A Feasibility Study: A Feasibility Study:

Changing UC’s Practica Hours Changing UC’s Practica Hours for Athletesfor Athletes

By: Kiley Jones

BackgroundBackground

• Sport Administration MajorsSport Administration Majors

• Required to get 400 hours of practica before Required to get 400 hours of practica before graduation.graduation.

• Practica refers to any work in sport related Practica refers to any work in sport related fields, paid or unpaid.fields, paid or unpaid.

• Graduation will be delayed until all practica Graduation will be delayed until all practica hours are achieved.hours are achieved.

Changing Practica Changing Practica HoursHours

• ProblemProblem• Student athletes do not have extra curricular Student athletes do not have extra curricular

time to get any hours due to practice, meetings, time to get any hours due to practice, meetings, and study hall.and study hall.

• Student athletes are not graduating on time Student athletes are not graduating on time because they must wait until their playing time because they must wait until their playing time is up to get practica hours.is up to get practica hours.

• SolutionSolution• Allowing practice time to count towards practica Allowing practice time to count towards practica

hours.hours.

AudienceAudience

• Student athletes at the University of Student athletes at the University of Cincinnati majoring in Sport AdministrationCincinnati majoring in Sport Administration

• FacultyFaculty

• CoachesCoaches

Topics to be Topics to be InvestigatedInvestigated

• The number of practice hours to be counted The number of practice hours to be counted as practica hours each day.as practica hours each day.

• Interview with future Department Head Interview with future Department Head Robert Brinkmeyer.Robert Brinkmeyer.

• Determining the number of student athletes Determining the number of student athletes that would be affected by this change.that would be affected by this change.

Criteria/StandardsCriteria/StandardsCriterion Standard Method of

Evaluating

Hours Spent at Practice

Two hours per day counts

Establish one hour before and one hour

after practice for sport related work

Who has authority to change policy?

Robert Brinkmeyer, the new department head of

Sport Administration

Interview with Brinkmeyer

Number of athletes involved

15-25University of Cincinnati athlete biographies at

GoBearcats.com

Resources and ReferencesResources and References

• InternetInternet• http://www.gobearcats.com

• http://www.uc.edu/cas/buscom/sport_admin/Default.aspx

• InterviewInterview• Department head, Robert BrinkmeyerDepartment head, Robert Brinkmeyer

QuestionsQuestions

Do you have any questions?Do you have any questions?