Many teams in the Football Championship Subdivision begin their spring season this weekend. Sports medicine experts are wary of the physical and mental toll on players who will have two seasons squeezed into 10 or 11 months. North Dakota State has won eight of the last nine national championships. The Bison face the prospect of playing 27 or 28 games between now and January. The president of the National Athletic Trainers Association says mental health, musculoskeletal injury and brain injury are all areas of concern. North Dakota State coach Matt Entz said he’ll look for ways to keep players fresh.
