#DNL New coach Lovie Smith bars Illini from scooters (Yahoo Sports)

New coach Lovie Smith bars Illini from scooters (Yahoo Sports)

In this June 12, 2016 photo, University of Illinois head football coach Lovie Smith, left, watches a football camp for high school athletes at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. When he got to campus back in March, coach Smith counted 50 or 60 Illini players who owned scooters. By the time practice starts in August, Smith says they will be gone. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears coach is banning Illini players from riding scooters. (Holly Hart/The News-Gazette via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

When he got to campus back in March, Lovie Smith counted 50 or 60 players who owned scooters. You can still see a handful of the compact, two-wheeled vehicles parked by Illinois' indoor training facility. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears coach is banning his players from riding scooters, bringing what he said is both a touch of NFL-style discipline and concern for his those players to the Big Ten campus.






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