The recent ban of satellite camps could potentially be overturned after some underhanded developments coming from the Pac-12.
The recent decision by the NCAA to ban college football teams from holding satellite camps created quite a stir, among both coaches and players. One of the more critical voices of the ban on satellite camps came from Washington State Cougars head coach Mike Leach who wondered how the Pac-12 voted in favor of the ban.
Leach said the majority vote from the Pac-12 did not reflect the majority opinion of the head coaches and wondered if there was something underhanded at work here.
“I can’t help but wonder if there was some manipulation with this thing, because that doesn’t make any sense,” Leach said, via ESPN. “I don’t know what ivory tower or what cliff these people flew to vote, but this is something out of ‘James Bond,’ where they got together and voted and plotted taking control of the world. Wherever it was, some lair in the mountains with ice and machinery, a cold Dr. Evil environment where these guys voted on this thing then, at the end, they all put their hands together and did a really weird laugh, because soon they’ll be conquering the world.
“That’s how I envision this entire thing, and to be perfectly honest, there’s more evidence towards that direction than anything legitimate happened with regard to this.”
Now, that may sound like Leach being a conspiracy theorist, but it turns out he was on to something.
According to Fox Sports’ Steward Mandel, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said their representative Dan Guerrero did not vote the way he was supposed to vote.
New twist in satellite camp ban. Pac-12 commish Larry Scott says their rep, Dan Guerrero, "did not vote the way he was supposed to vote."
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) April 20, 2016
Leach was so outspoken against the ban because he believes it is a huge disservice to the student-athlete and was done in the best interest of the coaches and the NCAA who has to monitor all the camps to make sure everything is on the up and up.
This looks like a complete fiasco now with Guerrero reportedly voting against the way he was supposed to vote. No wonder Leach was so angry over the ban. He knew it wasn’t an accurate depiction of the way the conference’s coaches felt.
Now there could be an appeal of the ban with Leach and Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh likely leading the way for what can best be described as a do-over.
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