NCAA bans text messages and recruiting via this website

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http://www.thenewstribune.com/548/story/49382.html

NCAA sends message to recruiters: No texting

News Tribune news services
Published: April 27th, 2007 01:00 AM




INDIANAPOLIS – College coaches will have to recruit the old-fashioned way next year.
The NCAA’s board of directors approved a ban Thursday to eliminate all text messages from coaches to recruits beginning in August, then left open the possibility of revisiting that legislation as early as 2008.

“One of the abuses that was described to us were text messages from a coach to a player saying ‘Call me,’â€Â

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The move comes a week after the NCAA’s management council recommended passage of the ban, which also eliminates communications through other electronic means such as video phones, video conferencing and message boards on social-networking Web sites such as MySpace.

E-mails and faxes would still be permissible and subject to current NCAA guidelines, which include some time periods that prohibit coaches from contacting recruits in any form.

What it means to coaches is fewer opportunities to attract players through today’s high-tech tools, and rely more on the post office, e-mails and phone calls.

So it sounds like coaches would no longer be able to contact recruits through private messaging on my website. I don't think that was happening very much anyway though.