The NCAA bans satellite camps, then lifts the ban: Jim Harbaugh said “Good news”

Harris Pastides, NCAA Board of Directors chair

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.

NCAA

The Council approved a proposal applicable to the Football Bowl Subdivision that would require those schools to conduct camps and clinics at their school’s facilities or at facilities regularly used for practice or competition,

Jim Delany, Big Ten commissioner

You always would like to win rather than to lose a vote — I don't care whether it's in a court or legislature or an assembly of people. You go with the system that's in place, and so I support that, respect that and move on.

Jim Harbaugh, Michigan head coach

Good news. It's good for prospective student-athletes, fans, coaches and competition.

Nick Saban, Alabama head coach

It sounds like a pretty ridiculous circumstance for me for something that nobody can really determine [if] it have any value anyway,

Greg Sankey, SEC commissioner

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,

The NCAA Board of Directors decided to rescind the Division I Council’s satellite camp ban on Thursday.

Associated Press

The NCAA announced Friday that it was barring football coaches from holding camps or clinics on other campuses, siding with the Southeastern Conference in its high-profile dispute with Michigan's Jim Harbaugh.