The Saskatchewan Roughriders will hit the field for rookie camp in two weeks at Griffiths Stadium on the University of Saskatchewan campus.<\/p>\n
The club will use the home of the reigning Hardy Cup champion Saskatchewan Huskies for roughly two and a half weeks.<\/p>\n
Roughriders Plaza of Honour defensive lineman Scott Schultz said facilities remain a key factor in both performance and recruiting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a facilities guy,\u201d Schultz said. \u201cIf I were on this team now, if I spent any more time in the stadium, I\u2019d be a stand or a chair. I would spend all my time at the stadium using the facilities, the hot tub, the cold tub, the treatment, everything that\u2019s there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schultz pointed to Mosaic Stadium as a benchmark across the CFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look at the facility that they have now; it is state-of-the-art,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no one in the CFL that has a comparable one. Mosaic Stadium is just an unbelievable, state-of-the-art facility with amenities for these players.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added players entering the CFL now arrive with expectations based on their collegiate experiences.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey expect those kinds of amenities,\u201d Schultz said. \u201cWhen I came from the University of North Dakota, they had a big facility like a field house. They had four fields, a pool, and a warm-down pool you could walk through to cool down your legs. You had 24-hour access.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schultz said he often took full advantage.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo many times, I was in there at one in the morning watching film \u2014 Betamax back then, because it had better quality,\u201d he said. \u201cI was like a kid in a candy store.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Moose Jaw product said that experience shaped his understanding of the importance of facilities to development.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent five years in North Dakota coming from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and to get into a facility like that, it was just fantastic,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the kind of experience everything\u2019s moved to now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schultz added that the evolution of facilities continues to raise the bar across football.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see some of these universities now, it\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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