quote:I’m totally confused about the reason for the new rule regarding holding events at a college field. The interpretation we got was it is permissible to play the showcase games at the NCAA field, but you can’t do things like run the 60 (testing). In other words, it is legal to run the 60 across the street at a high school field and then cross the street and play the game at the college field. Does this really make any sense?
Again, the ruling is primarily designed to affect football and the SPARQ testing phenomena being touted by Nike. I spoke to a D1 Administrator yesterday (a guy who I consider to be a guru in recruiting rules and regs) and his impression was that this would not impact baseball events unless you are running the SPARQ type testing. In this case, as PG says, the testing has to be off site of a college campus.
Before long we will be having a similar discussion as the NCAA addresses the issue of text messaging.....