From ESPN
"The NCAA board of directors approved a set of proposals last month that would, among other things, allow coaches to have contact with recruits as much as they wanted through text messaging and social media; repeal all limits on the amount of printed materials schools could mail to prospects; and permit coaches to begin contacting prospects during the summer of their sophomore years. Many of the proposals are scheduled to go into effect this summer."
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Heard one D1 football coach say that virtually no coaches like the new rules. Said they are already busy enough and this only adds pressure to up their communications by an order of magnitude.
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Just wait until the new recruiting rules kick in and college coaches begin inundating Billy Bluechip with phone calls, text message, smoke signals and love letters.
"It's going to be ridiculous," UCF coach George O'Leary says. "… The people who make these rules don't have a clue."
"Man, oh man, oh man," an exasperated Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said.
"It's crazy," said Evans High School coach Chip Gierke. "We've already had to tell our players they can't bring their cell phones into the locker room. Now it's really going to get out of control."
These respected college and high school coaches are referring to the new recruiting rules that take effect Aug. 1 when college coaches will be permitted by the NCAA
to make unlimited phone calls and send unlimited text messages to high school recruits.
In the past, coaches have been limited by dead periods and were only allowed to make one phone call per month from June 15 to July 31 to recruits who had finished their sophomore year, and two phone calls per month after Aug. 1 of their junior year. The NCAA actually banned college coaches from texting recruits back in 2007, but now suddenly will allow unlimited texts and phone calls.
"It's going to be like the wild, wild West," O'Leary says"
Texting is one thing, but social media opens up a whole can of worms. Especially if the Facebook or Twitter account is open for online viewing. Everyone can see what is posted.
I've been looking for, but cannot find, the language to these new rulings, e.g., permitting contact with prospective players starting the summer of their sophomore year. I can only find second and third-hand reviews of the new ruling, but not the actual ruling(s). Anyone have links to the specifics?
Go to the LSDBi Database. Type in RWG-13-3 in the Proposal Number box. You can find all of the proposals by using other search criteria. For example, instead of filling in the Proposal Number box, instead select 2012 as the Submitted year. That will give you a list of all 2012 proposals, with a descriptive title. Click on the one(s) you're interested in.
The texting and phoning rules are obsolete and really nothing but traps for unwary assistant coaches.
There was a time when all those texts cost a kid's parents $0.10 each. Almost no one has that kind of a plan any more, and texting is second nature to most kids.
Having to keep track of when you texted/called whom is a major nightmare for programs. No one says they have to inundate kids with contacts. That assumes that every kid out there is swamped with suitors, and that just isn't so. To me, this is a rare, and very welcome, instance of the NCAA taking a step back from its usual proclivity towards red tape.
Go to the LSDBi Database. Type in RWG-13-3 in the Proposal Number box. You can find all of the proposals by using other search criteria. For example, instead of filling in the Proposal Number box, instead select 2012 as the Submitted year. That will give you a list of all 2012 proposals, with a descriptive title. Click on the one(s) you're interested in.
Thank you 3FingeredGlove.
If I read the bylaws correctly, electronic correspondence is proscribed for prospective baseball student athletes "until September 1 at the beginning of his or her junior year in high school". So for baseball, what has changed?
The link I posted may not have worked for you. Another way to get there is to ncaa.org, click on Resources, then Search NCAA Legislation, then Search.
The text of RWG-13-3 has the old rule in strikeout and the new text in plain font. The basic difference is that previously coaches could send emails, and now they may also send texts, or post to other media provided only the player can read the posts.
IMO, for baseball players (many of whom have smartphones which have email e.g. gmail), there really isn't a significant difference.
Basketball adopted these changes a year ago, seemingly without major trauma.
