NCAA bans satellite camps

Ohiodad51
Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:56:25 +0000

Well, you need to look at the geography of the conferences in relation to the “Big Five” - Cali, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Georgia - the states which produce by far the largest numbers of D1 football players year over year. Three of those states (including two of the biggest three) are within the SEC footprint, and two are right in the heart of the conference. Add in that the sixth state, which over the last few years has been getting into Big Five kind of numbers of recruits, is Louisiana and it is easy to see why the SEC was so pissed about this.

By contrast, the Big Ten only has one Big Five state. Even then OSU owns Ohio and it produces far less players than any of the other four excepting Georgia.

This rule lets UT, Baylor, TCU and to a lesser extent OU and Ok State draw a curtain over Texas (with A&M), and USC, UCLA and maybe Stanford and Cal to rope off Cali. This is a huge advantage, especially in Cali since any kid from LA who wants to camp at FSU or MSU needs to spend serious bucks to fly.

That said, there was an article today in SI saying that the Pac 12 conference vote was actually against the rule (which makes some sense because the real strength in Cali HS ball is down south, not in the north) but their commissioner is a UCLA guy. I.would be willing to bet Oregon is none to happy about this vote as an example.

Either way, it is easier to understand the PAC 12 and BIG 12 vote than the ACC. Other than UM, FSU and Clemson none of the ACC schools are really close to the Big Five. And if it is correct that this rule bars G5 schools from attending P5 camps, I have no idea why a G5 conference would support this, although apparently two did.