OT: Gator nation accussed of recruiting violations
Didn't see this posted yet.
Minor violations but not a solitary event.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-florida-ncaa-violation-faceboo…
He'll just fake another heart attack (ala Fred Sanford) and tell the NCAA "God told me to do it."
I hate that expression. Red Sock Nation, Gator Nation, etc. Since when do fans of a team become part of a nation?
When the coach decides that a "Nation" is appropriate.
Tim Brewster left me an automated voice message for the spring game in April, looking for "GOPHER NATION" to fill TCF for the Spring Game.
Turns out GOPHER NATION was about 2,000 strong on April 24th.
Turns out GOPHER NATION was about 2,000 strong on April 24th.
So basically it's Palau?
Basically.
Gopher Nation was also smaller than my high school (fwiw, the alma mater of John Clay).
Ironic, that search4meaning post's right below you. Read his signature.
a Village? When did that get switched?
Another school caught up in recruiting violations!!! I'm shocked!!!
Illegal use of Facebook, wow! Not a major violation like stretching...
The real news here is that the situation appears to continue.
Recruiting violations are minor. Stretching is serious business.
is even worse. Right USC???
Meyer Violating rules? Never! It's sad but im sure a common practice amongst college coach's. Ohh, how i long for the Schembechler days! When football was about football, and the recruiting was a simple pitch. "Do you want to win championships at Michigan son?" Now more then ever it's becoming just another business.
You mean SMU death penalty days? Schembechler was a rarity even in his day; actually the Big Ten as a whole was pretty clean during that era while the basically everyone else was commiting truly major violations.
- Switzer resigned because of improper player benefits (amongst other violations).
- Seven (out of 9) Southwestern Conferene teams were either under investigation or on probation in the late eighties. That's why it doesn't exist anymore.
Florida, Miami, Washington, Alabama, Nebraska, Texas...on and on. Cheating has been part of football as long as football has existed.
I had my speculations during the Army All American Game, when just about every top recruit gave the camera a Gator chomp, though my speculations were a little more grand than facebook posting
Urban Meyer is a class act. UNACCEPTABLE.
I'm just surprised that the article still refers to Myspace in the same sentence as other Web 2.0 Social Media data-aggregating and community-connecting web and mobile services like Facebook and Twitter. I'm sure there is still a subset of the population that maintains a Myspace page, but I think it is safe to say that you won't see too many Myspace-based recruiting violations in the near future.
/Myspace rant
And as for the actual violations, I agree with a quote in the article that they may be over-regulating some of these communications. Everyone involved understands that this is a business and that both recruits and recruiters are going to talk, and that includes utilizing new technologies.
Yeah, but IIRC they've documented a difference in the popularity of Myspace vs. facebook among certain groups. Not just bands. It was my understanding that any entity (like universities) that is concerned about reaching a diverse group of young people had to pay attention to both.