Fall camp might look different this season depending on what the NCAA decides in the coming weeks.
From Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger:
In response to results from a five-year concussion study released earlier this spring, an NCAA legislative committee is deeply exploring ways to make the annual August camp a safer place, officials told Sports Illustrated in interviews this week. The Football Oversight Committee (FOC), college football’s highest policy-making group, plans to present recommendations soon that will significantly change one of football’s most grueling traditions.
Committee members are considering a reduction of full-padded camp practices (from 21 to eight), the complete abolishment of collision exercises (such as the “Oklahoma” drill) and limiting a team to two scrimmages per camp (lowered from three and a half).
Those potential changes have drawn the ire of the college football community of late, but Frost was rather diplomatic when asked about them Thursday night.
“Safety of our players has got to be the primary concern and everybody’s priority,” he said. “That being said, I’d hate to think we’re following the NFL at every step.
