Harbaugh Tweets Common Sense
There R B-Ball teams & other NCAA teams that spend summer breaks traveling to countries around the world for team bonding & team development
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) February 20, 2016
February 19th, 2016 at 7:25 PM ^
February 19th, 2016 at 10:02 PM ^
Harbaugh... Brilliant!
February 19th, 2016 at 8:05 PM ^
February 19th, 2016 at 8:59 PM ^
Hi, Tate. What ya been up to?
February 19th, 2016 at 8:39 PM ^
Dance little monkey....DANCE!
February 19th, 2016 at 7:13 PM ^
See, SEC and everyone else, Harbaugh isn't doing anything wrong.
February 19th, 2016 at 7:18 PM ^
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February 19th, 2016 at 10:27 PM ^
Love it! Great to have you back SBF!
February 19th, 2016 at 7:19 PM ^
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February 19th, 2016 at 7:27 PM ^
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February 19th, 2016 at 7:19 PM ^
February 19th, 2016 at 7:21 PM ^
The NCAA rulebook has literally dozens of pages of sport-specific rules as regards practice, signing periods (basketball of course has an early signing period whereas football does not), off-season workouts, et cetera.
And there's NO requirement for consistency.
Let football people should decide football-specific rules, and basketball people should decide basketball-specific rules.
February 19th, 2016 at 7:25 PM ^
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February 19th, 2016 at 7:37 PM ^
Of course, Emmert --- a man who is at his core a politician --- spoke out today. And Delany isn't speaking up on a conference member's behalf. What politicians say/do is usually a pretty decent sign of which way the wind is blowing.
It's an unpopular opinion here, but it's appearing that JH over-played his hand a bit here. Go hold practice at the Miami Dolphins facility (Miami's owner is a U-M alum), and I doubt anyone would care. But it's at talent-rich IMG: nobody is saying it directly, but THAT is what is really getting some non-Michigan "football people" hacked off here.
IMO, what happens: U-M will get the 2016 practice at IMG, but probably no out-of-state practices in years beyond.
But I may also be wrong. I am wrong a lot. :-) We'll see what happens in April at the NCAA meetings.
February 19th, 2016 at 7:54 PM ^
So people are pissed that their coach didn't think of it first?
February 19th, 2016 at 8:00 PM ^
The whole point that went over your head there is that yes, that practicing at IMG is precisely the reason why they are getting hacked off there. The hypocrisy Jim Harbaugh is trying to refute is the SEC's assertion for why we shouldn't be able to practice at IMG. If thats the issue, they should've just said they don't want anyone on their recruiting turf. Saying its about the student athlete's time taken is disingenuous. Nobody screams bloody murder about athlete's missing Christmas/practicing during fall semester finals and practicing for Bowl games.
February 19th, 2016 at 8:25 PM ^
OF COURSE the SEC is being indirect and looking for a back-door way to keep JH out of IMG (and the South in general) in 2017 and beyond.
You may not like their tactics, you may think they are fighting dirty. But it is what it is. Proposed legislation appears to be coming this April. The "war" is on. So now you need a tactical strategy of your own. I simply do not think that defending your cause by referring to a completely different sport is relevant!
Honestly, I'm not anti-Michigan here. Even if legislation does pass, U-M has a victory: the IMG practice is going to occur in a few weeks. As it should, there is nothing illegal about that. It was a smart out-of-the-box move by JH. But to win the "war" for 2017 and beyond, the arguments are going to have to be better than references to basketball.
Again, IMO. :-)
February 19th, 2016 at 8:28 PM ^
How is it not relevant when it pokes holes that a semi can drive through in their argument? Do you really not see this?
February 19th, 2016 at 8:48 PM ^
Okay, how about this? We take away students' entire winter break with bowl practice. In football. And no one raises a finger about it.
MIC DROPPED.
P.S. -- You didn't explain why it matters that basketball is a different sport. Why would the concerns about student athletes' time be different across sports?
February 19th, 2016 at 9:08 PM ^
Football season encompasses both Thanksgiving and (most of) Winter Break (if you go Bowling). The calendar is what it is.
