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After a summer of camping, SEC coaches still not sold on satellite camps

Months after the SEC joined the satellite camp craze, the conference still isn't sold.

The fad trending up in 2016 -- thanks to Jim Harbaugh's braggadocious 2015 summer tour -- had SEC coaches traveling all over the country working with thousands of high school athletes, but they still serve as more of a pain than an instructional endeavor.

“It’s about recruiting, it’s about exposure," said Kentucky coach Mark Stoops, who said he and his staff reluctantly participated in double-digit satellite camps this year. "If you want to spend millions of dollars and run around and put your logo all over the place to recruit one kid, go right ahead.