Text Messaging... it was bound to happen!

Knew it was going to happen. There was no limit. Let's see what the ruling is. Thanks mom, keep us posted

I would imagine both coaches and parents would be happy to have this restricted.

Does anyone else notice that your son (daughter too?) responds much more readily to text messages than to email?

Absolutely... at least mine does. Know someone who's junior son is being recruited for football -- his son gets almost daily text messages from various coaches (or more than likely their staff).

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his son gets almost daily text messages from various coaches (or more than likely their staff).

You know, lets add a 3rd party who will be happy this is regulated...the secretaries in the baseball/football/basketball/etc... offices.

Knowing the NCAA, they'll come up with some convoluted approach like "a restriction of no more than x number of text message lines per week per coach between June and September beginning the summer of the player's junior year."

The one thing the NCAA might want to try to grasp is, it's absurd to pass rules that set standards that cannot be enforced.

What kind of paper trail does a text message leave behind? How far is the NCAA willing to go in seizing phones and computers to check on texts and e-mails?

If you're not going to enforce a rule, it's stupid to have a rule. And if you CAN'T enforce a rule even if you wish you could, you need to recognize your limitations and just plain back off.

The problem with the NCAA rules right now is that they are so byzantine that most schools have to have some doubt about whether or not they are in 100% compliance, and there is no way on earth the average HS athlete and his/her family could know. That is a sign that the whole setup needs to be overhauled, but I won't hold my breath!

Makes sense to me! This will protect the "over recruited" student athlete from unwanted emails and undue pressure from over agressive coaching staffs. I always though the use of emails and IM was skirting the contact rules. How will it be enforced? The same way the majority of enforcement happens now. The compliance office of the colleges will report their own wrongdoings and/or the student athlete will blow the whistle on the colleges. While my son and your son may not feel unwanted pressure from recruiting, there are those that feel a lot of pressure from college coaches that hound the talented recruit to attend “my college”.
The recruited student athletes doesn't need to know the contact rules. Like phone calls, I'm sure the student athlete can make all he wants whenever he wants. The rules govern the colleges and are in place to protect the student athlete not control the student athlete.

Fungo

My understanding is that text messaging is so out of control for football that some restrictions have to be put in place. You have to understand, even after a football player committs they are still recruited.


Can you imagine being the top football recruit in the country and receiving text messages hourly,daily while you try to run your life? It's very costly after awhile and extremely
stressful.

Text messaging is traceable.

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Text messaging is traceable.

....and they can be delted. If a certain coach is going overboard and getting on your nerves, delete his message.

My friend who has the highly recruited football player actually insisted to me that it was the head coach of a Big 12 college texting his son... almost right before game day. Yeah, right and I have some acreage I'd like to sell him...

momandcpa,
Don't laugh at that one. I read in an article somewhere last year(wish I could find it) about high profile coaches texting high profile recruits right before the big game.
Think about it, highly recruited player settling in to watch the team on TV and whammo you get a text message from coach. Now that's impressive for a young recruit! It means I WANT you!
I learned that in Recruiting Psych 101.

TPM is right...I remember Joe Paterno talking about making his recruiting calls RIGHT AFTER PSU won the national championship a number of years back.

Very impressive to a kid to get a call from the coach just after the championship is won.

What ever the ruling/guidelines will be, one thing is clear.....

No Clue At All.....again

Thing about it is... the football child AND his highly intelligent dad actually believed it was from the head coach!