Nick Saban Unhappy With Satellite Camp Recruiting Practices
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Streeter Lecka/Getty Images(ALABAMA) — The Crimson Tide’s autocratic head coach is displeased with the Big Ten’s recruiting practices at satellite camps in his hotbed.
Nick Saban feels that there is a competitive advantage gained by other universities and it is “ridiculous” how other coaching staffs are invading his turf through use of a technicality to recruit high school athletes.
“If we’re all going to travel all over the country to have satellite camps, you know, how ridiculous is that?” Saban said, per Al.com. “I mean we’re not allowed to go to all-star games, but now we’re going to have satellite camps all over the country. So it doesn’t really make sense.”
Saban is forbidden from attending similar camps in Big Ten areas as the SEC prevents their members from taking advantage of a loophole that allows head coaches to appear as “guests” at football camps.
James Franklin, head coach of Penn State, was the impetus for Saban’s outrage when he and his football staff appeared at camps in Florida and Georgia. The NCAA prevents coaches from hosting such camps, but Franklin was allowed to show up because it was hosted by an outside group.
Saban previously served as head coach of the Michigan State Spartans, a member of the Big Ten, from 1995-1999.
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