NCAA concerned about the proliferation of "unofficial visits"

[Da Coach]

More NCAA football and basketball recruits are flying all over the country and taking numerous "unofficial visits", which according to NCAA rules must be paid entirely by the recruit and his family. Official visits cannot begin until a recruit's senior year, but by then most recruits have already taken numerous unofficial visits and committed by then. It is virtually impossible to police all these unofficial visits, and who is paying the high costs for them.
It appears some schools may be cheating. Now some schools are calling for the rules to change to allow for official visits to be made earlier.-

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/sports/ncaafootball/unofficial-visits-in-ncaa-recruiting-draw-concern-not-scrutiny.html?_r=1&ref=sports

[Guest]

absolute joke

If anyone believes that all kids in inner citys have the financial means to travel across the country for an "unofficial visit" are crazy. You see kids all the time travel from the east coast to the west coast for "unofficial visits" and that is suppose to be fully funded by the athlete and his family. This is an absolute joke....you will get paid if you have a big time player......there will be no paper trail...and they wont cut you a check, but you will be fully reimbursed and then some...i believe the NCAA needs to do away with "UNOFFICIAL VISITS". The schools have the funds to pay for all visits and then this way they will only invite the kids they are really seriously recruiting. Just my thoughts.

[Old Coach]

In basketball, I'm more inclined to believe that it's the AAU programs and the street agents associated with them funding these trips.

[jrish12]

In basketball, I'm more inclined to believe that it's the AAU programs and the street agents associated with them funding these trips.

Agree with this. Too much of a paper trail if the schools pay for it. They have to account for that money somehow.