Satellite camp debate puts spotlight on new NCAA governance

The council, made up mostly of athletic directors, was created during the 2015 NCAA governance restructuring to empower the practitioners and let them have a greater say in creating legislation.

The Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference do not allow their coaches to guest coach at camps for high school prospects on other school's campuses and want to stop coaches in other conferences from doing it.

The practice is not new, but over the last couple of years some coaches— most notably Penn State's James Franklin and Michigan's Jim Harbaugh from the Big Ten — have been using satellite camps to lift their school's presence in the talent-rich Deep South.

Proponents of the camps say they benefit athletes by giving them the opportunity to be seen by coaches from multiple schools at one camp.

The Pac-12 intended to vote against the ban, but its council rep, UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero, voted for it.

In an email to his conference colleagues that was provided to the AP by a university spokesman Wednesday night, Guerrero explained that when he realized a ban was likely to pass, he voted for the proposal that was less harmful to the Pac-12.

Even in the SEC, Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze said he thought maybe the ban went too far in not allowing coaches from Sun Belt schools, where he once worked, to guest coach on SEC campuses.