Bison137
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10-14-20 05:45 PM - Post#314903
In response to KenZ
in this unusual year, are there any rules about the date official practices can begin relative to first game? in other words, can we infer anything about the date of our first game based on this?
if, per rumors, we only play a PL schedule, are there limitations on the number of pre-season practices we can have?
As you know, normally the first allowable date for a full practice is 42 days prior to a team's season opener. However the NCAA's statement on revised rules for 2020-21 seemed to say (although not explicitly) that teams could start practice on the 14th - which is 42 days prior to November 25th, the first date when games can be played this year - regardless of when their first game is schedule. I think they wanted to do it this way to provide some clarity since schedules are going to be a work in process all the way up to the start of the season and beyond.
In the NCAA statement, there was nothing about a maximum number of practices prior to the first game. Normally teams can only practice five days a week prior to the season opener, and I imagine that will be in effect.
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