All Fights Will Now Be Closed To The Public

Man...a lot of unexpected stories this morning in the Democrat-Gazette and NWA Times. It seems like they're a day late on the whole closed practice story.

Bob Holt: Open and shut case

Broyles said closing practice has been influenced by the Internet, including a situation last season where two Arkansas players got in a minor scuffle, it was reported on the Internet and Nutt had to calm down the parents.

"Fights happen at practice, it didn’t last over 15 seconds, but it was on the Internet, and the parents of both players were calling and upset that their sons had been in a fight, "Broyles said." So then [Nutt] is spending time talking to parents about that rather than coaching."

Now that story I can at least understand and appreciate, but this crap:

Wally Hall: You can blame the Internet for Nutt’s decision

Seems too much information from practices, such as plays, alignments and schemes, was being posted on various Web sites, and fans for other schools were not only getting that information for their own Web sites, but in some cases making sure the coaches at the school they support knew all they could.

With new defensive coordinator Reggie Herring making some changes, there’s no way Nutt wants the word to leak out too soon.

Can someone please tell me where these web sites are on the Internet? Trust me, I know how to Google...and I can't find a darn thing. As usual, Wally is an uninformed conspiracy theorizing idiot.

And even Terry Wood realizes they're beating a dead horse...but he joins in anyway.