Jaguars Open Mandatory Minicamp Practice To The Public
May 27th, 2026
Attention, Team Glazer!
So the Bucs had three training camp practices open to the Average Joes last season, aka fans without season passes or a tie to a special interest group.
Bravo! That was up from two practices in 2024 and only one in 2023.
However, Joe remembers back in, say, 2015, when the Buccaneers had 11 training camp dates open to all fans. The norm around the league (and Joe has done the research) is for teams to make a majority of their training camp dates open to fans.
Joe sure hopes the Bucs get back to that because, well, for all the same darn reasons Bucs officials used to celebrate opening the vast majority of dates to the public.
A different twist on fan-friendly was unveiled yesterday by the Jaguars. Jacksonville will open Day 1 of the team’s mandatory minicamp (June 10) to the public. Tickets are free.
What a wonderful decision.
May 27th, 2026 at 11:48 am
The Glazers should adopt you and change your name “Joe Glazer” cause you are always glazin’ Liam Coen and the Jags
May 27th, 2026 at 12:07 pm
Nailed it !
May 27th, 2026 at 12:33 pm
I once (’03 ?) drove to Orlando to watch a practice at Disney. It was great, hot but great. It was well organized with the cheerleaders and all. So it must have cost a fair amount. Are the owners that worried about foreign intelligence agents in the stands ? Perhaps the owners are just being cheap !
May 27th, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Their afraid kids will take notes and sell them to the Falcons!
May 27th, 2026 at 1:03 pm
Clearly the Jags actually care about the fan base.
Not only are they making practice free and open to the public, they hired a real HC to change the direction of their franchise.
Meanwhile the Glazer kids are happy to miss the playoffs or go bust in round one at home in prime time. They love the Bowles culture of failure.
And almost no open practices to the public and definitely not free.
The Jags get it. The Glazers are idiots.
May 27th, 2026 at 1:13 pm
I remember when the Glazers first bought the team and were shaking hands with anyone who stuck their hand out at Pipin Rood stadium.
Whatever the extra cost involved with fan friendly open practices are worth more than can be calculated by the bean counters.
It absolutely WONDERFUL for getting young kids attached to a favorite player.
Clearly NOT everyone can afford the Sunday RayJay experience $$$$$
Oh well clearly the Glazers are not listening to
Hence the current HC
May 27th, 2026 at 1:46 pm
Jags take a home game away from their fans every year and send them overseas. Not sure if that is caring about your fanbase.
IMO Season Tickets holders should get some perks. Not all season Ticket holders are wealthy. Just choose to spend dollars on Tickets.
May 27th, 2026 at 2:52 pm
I went to the Bucs/Jags joint practice a rear of two ago as I have friends in the area. I was impressed how the Jags set up the practice, and how many open practices, they had. Too bad the Glazers are too cheap to compete for the fans. With the Jags temporary move to Orlando, they might win over the folks there.
May 27th, 2026 at 3:05 pm
Maybe Todd doesn’t want people watching him “coach”. Not sure they do anything at mini camp other teams don’t already know. I guess they just don’t understand public relations
May 27th, 2026 at 3:08 pm
“”Jags take a home game away from their fans every year and send them overseas. Not sure if that is caring about your fanbase””
So the NFL schedules overseas games based on teams volunteering?
I’m not sure I believe that one.
May 27th, 2026 at 4:24 pm
Sew buttons! 1 halfway decent season since Brunell ,let’s follow that teams culture.. No thanks !
May 27th, 2026 at 4:27 pm
Who needs to watch a Todd walkthrough to keep his players fresh?
May 27th, 2026 at 8:13 pm
I live in Ocala. Unfortunately we have the Orlando media market. Last year they broadcast several Jags games instead of Bucs games. Drove me nuts! That had never really happened before other than one here or there. I think they’re easing us in to a full season of Jags games for when the Jags play their entire 2027 in Orlando and it will probably be all Jags and no Bucs games…Galzers, what are you doing giving up an entire fan base??!!!
May 28th, 2026 at 12:11 am
In the late 90s I’d go to UT to watch practices. As far as I remember, I think all practices were open to the public – but I certainly could be remembering that wrong. No tickets needed, just show up, go sit in the stands, and guys like Warren Sapp would come out to the stands and talk trash with the crowd, getting everyone fired up. They were fun practices – and didn’t have constant blaring music so the players could hear the crowd and responding to them. No idea what the point of having closed practices are, other than the team just not wanting to deal with fans – which is a dumb policy when you’re literally in the entertainment business.
May 28th, 2026 at 1:47 am
All while trying to stick-it to the RAYS, by announcing that THEIR hands are out, too! Maybe, we should remind them of THIS as they are BEGGING for money!!!! These new RAYS Owners are going to be SO GREAT for the community, & that ballpark is looking soooo NICE. The RAYS Ownership are a genuine hardworking group, who want to do RIGHT by the taxpayers and FANS. The Bucs Ownership (total fakes) is ENTITLED. I believe they deserve a nice little MESSAGE. A little reminder.
May 28th, 2026 at 1:49 am
I went to a couple (one each year) back in 2013 and 2014. Just walked right in. HOT AF sitting under those tin roofs. It was ENOUGH for me.
May 30th, 2026 at 4:33 pm
It used to be fun going to the practices. No longer. Fewer practices and you can’t bring a long lens in.