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Maicke: Cut the NFL preseason to two games
▶ MIKE MAICKE
@MJ_Maicke
The lengthy NFL preseason has struck again, this time attacking a familiar injury target.
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo sustained yet another injury, this one on the third play of Dallas' third preseason game against Seattle. Romo took a hit from Seahawks' defensive end Cliff Avril that sent him directly to the ground rolling around in agony.
Cowboys fans and early fantasy football drafters held their breath watching the star quarterback go down. The news was a gut-punch for the entire Cowboys organization.
Dallas coach Jason Garrett revealed that Romo broke a bone in his back and is expected to be out for 6-10 weeks. According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, Ro-
mo's best-case scenario is to return by the middle of the season.
Next in line is rookie quarterback Dak Prescott from Mississippi State. This means the Cowboys will open the season featuring a rookie quarterback and a rookie halfback, Ezekiel Elliot.
Cowboys fans and early fantasy football drafters held their breath watching the star quarterback go down."
This most recent injury to Romo is a small part of a much bigger problem, the ridiculous length of the NFL preseason.
son football putting multiple teams at a serious disadvantage before week one comes around.
Every year star players get injured before playing even one snap of regular sea-
It's tough on coaches, other players, but especially on the casual fans who pay extremely high prices to see these players that are now confined to street clothes on the sideline.
Packers star wide receiver Jordy Nelson was a victim of a serious preseason injury before the 2015 season after tearing his ACL, just days after Panthers wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin tore his ACL. Both were kept off the field for the entire season.
There is absolutely no reason to play four games in the preseason. The NFL needs to cut two preseason games and start the regular season earlier, or take the two games and move them to the regular season, then give teams one additional bye week.
Sure, football is a highspeed physical game, and these injuries can absolutely happen at any time. But when we are consistently seeing top-tier players go down in preseason games,
something has to change.
I understand that there is never a convenient time to get injured; however, if athletes are enduring these unfortunate injuries, it should at least be in a contest where
the outcome matters.
Shake off the offseason rust in training camp, give these injury-prone stars a break and cut two preseason NFL games.
Associated Press Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is tended to by a trainer after he went down on a play against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half of a preseason NFL football game.
KU learns about more than basketball in Europe
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MATT HOFFMAN
@MattHoffmanUDK
On July 14, a Tunisian terrorist deliberately drove a truck into a crowd celebrating French holiday Bastille Day in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring 307 others. The attack took place roughly two blocks from "La Méridien," the four-star hotel in which the Kansas women's basketball team would stay at for their foreign tour of France and Switzerland only a month later.
Kansas competed four times during the tour in games against Nice Select (France), Sion Select (Switzerland) and twice against the AMW All Stars (France). The Jayhawks went 4-0 outscoring their opponents 372-172 in those four games combined.
"It's the educational value of [the trip] in general, we visited the memorial in Nice and obviously [the memory] was really, really fresh and we talked about that as a team," coach Brandon Schneider said.
"They put together teams for us because they knew we were going over there. Some
"I told them, 'If we were in Honolulu we'd be going to Pearl Harbor, if we were in Oklahoma City we'd be going downtown and you're getting a lot more out of it than team chemistry and basketball,'" Schneider said.
of the games weren't as high of a level as we thought they would be," senior forward Jada Brown said. "It was definitely fun just to get out there, play together and compete."
You're getting a lot more out of it than team chemistry and basketball."
"Obviously with the 24-second shot clock the game plays a lot quicker," Schneider said. "I like that on an offensive rebound the clock resets to 14 so you better have a short-clock offense."
While the second-year coach thought the game played quicker and liked the 14-second reset, Schneider isn't ready to see a 24-second shot clock in NCAA basketball.
Brandon Schneider Women's basketball coach
The team was in for a challenge adjusting to the differences between NCAA and international FIBA rules they had to play under in France and Switzerland. The main differences include a 24-second shot clock (instead of 30) and an extended three-point line and the inability to call a timeout during live-ball action.
the men even a five-second change this year is a big difference,"Schneider said.
"I think even if you talk to
Away from the hardwood, the team engaged in many of the usual tourist activities associated with France and Switzerland including visiting the Eiffel Tower, Lake Geneva and shopping in Paris.
"Some people were super into the Eiffel Tower and some other people were super simplistic and just wanted to lay on the beach," Brown said.
Sophomore guard Kylee Kopatich participated in a unique escapade: paddle boarding in Switzerland.
"With the mountains in the back it was just the greatest thing," Kopatich said. "It was pretty hard and I went with the other two Sydneys (guard Sydney Benoit and forward Sydney Umeri) and they fell quite a bit but I didn't fall once."
Kansas will now turn its attention to "Late night in the Phog," the unofficial start of the college basketball season on October 1. The Jayhawks open the regular season on November 13 with a game against Missouri State and Big 12 play on a date to be named later.
-Edited by Chandler Boese
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The Kansas women's basketball team visited the site of the Nice France terrorist attacks
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Kylee Kopatich goes strong to the basket at Allen Fieldhouse against Oklahoma State
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