OT: Maryland NCAA compliance office reminds fans not to tweet recruits
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#TBT Signing day reminder. Don't risk anyone's eligibility being #TAKEN away, leave the recruiting to the coaches. pic.twitter.com/6kwDysXMWy
Maryland Compliance January 16th, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
January 16th, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
Not that I think anyone should be sending messages to teenage boys, but what exactly are they trying to say here? If a random fan sends a Tweet to a potential recruit, that could somehow endanger their eligibility?
January 16th, 2015 at 4:03 PM ^
I don't think it's anything that they would ever actually do anything about, but if a school got in trouble for something else, the NCAA could pile that kind of shit on top, if they wanted.
January 16th, 2015 at 4:05 PM ^
Any time someone tries to influence a recruit's decision on social media it's a secondary violation.
January 16th, 2015 at 4:11 PM ^
Ok, a booster I understand, but how can the recruit or the school be punished for the actions of an unaffiliated third party?
Seems Un-American to me.
That said, don't be creepy weird old guy sending messages to recruits.
January 16th, 2015 at 4:48 PM ^
We're basically all "boosters" in the eyes of the NCAA.
January 16th, 2015 at 4:09 PM ^
Yes, it is a violation if I were to contact any recruit. I think the violation is secondary, but it is still a violation.
January 16th, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
There should also be a meme emphasizing how creepy and pathetic tweeting recruits is.
January 16th, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
Boosters are not permitted to Tweet, Facebook or contact recruits in any way. Let the coaches do the recruiting.
— Michigan Compliance (@umichcompliance) September 5, 2014
January 16th, 2015 at 6:25 PM ^
January 16th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^
January 16th, 2015 at 4:05 PM ^
January 16th, 2015 at 4:08 PM ^
Excuse me, sir. I believe it's spelled Tak3n.
January 16th, 2015 at 4:47 PM ^
He was at his best in Michael Collins and Rob Roy.
January 16th, 2015 at 7:29 PM ^
January 16th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^
Whats the worst that could happen? They take some wins away then give them back a couple years later......oh wait this isnt penn state
January 16th, 2015 at 4:26 PM ^
It would be a minor violation for a booster to contact a recruit via twitter and it could be hard to track. The university is only allowed so many contacts per week and the booster twitter outreaches each are considered university contacts. Now I'm not sure but I think the @TerpsCompliance twitter page is aimed at an audience of current UMD student athletes and I imagine there could be more trouble if a current student athlete reaches out to a recruit (outside of official recruiting events of course).
Most universities keep track of student athletes' twitter activity so detecting a student athlete reaching out to a recruit via twitter would be pretty easy to catch.
January 16th, 2015 at 5:05 PM ^
I also believe that several schools, when releasing lists of secondary violations involving social media exchanges that they know of, have on occasion taken the step of sending written communication to people reminding them not to contact recruits and then send copies of those letters to the NCAA to prove due diligence. It's pretty much all they can do, but still there is always the one person who is hell bent on flipping that key linebacker to a rival school or whatever because that's the sort that they are sadly.
January 16th, 2015 at 5:02 PM ^
So all we need to do is create alternate twitter accounts and start recruiting for Urbz blatantly offering cash as a bribe.
January 16th, 2015 at 6:05 PM ^
I see what you did there and I am embarrisingly intrigued.....
January 16th, 2015 at 6:35 PM ^
January 16th, 2015 at 9:52 PM ^
Don't forget to offer the hookers and booze too.
January 17th, 2015 at 1:21 AM ^
I don't get what the deal here is. So it's legal to make a $150,000 payment to the pastor(father) of a recruit, but it is illegal for a fan to tweet one?!?