NCAA Bans Football Satellite Camps: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction

The NCAA banned football satellite camps, effective immediately, in accordance with Friday's ruling by the Division I Council. 

According to college football reporter Bryan Fischer, FBS football programs are now required to hold camps at their own facilities:

Tate Martell, a 5-star Texas A&M quarterback commit, per 247Sports, reacted negatively to the news on Twitter:

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NCAA doesn't truly care about student athletes...

Why would you make it harder than it already is for some kids to get recruited?

— Tate Martell (@TheTateMartell) April 8, 2016"

Satellite camps rose to prominence last summer due largely to Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh. His practices came under fire, however, particularly from SEC and ACC coaches who were not permitted by their conferences to hold camps farther than 50 miles from campus, per ESPN.com's Mitch Sherman.

When asked about the camps in June 2015, Harbaugh made his beliefs quite clear, according to George Schroeder of USA Today: "In my America, you're allowed to cross the state borders. That's the America I know."

While some argued that the satellite camps provided an unfair recruiting advantage, Alabama head coach Nick Saban was among those who questioned if they made a significant difference, per John Talty of AL.com:

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I'm really not even thinking that it has that much value. What would be a more interesting question for you to research—and I can't answer this—the teams that have done them, what value does it serve? How many players did they get? They had some players commit to them and some of those players decommitted, and I know they even wanted to drop some of those players when they found out they could get better players.

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Brett McMurphy of ESPN reported, per a source, that the ACC, Big 12, SEC, Pac-12, MWC and Sun Belt all voted against satellite camps, while the Big 10, AAC, Conference USA and MAC all voted in favor.

While Harbaugh wasn't the only coach to conduct satellite camps, he was undoubtedly the face of the operation due to his outspokenness on the matter.

The divisive coach has yet to comment on the NCAA's decision, but he'll have no choice other than to abide by it despite his beliefs.

Even though the elimination of satellite camps takes a tool out of Michigan's repertoire, there is still a lot for Wolverines fans to be excited about, as Harbaugh led the team to a 10-3 record last season with a roster that was mostly devoid of his own recruits.

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