Today’s Players Don’t Know How Good They Have It

Denis Crawford, a contributing writer to the always excellent Bucpower.com, wrote a good piece on the 1987 Buccaneer training camp under Ray Perkins. You know how much players hate two-a-days? Perkins ran three-a-days.

Perkins' NFL version of "Survivor" started on July 20, 1987 at Pepin-Rood Stadium on the campus of the University of Tampa near downtown. Perkins scheduled practices from Monday through Saturday with full sessions scheduled from 8:30 am - 9:30 am, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm and 6 - 7:30 in the evening. Keep in mind this schedule was done during July and August when Tampa averages 90 - 100 degrees and 90% + humidity.

Crawford has to take special note of the weather because he's writing mostly for a mostly British audience at Bucpower.com, and they really only have "rain" and "less rain" as their weather options. Kind of like Seattle, but with tea instead of coffee.