The ACC will begin to launch public availability reports at least 48 hours before all the conference games in this football season, announced Commissioner Jim Phillips on Tuesday.
The conference will require that all schools send NFL style reports that classify players as “available”, “questionable”, “doubtful” or “outside” with updates both the day before a game and two hours before the start. The decision, said Phillips, intends to counteract an impulse from players to obtain privileged information.
“There are tensions in our students athletes of people trying to obtain information,” said Phillips. “Sometimes he is quite innocent. They just want to know because they are a great admirer. But other times he leads to the betting game and betting sports.”
Phillips said availability reports will also be necessary for basketball and baseball.
The ACC will also institute a fine structure for any school that uses badly or not participating in the delivery of availability reports in time, although specific fines have not yet been determined.
Phillips said he announced the policy to the coaches who did not express any setback in this low season.
“Each coach has to do what they have to do to prepare their team, and there is always a sum of the game,” Phillips said. “That has passed around 100 years and will continue. But [availability reporting] It's right. “
For basketball and baseball, the equipment must launch availability reports one day before the game with an update two hours before the start time.
The SEC began providing public reports on the availability of players last season for conference games in football, male and female basketball and baseball. The ACC will not be required to get the availability for non -conference games, even if the other conference has the same policy.
Phillips also mentioned the legalized play space with respect to channeling money in the athletics departments. The state of North Carolina, where the ACC is headquarters, is considering a proposal that would change to $ 20 million of tax revenues from the game to state institutions such as UNC and NC State to finance athletics.
“Investment in higher education and athletics, I am in favor,” said Phillips. “I praise the state of North Carolina to see it in this way and try to support these institutions. I hope that more states support their institutions like this.”
