META: A friendly reminder and fair warning
Given that tomorrow is National Signing Day, this seems to be a good time to remind everyone of a couple of basic rules.
- Do not call high school kids bad names;
- Do not unreasonably insult high schoolers. "Player X is too small to be a left tackle" is fine. "Player X is too dumb to be a left tackle" is not;
- Do not accuse high school kids of impropriety, at least without firm foundation (EXCEPTION: If Ole Miss or Clemson is involved, it probably happened (but not really (but yeah really)));
Violators will lose points. Repeat violaters will be banhammered. Further violators will be set upon by wild boars. A couple of additional non-MGoBlog-related reminders:
- Do not tweet bad things to high schoolers;
- Do not tweet good things to high schoolers;
- Do not tweet neutral things to high schoolers;
- Do not G-chat, Facebook, Instagram, telegram, MySpace, carrier pigeon, or smoke signal recruits; and
- Do try to act like a human being vis-a-vis recruits.
It remains an NCAA violation for a booster (that's probably you) to contact a recruit until he enrolls; the NLI is NOT the green light to send your encouragements/complaints. It also remains creepy.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:17 PM ^
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Who is a Booster?
A booster is an individual that:
- Promotes Michigan athletics program.
- Makes a financial contribution to Michigan athletics or its booster organizations.
- Assists in the recruitment of prospects for Michigan.
- Provides benefits (e.g., jobs, occasional meals) to enrolled student-athletes.
- Has purchased season tickets for any Michigan athletics program.
Once a booster.....Always a booster. It is important to remember that once an individual has been identified as a booster, he or she retains that status forever.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:29 PM ^
I've also found the booster designations to be a bit odd. What's to stop a Michigan fan in, for example, Columbus from becoming a Buckeyes booster with the true intention of sabotaging their program by providing OSU athletes with impermissable benefits?
February 4th, 2014 at 11:36 AM ^
If you are using MySpace with recruits, we have bigger problems.
February 4th, 2014 at 11:43 AM ^
on Netscape
February 4th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
February 4th, 2014 at 12:54 PM ^
while I listen to my Walkman.
February 4th, 2014 at 3:17 PM ^
February 4th, 2014 at 11:52 AM ^
February 4th, 2014 at 11:42 AM ^
This post is falling on deaf ears. Everyone who reads this blog regularly and contributes to threads knows the rules. The casual redneck fan who curses out Denard on Twitter after the game and Tweets recruits is not the same fan that is in these parts. Prove me wrong.
February 4th, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^
Eh, I've seen more than one poster say inappropriate things on here about recruits and players. It's just that on here, you're not saying it directly at them. I don't think a reminder to keep it civil and that kids can see this stuff just as easily as we can is necessarily a bad thing.
(You're probably right about the tweeting directly at recruits/players part, though.)
February 4th, 2014 at 1:16 PM ^
"casual redneck fan"
I believe they are called Walmartverines. /Spartae'd
February 4th, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^
A shame really that we have to dumb it all down for a few mouth breathers.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:52 PM ^
“Every normal mod must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” ― H.L. Mencken
February 4th, 2014 at 11:48 AM ^
find out about my pigeons? What about player Y?
February 4th, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
Aren't offensive tackles the highest scorers on the Wonderlic test?
just saying...
February 4th, 2014 at 12:03 PM ^
February 4th, 2014 at 12:13 PM ^
I suppose this might relate more to MSU fans vis-a-vis a certain recruit announcing tomorrow, but there should also be a rule about not saying disparaging things about recruits' parents as well.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
Thanks for the advice, but I'll continue to direct racial slurs and death threats to kids that don't choose Michigan.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:15 PM ^
I tutored a hs student-athlete for the SATs, and was paid to do so. That athlete (not at the time offered my M) ended up committing to at playing for Michigan. As a Michigan fan, alum, and occasional ticket holder, did I commit a recruiting violation by speaking to him? I wish this post were joking.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:24 PM ^
You can TALK to recruits. You just can't talk to them for the purpose of encouraging them to attend your school.
Otherwise, Michigan State recruits could never have a pizza delivered.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:55 PM ^
a prior relationship. I hope you remembered to tell him about the body farm at Neyland!
February 4th, 2014 at 12:15 PM ^
Snapchat it is...
February 4th, 2014 at 12:25 PM ^
Just challenged McDowell to a QuizUp competition
February 4th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
"Legitimate" is such a flexible concept. And I think I need further guidance vis a vis acceptable food baskets and clubs. Would a "Peanut Butter of the Month" be ok?
February 4th, 2014 at 12:24 PM ^
It's just a hunch that the Michigan fans that have tweeted at recruits in the past probably aren't mgobloggers.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:55 PM ^
I think the venn diagram of people who are passionate enough to Tweet recruits falls almost entirely inside that of MGoBloggers. The outsiders are probably those who've been repeatedly banned and quit the site.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:36 PM ^
from certain 4 and 5 star recruits, is it okay to let out a huge sigh of relief?
February 4th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
A medium sigh is permissible. A huge sigh is considered impermissible sexual benefits if a potential recruit is within a 248 mile radius.
/prove I'm lying
February 4th, 2014 at 12:43 PM ^
This is what you get when you tweet recruits Larry.
February 4th, 2014 at 3:30 PM ^
February 4th, 2014 at 12:44 PM ^
/looks up from Twitter preloading Twitter messages
Seriously, I sent out a gift basket for all our prospective signees. I'm not sure if the local Maserati dealers will honor the gift certificates or not, but it would be really awkward to say no to a very large, strong, possibly angry teenager. I am confident they'll love the Target customer credit card numbers I purchased with my stock of bitcoins.
February 4th, 2014 at 12:57 PM ^
February 4th, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
I'd like to tweet at Ms McDowell and tell her how much more awesome she is than RoJo's mom ever was.
February 4th, 2014 at 1:10 PM ^
Sad that this needs to be posted, but good breakdown.
I put the over/under banhammering at 10, and I'm taking the over.
February 4th, 2014 at 1:16 PM ^
quick junket to Vegas.... I have some friends who are interested in becoming agents and I could make a few introductions. Also, the table games and nightlife are great.
February 4th, 2014 at 2:02 PM ^
"Marcel Proust" can be rearranged to spell "Rump Locaters." Thank you, Dave Barry.
February 4th, 2014 at 2:14 PM ^
I see nothing in the rules that prevents me from mailing these letters I've written to every kid in the 247 Top 100. My investment in "Forever" stamps has paid off! And I'm warming up the fax machine as a backup plan.
February 4th, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
Like.. Malik, what the bleep, bleep are you bleeping doing? Good thing you are not picking UofM cause I would bleep your bleeping bleep. Go Blue!!
Prove it's not happening.
February 4th, 2014 at 2:48 PM ^
thanks
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