There will be no spring football scrimmage between Colorado and Syracuse this year, but the idea will be discussed for future years.

The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision oversight committee has denied waiver requests by CU and Syracuse to conduct joint practices and an 11-on-11 scrimmage on April 19 at Folsom Field.

NCAA rules do not permit joint scrimmages, but on March 17, CU head coach Deion Sanders said he was hoping to play against another team for the Buffs’ spring game, and Syracuse head coach Fran Brown expressed interest and contacted Sanders.

CU and Syracuse then submitted waiver requests in hopes of getting the opportunity to compete.

On Friday, the committee provided its decision.

“The committee reviewed and provided feedback to the NCAA staff on a legislative relief waiver request to permit two FBS institutions to engage in a joint contact practice session, a joint noncontact practice session and an 11-on-11 scrimmage during the institutions’ 2025 spring practice period,” the report read. “The committee raised concerns regarding: (1) The timing of the request, noting most institutions have already planned their spring practice periods and some are at the end of, or have completed, their spring practice period; (2) The competitive and recruiting advantage gained by the applicant institutions if a waiver was approved to allow these institutions to engage in activities no other institutions are permitted to do; and (3) The potential academic impact associated with student-athletes missing class time to participate in practice activities.

“The committee advised the NCAA staff that, for the reasons noted above, it opposed the waiver. The committee agreed to discuss, during a future meeting, a concept that could permit joint spring practices in future seasons.”

With the request denied, CU’s Black & Gold intrasquad scrimmage will go on as planned at Folsom Field on April 19 (2:30 p.m., ESPN2).

Earlier this week, CU athletic director Rick George said he was hopeful the waiver would be granted, adding he felt there was a “really good chance it could happen.”

Although it won’t happen this year, George said he likes Sanders’ idea for joint spring games.

“I think this is a great idea for college football,” George said. “You’ve got some schools out there looking at not playing a spring game. We’re looking at playing a spring game that’s going to drive more fans in here in the spring time that get excited about your program. And maybe the networks start covering more spring games and there’s a monetary value to that that schools can recoup. So I think (Sanders’) idea is brilliant, and I support it.”