Spring is here. It’s the time of year for green grass, blooming flowers — and maybe soon — football.

Last month, Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer met with the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association. One of the subjects he broached was adding some kind of spring practice to high school football, a move Meyer said he would help to implement.

Many high school coaches would love the idea as well, and Meyer would love the idea of the coaches loving him. Helping to pass such a move would garner plenty of favor, which would help in his recruiting wars with Kettering native and Michigan coach Brady Hoke.

Supporters say the 10 days of spring practice would help Ohio compete with other states that already allow it. It would help in terms of getting players ready for possible recruitment and help them compete more nationally.

But how many players would that help in reality? The number of players actually recruited to play for a scholarship at college is remarkably low. According to the NCAA website, 1 in 17 high school football players will continue the sport at an NCAA institution in college. Adding another 10 days for run-of-the-mill student-athletes to bang around doesn’t do much to benefit them. It does benefit high school coaches and college programs, though.

There’s also the question of how this would affect turnout for traditional spring sports, which is already becoming a struggle with specialization.

Ohio is most definitely a football state, but as far as high school goes, it’s a dish best served only in the fall.