NCAA: 43 percent say football takes more time than advertised
43 percent of football players in the Football Bowl Subdivision believe that football takes more time than they were initially led to believe.
The statistic comes in the release of the NCAA's survey of athletes regarding their time demands. 2,007 football players (approximately 7 percent, the lowest response rate of any sport) responded to the survey, though that includes players in both FBS and FCS, formerly Division I-AA.
The NCAA released the results of the survey, taken in November, on Tuesday. The 43 percent of FBS players who said time demands in their sport were higher than they were told during recruiting is the largest percentage of athletes in any sport who believe they are putting in more time than advertised.
You can view the results of the entire survey here. Below are more key football-centric takeaways:
• Per the NCAA, "just under half" of football and basketball players support daily time restrictions being lifted for their sport. However, 13 percent believe the 20-hour per week limit should be raised.
• On that note, more than 40 percent of football and basketball players would like two off days per week in season and 69 percent of football players believe a travel day should not count as an off day.
• 11 percent of FBS players believe the daily limit of four hours per day should be raised.
• Football players reported spending over 6 hours per game day for their sport. Football games are counted as 3 hours against the weekly limit.
• 91 percent of FBS players supported a mandatory no-activity period following the conclusion of the season while 36 percent supported a break duration of two weeks.
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