Things are about to get more crowded on the sidelines of college football games, in a good way. On Tuesday, the NCAA’s Division I Council voted to remove limits to coaching staff members and support personnel that can be on the field during practices and games.
For OSU, that means that more than 25 assistants or support personnel could be on the field. It’s probably unlikely that the program moves to allow everyone, but there is at least the possibility now that anyone tied to the staff can now be on the field if it makes sense.
The rule will become effective immediately so look for fall practices to have more hands on deck when the Buckeyes report to begin putting things together for this fall.
While these limits are being removed for games and practices, the limit of having only 11 coaches travel when it comes to making trips to recruit players at the FBS level.
Day has recently said that he’d be in favor of expanding the amount of coaches on the field if approved, but not for the reason you think. It had more to do with the opportunity of coachcs to develop.
“We’ve thought about it. We’ve had conversations about it,” said Day. “I think that one of the things that you have to consider is all the guys who want to come up in this profession and the opportunity that they can have in this profession, we want to make sure that we’re not limiting those folks. But at the same time, we’re in the process of recruiting people to our team as opposed to drafting. So it is different than the NFL, and there’s a lot of things to consider, especially with some of the IAWP (individual associated with a prospect) rules that come with recruiting a prospect.”
Division I removes some restrictions on countable coaches in football.https://t.co/0KHTDjUQWa
— NCAA News (@NCAA_PR) June 25, 2024
Consider this another change in a bouquet of changes we’ve seen with the collegiate football model over the last few years. Are you keeping track?
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