Satellite Camp Ban Rescinded

Submitted by EastCoast Esq. on

#WINNING

 

NCAA Board of Directors rescinds ban on satellite camps, source tells @ESPN

— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) April 28, 2016

 

EDIT: Link to NCAA Release h/t M Gulo Gulo

 

Pro-Camp Coach Tweets:

Great news for potential student-athletes! Satellite camps are back on! pic.twitter.com/f85m8XADOy

— Mike Gundy (@CoachGundy) April 28, 2016

Excited for student athletes that the satellite camp ban was lifted. #opportunites

— Rich Rodriguez (@CoachRodAZ) April 28, 2016

1VaBlue1

April 28th, 2016 at 2:00 PM ^

Not surprised one bit...  Even without the DOJ look around, the ban wasn't going to stand.  Too much against it publicity wise.  School presidents are smarter than the people running the SEC and ACC athletic conferences...

Everyone Murders

April 28th, 2016 at 2:08 PM ^

There is win everywhere in this whole mini-drama.  Except for the PAC12, SEC, ACC and their lapdogs. 

Not so much win for them.

If it was anyone other than the NCAA, I would also be encouraged by this (from the official NCAA Statement:

“The Board of Directors is interested in a holistic review of the football recruiting environment, and camps are a piece of that puzzle,” said Board of Directors chair Harris Pastides, president of the University of South Carolina. “We share the Council’s interest in improving the camp environment, and we support the Council’s efforts to create a model that emphasizes the scholastic environment as an appropriate place for recruiting future student-athletes.”

A holistic review of recruiting at FBS schools would be great for Michigan and most of the B1G, assuming that the review was done competently.  Unfortunately, we cannot make that assumption.

1VaBlue1

April 28th, 2016 at 2:37 PM ^

I read that on the NCAA page.  That whole statement smacks of academic doublespeak and 'harruummmpphing' about both the BoD and D1 Council being on the same page all along.  I call bullshit!  The BoD struck down a blatant territorial grab that pissed off the nation enough that they simply couldn't allow it.

Everyone Murders

April 28th, 2016 at 4:05 PM ^

But I'm referencing the whole mini-drama.  It's never a win to have your representative vote against something without a mandate, then have that betrayal of your constituency made public. 

Of all the Power 5 conferences, I think the PAC12 did the most damage to their image.  Everyone already knew the SEC and ACC were morally bankrupt.

MGoLaw16

April 28th, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^

This is great news since we have the hardest working coach in college football! Does anyone know if the NCAA intends to impose any restrictions that fall short of an outright ban (e.g., maximum number of camps, etc.)?




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