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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

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