NCAA Football Oversight Committee to Put Satellite Camps "on top of their list"
I figured this loophole might only last 3-4 years but it might be even shorter than that. Anyhow, it's getting serious attention it seems.
The entire idea of visiting a satellite camp comes from taking advantage of an NCAA loophole that prohibits schools from hosting football camps more than 50 miles away from its campus. However, the rule says nothing about attending camps as guests.
But now, per USA Today, the NCAA's football oversight committee will put the examination of these camps and whether or not they should be allowed -- or shut down -- in the future at the top of their list.
NCAA president Mark Emmert addressed satellite camps one day after Alabama coach Nick Saban and Clemson coach Dabo Swinney came out against the idea of schools attending camps in other areas of the country.
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Emmert on satellite camps: FB oversight committee will have topic "on the top of their list... I think they have to address it nationally."
— Paul Myerberg (@PaulMyerberg) April 23, 2015One of the few NCAA loopholes that actually benefits the kids and they want to remove it because of a quality of life improvement for the guys making hundreds of thousands a year.
Saban whined. And when Saban whines the NCAA cares.
Fuck the NCAA.
They want to worry about satellite camps months after rolling back sanctions on PSU whose administration covered up child sexual molestation for 10 years.
Fuck the NCAA.
I dislike PSU as much as the next guy, but it is HIGHLY debateable as to whether or not there was a cover up by the admnistration. In fact, the ONLY "evidence" of a cover-up is the Freeh Report - created by a guy with ZERO credibility. Just take a look at his track record-
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/02/louis-freehs-latest-inves…
And throw in the Ruby Ridge massacre, and google "Richard Jewell" to see some more of the fine Mr. Freeh's handiwork. And the dude's being sued left and right for defamation; this guy's "investigative abilities" are suspect at best.
And, again, that is the ONLY source that has ever said that there was a cover up. Once the Report and Freeh himself was poked full of holes, the state of Pennsylvania proceeded to sue the crap out of the NCAA. And, in order to prevent the process of discovery, where attorneys from the state's side would get to see ALL of Freeh's material, the NCAA caved and rescinded ALL of Penn State's penalties. THAT should tell you something - the NCAA is just always full of crap, and there's a decent chance Freeh is too. This is a Michigan blog - I expect facts and logic. Leave the uninformed smearing to the fine residents of East Lansing and Columbus.
You don't need Freeh's report to know they covered it up. That's a red herring.
In 2001 Grad Assistant McQueary tells Head Coach Paterno that Sandusky was doing something sexual with a child in PSU's Lasch Build showers. Paterno tells AD Curley. AD Curley tells Finance guy Schultz. McQueary tells Curley and Schultz.
Curley and Spanier decide to inform the PA Department of Public Welfare about what happened. Curley runs it by Paterno. The report to the DPW is then spiked. Spanier responds in email that they could be vulnerable if it ever comes out, but accepted that was the 'humane' thing to do for Sandusky? Humane for Sandusky, but not humane for his victims.
No police report and no report to the PA Department of Public Welfare.
2011 minus 2001 = 10 years. During that period Sandusky sexually molested more children on PSU property.
In 2011 Paterno testifiies to the Grand Jury that he was told it was sexual. Paterno also tells Agent Sassano, McQueary told him it was sexual.
All the above is part of the public record (trial transcripts, emails and and the Freeh report.)
Attacking the messenger is a recurring bullshit tactic from the Paterno apologists.
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I can't even believe you're even making a half assed attempt to defend them. It happened. End of story.
April 24th, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^
haven't heard anything about the NCAA rescinding that 60 million dollar fine. If PSU could really prove there was no cover up you know damn well they would have sued to get that money back. Don't let me stop you from defending the honor of an institution that protected a child molester tho..smh
April 24th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
I agree that the NCAA had little under the actual auspices of the NCAA to go on when instituting those sanctions. But this is one of those things--like a vigilante killing a murderer who got off on a technicality--where the actual method of justice disgusted me, but the punishment itself was just.
The NCAA's credibiilty in assessing punishment to Penn State was dubious; that Penn State deserved what they got--and didn't deserve to be let off the hook--is not.
April 24th, 2015 at 12:22 PM ^
Horrible things happened in that football building in the late 1990s and early 2000s. At least one employee found out about it around then and reported it at that time. Nothing was done until 2012.
Freeh could have been sent by Pitt to destroy PSU for all I care. Focusing on Freeh is a strawman argument. There is no way there was not some systematic cover up in order to protect that football program and JoePa. Even before Mike McQuerry saw what he did there were rumors that were not addressed. It was essentially a well known secret in Happy Valley.
Saban is sitting on top of the biggest "elephant" in the NCAA's room at Bama, but they listen when he harps about "ethics." I wish the "oversight" committee would spend some time figuring out how Bama football and UK basketball pretty much get to pick whoever they want every year and let everyone else recruit whoever's left.
"How dare some Yankee coach eat into our inherent geographic recruiting advantage by working harder than our coaches in the SEC".
The oddity of players generating hundreds of milliions of dollars while receiving a very small fraction of that and risking the future health of their brains pales in comparison to the fact that Nick Saban might be inconvenienced by having to keep up with Jim Harbaugh.
I love that Michigan's coach has people like Saban and Meyer saying they shouldn't have to work as hard as him. He is the maniac we've been waiting for.
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When Saban wanted the NCAA to slow down the offenses...well, what was the outcome of that?
April 24th, 2015 at 12:47 AM ^
completely idiotic. Why don't they throw oversigning or SEC bagmen on that stupid list? I hope Delaney tells them to eat a bag of peters. Michigan and Penn State should hold enough weight to put up a fight.
How does the bad guy get downvoted?
April 23rd, 2015 at 11:55 PM ^
I didn't realize until listening to the roundtable that Dabo is against it too.
In the parlance of EDSBS, fuck Clemson.
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cry baby!
Saban learning of Harbaugh's plan.
Not on the top of their list: Oversigning
Mysteriously, Saban didn't bring that one up.
Our decade of dominance is on the way. Harbaugh is making college football take notice.
This could apply to the NCAA as much as Saban, Swinney and others who are bitching though...
That it took as long as 2 days?
How can the NCAA be all over this already, but they haven't done anything about oversigning in years? Lol that's ridicklesticks.
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but over-signing, grey shifting, and myriad other scams SEC team's pull are just ducky!? NCAA should just commit suicide.
"Feeding ourselves into a garabge disposal."
you DIDN'T expect the NCAA to bend over backwards to suck the SEC's ****?
This is the same organization that said it was AOK for Auburn to pay Cam Newton's dad 200K in order to get him to come play there because Cam "had no knowledge" of it happening.