{"id":68389,"date":"2024-08-30T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=68389"},"modified":"2024-08-30T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T04:30:00","slug":"mark-stoops-is-in-favor-of-the-secs-new-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/mark-stoops-is-in-favor-of-the-secs-new-injury-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Stoops is in favor of the SEC\u2019s new injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injury reports<\/a> are coming to the Southeastern Conference. <\/p>\n

SEC schools will be required to submit player availability reports three days before each team\u2019s football game along with daily updates that lead up to one final report 90 minutes before opening kick. It\u2019ll be similar to what the NFL does with its injury reports, where players are designated as available, probable, doubtful, or questionable ahead of game day and then listed as available, game-time decision, or out on the actual gameday. <\/p>\n

This move will go into effect immediately, meaning it will apply to the 2024 football season, which begins for Kentucky on Saturday. Fines will be sent out to teams that fail to follow injury report guidelines. The Wildcats head coach, Mark Stoops<\/a><\/strong>, is in favor of the new rule<\/strong>, which should provide more clarity across the league. Teams can better prepare for the opponent knowing who is hurt and who is not. <\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I have a pretty good idea of what it\u2019s going to look like and I\u2019m comfortable with it,\u201d Stoops said on Thursday. \u201cI think you guys know from covering me all these years, it\u2019s not hard to read through what I\u2019ve said all along I don\u2019t think. Now it\u2019s just being specific on questionable, probable, out, and all those things. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been pretty forthcoming with that over the years, I feel like everybody knows at some point anyway, they\u2019re gonna get the information.<\/strong> And I have no problem with it. I\u2019m good with it, I support it, and I think there will be clarity, certainly when we play other teams it\u2019ll be good for me to know where they stand. It\u2019ll be good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NEWS: The SEC has approved mandatory injury reports for football, basketball, and baseball starting effective immediately, @PeteNakos_<\/a> reports. <\/p>\n

Football reports must be published on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/t.co\/QDqt5OH316<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Es0NR7kKCj<\/a><\/p>\n

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Not to ignore the elephant in the room, the rise of sports gambling across the United States has surely helped speed up the need for regular injury reports. Bettors will no longer be left in the dark until kickoff when it comes to player availability (or, ideally, not feel the need to find other, less moral, ways to learn that information). That\u2019s no small note in regard to the future of college athletics in the new era, which is beginning to look more and more like professional sports.<\/p>\n

Previously, there were no regulations at all. Injuries were mostly tight-lipped outside of something major. Even if it means Stoops can\u2019t keep his injuries under wraps, the benefit of knowing what\u2019s going on with the other team outweighs any other factors. <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my side, I know. We know what it\u2019s going to look like,\u201d Stoops said. \u201cWith us under no obligation in the past, you could play it closer to the vest because there are game-time decisions. That still could happen and will happen. And then there\u2019s other opportunities where you know it\u2019s not gonna happen. I think for us, from a preparation standpoint, from our opponents, I think it\u2019ll be more clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

From a fan, coach, and sports bettor perspective, weekly injury reports should only help the cause. <\/p>\n

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Watch the latest Mark Stoops press conference on the KSR YouTube Channel.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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