Ryan Day thinks college football teams should be allowed to hold joint practices, but he isn’t interested in having Ohio State participate in them.
Asked Monday for his thoughts on the possibility of college football teams holding joint spring practices in the future, Day said he believes teams should be allowed to do so but said he wouldn’t consider having Ohio State participate in joint practices right now due to concerns about potential injuries.
“I think if teams want to do that, then I think the rules committee should take a look at that and allow folks to do that if that’s what they wanna do. For us, I’d be concerned about the health, because when you practice, there’s certain rules of engagement that have to happen,” Day said. “And so one of the things we really have to teach our players is how to practice. And 7-on-7, team work, if we’re not tackling people to the ground, what is the tempo? Then you start talking about thud and different things, and we don’t take side shots, and when receivers are in the air, we don’t take their legs out and do those types of things.
“I’d be very, very concerned with practicing against another team when the rules of engagement aren’t clear, or you’re not going against one of your teammates that you’re trying to take care of. I think we all understand what that could be like. But when you’re playing now a 16-game season, I feel like we need to do a little bit better job of making sure, especially with a 105-man roster, it looks like that we’re headed towards here this summer, the health is one of the most important things as we head into the preseason. So for me right now, it’s not something that I would consider. But for those who wanna do it, I think they should be able to.”
The concept of joint practices have been a hot topic in college football over the last couple of weeks after Colorado and Syracuse submitted a proposal to the NCAA seeking a waiver that would allow them to hold practices and a scrimmage in Boulder this spring. The FBS Oversight Committee ruled against that proposal, citing the timing of the request among other concerns, but “agreed to discuss, during a future meeting, a concept that could permit joint spring practices in future seasons.”
While some college football teams have moved to cancel their spring games this year, Day reaffirmed Monday that Ohio State’s plan is to hold a spring game during its spring showcase on April 12.
“We’ll continue to look at the health throughout this week and into next week, but the plan is to have a game format on the 12th, which will be great,” Day said.
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