DETROIT — Several Michigan football players claim the program regularly violates NCAA rules limiting how much time they can spend on training and practice sessions, according to a published report.
Players from the 2008 and 2009 teams told the Detroit Free Press that the amount of time they spend on football activities during the season and in the offseason greatly exceeds the limits.
Coach Rich Rodriguez denied violating NCAA rules.
The NCAA allows eight hours a week for mandatory workouts during the offseason. However, players told the newspaper that they spent two to three times that amount on required workouts.
The players also said they regularly exceeded the 20- hour weekly limit spent on football activities during the season.
Footnotes.
Receiver Ronald Johnson, USC’s third-leading receiver last season, will be out six to eight weeks after breaking his collarbone during the Trojans’ mock game.
• Alabama coach Nick Saban has signed a three-year contract extension.
The Associated Press
