Colorado University Athletics
CU Closes Remaining Spring Practices
BOULDER ? The University of Colorado has closed the remainder of its spring practices for several reasons, athletic director Mike Bohn and head coach Dan Hawkins jointly announced Thursday.
The combination of far too much information surfacing on the Internet, despite repeated requests of those in attendance not to communicate via cell phone technologies, and distractions they have caused led to the decision. Misinformation being put out there played a role as well.
Hawkins said the scrimmage set for this Saturday (April 11, 10 a.m.) is open, with next FridayGÇÖs (April 17, 4 p.m.) to be determined provided what happened last year doesnGÇÖt occur. That was when video footage taken by several cell phones showed up on the Internet. Hawkins said if that occurred after this SaturdayGÇÖs scrimmage, the session on the 17th would be closed.
Colorado policies are now more in-line with most of their Big 12 Conference counterparts, and its own fall policies, where after the first two weeks of August drills, all weekday practices are closed to the public, including Thursday sessions which are also closed to the media.
In addition, CUGÇÖs athletic media policies will be strictly enforced.
The spring game on April 25 (1 p.m.) is unaffected, and remains free and open to all.
To listen to coach Hawkins discuss his reasons why, click over to the April 9 spring game central daily story and watch the post-practice media session video.