Donuts you bring up a good point!


NCAA RULES AND REGULATIONS
An important role of NCAA rules and regulations is to allow student athletes to succeed in school while they are members of their college or university teams. During regular season and championship season, practices and games can be intense and time consuming. For baseball, the NCAA bans off-season practices associated with the college or college’s own coaching staff to give baseball players the chance to recover from the season. Another benefit is to prevent competing teams from having advantages from extra practice.
OFF-SEASON INFORMATION
The off-season begins at the end of the NCAA baseball championship game. During the summer, student athletes may not participate in school-sponsored or coach-organized baseball practices. The first pre-season practice may take place on the fourth day of classes or on a specified date in September, depending on which comes first. During this part of the off-season, teams must take at least one day off from practicing per week. Practices include weight training, conditioning and practicing skills and team plays.
CONSIDERATIONS
The off-season is an opportunity for mental and physical recovery. Athletes can also use the time for strength training and conditioning to reduce injuries when official practices begin again, according to Nyack College. Baseball players in the NCAA can take advantage of the forced time away from their regular teams and practices to improve their own skills. NCAA rules and regulations allow baseball players to play on independent, amateur teams without restrictions.
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So basically the coaches can't have anything to do with it.

Please point out where anyone has made allegations.

"if that is true"

The whole situation does seem odd, but I'm with Ted that I am sure they are making sure they are compliant, even if it is thru some sort of loophole.

As long as no coaches are present it is fine. They can do captains practices whenever they want.

Heard today that this will continue next year! This will hurt recruiting!

I've been supportive of coach but I'm not sure this is a great idea. I don't think it will effect recruiting a great deal because most kids won't know what they are missing, but depending on the league you play in, some of the most memorable times you'll have is playing summer ball with guys from all over the country, in front of large crowds, signing autographs, etc. It's similar to a minor league feel.

Most of the guys stay in 3-4 bedroom apartments with teammates and not with host families.

Yep, I was just at a Prospect League game last week,,, me and 22 other supportive fans.  Outside of the Paints,,,, very few fans come out.

Why not give it a chance, we have to dig ourselves out of this hole somehow.  Always so many critics, support the team and see what happens.  People are always reluctant to be different.

Is it really that much better competition? Most of the rosters I've seen from the Great Lakes summer league, which is where almost all Ohio players play, include a large number of non-Division I players. Sure, there are some guys from the Big Ten and SEC, but not many, and I would think the ones that are really that good probably play in the Cape Cod league. Are there really that many scouts that show up for these games?

We won 14 games last year, so I would highly doubt that the competition in an intra-squad game was very good. The other thing is the guys get more opportunities to compete, to play games and learn from real life situations.

You are right, we have been doing so well so why change?

CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE!

Such a strange word with so much meaning.