Players are starting to speak up on twitter about satellite camps with the hastag #ChangeNCAA

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Lots of basklash from Michigan, MSU, OSU, Iowa, Illinois etc. players and a ton of recruits against the NCAA. Seems like the SMSB camp really meant a lot to them and they're pissed it's over now with the banning of satellite camps.

For those on twitter it's worth checking out. Jourdan Lewis seemed to be the player who started it.

 

We can't let the NCAA do this. Everybody get #ChangeNCAA trending. They think they're hurting Coach but they're really hurting the kids.

— Jourdan Lewis (@JourdanJD) April 10, 2016
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Real Tackles Wear 77

April 10th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^

The SEC is going to regret this. Harbaugh doesn't even need to send a passive-aggressive tweet and his point will be made for him by the thousands this BS ruling hurts. It's gonna be a ton of egg on the NCAAs face. Already is.

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stephenrjking

April 10th, 2016 at 3:19 PM ^

Word of caution: this breaks nicely for Michigan in PR terms and I've seen a person or two suggest how it helps in recruiting (see Peoples-Jones) and it might be a bit. But the issue that makes this a thing for players is the guys that aren't going to Michigan. It's the guys getting scholarships to Cincinnatti and Ball State and Central. Guys who have little chance at the NFL but who, with a scholarship, can go to college and make something of themselves. We can argue about whether it's troubling that a lot of non-pro-prospect guys see sports as their best chance to succeed, but the fact is that for now it IS the best chance for some. These are the guys it hurts. My stepsister taught English at EMU for a few years and taught a fair number of football players. They weren't necessarily all super-sharp, but by and large they took their work seriously. Because a guy at EMU is usually not playing for a look in the NFL; he's playing to complete a degree that can totally change the life of both him and his family. Those are the guys this really affects.

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stephenrjking

April 10th, 2016 at 3:31 PM ^

That could be. My point is that those are guys who would probably land somewhere. And/or guys who get somewhere better and contribute but aren't stars (Hill being a good example). Anyway, the important issue is the players, the guys people aren't salivating over, including us fans. It's more about them than Harbaugh or our recruiting plan or whether this nets us a top recruit from somewhere else.

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Magnus

April 11th, 2016 at 7:48 AM ^

Right. I think a *lot* of these guys would have ended up somewhere. I mean, sure, maybe they were discovered at SMSB. But if those camps didn't exist, then coaches would have been looking elsewhere to fill their scholarship quota. And where would they look? Probably at game film/highlight tapes. And if they looked at game film/highlight tapes, they would eventually come across guys like Moe Ways, Khalid Hill, etc., anyway.

Things may shake out a bit differently. Maybe Khalid Hill would have ended up at Cincinnati, maybe Moe Ways would be at Iowa, but the cream tends to rise to the top.

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Roc Blue in the Lou

April 10th, 2016 at 3:36 PM ^

It'S not that complicated.   Every recruit sees himself going to a major program...but they all appreciate being wanted--even by the non-power 5 schools.  Wrong and unfair are concepts equally familiar to 3 stars as well as 5 stars...this will not play well for coaches and conferences who supported the ban.  Thus their silence after the ruling is deafening.

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turtleboy

April 10th, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^

It was extremely dumb for both the SEC to pussy out and cry and oppose this, and for the NCAA to go along with it. It likely won't hold up to scrutiny or challenge, and only invites negative press on them both. Dumb dumb dumb.

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lilpenny1316

April 10th, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^

They know this is bad for their kids.  Saban can talk all he wants, but what happens if coaches in the midwest refuse him on their campuses and don't take his calls?

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WholeMilk

April 10th, 2016 at 6:35 PM ^

What if he called a press conference tomorrow, made a statement denouncing the decision, put the conferences who voted for it on blast, and had the hashtag on the backdrop? It would be a little extreme, but would really put the spotlight on the issue. Then next year, put repealing the ban on the agenda and make them have to vote against it again. Does Delaney even politics, bro?

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Amaizing Blue

April 10th, 2016 at 4:46 PM ^

Is David Shaw saying Stanford football players have to meet the same standards as regular students there?  If so, he is 100% flat out wrong.  I am a HS counselor in Michigan, and Stanford is a "Nobody" school.  As in, the answer to the question of "Who gets into Stanford?". (Others include Notre Dame, MIT, Duke, and Chicago.) 

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mgokev

April 10th, 2016 at 9:28 PM ^

Funny story: I got my bachelors degree from Michigan and my HS guidance counselor (no joke) told me that I wouldn't get in to Michigan and should look elsewhere and not bother applying.

Well, I didn't heed his advice and got in to Michigan and am now going to Duke for my graduate degree.

I hope you aren't that kind of counselor that tells kids their aspirations are not a reality. Those aren't nobody schools; they're work hard, stay focused, and never give up schools.



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grumbler

April 11th, 2016 at 11:09 AM ^

Actually, you seem to be the one with the chip on the shoulder.  Amaizingblue is saying that there are schools for whom, as the saying goes, the answer to the consistent student question of "who gets into [schoo lX]" is "nobody."  It isn't meant to be taken literally; that would be stupid.  Obviously, those schools take in students.

Sotrry you got crappy advice from a counselor and your dad, but remember that the one consistent element in all your unsatisfactory relations with others is you.

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Maize Craze

April 10th, 2016 at 6:21 PM ^

Why is anyone suprised that an employee at Stanford is arrogant? Did no one pay attention to what their piece of shit band did at halftime of the Rose Bowl? If you combined the arrogance of an Notre Dame AND a Michigan grad you still wouldn't come close to the arrogance of a Stanford graduate.

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Wolvie3758

April 10th, 2016 at 6:55 PM ^

is corrupt...reminds me of FIFA..bunch of rich old white guys making Millions and doing everything in their power to keep their jobs. the SEC is corrupt and they are, and have been CHEATING for decades and EVERYONE knows it and yet nothing ever changes....its allllll CORRUPT

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CookieMonster77

April 10th, 2016 at 6:57 PM ^

With a large amount of attention being paid to SMSB camps in particular, I wonder if the NCAA will make a concession for this only and miss the bigger picture entirely?

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bronxblue

April 10th, 2016 at 7:19 PM ^

Glad to see these kids getting vocal about it. Of course, I'm sure the NCAA will respond the same way they have whenever real change has been suggested: close ranks and stick their fingers in their ears.

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HerbieGreen

April 10th, 2016 at 10:14 PM ^

So what is going to happen to all those scholarships at small schools that would have gone to kids that got noticed at satellite camps? Will they even be able to field a team? or will they have to fill the roster with these evil non-satellite camp kids?

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