A friendly reminder that contacting recruits is a violation of NCAA rules. Using Twitter is considered a violation.
The following excerpts are from Glenn Davis on sportsgrid.com (4-18-2012):
“AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT A RECRUIT AND TRY TO PERSUADE THEM TO COME TO YOUR SCHOOL, YOU AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A BOOSTER BECAUSE YOU ARE HELPING A RECRUIT COME TO A SPECIFIC INSTITUTION,” [OKLAHOMA STATE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE BEN] DYSON SAID. “BOOSTERS AREN’T ALLOWED TO RECRUIT PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES.”
Davis sups up with this:
So before you send what you think is a harmless tweet urging a kid to recognize the benefits of the school you root for, know that: 1) it will have no effect on the player’s eventual decision (Hatcher said as much), and 2) the second you do it, you become a dirty, dirty cheater in the eyes of the NCAA. The odds of the NCAA actually doing anything about your specific tweet are infinitesimally small, but if you’re just going to look creepy, why bother?
