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Well, the satellite camp ban didn’t even last a month.
On Thursday, the NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors repealed the decision that was made earlier this month by the Division I Council that forbid FBS coaches from holding or working at camps and clinics off their campuses.
The issue has been the hot button issue of the offseason, getting enormous attention as the war of words between Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and SEC figures has served as a catalyst.
It seems as though the supporters’ contention that the camps serve to give access and opportunity to lesser-known student-athletes has ultimately won the day.
“The Board of Directors is interested in a holistic review of the football recruiting environment, and camps are a piece of that puzzle,” said Board of Directors chair Harris Pastides, president of the University of South Carolina. “We share the Council’s interest in improving the camp environment, and we support the Council’s efforts to create a model that emphasizes the scholastic environment as an appropriate place for recruiting future student-athletes.”
The members of the board also pointed at the Council to take a broad look at the “FBS recruiting environment.”
Under a vote that was weighted earlier this month, meaning two votes for the Power 5 conferences and one for the Group of 5, the final result was 10-5 in favor of banning satellite camps.
BleacherReport’s Barrett Sallee reports that the SEC will follow suit in removing the ban in about a month from now.
Confirmed that, without a national ban, the SEC's ban on satellite camps will be lifted on May 29.
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) April 28, 2016
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
