NCAA bans satellite camps

Ohiodad51
Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:22:50 +0000

@moscott, I still don’t get it. The rule actually limits itself to FBS schools. Here is the language of the press release, as reported by Fox

“The NCAA has approved a proposal applicable to the FBS that would require those schools to conduct camps and clinics at their school’s facilities regularly used for practice or competition,” the release stated. “Additionally, FBS coaches and non coaching staff members with responsibilities specific to football may be employed only at their school’s camps or clinics. This rule change is effective immediately.”

Unless there was some complimentary rule that was passed that relate to FCS and the other divisions, I don’t see how this applies outside of FBS.

@bluewater2015, the confusion is that Mike Leach from Oregon State gave an interview saying that the coach’s vote on the satellite camp issue within the PAC 12 conference was 11 schools in favor of permitting the camps with one abstaining. Here is a link to a report of the interview

http://hailvarsity.com/news/mike-leach-has-questions-about-pac-12s-satellite-camp-vote/2016/04/

The conference itself, which is represented on this committee by a UCLA guy, reportedly voted in favor of the ban. Of course, none of us know how the individual conferences’ by laws work as to whether each issue which comes up before one of the NCAA committees requires a vote from the schools or whether the rep is empowered to speak on behalf of the conference. As I said above, what Leach says about several of the PAC12 schools not being in favor of banning these camps makes sense to me. I would really like to see what someof the ACC coaches have to say about this as well. Hard to see how Boston College, Syracuse, Louisville, Va Tech, Virginia, etc could have supported this.