Spring Break Loophole

Submitted by MGOENGINEER on

Was drinking NyQuil last night and got to thinking...

Back in 2008 in Rich Rod's first year, Michigan held their spring practices and spring game at Saline/Pioneer High School due to construction. Due to the NCAA's new ruling, teams cannot practice off-campus during vacation periods outside of the season. What if Harbaugh pays a guy $10/hr to hold a hammer in Al Glick and Michigan "cannot hold practices On-Campus due to construction"?

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Icehole Woody

January 25th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^

Why don't northern universities stand up to the NCAA on this?  What is the NCAA's logic for the ban and is it consistent with allowing basketball, baseball, softball, ect. to happen during Spring break? 

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CarrIsMyHomeboy

January 25th, 2017 at 10:53 AM ^

This is fast turning into a joke thread so I hate to ruin that and be too serious, but I think there is a loophole in the new rule which specifically disallows: "off-campus practice (other than practice at an institution's regularly used off-campus practice facilities and other than the winter-training trip in women's rowing)" https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search/proposalView?id=100316 I speculate that the parenthetical qualifier welcomes teams to practice anyplace they own and begin to regularly use. That could include buying distant real estate in Florida or Texas and visiting it as part of an annual routine.

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Hail-Storm

January 25th, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^

So an OSU grad goes to the doctor;

Doctor: What's the issue?

OSU Grad: Doc, it hurts everywhere I touch.

Doctor: hmmm, does it hurt when you touch your head?

OSU Grad: ouch... yes

Doctor: Does it hurt when you touch your leg?

OSU Grad: Ouch... yes

Doctor: how about when you touch your stomach?

OSU Grad: OUCH...YES!

Doctor: Interesting

OSU Grad: What is it? am I about to die?

Doctor: Oh no, but we can fix that broken finger for you.

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sealedseven

January 25th, 2017 at 11:21 AM ^

The real loophole is using UofM Flint / Dearborn to count as part of the campus, thus creating a 50 mile radius from those schools. Thus we just make UofM Florida and then we'd be good to go.

Someone pass the scotch?

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charblue.

January 25th, 2017 at 11:42 AM ^

most schools can do whatever they want to do as long as it doesn't offend the recruitment sensibilities of certain conferences. I mean, who cares where a team holds its spring practice and game if nobody is challenged by the geography of it. The NCAA really doesn't give a shit about this, except that Harbaugh has made it part of his personal agenda to tweak the power brokers who seem to run the show at the NCAA, regardless of its alleged peer group operation.

You are only as powerful as you are when you think and then act outside the conventional to question and challenge. The lesson is certainly a good one for young people and college athletes in particular.

And what is abundantly clear is that Harbaugh loves the game and teaching it. So he is willing to go around the world to promote his program and take his team for a cultural adventure. Man, if you can afford it, why not.

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AmayzNblue

January 25th, 2017 at 3:03 PM ^

He already found a loophole and are practicing, I mean, traveling...to Italy. Would love to see the NCAA prevent UM from taking a group of kids to Italy on an educational trip that promotes athletics by displaying a few practices



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