Could NFL-style organized team activities soon replace CFB spring games?

February 12, 2025

By Brandon Marcello, CBS Sports: Spring football as we know it might be nearing its end across college football. Several programs plan to eliminate public spring games this offseason, and prominent coaches are campaigning to transform the allotted 15 days of practices into NFL-style organized team activities in June or July.

The idea is nothing new, but it is gaining traction. Sources told CBS Sports that FBS coaches discussed a potential proposal to eliminate spring practices and implement OTAs in the late spring and early summer months at the American Football Coaches Association annual meeting in January.

The goal is to better organize rosters before the summer semester and combat tampering before the spring transfer portal window opens in mid-April.

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