SEC is pissed at JH; shouldn't they clean their own mess first?

[ArrowheadBlue]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is asking for a rule preventing football teams from holding practices during spring break.

The move comes nearly a week after Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said on national signing day that the Wolverines would practice in Florida over spring break starting later this month.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said Tuesday that he asked the new NCAA Football Oversight Committee to place the issue “on their agenda for timely review.” CBSSports.com first reported the request.


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Harbaugh taking Michigan to Florida for spring break


“In the context of the ongoing discussion on time demands, seeing the news that was pretty public, and I think intentionally public and prominent, it seems the wrong time to be taking spring break for spring football practice,” Sankey said. “Rather than allow that to proliferate, we asked the oversight to spend some time reviewing the matter with the idea that we can prevent this.”

The oversight committee met on Tuesday.

Sankey also wants to discuss barring spring break practices for other out-of-season sports

It’s not the first time the SEC has reacted to Harbaugh and Michigan.

The league took aim at recruiting camps at its spring meetings last year. SEC athletic directors voted to either bar such camps altogether or allow its own teams to hold them. The vote came after Harbaugh, Penn State coach James Franklin and others set satellite camps in the Southeast.

 

[tarun262]

People always hate what is different. The irony is this only bring more positive attention to Michigan in the form of recruiting believe it or not. JH is a genius. The SEC is the dirtiest conference top to bottom, I hope someday it comes out that they clearly have all sort of violations.

 

[THEUPE]

I say that the SEC teams should stop complaining and come north for spring practice and have at it. Heck, Harbaugh might even invite them up.

 

[candid]

People always hate what is different. The irony is this only bring more positive attention to Michigan in the form of recruiting believe it or not. JH is a genius. The SEC is the dirtiest conference top to bottom, I hope someday it comes out that they clearly have all sort of violations.

I doubt very much that the sec will ever face the ncaa about a big share of their violations.