SANDESTIN, Fla. The Southeastern Conference is engaging in discussions regarding the potential to expand the current season model for football to 14 weeks, effectively adding an extra bye week.
According to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, the NCAAs Football Oversight Committee has introduced the concept for a 14-week season every year and is approaching each conference for its position on the idea.
Thats the purpose of the conversation, and well see where that lands, Sankey said Tuesday night following the first day of the conferences annual SEC Spring Meetings from the Hilton Sandestin.
Effectively, the 14-week model would maintain a 12-game regular season but insert a second bye week to be utilized, allowing teams more freedom in their scheduling.
The move would necessitate college football adding an additional week to the start of the season, lengthening a season thats already receiving complaints from coaches including Alabamas Nick Saban on its excessive length, especially for those teams that advance to the national championship game.
I personally think that our season is way too long and making the season longer is not a good thing for the players, Saban said in mid-April following the announcement of the elimination of two-a-day practices and extending the preseason an additional week. Its a long season for these players. I mean, weve played 15 games two years in a row. Its a long season.
