[Old Jumper]

Since you brought up dead period, I'd personally like to see ALL of July as the Dead Period & football practice not start until Aug 1, thus moving the start of the season back to Labor Day weekend (could take out the bye week and still finish the 1st weekend of December).

.....calling Old Jumper....calling Old Jumper?!?!

I totally agree that no pads should be worn and no mandatory team activities should be held until August 1st. Season openers should also be limited to the first weekend in September, IMO.

Does anyone know for sure when/why the term "dead period" entered our lexicon? Back when I played (late 70s, early 80s), I honestly don't think there was such a thing. Best I recall, the weight room and track were open/available for voluntary workouts throughout both June/July, and then we cranked things up August 1.

I think that system worked fine; not sure what prompted the need to legislate it out of existence.