Satellite Camp Ban Rescinded
The two-sentence rule change that most SEC coaches didn't understand is no more:
NCAA Board of Directors rescinds ban on satellite camps, source tells @ESPN
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) April 28, 2016
A gold star to whoever's running the Alumni Association's account this fine day:
— Michigan Alumni (@michiganalumni) April 28, 2016
Once the DOJ rattled its saber, even if gently, you had to know that the chance a lawsuit-besieged NCAA would follow through on the band was nil. Especially since it seems like a number of conferences were in favor of the ban despite being, uh, not in favor of it. Even the conferences who meant to vote for it didn't understand the implications of the change, and thus found it hard to defend in public unless they had a smarm black belt like Greg Sankey.
The camp ban is thus done for this year, but don't be surprised if the SEC and ACC come up with a less draconian version of the rule next year. They might limit camps to 5 or something, which wouldn't impact many schools not coached by high-functioning lunatic workaholics.
And let the metldowns commence.
HEY, THEN RESCIND IT. YOU RESCINDED IT? YOU RESCINDED IT? WELL, OKAY.
The best thing about this video is that it is 31 to 7 with less than two minutes left in the third quarter and Harbaugh is still on the refs. Gotta love this coach.
haha, I think he was just pissed off at that point. There were some atrocious calls in that game.
Well played El Jeffe, well played.
Party on Wayne! Party on Garth!
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...just called espn to take credit.
This man is much more powerful than we originally thought.
Indeed. Those who argue that his opponents are "spineless" are just trying to denigrate this accomplishment.
Glad to see they can do the right thing after all.
Harbaugh.
actually realized how stupid their ban was and did the right thing. I need to circle the calendar.
It's a miracle!
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they realized the ban was stupid but rather they didn't want the DOJ poking around.
Great news!
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I had thought the same - that ultimately they would try to cap the number of satellite camps per coach or something, but if they're concerned about the legal nature of any such ban wouldn't that still violate the same legal principles?
They may try to create some caps, but this would have to come from the Division I Council again. As I understand it, the Board of Directors can't create new rules, just pass or reject recommendations from the Council.
Awesome!!
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I LOVE this meme. I tried to photoshop Harbaugh onto th old General and it looked like absolute shit to be honest.
on a T-shirt.
That is beautiful
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I might just make that my avatar. So much winning going on in that pic.
I wonder if the old bald guy on SEC Network will talk about this today.
But PAWWWLLLLL!
HAIL!
Why is harbaughs left eye moving on its own in that gif
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MGoBlog for a couple of hours and lo and behold good news! I thought it was supposed to be Friday before anything happened...
NCAA realized how fucking stupid their decision was. First time for everything.
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Honestly, I don't think the NCAA rescinded the ban willingly. They're still dumbasses.
Put a camp directly across the street from the SEC Headquarters.
Good guys win again. SEC...nosomuch.
I don't want our coach to burn himself out (is that even possible), but I kind think it would be nice if he went on a 30-day, 40-camp whirlwhind tour of like every county in Alabama. (I don't even know how many counties are in Alabama. I could look it up but I'm lazy. Unlike our coach.)
Frankly he should also host a camp down at the street corner near the Mississippi's coach's house, so his kids don't have to go far to go to it.
lines are blurry in AL, sort of like family lines...
Further kudos to the person who chose the picture to go with the story over at the Detroit News:
HOORAY FOOTBALL.
Now all these kids who were upset about the camps being banned have had time to see the SEC and ACC for what they are. The floodgates are gonna open.
That's a key point. The SEC and ACC did the other schools (and Michigan in particular) an enormous favor by swinging their weight in the Div 1 Council. They clarified for the players who is on the side of the players, and who is on the selfish side.
I wonder what Sankey and Freeze are doing right now?
Asking for their bag money back
Exactly. That guy from UCLA is laughing all the way to the bank.
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Well, once upon a time we made alcohol illegal, too. Yeah, both were pretty fucking dumb ideas and nobody had any clue what the implications were.
Can someone photoshop Harbaugh's face onto Obi-Wan Kenobi?
"Strike me down and I shall become more powerful than you ever imagine."
It was already surprising that the ban got passed in the first place.
I wasn't sure if they'd be able to overturn it so quickly.
It was never in effect until after the board of directors meeting
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Also I really hope Harbaugh has no skeletons in the closet. You know the SEC and its network of insurgents, slime bags, pundits and useful fools will do anything in their power to destroy him, weaken him or undermine him. Harbaugh has proved to be an existential threat to their hegemony and the college football status quo that supports it.
However, if you win, he's going to want to go 2 out of 3, or 4 out of 7, or whatever it takes. Relentless.
Well he does have them, but he owns up to them. No need to worry about a bomb that has already gone off.
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