Text Message Ban to be Revisited Today | High School Baseball Web

Infield081,000+ posts

Here are some links to articles about today's NCAA meeting. Some of the articles mention football and basketball, but it's interesting to read the comments nevertheless:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2966771

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/ncaa/article/0,27...3932_5663693,00.html

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/football/bal-sp.text02aug02,0,7102209.story

Here's a few paragraphs from another article on the issue which may give you a chuckle:

"Several coaches at the Big Ten event didn't seem bothered by the texting ban, though. They said the mass e-mails and fawning over recruits had become a bit too much.

"[Text messaging] 'Good morning sunshine,' the kids that we recruit, they don't want to hear that," Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said. "If I have to text message a kid to wake him up, at a certain point I hope he says, 'Coach, what are you doing? You're a loser. Leave me alone. Get a life and go change a poopy diaper.' At a certain point I think they tune you out."

Said Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema: "I'm not a head coach that coddles and loves and does all that stuff [in recruiting]. I'm very personal with our guys. I think they will tell you that. But I'm not in position to just love up someone."

8/9/079:02 AM

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fielder10+ posts

My son (2008) would text message a college recruiter quite often during this summer travel season. Please help us understand the new text messaging rule that started August 1st. Can he still text message a coach and can the coach reply? Is text messaging the same as a phonecall..or is it considered different?

HitaHomer1100+ posts

He can text a coach all he wants to, but the coach cannot initiate a text OR text your son back. NO texting on the coaches part. That is my understanding. Now to overturn it, something like 30 institutions have to vote to appeal????

8/10/0711:09 PM

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