NEWS: The FBS oversight committee has denied Colorado and Syracuse’s request for spring practice together.
It’s partly due to the late timing, and the topic will be discussed more in the future. pic.twitter.com/3Lx7HpHfUQ
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) March 28, 2025
Well, Buff fans, the NCAA seems to be against having an epic scene on April 19 for Colorado football’s annual spring game.
On Friday afternoon, Chris Vannini of The Athletic reported that the NCAA and FBS oversight committee denied Colorado and Syracuse’s request to hold joining spring practices leading up to an exhibition game at Folsom Field.
According to the NCAA statement, the most significant factor in the waiver’s denial was that the request was too close to the date to approve such a drastic measure. That is a fair reason, but it is a letdown knowing that Fran Brown at Syracuse and Deion Sanders’s Colorado team were entirely on board.
Another reason was that the NCAA did not want the two programs to have a competitive and recruiting advantage over other schools that did not host such an event.
That reason contradicts everything that is happening in the current era of college football. Big schools can spend more money to “buy” the better players, while schools with smaller coffers are left in the dust. If the NCAA isn’t going to regulate the transfer portal and NIL thoroughly, it shouldn’t interfere with individual programs trying to create positive changes in the sport. No one is stopping other college football programs from attempting to schedule a joining spring game.
The final reason the NCAA gave was that the “student-athletes are missing class time to participate in practice.” At this time of year, the student-athletes already miss class for practice, so adding another team to the mix would not change much.
There is hope for college football fans…
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Publish date : 2025-03-29 00:01:00
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