BigRedBuster Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Hey...if Alabama wants to have a camp at UNK.....GO FOR IT!!!! I'm all for it if we can have one in their back yard. Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I agree with Sankey when he uses the "athlete time commitment over spring break" angle, but it seems very disengenious coming from the SEC chief. And if it is deemed legal, then I have no problem with us doing it. One question I do have is how is Michgan allowed to do this at IMG? Isn't IMG a private high school on steroids? It would be no different than holding spring practices at De La Salle in California or St. Thomas Aquinas in Florida. That seems like it might raise some red flags with recruiting? Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 We lose money going to bowl games that we are paid to go to. I can't imagine what this would cost. That said, I would love to hold one in California with the pipeline we are starting to build there. Assuming 100 on campus + 25 support staff (prolly way under there)...rooming 2 to a room w/ coaches going solo.... Round Trip Charter: $40,000-$50,000 Rooms @ $225/ for 8 nights: $135,000 Feeding a bunch of fat guys: $30,000 ... North of $200k....so like 20% of our recruiting budget. Hmmm...better land some big fish w/ that. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 We lose money going to bowl games that we are paid to go to. I can't imagine what this would cost. That said, I would love to hold one in California with the pipeline we are starting to build there. Assuming 100 on campus + 25 support staff (prolly way under there)...rooming 2 to a room w/ coaches going solo.... Round Trip Charter: $40,000-$50,000 Rooms @ $225/ for 8 nights: $135,000 Feeding a bunch of fat guys: $30,000 ... North of $200k....so like 20% of our recruiting budget. Hmmm...better land some big fish w/ that. Nothing some required donations from season ticket holders can't handle. If money for this type of thing is a concern for Nebraska, it's a concern for all teams. We might not be top of the heap but we're a far ways from the bottom. Quote Link to comment
HuskerExpat Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I don't particularly care what the SEC has to say on the issue, but ignoring the recruiting purpose for the trip (practice at a premier sports high school) it sure sounds like an impermissible extra benefit for current players to me. Ohio State got sanctioned for players getting free tattoos and Michigan wants to pay for an all expense spring break trip to the beach for each of the players. Something doesn't add up.... Quote Link to comment
Red_October Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I cant amagine what is worst, SEC or Harbaugh for whining. They dont call the San Francisco team Whiners for nothing. . Seriously, B1G should agree if the SEC will give out 4 years schollies. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I cant amagine what is worst, SEC or Harbaugh for whining. They dont call the San Francisco team Whiners for nothing. . Seriously, B1G should agree if the SEC will give out 4 years schollies. Ummm no, they isn't anywhere close to all they need to agree to. Quote Link to comment
huskerhill Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Dear SEC: Thank you... Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I don't particularly care what the SEC has to say on the issue, but ignoring the recruiting purpose for the trip (practice at a premier sports high school) it sure sounds like an impermissible extra benefit for current players to me. Ohio State got sanctioned for players getting free tattoos and Michigan wants to pay for an all expense spring break trip to the beach for each of the players. Something doesn't add up.... Schools hold sections of spring and fall practice off campus all the time. Off the top of my head, Northwestern has been doing a week in Kenosha, WI for a long time. Also, I know that USF holds random weeks of spring/fall practice around the state of Florida. The difference is that this is Michigan, and they're making a big deal about doing it in the SEC's backyard, and the south doesn't like that the Big Ten is coming down here hard to get recruits. The Big Ten needs and edge, and too many schools (Nebraska included) in the conference have gotten fat and lazy off of TV money without putting the effort into reaching the top. IMO, big personalties like Meyer and Harbaugh pushing the envelope, and forcing other schools to get better are exactly what this conference needs. 2 Quote Link to comment
dtbugeater Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 When we first joined the Big Ten, the conversation was that we were going to kick the league and the backside. It would appear that we did not do that but that Michigan is now. Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I want to hate Harbaugh, but this is awesome. I think we should do the same. Rotate between Florida, Georgia, Texas, California. Other than the cost, I can't think of any downside. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 When we first joined the Big Ten, the conversation was that we were going to kick the league and the backside. It would appear that we did not do that but that Michigan is now. They are? I don't remember them in the CCG last year or the year before. In fact, I don't think they have been in it at all. Quote Link to comment
VA Husker2 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I'm not too worried about Auburn or Georgia setting up a camp in Omaha anytime soon. I agree, Scottsbluff seems to be the better choice Quote Link to comment
TheSker Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I want to hate Harbaugh, but this is awesome. Agreed. Harbaugh is doing what he was brought in to do. Riley is doing what he was brought in to do also. We'll see how soon Husker nation tires of what Riley was brought in to do. Quote Link to comment
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