Big Ten institutes player availability injury reports for all teams during 2023 college football season

The Big Ten introduced Thursday that it is going to institute a sport day player availability record for all teams during the 2023 college football season season. Each member establishment is accountable for filing their injury reports a minimum of two hours ahead of their respective kickoff instances. 

The Big Ten additionally printed that it’s partnering with U.S. Integrity to “enhance monitoring efforts and provide additional educational resources to help prevent student-athletes, coaches, and staff from engaging in prohibited sports wagering.”

“The well-being of our students, coaches, and staff, as well as the integrity of our competitions are of paramount importance,” Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti mentioned in a remark. “Enhanced transparency through availability reporting and partnering with U.S. Integrity strengthens our efforts to protect those who participate in our games as well as the integrity of the games themselves. I’m grateful for the collaboration of our schools, coaches, and administrators.”  

The Big Ten will distribute player availability reports on its website online and post them on social media. Though a handful of particular person techniques have used availability reports up to now, that is the primary time {that a} Power Five convention is implementing the initiative league-wide.

The Big Ten’s partnership with U.S. Integrity appears to be in response to fresh NCAA investigations into Iowa — a Big Ten college — and Iowa State. The NCAA suspended avid gamers at each establishments for sports activities wagering, together with Hawkeyes defensive take on Noah Shannon. Iowa trainer Kirk Ferentz showed that Shannon was once suspended for the entire 12 months, although Iowa plans to attraction the verdict.