College Football Decides on Coaching Rule Change for 2023: report
An idea to change the rules around who can serve as coaches during practice in college football appears to have stalled.
A rule proposal that would have allowed analysts and other off-field staffers to coach players during practice is not likely to pass before this season, On3 Sports reports.
Even though the Division I Council declined the rule proposal earlier this year, some coaches held out hope that it could get approved in time for the fall.
"I've told the group that I'm disappointed because we led people to believe that something was going to happen," American Football Coaches Association executive director Todd Berry said.
"And not just us, but a lot of entities because there were a lot of conversations kind of going on privately and publicly about that this was likely to happen.
"And while I know that there's always risk that things aren't going to turn out until they actually happen and you don't do things until they actually happen, we have a lot of coaches that have made moves based off an assumption, and now you're talking about their whole career has changed."
One reason why the rule won't be passed for this season is notable: according to Berry, "schools are preparing for student-athletes to be employees, so trying to have the money to pay them and don't want to have to pay unlimited coaches."
(On3)
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