UCLA Game Program in PDF Format - GoHuskies.com
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COMPLIANCE CORNER<br />
A Day <strong>in</strong> the Life of a Student-Athlete<br />
Many people look back on their school<br />
days and remember how much flexibility<br />
and free time they had. While many<br />
college students have additional responsibilities<br />
such as work and families, student-athletes also<br />
carry additional responsibilities and have<br />
numerous time <strong>com</strong>mitments on a daily basis.<br />
Nationwide, student-athletes often voice concern<br />
about how to get it all done. How can they<br />
perform at their athletic peak, ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> their<br />
health, excel as students, take advantage of<br />
<strong>com</strong>munity outreach opportunities, and still<br />
have a life of their own?<br />
Due to these concerns, <strong>in</strong> the early 1990’s<br />
the NCAA member <strong>in</strong>stitutions adopted regulations<br />
limit<strong>in</strong>g the number of games <strong>in</strong> a season,<br />
the length of the play<strong>in</strong>g season, and the number<br />
of hours each day and each week that student-athletes<br />
can be required to participate <strong>in</strong><br />
athletically-related activities. Those regulations<br />
divide each team’s season <strong>in</strong>to two segments:<br />
one a declared play<strong>in</strong>g and practice season of a<br />
specified length (144 days for most sports),<br />
A typical student-athlete schedule:<br />
8 am Wake up<br />
9: 30-10:20 Attend class<br />
10:30-11:20 Work at <strong>in</strong>ternship<br />
11:30-12:20 Attend class<br />
12:30-1:20 Attend class<br />
1:45-4 Practice<br />
4-5 or 5:30 Lift weights or review film<br />
6-6:30 Eat d<strong>in</strong>ner<br />
7-9 Study table<br />
10 to 10:30 Go to bed<br />
and the other <strong>com</strong>prised of the rema<strong>in</strong>der of<br />
the academic year.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the declared play<strong>in</strong>g and practice<br />
season, student-athletes cannot be required to<br />
participate <strong>in</strong> athletically-related activity for<br />
more than four<br />
hours a day, or 20<br />
hours a week.<br />
Student-athletes<br />
must also receive at<br />
least one day off<br />
from all required<br />
athletically-related<br />
activities each<br />
Dana Richardson<br />
Assistant Athletic Director<br />
week. Outside of the play<strong>in</strong>g and practice season<br />
only strength and condition<strong>in</strong>g activities are<br />
allowed and student-athletes cannot be<br />
required to participate <strong>in</strong> those activities for<br />
more than eight hours each week. Dur<strong>in</strong>g this<br />
time period, football student-athletes are also<br />
permitted up to two hours of film review with<strong>in</strong><br />
the permissible eight hours total.<br />
Although these regulations limit the time<br />
demands on student-athletes to some extent, it<br />
is not surpris<strong>in</strong>g that student-athletes must still<br />
make every effort, every day, to excel <strong>in</strong> the<br />
classroom, <strong>in</strong> the <strong>com</strong>munity, and <strong>in</strong> their chosen<br />
sport.<br />
HUSKIES <strong>Game</strong>day 53