Division I Council chairman Jim Phillips, also the athletics director at Northwestern, released a statement on the policy change:
“The Council’s action reinforces our commitment to the health and safety of our student-athletes. We continue to be guided by the recommendations from medical professionals, coaches and administrators and the strong support for discontinuing two contact practices in the same day.”
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NCAA restrictions on practices have continued to get more stringent, but the goal in mind has always been player safety. Under the most recent guidelines schools are allowed one, three hour practice session per day.