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Smart on rise of 7-on-7 football: 'There is some good and bad about it'

Related Topics: Amateur Athletic Union

Per NCAA rules, Kirby Smart isn’t allowed to attend an AAU 7-on-7 all-star game.

That doesn’t mean he can't catch a highlight video or two online almost every evening. As the 7-on-7 craze continues to grow across the country, it has created another way for prospective student-athletes to be noticed in recruiting.

Not letting anything slip by, Smart has monitored whatever 7-on-7 action he can that happens during the summer offseason months.

“It’s hard for us to pay attention it because we don’t get film on it a lot,” Smart said. “I can tell you that I don’t spend a night on Twitter where I don’t watch video of a guy making an unbelievable throw or a guy making an unbelievable catch.