Last week at the Pac-12 media day, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott announced a new policy regarding football contact. While the initiative still needs to be approved by the conference’s athletic directors, the policy goes beyond the NCAA’s set rules and regulations regarding contact.
The policy, agreed upon by the Pac-12’s football coaches includes the following per the Pac-12 website:
- Limits teams to two full-contact practices per week during the regular season
- Limits the contact during two-a-days during preseason
- Limits the number of full-contact practices per week in the spring to two
Whether an athlete plays football at the Pop Warner or professional level, organizations are going above and beyond to make the game safer and what the Pac-12 did may be norm for other college divisions in the future. Pac-12 athletic directors will meet this month to officially make these rules conference policy.
Scott also announced the Pac-12’s partnership with USA Football and the Head’s Up Football program. The conference and its coaches will record public service announcements regarding making the game of football safer.
Finally, the Pac-12 confirmed their work on the Student-Athlete Health & Well-Being Research Program and Head Trauma Task Force. In 2014, the conference will hold a summit with researchers and doctors to commit a $3.5 million dollar grant to go towards projects at Pac-12 schools for improving the health and well being of the schools’ students-athletes.
- Hayley Elwood
@hayleyelwood
hayley.projectcfb@gmail.com
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