Inside the Florida trip
I dont know if this has been posted here. Maybe it has, its a couple of days old. Anyway, some insight here to how much NCAA compliance that Michigan is having to go through for this trip, plus a quote from DJ Durkin.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/25495184/a-…
February 27th, 2016 at 5:52 PM ^
I'm just glad this thread isn't a repost of that failed EDSBS parody.
February 27th, 2016 at 5:54 PM ^
I'm just thankful for chicken wings.
February 27th, 2016 at 6:03 PM ^
February 28th, 2016 at 7:03 AM ^
This article totally ignores the fact that "break" periods, whether it be winter, summer, spring or fall, routinely have mandatory team activities occurring, many of which include travel. Who here thinks the NCAA is competent enough to craft regulations that could lawyer through those landmines? Have fun stormin' the castle!
February 27th, 2016 at 6:12 PM ^
The author gave half the story, but it did have more of Harbaugh's view than most. But he still slanted it towards the 'against the rules' angle, which its not. He also slanted it towards the 'infringes on time' line of BS. Also, from the practice schedule and visitor rules, the recruits won't be watching until the open practice on Friday. So what's the problem?
February 27th, 2016 at 6:56 PM ^
February 27th, 2016 at 7:34 PM ^
February 27th, 2016 at 9:57 PM ^
All the practices are open to HS coaches, but recruits can only attend on Friday.
HS Coaches attending U of M FB practices in Florida, must register at: https://t.co/7IstrAkxHq REMINDER: Coaches may not bring recruits.
— Michigan Compliance (@umichcompliance) February 26, 2016
Attn PSA's: Due to NCAA rules, recruits are unable to attend U of M FB practice M-Th in Florida. All are welcome to Fri open practice.
— Michigan Compliance (@umichcompliance) February 26, 2016
February 27th, 2016 at 6:28 PM ^
look at how Michigan and Harbaugh is tweaking recruiting rules to get a leg up.
And here is the thing, so what? Exposing the NCAA to the hipocrisy which underlines its being and rules --suggesting we operate for the best interests of our student-athletes-- and are concerned about their time demands as normal students, denies a certain reality and fact: they aren't ordinary students, they are students who carry the banner of their school in athletic achievement, and therefore are treated differently and appropriately, for the most part.
And this separation of church and state, program and perception, is why the NCAA is both required and viable and made itself into a seeming indispensable institution protecting its member schools from the extravagant imagination of those it employes to seek granduer in athletic achievement at the expense of those who just want to play by the rules, and not really look or challenge them.
Just because a few squeaks in the South squawk about Harbaugh bringing his team down for some R&R mixed with practice near the beach during Spring Break is some kind of student vacation withdrawal is the weakest claim ever made to support a recruiting advantage that the SEC and ACC don't want challenged.
February 27th, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^
February 27th, 2016 at 7:14 PM ^
February 27th, 2016 at 7:06 PM ^
“That, in my mind, is Jim Harbaugh,” he wrote. “If the NCAA bans satellite camps, he'll just do something else. If the NCAA stops the spring break thing, he'll just do something else.” - from Baumgardner's article RE: "The Office" analogy
Yeah, that's probably close to the truth, and as we've discussed here, in doing these things - allowed but unwritten - it speaks to what recruiting actually is on a day-to-day basis, not what other conferences at least publicly pretend it is. The most amusing part of it is that the most vocal opposition comes from those who are in some ways the walking antithesis of the stated intent of the existing rules.
February 27th, 2016 at 7:28 PM ^
February 27th, 2016 at 7:36 PM ^
February 27th, 2016 at 8:07 PM ^
I believe that someone on here said that the NCAA can make sport specific rules.
Obviously it won't be in the best interest of the student athletes but for more "political" reasons.
If it was really about the student athletes, college football bowl games wouldn't be played over the break to give them time off, but we all know that the all mighty dollar rules.
February 27th, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^
February 27th, 2016 at 8:55 PM ^
This is a pretty good article. I have to say I found this to give some pretty good information.
February 27th, 2016 at 9:59 PM ^
But still Sankey...
insert Allen Iverson gif on practice here.
February 27th, 2016 at 10:46 PM ^
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February 27th, 2016 at 11:24 PM ^
February 28th, 2016 at 12:06 AM ^
I think the main thing that should determine whether we have spring practice trips is if the football players, their parents and teachers are okay with it.
If those people are okay with this trip, or others in the future, then the poobahs should leave their noses out of this.
February 28th, 2016 at 12:41 AM ^
How many UM teams are traveling as a team during spring break?
It isn't just football. The softbal team is playing in a tournament this weekend in California.
They start playing games again on Wednesday evening in Fullerton, CA and return home Saturday evening.
They have had spring break trips for many years.
I guess it is under the radar. Likewise, women's basketball is in NJ for a Sunday game and will start their Big10 tournament next week during spring break.
I hope the Harbaugh rule won't apply to teams who are currently in-season.
February 28th, 2016 at 2:06 AM ^
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