NCAA Limits on ALL Athletically-Related Activities

The NCAA restricts a student-athlete’s participation in countable athletically-related activities to:

Playing Season - Required Activity

• maximum of four hours per day
• maximum of 20 hours per week, with each day of competition counting as three hours
• required one day off per week

Out-of-Season - Required Activity

• maximum of eight hours per week
• required two days off per week
• for all sports other than football, not more than two hours per week may be spent on required individual skill instruction
• football may require two hours of film review each week (as part of the eight maximum hours) but may not conduct skill instruction
• no out-of-season activities may occur during Dead Week or Finals Week