Shane Beamer on mandatory injury reports: 'A lot of head coaches aren't even going to mess with it'

With the start of conference play this week, SEC schools are having to get used to a new injury report procedure.

Kentucky and South Carolina are set to meet on Saturday, meaning they’re the first duo through all the new red tape. Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer doesn’t think it’ll be a big deal, though he’d hardly call it a pleasure.

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“I wouldn’t say it’s a pleasure, for sure,” Beamer said. “Did not have to rearrange the schedule. I think between, we meet as a staff every day at 4 o’clock in the afternoons. Or Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays we do. In that we always meet with Clint (Haggard) and talk about all the injury situation as well.”

Haggard is the team’s head athletic trainer and does his best during the week to keep Beamer up to speed on injuries, as well as ongoing rehabs. That’s during the course of normal business.

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The new injury report rule might add a touch more paperwork, but it shouldn’t drastically alter anyone’s week.

“So between Clint Haggard, George Wynn, myself, I don’t think it’ll be much on my plate,” Beamer explained. “I would imagine a lot of head coaches aren’t even going to mess with it, they’re just going to give it to the trainer. And the trainer’s going to say, ‘Does this look good?’ and the head coach is going to look at it for five seconds and say, ‘Yeah, it’s fine.’ So it’s not a big deal.

“It is what it is, and I don’t think it’ll be too time-consuming from my standpoint.”

Breaking down the new SEC injury report

The SEC has approved a player availability injury report system for football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball.

SEC school personnel must submit availability reports three days before each football game, with daily updates leading to a final report 90 minutes before game time. For basketball and baseball, reports are filed the night before, with an update on game day.

According to the SEC, penalties for inaccurate or late reports will range from $25,000 to $100,000 for football and anywhere from $15,000 to $25,000 for basketball and baseball.

When schools submit injury reports, players will be designated as available, probable, doubtful and questionable before game day. On game day, designations will be available, game-time decision or out. The model follows injury reports similar to the NFL.