As programs across the country continue with spring practices, it won’t be long before we are talking about the upcoming fall season. Changes are being  coming due to national adjustments in college football operations.

Before the USC Trojans take the field for preseason practices this summer, there are some important changes that have been planned and articulated at the administrative level, and they are far-ranging in scope if they are actually implemented.

Per Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger, the NCAA is planning some changes for the fall camps, including a major reduction of full padded practices as well as eliminating drills such as the “Oklahoma drill” for the future. Here is what Dellenger wrote on Wednesday night:

In response to results from a five-year concussion study released earlier this spring, an NCAA legislative committee is deeply exploring ways to make the annual August camp a safer place, officials told Sports Illustrated in interviews this week. The Football Oversight Committee (FOC), college football’s highest policy-making group, plans to present recommendations soon that will significantly change one of football’s most grueling traditions.

Committee members are considering a reduction of full-padded camp practices (from 21 to eight), the complete abolishment of collision exercises (such as the “Oklahoma” drill) and limiting a team to two scrimmages per camp (lowered from three and a half).

Those are some major changes, especially with the padded practices being cut back from 21 to eight, which is more than half. The elimination of collision exercises is also due to the concussion study. It is designed to keep players safe through the offseason and going into the season.

The changes aren’t officially happening just yet, but it’s a storyline to continue to monitor as the offseason proceeds.