Just curious....when I was in high school I remember that a player could play in a maximum of six quarters of basketball games in one day. For example two quarters of the JV game and four quarters of the varsity game later that night. I believe there was no limit on the amount of football playing time a player could have in a week.
I remember being from a small D-2 school with probably never more than 18-20 kids on the team almost every kid played in the varsity game on Friday night in some capacity ala starter, back-up, special teams, blow out (which many 8-man games are), etc...then a good majority, roughly 10-14 kids turned around and played the JV game again on Monday night. This mainly effects the role players on the varsity who are probably playing the majority of snaps in both games. With all the new data coming out on brain injury and concussions I wondered if anything had changed. If not I find it a bit surprising and would imagine something will change in the near future. Doesn't the NSAA restrict full contact to a certain number of days each week now or is that just during the pre-season?
One thing I've always disliked about the way they handle the smaller classes playoffs is the odd days that they play with short rest..ala not your traditional Friday night games once the playoffs happen. Kind of goes to the same line of thinking.
Seems like the NSAA has made some strides in player safety in regards to heat exhaustion but I don't recall seeing as much for concussions. THOUGHTS?
I remember being from a small D-2 school with probably never more than 18-20 kids on the team almost every kid played in the varsity game on Friday night in some capacity ala starter, back-up, special teams, blow out (which many 8-man games are), etc...then a good majority, roughly 10-14 kids turned around and played the JV game again on Monday night. This mainly effects the role players on the varsity who are probably playing the majority of snaps in both games. With all the new data coming out on brain injury and concussions I wondered if anything had changed. If not I find it a bit surprising and would imagine something will change in the near future. Doesn't the NSAA restrict full contact to a certain number of days each week now or is that just during the pre-season?
One thing I've always disliked about the way they handle the smaller classes playoffs is the odd days that they play with short rest..ala not your traditional Friday night games once the playoffs happen. Kind of goes to the same line of thinking.
Seems like the NSAA has made some strides in player safety in regards to heat exhaustion but I don't recall seeing as much for concussions. THOUGHTS?