Jim Harbaugh’s innovative yet controversial satellite camps are officially at an end. The NCAA Division I Council ruled on Friday that the practice of hosting high school camps at outside facilities has been outlawed, limiting such activities exclusively to on-campus locations or those regularly used by a school for practice or games.
“The Council approved a proposal applicable to the Football Bowl Subdivision that would require those schools to conduct camps and clinics at their school’s facilities or at facilities regularly used for practice or competition,” said the NCAA release on the matter. “Additionally, FBS coaches and noncoaching staff members with responsibilities specific to football may be employed only at their school’s camps or clinics.