Last week's SEC spring meetings in Destin, Fla., were not the norm.
Instead of gleaning a few nuggets worthy of being called news Friday, the final day, and getting a report on the millions of dollars each school's athletic program will receive, there was plenty to report -- except for the money part.
The money won't be announced until October. Maybe the calculators couldn't handle the huge numbers.
The athletic directors know they better get all they can while they can. ESPN, the goose laying the golden eggs and a staple of cable and satellite providers, will someday have to tighten its budget belt because some people are streaming their entertainment through the internet instead of subscribing to cable or satellite services.
Probably the most fun part of the meetings came from a most unlikely source, Alabama Coach Nick Saban, who once again declared satellite football camps as bad for college football and ridiculous.
That brought back a shot by Michigan's Jim Harbaugh, who seems to have become the face of satellite camps. Harbaugh said it was ironic Alabama, who had broken NCAA rules, was the school speaking out.
The truth is the camps are probably not good for Alabama, Ohio State or even Texas. They generally have had their pick of players -- except for quarterbacks at Texas -- and now those four- and five-star recruits are being exposed even more to other programs.
As soon as the NCAA said the camps were legal, Arkansas' Bret Bielema jumped on board and planned camps in areas heavy with talented recruits.
Bielema, like Harbaugh and Saban, is fearless. Like most of the coaches in the country, Bielema can't live off the recruits in his state, so camps can be a good thing.
Bielema did say he thought SEC-Big Ten challenges would be a good thing, but SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said those are called bowl games.
The juiciest moments of the week were from the state of Mississippi.
Ole Miss recently self-reported 28 NCAA violations, 13 of which were in football. Since the night of the NFL Draft when former Rebel Laremy Tunsil said he had been paid during his playing days at Ole Miss, a bright light has been shining on Hugh Freeze and the football program.
Freeze made it clear only nine of those 13 violations were on his watch, and the others were on Houston Nutt.
Honestly, what Ole Miss reported seemed pretty harmless. From coaches "accidentally" pocket dialing recruits to a misunderstanding on a loaner car for a player, the stuff the Rebels found doesn't warrant much more than a slap on the wrist.
Then came the announcement that drew national ire. Mississippi State is admitting Jeffery Simmons, its only five-star recruit in its 2016 recruiting class. Simmons, from Macon, Miss., is facing misdemeanor assault charges after hitting a woman who was in a fight with his sister.
In a much-watched video, it appears Simmons sister is losing the fight, and he first tries to pull the woman off. When that failed, he hit her and that turned the tide for his sister.
It is never right to hit a woman, and he will be watched closely at MSU.
Scott Stricklin, the Bulldogs athletic director, met with the media and said he conducted a full investigation and found that action was out of character for Simmons, who posted an apology on Facebook shortly after saying he was wrong and sorry.
Stricklin said Simmons is enrolled in summer classes and will receive counseling. He is suspended for the first game.
Definitely not your average SEC spring meetings.
Sports on 06/08/2016