It was a rule passed in 2014, and its impact is being felt now in a direct way for the University of Alabama football program.
The NCAA rule, which allows coaches to meet with players up to two hours each week during the summer, created an avenue for coaches to tutor players in video study and teach them concepts/ideas the players were then able to incorporate during summer 7 on 7 workouts, which are player organized and led.
“I think it was really helpful that we were able to spend that time,” UA coach Nick Saban said in a Thursday press conference following the Crimson Tide’s first fall practice.