ZachTheZip Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5082169 The NCAA will now allow college basketball coaches to have recruiting conversations during summer camps and clinics on campus. The coaches will be restricted from giving recruits campus tours or other benefits that come from official visits. The NCAA's legislative council announced the decisions Tuesday after a two-day meeting in Indianapolis. The panel also approved legislation that will require athletes to take sickle-cell tests, provide documentation that they have already had the test or opt out of the test by signing a release. The proposal had gained traction after the deaths of several athletes were believed to be linked to the genetic trait. The council rejected a proposal that would have banned printed media guides. Good news for Dambrot. Lots of great high school players play at the JAR during the summer camps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5082169 The NCAA will now allow college basketball coaches to have recruiting conversations during summer camps and clinics on campus. The coaches will be restricted from giving recruits campus tours or other benefits that come from official visits. The NCAA's legislative council announced the decisions Tuesday after a two-day meeting in Indianapolis. The panel also approved legislation that will require athletes to take sickle-cell tests, provide documentation that they have already had the test or opt out of the test by signing a release. The proposal had gained traction after the deaths of several athletes were believed to be linked to the genetic trait. The council rejected a proposal that would have banned printed media guides. Good news for Dambrot. Lots of great high school players play at the JAR during the summer camps. There will be some benefit to UA due to the LBJ camps as long as LBJ remains committed to the Akron area. But this will mostly benefit the "big" schools that have most of the "big" camps. In general, the rich will continue to get richer. And if LBJ ever moves on to greener pastures, it will probably end up hurting UA more than helping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5082169 The NCAA will now allow college basketball coaches to have recruiting conversations during summer camps and clinics on campus. The coaches will be restricted from giving recruits campus tours or other benefits that come from official visits. The NCAA's legislative council announced the decisions Tuesday after a two-day meeting in Indianapolis. The panel also approved legislation that will require athletes to take sickle-cell tests, provide documentation that they have already had the test or opt out of the test by signing a release. The proposal had gained traction after the deaths of several athletes were believed to be linked to the genetic trait. The council rejected a proposal that would have banned printed media guides. Good news for Dambrot. Lots of great high school players play at the JAR during the summer camps. There will be some benefit to UA due to the LBJ camps as long as LBJ remains committed to the Akron area. But this will mostly benefit the "big" schools that have most of the "big" camps. In general, the rich will continue to get richer. And if LBJ ever moves on to greener pastures, it will probably end up hurting UA more than helping. Dave, UA currently has 2 of the best attended tourney and camps there are. All the top 50 players were @ UA the year we were recruiting Zeke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Well, there are hundreds of college basketball camps at campuses across the country, including 28 in Ohio alone: Ohio State University Ohio University University of Cincinatti Bowling Green State University Can't State University University of Toledo University of Akron Miami University of Ohio Ashland University Baldwin-Wallace College Capital University Cleveland State University College of Mount St. Joseph Hiram College Marietta College Mount Union College Mount Vernon Nazarene University Muskingum College Ohio Northern University Otterbein College Tiffin University University of Findlay University of Rio Grande Walsh University Wilmington College Wittenberg University Wright State University Xavier University If UA is able to get all the top HS players without the King James connection, that would be spectacular. But it's hard to imagine that the top HS players would be attracted to the camps at schools with "lesser" programs when the facilities are generally so much better at the bigger basketball power schools where most of the top HS players dream of playing. My understanding is that the big attraction for UA is the King James connection. But I would be more than happy to be proved wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I think we need to distinguish between a "Coach K" summer camp .. and the big AAU tournaments and the like. UA hosts 2 of the more significant things from the AAU end of things. Not so much on the coaches camps / clinics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted April 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 UA has to withdraw from the King James Shooting Stars Classic Thanks, NCAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 OK, so King James is now gone from UA. Any bets on what may happen in the future to UA's big AAU tournaments? I'm generally not a cynical person. But experience has taught me over many decades that cynicism is appropriate under certain circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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