At 11:30 Thursday morning there are nine football games running concurrently on the Carolina campus—40-yard fields, seven players a team, 20 high schools from across the Carolinas, Virginia and Florida and two club/all-star teams, Tar Heel players running the stop watches to make sure each quarterback gets his throws off in four seconds or less. Kenan Stadium, Ehringhaus Field, Navy Field, Eddie Smith Field House and the soccer and field hockey fields are in use.
Seven-on-Seven. What used to be 15 minutes of practice on every level from high school to the NFL has morphed into what’s almost a separate sports and culture.