Mark your calendars for July 13.
The NCAA Football Oversight Committee today passed a recommendation that can formally begin working with their teams that day according to a Yahoo! Sports report.
The recommendation still needs approval by the NCAA’s Division I Council but that passing is reported by Yahoo! to essentially be a foregone conclusion.
Here’s how the schedule looks like it will break down and get college football started on time, at least for now:
July 13: Coaches can work with their teams with strength workouts and film studies taking place. This date will come a week earlier for those teams participating in Week Zero this August. This will be limited to eight hours a week.
July 24: The eight hour limit would move to 20 hours a week for a two week period starting on this day. This will be a new addition used to get players in playing shape for the season after spending the majority of spring and the early part of summer away.
August 7: Training camp is allowed to begin.
August 29: Week Zero kicks off as scheduled for seemingly all teams besides Notre Dame and Navy.
By no means does this guarantee anything in regards to the season being played as the situation remains plenty fluid but it is no question a huge step towards college football being played on time in 2020.
