DancingRabbit
05-01-2016, 02:34 PM
That's a head-scratcher.
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In an interesting turn of events, Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan coaching staff will be joined by Mississippi State and Ole Miss at Pearl's satellite camp in June.
Harbaugh, Dan Mullen and Hugh Freeze are expected to be at Pearl High on June 8 as guest instructors at the high school's camp, Pirates coach John Perry said Friday.
It was announced in March that Harbaugh was scheduled to be at Pearl for the camp, but when the NCAA?s Division I Council voted earlier this month to shut down satellite camps after the camps received strong criticism from the SEC and ACC, the camp was canceled.
The camp is back on now ? with the two in-state powers added ? after the NCAA Division I Board of Directors announced Thursday that the organization rescinded the ruling that restricted satellite camps for college football teams.
"This ended up working out real well for us," Perry said. "I don't know where else in the world where you would get to be in front of three coaching staffs like that."
The cost to pre-register is $25, and registration on June 8 will be held from 7-9 a.m. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to noon.
Judging from Harbaugh's camps last year, hundreds of high school athletes are expected to participate. Some of the top recruits in the state, such as Starkville's Willie Gay and Columbus' Kylin Hill said they planned on attending. By adding MSU and Ole Miss, there's a strong chance more than 500 attend.
"It could be huge," Perry said. "I would think 700 kids would not be out of the question."
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It is somewhat surprising that Ole Miss agreed to be featured in a camp with Harbaugh, considering his war of words with Freeze in recent weeks. The Michigan coach criticized Freeze after Freeze said he wasn?t upset that satellite camps were banned. Freeze later clarified his comments and noted that he was referring to liking the idea of being able to spend more time with his family.
Satellite camps are off-campus coaching clinics attended by prospective college football players. They were shut down because they were thought to be abused for recruiting purposes. Many college football programs used satellite camps to find prospects outside their normal recruiting areas. Some coaches are opposed to them because they tend to involve more travel and they allow for schools to venture into regions they otherwise would not be able to.
Supporters of satellite camps argue that they allowed for high school players to interact with coaches and work out for a staff without spending a significant amount of money to take a few unofficial visits to schools around the country. They also allow for Group of 5 coaching staffs, for example, to attend camps of larger programs and evaluate prospects and eventually extend offers to players they otherwise likely would not have been exposed to.
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In an interesting turn of events, Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan coaching staff will be joined by Mississippi State and Ole Miss at Pearl's satellite camp in June.
Harbaugh, Dan Mullen and Hugh Freeze are expected to be at Pearl High on June 8 as guest instructors at the high school's camp, Pirates coach John Perry said Friday.
It was announced in March that Harbaugh was scheduled to be at Pearl for the camp, but when the NCAA?s Division I Council voted earlier this month to shut down satellite camps after the camps received strong criticism from the SEC and ACC, the camp was canceled.
The camp is back on now ? with the two in-state powers added ? after the NCAA Division I Board of Directors announced Thursday that the organization rescinded the ruling that restricted satellite camps for college football teams.
"This ended up working out real well for us," Perry said. "I don't know where else in the world where you would get to be in front of three coaching staffs like that."
The cost to pre-register is $25, and registration on June 8 will be held from 7-9 a.m. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to noon.
Judging from Harbaugh's camps last year, hundreds of high school athletes are expected to participate. Some of the top recruits in the state, such as Starkville's Willie Gay and Columbus' Kylin Hill said they planned on attending. By adding MSU and Ole Miss, there's a strong chance more than 500 attend.
"It could be huge," Perry said. "I would think 700 kids would not be out of the question."
STAY INFORMED: Click here to get the weekly high school recruiting newsletter every Tuesday
It is somewhat surprising that Ole Miss agreed to be featured in a camp with Harbaugh, considering his war of words with Freeze in recent weeks. The Michigan coach criticized Freeze after Freeze said he wasn?t upset that satellite camps were banned. Freeze later clarified his comments and noted that he was referring to liking the idea of being able to spend more time with his family.
Satellite camps are off-campus coaching clinics attended by prospective college football players. They were shut down because they were thought to be abused for recruiting purposes. Many college football programs used satellite camps to find prospects outside their normal recruiting areas. Some coaches are opposed to them because they tend to involve more travel and they allow for schools to venture into regions they otherwise would not be able to.
Supporters of satellite camps argue that they allowed for high school players to interact with coaches and work out for a staff without spending a significant amount of money to take a few unofficial visits to schools around the country. They also allow for Group of 5 coaching staffs, for example, to attend camps of larger programs and evaluate prospects and eventually extend offers to players they otherwise likely would not have been exposed to.