NCAA Hypocrisy Strikes Again, Waives Clemson Practice Limits

Submitted by gremlin3 on

While I certainly believe the two teams should have equal practice time, instead of limiting Alabama's time, the NCAA--who claims to have the best interest of student-athletes at heart--waives the limit on Clemson. It has the basic effect of saying, "Skip class. This is more important."

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Ishgoblue

January 7th, 2016 at 5:28 PM ^

I think Alabama probably already had gone past the time allowed or were very close to it. Limiting their time would have seemed unfair, too, because they wouldn't get much - if any - time to do walkthroughs or the like. This was the most logical decision imo



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January 7th, 2016 at 5:30 PM ^

It really isn't as big a deal as people are making it out to be right now... Classes started fully on Wednesday, and the players leave tomorrow anyways.  In theory, the players were going to miss class on Friday already along with a large handful of students who plan on making the trip out there.  I don't even think it sends any message because it really only affects one day of practice (today).  

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Swazi

January 7th, 2016 at 6:13 PM ^

In the last thread people were bitching that the NCAA weren't going to "level the playing field".

This thread is bitching about them leveling the playing field.

Some people bitch for the sake of bitching. Sheesh.



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LSAClassOf2000

January 7th, 2016 at 6:21 PM ^

The school had said it would still adhere to the 20-hour weekly maximum and that players would miss class only with professor approval.

That sentence sort of makes it seem like Clemson wanted this more as a card it could play. Clemson's semester began Wednesday, I believe, and the game is Monday so this doesn't really affect more than a handful of practices, or so I assume. In the end, I don't know that this is a huge deal, especially if Clemson only wanted the ability to do this if necessary (however they might define that). 

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Wolfman

January 7th, 2016 at 9:54 PM ^

The NCAA is in place to attempt to guartantee a level playing field for all participants. If Bama is not breaking the rules, and they aren't due to the date of semester start, then do the simple, logical thing which they did. For one of the very few times, they got it right.

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Krakhead

January 8th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^

Why does the school calendar matter. I know its the NCAA and they have trouble with logic, but why isn't the limit in force for the duration of the season. Could a school adopt a schedule that adds a couple weeklong breaks to get all their athletes more practice time?

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