BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
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.
SEC wants to stop Harbaugh
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Red Five
Heisman Trophy Winner
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?
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?
kchusker_chris
All-American
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
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North of $200k....so like 20% of our recruiting budget. Hmmm...better land some big fish w/ that.
JJ Husker
Assistant Coach
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.
HuskerExpat
Starter
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....
Red_October
Three-Star Recruit
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.
BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
Ummm no, they isn't anywhere close to all they need to agree to.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.
huskerhill
Starter
Saunders
Heisman Trophy Winner
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.
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dtbugeater
Four-Star Recruit
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.
BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
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.
VA Husker2
Five-Star Recruit
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.