Summer Satellite Camp Drama

Coach O don’t like dem out of state schools, cher.

By Scipio Tex Jun 16, 2017, 11:57am CDT

More summer camp drama than that time at Camp Winnetucka when there was cheating in the canoe and potato sack race medley!

Malcolm Roach’s dad nails it.

“I guess we let the optics of college football influence the ultimate goal, educating young men and exposing them to a better life,” Roach, who is the father of Longhorns linebacker Malcolm Roach, told Thamel. “The optics of college football has gotten in the way of what the mission of this thing is all about. I don’t have any allegiance to anyone. I have an allegiance to these kids in my community.”
Belhaven was scheduled to host a camp in Baton Rouge on Thursday with Houston, Texas, Cornell (La.) and Belhaven attending, but political pressure forced it to be moved to Hammond, La., and later canceled altogether.

Mumme told Sports Illustrated the canceled camp would cost Division III Belhaven $5,000. Previous announced camps were canceled at Louisiana College and Southeastern Louisiana.

Roach, who initially tried to help facilitate the camp, declined to go into details on what LSU may have done to prevent it from happening, but said “Louisiana home cooking may have played a part in it.”

Bottom line: it’s difficult to keep competing schools out of your state. The state just hosted Ohio State at a camp at Texas Southern U in Houston. Herman didn’t shut it down - he showed up with his staff and babysat Urban Meyer for three hours. If you want to protect your home court, have a program worthy of the best players. And don’t hurt the lower tier athletes by preventing all schools from entering your state.

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