NCAA Shuts Down Satellite Camps

[GatorJ]

Effective immediately.

 

[GatorJ]

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/04/08/ncaa-shuts-down-satellite-camps-for-good/

 

[gatormandan]

Hahahaha

 

[GatorTAG]

So Harbaugh won't be working on his tan?

 

[divits]

I'm glad. Mainly because it'll piss off Harbaugh. He seems like a real a$$hole.

 

[gatormandan]

So Harbaugh won't be working on his tan?

Thats whats so funny...

 

[rogdochar]

What a pragmatic ruling by the NCAA. The article babbles about this hurting the poor recruits, leaving
them adrift without knowing any of the "needed" valuable info about Harbaugh's magic, etc. ditto for
other gypsy coaches.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

A rare good move by the Nitwits Controlling Amateur Athletics.

 

[EyeDocGator]

NCAA made a good decision in a timely manner. That's hard to believe.

 

[GatorBart]

 

[EyeDocGator]

"This issue has only become an issue because coaches in the south were upset coaches from outside the region were flying in and getting a chance to work at camps in the south while their own conferences prohibited them from doing the same outside their regular locales. Now the SEC and ACC get their way while also limiting the exposure and opportunities some recruits may get elsewhere.

It’s all about recruiting politics, and the NCAA has ruled in favor of harming the maximum number of options prospective student-athletes will have because of it. So the next time you see one of those NCAA promos on TV talking about how much good they do for the student-athlete, remember they ruled to limit their options from the jump."

This kind of half-a$$ reporting is why I avoid NBC. Apparently they suffer from SEC envy.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

butthurt is strong in that piece, makes me laugh.

 

[GatorJ]

butthurt is strong in that piece, makes me laugh.

 

[CGgater]

Well if they didn't deal with the issue, the next logical step would be um spring ball 2017 in FL, al, tx and ca. Then 2018 in the Cayman Islands with a cruise ship to shuttle in the recruits to watch "practice."

 

[Durty South Swamp]

maybe fall practice at the las vegas bunny ranch, free lap dances for prospects...

 

[maheo30]

At least Harbaugh still has his sleepovers with teenage recruits.

 

[CGgater]

Something else to consider... How do the recruits and parents gauge the school and athletic facilities if they're attending a "spring practice" 800 miles away from campus?

 

[TLB]

Article is crap - some fact, lot of biased opinion. However, the author followed it up with this article (again, a little fact, a lot of opinion):


NCAA rule change opens door for unlimited texting to recruits

The NCAA made quite the controversial rule change on Friday with the decision to ban the practice of working at satellite camps for football coaches. That may have been the headlining rule change on Friday, but the NCAA also opened the doors for sending texts to recruits.

The Division 1 Council deregulated electronic communication with prospective student-athletes, which suggests coaches will be able to send an unlimited number of texts to recruits during the recruiting process without penalty.Let’s just hope the parents of those recruits have mobile plans allowing for unlimited texts.

The electronic communications deregulation may also extend to unlimited social networking contact, and email. A coach can now, in theory, flood a recruit’s inbox with direct messages and Twitter mentions and more.

Again, this feels like more fo a disservice to the prospective student-athlete than anything else, and the NCAA is OK with it. It will still be up to the recruit to determine how many messages they choose to read and spend time keeping up with, and they can easily setup their phones to avoid text messages if it becomes a hassle, but that responsibility now falls entirely on the player being pursued by multiple college programs. The NCAA is letting that happen.

 

[Double Gator Dad]

"This issue has only become an issue because coaches in the south were upset coaches from outside the region were flying in and getting a chance to work at camps in the south while their own conferences prohibited them from doing the same outside their regular locales. Now the SEC and ACC get their way while also limiting the exposure and opportunities some recruits may get elsewhere.

It’s all about recruiting politics, and the NCAA has ruled in favor of harming the maximum number of options prospective student-athletes will have because of it. So the next time you see one of those NCAA promos on TV talking about how much good they do for the student-athlete, remember they ruled to limit their options from the jump."

This kind of half-a$$ reporting is why I avoid NBC. Apparently they suffer from SEC envy.

I don't understand how people can listen to anything NBC says. They have admitted more than one bias in the last 6-7 years, to include the mancrush on a certain president.
They can say whatever they want they just should not be allowed to call themselves a news organization.

 

[Chomper]

Obviously the writer of the article has a strong anti-SEC bias. Any logical person would see this new rule as the only sane thing to do. The entire episode of Michigan holding practice over a thousand miles from campus (regardless of where it was held) was little more than an ego trip for the head coach.