Recruits/players on campus?

[tornado]

I hear that it does happen - just as fans tweet them messages and post on their Facebook....
Once the kids are signed and in school - then I don't think it is an NCAA violation to contact them as long as no benefits are involved (like buying them dinner or gifts) -
but the schools' compliance people shudder over this because direct contact between boosters and players has led to violations and the schools hate being left in the dark about this....


but....it's when fans & boosters contact recruits that ARE NOT YET SIGNED that really causes headaches....


however - having said that
I have been to compliance meetings and I know for a fact that the school definitely agrees with you and would prefer that ALL contact by fans/boosters still be through the Athletic Department first so they don't get surprised by things...


BTW - speaking of contact with recruits - did you see this...
UConn head coach calls 13-year old about playing at UConn

https://twitter.com/espnW/status/502252102761332736

[Buesch N Chips]

I hear that it does happen - just as fans tweet them messages and post on their Facebook....

That's crazy. Leave them kids alone.

[Big Mike]

I would like to know if Amerson is gonna be here or not.....time is running out with classes starting next week?

[mexicobufan]

Well any word of Amerson being on campus? I was told he would be there but wondered if anyone has confirmation?

[tornado]

Dave Reynolds tweets that Amerson is on campus

[Big Mike]

Last rostered BU player arrives on campus

http://blogs.pjstar.com/pressrow/2014/08/26/last-rostered-bu-player-arrives-on-campus/

[Da Coach]

Last rostered BU player arrives on campus
http://blogs.pjstar.com/pressrow/201...ves-on-campus/

Good news!
I think KA will be our starting 2-guard in 6 weeks.

[tornado]

he's 2 months behind on workouts, conditioning, learning the Division-I game, and blending with teammates...

we saw how important of a factor that was last year with Stefan Zecevic arriving late - well after everyone else........

Remember - we heard lines like this (and I am quoting from message board posts and columns)
"Zecevic stood out..."
"I heard from a very reliable source that Zecevic just lit it up ..."
"Zecevic is a stat sheet filler..."
“Stefan was the best player on the court,” Ford said. “He was flying around on defense and hitting shots.”
"As a group, I wouldn't trade these guys for any freshman class we've had or any freshman class in the league"
"...have a chance to help from Day 1"
"Stefan has the best motor of anybody on our roster. He's high-activity and a really good on-the-ball defender. He's a good passer and a good open-court player."
...and various other over-the-top comments about how ready he was and how he'd contribute to our depth immediately, could play several positions, and was the fastest developer on the team .
Any time anyone rational noted that he wasn't even one of the top 5 players on his own obscure prep school team, they got shouted down & mocked, yet they were right on.

-then - it probably had something to do with why Zecevic never got any better - in fact he seemed to get worse from when he first arrived -- his best two outings all year were the Red-White and the games in the Bahamas against the weakest opponent. It was all downhill from there and he never helped our depth at all.
We went from have "quality depth at every position" and "more depth than we have had in many years" to having zero depth & having to play our only D-I caliber players 40 minutes per game frequently.

[tornado]

and now Kendahl is listed in the campus directory as an enrolled student...

[tornado]

Hopefully fans don't send these kids emails. Does that actually happen?

... fans tweet them messages and post on their Facebook.......when fans & boosters contact recruits that ARE NOT YET SIGNED that really causes headaches.......

Iowa is publicly letting their fans know NOT to tweet or contact recruits - even though I have seen many, many examples and it goes on all the time.

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/08/11/iowa-football-fans-please-dont-tweet-recruits

Other schools are doing it, too - LINK, LINK

BTW - several Wichita State fans tweeted directly to Peyton Allen ...even more violations...

https://twitter.com/WSUOffseason/status/627562110696886272

https://twitter.com/garrettdevans/status/627714654685528064

https://twitter.com/Beemer929/status/628045861491085313

https://twitter.com/RyanSaindon/status/627555871615135744

https://twitter.com/DRuff34/status/627825218086514688

https://twitter.com/DeiterE73/status/627595215562506240

https://twitter.com/cin_nan/status/627581895958786048

https://twitter.com/JoeStroudII/status/627566224768167938

[Tommy]

It's against the rules for fans to tweet recruits?

[tornado]

It's against the rules for fans to tweet recruits?

First - EVERY school wants their fans & boosters NOT to tweet or contact recruits or post things on their Facebook or social sites.
The problem is that many such efforts to contact unsigned recruits can be viewed as illegal contact by boosters in an effort to sway the recruit's decisions.

There are exceptions - but for the most part you should not do it as it creates potential problems for your school - they may be required to report the possible violation to NCAA
If you just tweet ABOUT the recruit then you are OK but the line is blurred as to where social media postings might be meant to sway a recruit's decision - see below

Here's more

http://newsok.com/article/3916214

http://www.sportsgrid.com/ncaa-football/tweeting-recruits-ncaa-violation/

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2011/ncaa-recruiting-violations-facebook/

http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/mutigers.com/documents/2015/7/10/social_si.pdf?id=7530

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-maryland-ncaa-compliance-office-reminds-fans-not-tweet-recruits

There have been cases of schools going after their own fans to get them to stop contacting recruits
NC State did just that to one of their own fans for publicly posting to John Wall to come to NC State (btw- he did NOT go to NC State, he went to Kentucky)

http://www.statefansnation.com/2009/04/university-asks-student-to-take-down-facebook-group-john-wall-please-come-to-state/

Schools have been trying to tell their fans & boosters this stuff for years but the common misconception that fans keep propagating is that nobody cares what gets said on Twitter or Facebook.

ONE last thing - Bradley has taken many steps to let all their own fans & boosters must follow these rules...

"Do not make contact with prospects.."

https://admin.xosn.com/pdf8/935417.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=3400&

"Social media outlets should not be used to contact (directly or indirectly) a PSA (prospective student athlete), their parents, legal guardian, or coach.
"The internet is considered to be a form of communication..."

https://admin.xosn.com/pdf8/953699.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=3400&