Tennessee football players Brett Kendrick, Cameron Sutton, Malik Foreman and Dylan Wiesman

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NCAA athletics directors moved to alleviate some time demands on student-athletes, but they tabled a number of other significant measures here at the Opryland Hotel, host site of the annual NCAA athletics directors meetings.

Student-athletes, per an SEC release, could receive as many as 21 additional days away from their respective sports. This has been an ongoing topic of debate in recent years as student-athletes have continued to juggle classroom demands, practice demands, and time for study hall and tutors.

Additionally, student-athletes are going to have more control over their schedules and a more defined schedule of weekly requirements at the onset of each semester.

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Not passing on Friday and instead tabled until the additional meetings in April were measures including an early signing period, specifically for football, the period and date of when that signing period would occur, and the move for an extra coach on the field for football.

Coaches in consensus remain heavily in favor for the 10th on-field assistant coach, but athletics directors and school administrators know this could be a potentially significant addition to the bottom-line budget.

All these tabled matters, among other topics, will be further addressed at the NCAA’s next set of meetings in April.

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