\. Why not just have practices or play D II teams if you need the work.
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because it is illegal to conduct practices or play games once you have bowed out of the tourney. It is not till the spring contact period that you can resume workouts and those are limited to hours a week and in the number of players that can be in the gym at a time.
Outside the Playing Season - Academic Year
In sports other than football:
- Student-athletes may be required to participate in up to 8 hours per week of required strength and conditioning activities and individualized skill instruction.
- No more than 2 hours of the permissible 8 can consist of individualized skill instruction. No more than four student-athletes may be involved in skill instruction at all sites combined at any one time.
- Student-athletes must be given 2 days off from required activities per week.
I know you think your logic is well though out but there is a reason many of those schools see value in participation. I would say that it has benefitted OHIO in scheduling the following yrears, income from additional games, lengthened sessions with kids that need reps and individual instruction badly and some other added benefits I am not going to take the time to ponder on.