Players are starting to speak up on twitter about satellite camps with the hastag #ChangeNCAA
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
but an unreasonable shot at the south. I'm a californian but over the years i've learned that my previous southern biases were BS. Lot's of smart people there that could do well given the opportunity.
It's also a shot at UM tho. Sense UM values S camps, Shaw is implying that most of student athletes that can get into Michigan would not have a prayer at Michigan. Can see it it as JH getting a bit of his own medicine, but I prefer to see it as a shot at UM, not JH.
Actually he didn't...he's always had positive things to say about Harbaugh and this had nothing to do with Harbaugh. It was fact...a camp in Alabama doesn't do a damn thing for Stanford.
If there are kids who can qualify for Stanford in Alabama and good enough to play in the Pac-12...do you REALLY think David Shaw needs a camp to find that kid? Pretty sure everyone is going to know about that kid.
And if there is some diamond in the rough 3* kid in Alabama with a crazy SAT score and HS grades to qualify for Stanford...how many of those do you really think their are? Enough to warrant a whole camp that is going to help other schools identify kids for their schools a lot more often than Shaw finding this one diamond in the rough?
He's 100% right. These camps are stupid if you're Stanford, they'd help other people way more than they'd help you.
Think about it before you throw shade.
Couldn't disagree with you more. As a player who got a scholarship to NU in large part because I had good grades I can tell you that schools like Northwestern and Stanford can benefit way more from camps than schools who can take any athlete regardless of grades.
If David Shaw is willing to invest the time and effort in satellite camps he gets more opportunities to see kids live and get a feel for who really can hack it at Stanford. There are 4 star kids with good grades who don't have what it takes to survive at Stanford. The only way to assess who can and can't make it is to get to know them. Why would David Shaw cost himself opportunities to do that voluntarily? David Shaw cannot afford to be wrong when assessing recruits ability to play football and thrive on campus. He cannot afford to have a freshman quit football to focus on school or have a 3 star perform much worse than he hoped. Saban can find a way to move on from a bust or a bad fit with questionable medical red shirts, and other shenanigans. David Shaw really cannot.
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and against Northwestern
and none in the South
Wow what a weak thing to say. You don't say shit like that, regardless of whether it's true or not (and certainly a hyperbole in this case). I didn't have any strong opinion about David Shaw but lost tremendous amount of respect for that guy.
Here's the thing............the NCAA does not sanction the College Football Playoff. It's its own entity.
So what is the need for the NCAA again?
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You really only need the NCAA for intercoonference sports. Eliminate interconference sports, and you can eliminate the NCAA. Is it worth it to you?
I'm very happy to see coaches, administrators, and now student-athletes speaking up.
Probably better that the backlash against what's become known as the "Harbaugh rule" isn't initiated by its namesake.
timing is everything.
Timing knows HARBAUGH, HARBAUGH knows timing.
Look out NCAA, a hashtag! What's next, an online petition?
Changing public opinion doesn't happen overnight, but it does happen. Once upon a time, people were hashtagging about marriage equality, and look where we are now. Social media most certainly had a role in winning hearts and minds on that issue.
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I'm upvoting you for the vaccines joke - best to pick the right battles. But to say that social media didn't play a role in marriage equality is wrong. A lot of people get their news from social media now. The hashtag is being mentioned by ESPN and other major news outlets, so I think your initial claim (something like 'hashtags are pointless') has been proven false. We'll see what the NCAA does on April 28th.
April 10th, 2016 at 10:30 PM ^
Are you saying it didn't have role? Because that's what he said.
April 10th, 2016 at 10:58 PM ^
I'd be happy if DPJ came to Michigan over the camp issue.
That would definitly be super amazing. Jaylen Kelly Powell also spoke strongly against the new NCAA rule too. If he came to Michigan because of the rule, or at all, that would also be super awesome.
If all the 4/5-stars pledged to do this (don't go to any school that belongs to a conference that voted against satellite camps), the rule would be removed pretty quickly.
OTOH the MAC could become a superpower conference. ;)
This. That's gold, Jerry, gold!
All because they feel threatened AND DONT WANT TO DO THE WORK.
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If DPJ got a bunch of high level recruits at say The Opening to even vaguely hint that they would look negatively at the schools/conferences and it may affect their decisions on where to go to college, I think this ruling gets reversed before the season starts. Like you said, this prohahly won't happen but I guy can dream right?
Harbaugh is one of the few coaches who has the balls to stand up to the N-SEC-AA. He is prepared to start a revolution. If kids aren't dying to play for a coach like Harbaugh, who will stand up to authority with no fear whatsoever, then who the hell would they rather play for???
START A REVOLUTION!
But in all seriousness. This man is the face of college football. He is the only man in the sport who can galvanize an entire nation into fighting the powers that be
April 11th, 2016 at 12:00 PM ^
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Your avatar is the perfect response.
a damn about the athletes.
Unfortunately, NCAA = $$$ > athletes and common sense.