NCAA recommends reducing live-contact practices

The Division I Football Oversight Committee thinks the number of live-contact practices for football programs should be cut in half.

According to a release from the NCAA, the committee recommended the number of live-contact practices each week be reduced from two to one. The recommendation is not yet a rule, as it must pass through the governance committee to be made official.

The NCAA classifies a live-contact practice as any practice that involves live tackling to the ground and/or full-speed blocking. Drills that involve "thud" sessions or "wrapping up" do not apply because players are not taken to the ground in an aggressive nature.

If passed, the rule would take effect six days before each team's 2016 opening game and run until the team's final regular-season or conference championship game.