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With social media allowing direct contact with prospective high school recruits, fans of colleges across the country continue to commit NCAA violations on a daily basis.
If signing day is approaching, particularly in football and men’s basketball, a quick scroll through a recruit’s mentions on Twitter can see fans of schools he or she is considering encouraging the recruit to commit to their school.
This contact is impermissible according to NCAA rules, said Ben Dyson, Oklahoma State’s assistant athletic director of compliance.
“As soon as you contact a recruit and try to persuade them to come to your school, you automatically become a booster because you are helping a recruit come to a specific institution,” Dyson said. “Boosters aren’t allowed to recruit prospective student-athletes.
“As soon as you’ve done anything to reach out to them, you’ve already crossed the line.”
http://www.ocolly.com/mobile/sports/social-media-allowing-fans-access-to-recruits-1.2848929
I think the ncaa is walking a fine line here if they start slapping sanctions on schools for something they will never, ever be able to control. if that starts happening it will only be a matter of time before schools and or fans start creating fake accounts to get other schools in trouble, I guarantee there will be fake offers of money or more posted to recruits on twitter.
they talk about reviewing the rules to update it with current technology, I think they just need to redefine what a booster actually is because all fans are boosters, if you spend any money on school merchandise you pretty much are a booster. fans posting on twitter 'hey we want you here' is no different than the recruit walking down the street and seeing someone wearing a UT or A&M t-shirt or when they are on recruiting visits(or even at their high school) and someone yelling out 'go to OU' or even flashing that schools hand gesture. now what I do have a problem with is if a known, active booster talks to the recruit because they should know better. Also they could maybe make a provision that if they start noticing the same people constantly contacting multiple recruits via social media then the NCAA contacting that person and informing them that they are now recognized by the NCAA as a booster for that school and that any further contact to recruits will constitute in harmful actions taken against the school
If signing day is approaching, particularly in football and men’s basketball, a quick scroll through a recruit’s mentions on Twitter can see fans of schools he or she is considering encouraging the recruit to commit to their school.
This contact is impermissible according to NCAA rules, said Ben Dyson, Oklahoma State’s assistant athletic director of compliance.
“As soon as you contact a recruit and try to persuade them to come to your school, you automatically become a booster because you are helping a recruit come to a specific institution,” Dyson said. “Boosters aren’t allowed to recruit prospective student-athletes.
“As soon as you’ve done anything to reach out to them, you’ve already crossed the line.”
http://www.ocolly.com/mobile/sports/social-media-allowing-fans-access-to-recruits-1.2848929
I think the ncaa is walking a fine line here if they start slapping sanctions on schools for something they will never, ever be able to control. if that starts happening it will only be a matter of time before schools and or fans start creating fake accounts to get other schools in trouble, I guarantee there will be fake offers of money or more posted to recruits on twitter.
they talk about reviewing the rules to update it with current technology, I think they just need to redefine what a booster actually is because all fans are boosters, if you spend any money on school merchandise you pretty much are a booster. fans posting on twitter 'hey we want you here' is no different than the recruit walking down the street and seeing someone wearing a UT or A&M t-shirt or when they are on recruiting visits(or even at their high school) and someone yelling out 'go to OU' or even flashing that schools hand gesture. now what I do have a problem with is if a known, active booster talks to the recruit because they should know better. Also they could maybe make a provision that if they start noticing the same people constantly contacting multiple recruits via social media then the NCAA contacting that person and informing them that they are now recognized by the NCAA as a booster for that school and that any further contact to recruits will constitute in harmful actions taken against the school
