SEC lifts its own ban on satellite camps

Not wanting to get left behind, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey announced Thursday that his conference will remove its own ban on satellite camps.

The SEC previously barred its own teams from utilizing satellite camps, and was most vocal about wanting to implement a ban nationwide. However, after the NCAA Division I Council voted to rescind the ban, the SEC decided to follow suit.

Sankey explained his conference's stance in a statement:

While we are disappointed with the NCAA governance process result, we respect the Board of Directors’ decision and are confident SEC football programs will continue to be highly effective in their recruiting efforts.

We continue to believe football recruiting is primarily an activity best-focused in high schools during the established recruiting calendar, which has provided opportunities for football prospective student-athletes from all across the country to obtain broad national access and exposure but with appropriate guidance from high school coaches, teachers and advisors that focuses on both their academic and athletic opportunities as they decide where they will play college football.

SEC coaches will be allowed to engage in summer camps as a result of Conference legislation approved during the 2015 SEC Meetings.

The SEC originally proposed a modified ban on satellite camps, but it was the ACC's proposal to wipe them out entirely that passed legislation at the beginning of April.