I personally think the whole uproar over the satellite camps has been overblown because I don't think any of the top coaches in the SEC/ACC/Big 12 or any other area were really going to lose kids they really want because Harbaugh/Franklin or any other Big 10 coach held a camp in the state. Some kids have been leaving regions for years with or without satellite camps.
What has been more amazing to me is the high level of outrage voiced by much of the media that this is a devastating ruling for kids and it is ruining their chances to be seen and be recruited. Do these folks really think that there are literally thousands of kids that are going not be recruited without satellite camps? Aren't these kids being recruited today?
With the high number of team 7 on 7 camps, recruiting videos, regional evaluation clinics.....these kids are already being seen by a lot of people in a lot of different ways.
The one thing that I think could happen with the satellite camps is that some kids may be seen by some additional schools outside their region and this may be good for some kids but it may also end up in a lot of kids signing with schools outside their region because they get enamored with a coach or an idea of a school and when they actually enroll there they end up being miserable and end up trying to transfer. Is this what people want - to increase the # of transfers?
The other thing is that the satellite camps will become an arms race and the schools with all the money will end up trying to outdo each other with their satellite camps - this spending will affect athletic department budgets at all schools and could impact other sports at these schools. Is this what the proponents of satellite camps want?
What has been more amazing to me is the high level of outrage voiced by much of the media that this is a devastating ruling for kids and it is ruining their chances to be seen and be recruited. Do these folks really think that there are literally thousands of kids that are going not be recruited without satellite camps? Aren't these kids being recruited today?
With the high number of team 7 on 7 camps, recruiting videos, regional evaluation clinics.....these kids are already being seen by a lot of people in a lot of different ways.
The one thing that I think could happen with the satellite camps is that some kids may be seen by some additional schools outside their region and this may be good for some kids but it may also end up in a lot of kids signing with schools outside their region because they get enamored with a coach or an idea of a school and when they actually enroll there they end up being miserable and end up trying to transfer. Is this what people want - to increase the # of transfers?
The other thing is that the satellite camps will become an arms race and the schools with all the money will end up trying to outdo each other with their satellite camps - this spending will affect athletic department budgets at all schools and could impact other sports at these schools. Is this what the proponents of satellite camps want?