As to the PS. The NCAA rulebook --- Bylaw 17, which covers 68 pages, lays out the different practice rules and such for each sport. Seriously, 68 pages, ~20% of the total rulebook. Don't look it up, it will give you a headache. :-)
You can argue "why would the concerns about student athletes' times be different across sports?" --- that's absolutely a fair question and argument. The thing is: the concerns already ARE different, it's already been legislated in. That door's already open.
February 19th, 2016 at 9:50 PM ^
..in the rule book are already screwed up is not an argument for adding another screwed up feature or making it even more screwed up.
February 19th, 2016 at 11:51 PM ^
Well, Mr Franklin, isn't it true that you're jealous and upset with Harbaugh because he took your idea about satellite camps, ran with it, and then one upped it with spring practice at IMG?
February 19th, 2016 at 9:00 PM ^
So referring to spring break is relevant, but referring to college basketball is irrelevant? I don't follow. Basketball is more analagous to football than spring break is to football.
February 20th, 2016 at 4:44 AM ^
Emmert's comment were about 'student-athletes' not football players. It is also his job to care about ALL athletes so yeah, if this is going to be a football only ruling then he'll need to explain why to all other athletes that are practicing out of season. And if it becomes a football only ruling then it will make him look like nothing more than an SEC pansy..which isn't good for UM or any other non-SEC program.
Furthermore, as a PSU fan I'd think you'd support the UM side of this given that I can see PSU benefiting from doing something similar in the future.
February 19th, 2016 at 8:34 PM ^
February 19th, 2016 at 11:18 PM ^
I agree with you completely, upvote.
BTW, FUCK penn state and all their delusional joepa loving fans!
February 19th, 2016 at 11:50 PM ^
February 19th, 2016 at 8:56 PM ^
I don't think Harbaugh "over-played" his hand at all. He's essentially getting exactly what he wanted, and he essentially got the pick of the litter by getting to practice at IMG Academy. If/when it becomes illegal to hold off-campus spring practices next year, guess what - nobody else will be able to top what he did. Essentially, it's a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am to this whole idea.
Unless, of course, it remains legal. And in that case, Michigan will be battling like every other school. There's really no downside.
February 19th, 2016 at 9:07 PM ^
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February 19th, 2016 at 9:17 PM ^
Jacksonville, Stetson, Florida A&M, Bethune-Cookman, West Florida --- plenty of non-FBS schools in Florida that have football facilities and would likely gladly host a school like Michigan for spring practice (and summer camps).
I tend to doubt there's a political compromise to the off-campus spring practice issue. People are already too entrenched. But if a compromise exists: it's what you said.
February 19th, 2016 at 9:46 PM ^
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February 19th, 2016 at 9:30 PM ^
February 19th, 2016 at 10:34 PM ^
HISTORY CLASS, WHERE ALL THE PLAYERS WILL BE ENROLLED AND THEY WILL TAKE FIELD TRIPS DURING CLASS TIME AND STOP AT ALL THE HIGHSCHOOLS THAT MATTER ,ALONG OR NEAR SHERMAN'S MARCH.
February 19th, 2016 at 7:25 PM ^
Sure, is there a rule against it?
February 19th, 2016 at 9:03 PM ^
February 19th, 2016 at 7:26 PM ^
Last time I checked, they are ALL student athletes.
February 19th, 2016 at 7:34 PM ^
February 19th, 2016 at 7:51 PM ^
I will continue to .......... ummmmm, let me find a better word here, I enjoy having dicussions where we can disagree yet not go there, so let's go with mangle ......... mangle the English Language.
:-)
February 19th, 2016 at 7:54 PM ^
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February 19th, 2016 at 8:45 PM ^
Damn dawg.....
February 20th, 2016 at 7:14 AM ^
Inapprops...
February 19th, 2016 at 7:34 PM ^
should decide pederast-specific rules? Especially in a Penn State shower?
February 19th, 2016 at 7:48 PM ^
And where is the rule against team bonding within the allotted amount of time? I do know there are laws against against pedophilia, though.
February 19th, 2016 at 8:04 PM ^
IIRC, Hoke took the team, or members of the team, to San Diego to train with Navy Seals. It's not just a basketball thing.