Freep article on SEC hypocrisy

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The Freep has an article this morning on the hypocrisy of SEC and ACC coaches whining about Spring Break practice in Florida. "What about the kids?" rings very hollow when they have no problem with kids giving up Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Winter Break, etc., but somehow, Spring Break is sacrosanct. It's all about a recruiting advantage, and keeping Michigan (and other northern interlopers) out of their territory.

There isn't much new ground in the article. And there is one factual inaccuracy:  the Rome trip is happening not over Spring Break but after finals and the term is over. Still, I don't think there was a single snarky comment about JH or Michigan in the piece.

LINK:  Shutting down spring break trips for Michigan football shows hypocrisy

Here's some of the content for those of you who refuse to go to a Freep link:

Really, this is nothing more than a battle for potential recruits. Schools in talent-rich areas don’t want to give up their geographical advantage. Plain and simple.
As soon as Harbaugh announced he was headed to Florida last year, coaches — primarily in the ACC and SEC — started complaining. Their conference commissioners complained, too. Greg Sankey asked the NCAA to stop teams from practicing during spring break. Last week, he got his wish, when the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee voted to ban the practice.
Sankey wasn’t concerned about the well-being of Michigan football players. He didn’t care that they might lose out on frolicking in the sand somewhere or whatever else they’d be doing if Harbaugh hadn’t dragged them down to Florida.
Sankey didn’t want Harbaugh — or any other Northern interloper with a brand name — coming down and setting up shop in the most fertile recruiting area in the country.
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Cranky Dave

January 26th, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^

And his cronies will never admits the truth and it's clear the NCAA will continue to go along with this charade. There has always been cheating and exploitation of college football players. The modern NCAA has done nothing to change that. Just created a bureaucracy which allows people like Emmert to get paid a lot of money

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klctlc

January 26th, 2017 at 10:45 AM ^

http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-football-league-charts-an-alternate-pat…

 

Not sure that link is working but it details a new leauge that Tom Brady's agent is setting up in CA for players who don't want to go to college prior to the NFL.

I am not saying this league will work but the concept makes a lot of sense. If you are Jabrill Peppers or Malik Mcdowell and you know you are not staying more than 3 years in college why not go make some money for your family while you learn your trade?

Once again this league has a big hill to climb but they are on the right path to destroying the only sport I truly care about anymore (college football).

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KungFury

January 26th, 2017 at 11:40 AM ^

I'm not really sure why you think that is going to take off so much. And especially why you are making assumptions about guys like Jabril. You have 0 idea how many credits he has. Who says he can't go to the NFL and take a few online classes to finish up how degree? And guys who are that interested in the money, meet the SEC bagmen. Who for top prospects will easily match the 150k over 3 years. Do you can have tax free laundered cash and the top nutrition plans and workout facilities and trainers in the country. I don't see that league doing much but picking up troubled athletes, guys who can't qualify for certain schools, etc. It's not going to impact Michigan. And I also don't see it impacting the alabamas of the world.



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klctlc

January 26th, 2017 at 1:23 PM ^

The league is a long shot. But it is the beginning of a concept that will attack the ncaa and its hypocrisy. The point of this thread. The will attack the money factor and the lack of actually going to school for a lot of D1 athletes. My point with jabrill was not necessarily he did not want to go to school. But many kids have to balance that with families that are in need of hard cash today.

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KungFury

January 26th, 2017 at 3:33 PM ^

I said nothing about whether that league would work or not. I said it will not take kids away from Michigan. It will not take kids away from Alabama. If money mattered that much to Jabril he could have met up with a bagman. He chose Michigan for other reasons. And a 50k a year minor league that is not a revenue generating machine like the NCAA will not compete with the big boys.



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You Only Live Twice

January 26th, 2017 at 11:02 AM ^

"which doesn't belong in the SEC anyway."  LOL this writer, well done!

Yes, I made an exception, and clicked the link to read a Freep writer who got it right.

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The Barwis Effect

January 26th, 2017 at 11:09 AM ^

Football is a dying sport. Banning spring break trips and satellite camps are further nails in the coffin for a sport that needs to attract as many prospective players it can. Typical self-serving response from the NCAA and its member institutions. Cut off your nose in spite of your face.



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drzoidburg

January 26th, 2017 at 9:31 PM ^

Hasn't it always been that way though?

This isn't about keeping Rutgers competitive, but extorting $ from NYC cable subscribers who don't give a shit about football. The powers that be don't give a damn about healthy competition

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