations.... just younger than Fry, aren't really following NCAA sports like older generations did. In the end, if football is reduced, it won't just be because of "flag" football.