Significant NCAA news occurred on Wednesday, when the Division 1 Council approved a preseason football model that had been proposed to get the sport going again.
Assuming a school's first collegiate football game will take place on Sept. 5, those student-athletes may now be mandated to take part in as many as eight hours of weight training, conditioning and film review per week from July 13-23.
Following that first aforementioned first step, athletes may be required to participate in as many as 20 hours of athletic-related activities per week from July 24-Aug. 6, with the specific activities spelled out below:
• Up to eight hours per week for weight training and conditioning
• Up to six hours per week for walk-throughs, which may include the use of a football
• Up to six hours per week for meetings, which may include film review, team meetings, position meetings, one-on-one meetings, etc.
It's also worth noting that student-athletes will be required to have at least two days off from July 24-Aug. 6, and that this new plan does not include any changes to the 29-day preseason practice period.
The Michigan football players began coming back to the Ann Arbor campus on Sunday and Monday, with freshmen such offensive lineman Zak Zinter, linebacker Kalel Mullings and cornerback Andre Seldon (just to name a few) triumphantly tweeting their returns.
As for the basketball side of things, the NCAA also approved plans for men's and women's collegiate basketball teams to resume summer activities on July 20.
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