Alabama coach Nick Saban questioned the viability of a spring football season during his appearance on ESPNs Get Up on Tuesday, asking whether professional potential customers would even think about participating.
” I think one of the genuine effects of this is, if youre a junior or a senior and you have an NFL grade, are you going to play in the spring?” Saban stated. “Or is that going to end up being sort of a JV season with a lot of these elders and juniors opting out?”
Several present college football players have informed ESPN they d be unwilling to play a spring season, mentioning the risk of injury so near the NFL draft, which is scheduled to begin on April 29.
2 RelatedA week back, the Big Ten and Pac-12 revealed that they would hold off all fall sports throughout the coronavirus pandemic, with the hope of playing football in the spring.
The SEC, ACC and Big 12 all have plans to begin their seasons in late September.
Saban said hes positive in the advice he and the SEC have actually gotten in terms of moving on with the season and producing a “safe environment.”
” Everybodys scenarios and situation is a little bit different,” Saban stated. “I really dislike it for the gamers who will not get the opportunity to play and complete and develop worth for themselves.”
A number of prominent pro potential customers have pulled out of the season, consisting of Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons, Minnesota receiver Rashod Bateman and Miami defensive lineman Gregory Rousseau.
On Monday, protecting champion LSU had its 2nd gamer pull out when senior defensive back Kary Vincent Jr. said he was going to begin getting ready for the NFL combine.
Over the weekend, a handful of Vanderbilt gamers pulled out, including leading tackler Dimitri Moore.
Saban has actually decreased to state whether any of his players had decided to opt out of the season, restating that everyone has been told that “you dont need to do anything youre not comfortable with.”
” Were going to keep all those issues internal to our team,” Saban said after practice Monday. “The players have actually asked me to do that, and I agree with them.”
Alabama opens the season against Missouri on Sept. 26.
Saban said. “Or is that going to become sort of a JV season with a lot of these juniors and elders choosing out?”
