Today, the Courier-Journal explored a common practice that's done by many college football programs: closing off their practices to the public. They examined many different programs, some opened 4 practices, some opened them until a week before the game, some are available by sign in only, and some are only open to the media... Kentucky only opens one practice to the public and media: fan day.

I'm curious, do you think that practices should be open to the public, or at least to the media so that they can cover these practices for you?

Honestly, I'm still on the fence on this issue. I understand completely why they would close the practices off. Programs are afraid that people will go, take pictures, discuss aspects of the practice on the internet, and could potentially cause the team harm if an opposing team. What would happen if an opposing team found out that a player was limping, hurt, etc. What if the team is planning on using a new offensive scheme against a team and someone goes on the internet and says "I saw Kentucky and they were running the option this week! It's gonna be amazing!" Yes they could be saying it because they are excited for their team, but if an opposing team wasn't prepared for the option, but found out with 3 practices left that the team they're playing is going to be running it... They can key their defense on it.

What do you think?