What is the 20 hour rule for Michigan football players?
20-hour rule for NCAA athletes broken regularly Angelique S. Chengelis / The Detroit News Four years ago, the NCAA presidential task force on the future of Division I intercollegiate athletics student-athlete well-being subcommittee identified the lack of enforcement of the 20-hour rule as an issue that required serious discussion. Current NCAA rules limit a student-athlete’s participation in athletically related activities to a maximum of four hours a day and 20 hours a week during the season. Former and current Michigan football players, who spoke anonymously in a recently published report, alleged the program, under coach Rich Rodriguez, violated that rule, among others. The school launched an investigation into allegations on Sunday. According to an NCAA survey of 21,000 student-athletes in 2006, football players in major college programs estimated they spent 44.8 hours a week on athletic activities. That, according to an Associated Press story, was more than 10 hours a week more t
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