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Post by Trojan Warrior on May 15, 2014 19:03:45 GMT -6
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- The looming NCAA rule changes to give larger conferences more legislative power aims to lessen the time demands on players. That might mean players do whatever they want for a full month – away from athletics. There's buzz among a few AD at this week's ACC meetings that new rules would make July an official ‘dead period' for current athletes. In theory, this would eliminate any team activities, late-July starts to training camp or even conference media day appearances during that month. I ran this by Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson, who said there's a conceptual push to "shut things down" for part of the summer to free up athletes for chance to, say, study abroad. "I think the idea would prohibit (team activities) and shut it down -- but this is all still premature," Benson said. An FBS head coach said his staff during July is allowed to work with players for two hours of film work per week in classrooms. That would be gone. ( Full Article) glass-break
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