Satellite Camp Ban Rescinded Comment Count

Brian

The two-sentence rule change that most SEC coaches didn't understand is no more:

A gold star to whoever's running the Alumni Association's account this fine day:

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.

Comments

evenyoubrutus

April 28th, 2016 at 2:13 PM ^

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?

superstringer

April 28th, 2016 at 2:50 PM ^

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.

turtleboy

April 28th, 2016 at 3:07 PM ^

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.

wahooverine

April 28th, 2016 at 3:21 PM ^

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.