The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by bduddy

The NCAA has quite comprehensive limits on when and how teams can practice, and their goals are pretty similar...

There is far more money involved in NCAA sports. Especially in terms of schools getting more money if they practice longer hours. They will do better on the field and potentially get into championship games that have large pay outs from advertisers. FRC teams don't get money when they win a World Title (directly). So we are not exactly comparing apples to apples. The money puts far more pressure on coaches and teams in NCAA athletics. If FRC ever gets that commercial (charging admission to the public for events) than maybe it would be a better comparison. Also the last A (association) in NCAA is very important in why they are able to regulate schools.