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The ruling by the NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors to flip the NCAA Division I Council’s ban on satellite camps was the sound of sweet music to some.
Not Greg Sankey.
The SEC’s commissioner released this statement after the NCAA made the news official on Thursday:
“While we are disappointed with the NCAA governance process result, we respect the Board of Directors’ decision and are confident SEC football programs will continue to be highly effective in their recruiting efforts.
“We continue to believe football recruiting is primarily an activity best-focused in high schools during the established recruiting calendar, which has provided opportunities for football prospective student-athletes from all across the country to obtain broad national access and exposure but with appropriate guidance from high school coaches, teachers and advisors that focuses on both their academic and athletic opportunities as they decide where they will play college football.
“SEC coaches will be allowed to engage in summer camps as a result of Conference legislation approved during the 2015 SEC Spring Meetings.”
Multiple outlets have reported confirmation from the SEC that its resolution from last year is still in effect, the one that refers to lifting its own satellite camp ban on May 29 if there’s no NCAA restriction on them.
The SEC confirms that resolution passed last year remains in effect. If there's no satellite camp ban, the SEC's prohibition expires May 29.
— Tod Palmer (@todpalmer) 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.
