Thursday, April 14, 2016
NCAA Reverses Bans on Social Media Recruiting
The NCAA has recently revoked it's ban on coaches using social media and text messaging to contact their recruits. This ban will be something coaches across the country will be relieved about because it is one less violation they need to worry about getting caught over. Athletes on the other hand probably won't find the same enjoyment in it. With no restrictions coaches will be able to constantly text and be in communication with their recruits as much as they want and I feel as a recruit that would get annoying. I know when I went through the process in high school, at a much smaller scale however, I was only contacted through phone, letters and in person. I can't imagine how much some of these big time recruits phone's blow up with messages they probably won't care about half the time. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out and if the NCAA reacts when athletes start complaining about the harassment of texts coming through their phones.
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I agree in that I feel the recruit will be overwhelmed with coaches since they will be able to easily contact them. I also feel that the recruit themselves may also feel little but stalked. It's interesting because I as well went through the recruiting process and without coaches contacting me in all social medias I was overwhelmed. I am interested to see how the revoking of the ban against coaches will play out.
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