Pac-12 Commissioner Considering Mandatory Injury Reports

There could come a day soon when Pac-12 football teams are required to release mandatory injury reports. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said as much to the Los Angeles Times on Saturday at halftime of the USC-Stanford game.

This would a major victory for media that cover the conference. To have NFL-style reports during the week and final status updates on players on the last full practice day before a game would make reporters' jobs a lot easier, instead of having to speculate as to why a player missed practice with no information required from the head coach, as is the present system.

Imagine this in print online or in your newspaper, or even spoken via broadcast media: "USC wide receiver Robert Woods is listed as questionable with a sore left hamstring. He is expected to play."

That's just a hypothetical, but an injury report would force coaches, such as the notoriously surly Chip Kelly at Oregon, to address whatever injuries are on the report.

Scott said the issue will be on the agenda at the next conference athletic directors' meeting in October.

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Lane Kiffin Apologizes For USC Reporter Ban

USC Trojans head coach Lane Kiffin apologized Thursday for the athletic department's ban placed on Los Angeles Daily News reporter Scott Wolf.

Kiffin, via the Orange County Register:

"And after from hearing from Scott's people and what Scott was trying to get done wasn't against what we're trying to say," Kiffin told reporters after Thursday's practice. "Scott's back. I apologize if that was taken the wrong way. We viewed it differently."

Kiffin went on to say that while there isn't necessarily a right or a wrong in Scott's report that USC kicker Andre Heidari underwent knee surgery, the athletic department and newspaper editors will further discuss how the news can be reported without the Trojans losing a competitive advantage.

Scott was back at practice on Thursday, a day after the ban was lifted. He was originally suspended because the athletic department said Scott violated USC's policy to not report player injuries based off of practice observation. Scott's reporting was not practice-based.

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USC Football Lifts Ban On Scott Wolf

The USC Trojans have lifted a ban head coach Lane Kiffin instituted on Scott Wolf for discussing an injury to USC kicker Andre Heidari publicly.

USC Bans Reporter From Practice, Denies Game Credential For Reporting Injury Information