Weren't there complaints about Franklin and other northern coaches conducting clinics in the south?
Honest question not trolling but why does Michigan going to Florida for some spring practices bother you so much? The SEC also doesn't want satellite camps that Franklin and Harbaugh both did. I'm just wondering what the big issue is. If it was any other team would it be a problem. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
The further we move away from "college" football the less I like it. So that is part of my reaction-the more we allow coaches to push the envelope the more they will. It's not their job to set the limits, it's ours- as fans of the college game-or what's left of it. Call that 80% of my concern.
I got a very similar welcome at my first job in Virginia. "Carpet baggers coming down from up North! "
Considering your dislike of the SEC I must complement your objectivity. Of course, that dislike of the SEC may be offset by your hatred of Harbaugh and Michigan, which says a lot about its depth.
A yankee is predictable and therefore preferable over a crazy Californian which is not. Simple concept. Unfortunately since the state is doing very well in technology and manufacturing we must tolerate the influx of both.
I'm sure hairball wouldn't mind if saban or miles wanted to have their teams train in Michigan. That seems fair.
In all honesty I am sure he would make that tradeoff without even blinking an eye or even having to hear the entire proposition. It wouldn't even be worth it for Alabama. I certainly am not rooting for Harbaugh or Michigan but this would be a win for the teams especially in the B10 that want to shift the power in the country a little and we are one of the schools that can benefit from this becoming an established edge the most.
Some current Bama players might want to transfer out if Saban did that to them.
Dan- the way I see the difference, most baseball, lacrosse, tennis, track teams etc go down there and play some games, while they are training, plus it is in their season. That's the difference.
EJD...I wish we would hold some of ours down at IMG...$cum will gain a huge advantage with all the "yankee" school boys who temporarily are on schollies at IMG, but hail from northern h.s.'s originally(eg.Delmarva area, Pa, NJ, etc.)...sure, let the SEC scream and rant and cuss us Yankees, while we run our practices in the fertile south.
I do believe the 'Damn' part is reserved for those Yankees that come down and stay an extended period of time.
They go in the fall as well. If you check you will see they have fall ball training and games.
The Penn St baseball team went to Cuba in November over Thanksgiving and that's just one example. Last I checked Cuba doesn't play in the NCAA. Was that bad for the kids? They had to give up Thanksgiving and November is certainly not in baseball season.
The soccer team can play indoors as well. So what is your point? If Michigan played some meaningless gameswhile in FL it would then be ok? They could scrimmage a lower division Team and you would be fine with it? Talk about being transparent! Your just jealous because Franklin didn't think of it first. The Penn St. baseball team went for over a week and only played a few exhibition games with non-college teams outside of their season. The rest of the time they practiced and they did it over the Thanksgiving week. Please tell me why that is fine and needed but what Michigan wants to do is not? They did not have to go to Cuba to play where, oh by the way, there just happens to be some pretty good baseball players which I am sure is a coincidence. As for the argument that the kids need some time off and it's horrible that Michigan is going to make them miss Spring Break, well in the case of Penn St. they missed Thanksgiving break and some school all during the off season.
