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For two years now, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders and Syracuse head coach Fran Brown have been trying to book a joint practice during the offseason.
Last year, both schools advocated to scrimmage one another in March, which was shot down by the NCAA’s Division I FBS oversight committee because “it wouldn’t be fair” to other schools that already had their spring practice schedules set.
“We were trying to get a spring game to play against each other,” Brown admitted on “The Rich Eisen Show” back in September. “I think it’s going to go through next year, possibly. There’ll be a chance.”
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This year, the schools filed their request in early January to avoid the same issue; however, they were informed that NCAA rules actually prohibit joint practices.
According to USA Today, the NCAA is resistant to changing the rules right now to allow joint practices just because Colorado and Syracuse are the only schools pushing for them. But the organization didn’t rule out that changing in the near future.
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“The subgroup may consider joint practice concepts during its review of the spring practice period and consult other governance committees that may be impacted by a concept,” the NCAA informed Colorado in a written statement, via USA Today.
“Based on feedback from the membership and other impacted governance committees, the subgroup may consider legislation that would permit any institution to engage in a joint practice.”
Sanders has been a big advocate for allowing schools to have live practices against other programs to help better prepare their players.
“The way the trend is going is, you never know if this is going to be the last spring game,” Sanders stated last March. “Now, I don't believe in that, and I don't really want to condone that. … To have it competitive, and to play against your own guys, it can get kind of monotonous, and you really can't tell the level of your guys.”
Perhaps 2027 may be the year Sanders finally gets his wish.
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