Twitter users read this.

[Lobot]

It is OK to follow a recruit or commit. Until such time as they Sign an NLI or Grant in AId you may NOT contact or @mention them. Doing so is a violation of NCAA Rules. Don't screw up a recruiting effort by the coaches just because you like Twitter.

 

[ervins84]

so does this mean all someone has to do is create a twitter account to look like a fan of a rival, then tweet that recruits name over and over to stop said rival from getting that recruit?

hypothetically speaking of course

 

[TheLongHaul]

so does this mean all someone has to do is create a twitter account to look like a fan of a rival, then tweet that recruits name over and over to stop said rival from getting that recruit?

hypothetically speaking of course

Other schools' fans contact recruits all the time via twitter. There really isn't much anyone can do about it. Of course it is quite pathetic for someone to do this, but it's going to keep happening since there really isn't any way to enforce it.

 

[adrock]

Other schools' fans contact recruits all the time via twitter. There really isn't much anyone can do about it. Of course it is quite pathetic for someone to do this, but it's going to keep happening since there really isn't any way to enforce it.

I think what ervins is asking here is this hypothetical: Person X is an O$U fan. They join Twitter under a pseudonym, something like "Michigan Rules." They then proceed to contact prospective Michigan recruits and say things like "Come to Michigan, we'll hook you up" and other nonsense. Could this actually theoretically succeed in ensuring that the NCAA wouldn't allow said recruits to come to Michigan due to perceived illegal booster contact?

 

[ervins84]

I think what ervins is asking here is this hypothetical: Person X is an O$U fan. They join Twitter under a pseudonym, something like "Michigan Rules." They then proceed to contact prospective Michigan recruits and say things like "Come to Michigan, we'll hook you up" and other nonsense. Could this actually theoretically succeed in ensuring that the NCAA wouldn't allow said recruits to come to Michigan due to perceived illegal booster contact?

bingo. sounds absurd,but when u look at what fans in the aub v alabama rivalry did recently with vandalism by poisoning historical trees and other nonsense, this strikes me as way too easy to set up a school, or bare min get some unwanted publicity around one program and discourage recruits from considering a school bc they were linked to something

 

[TheLongHaul]

I think what ervins is asking here is this hypothetical: Person X is an O$U fan. They join Twitter under a pseudonym, something like "Michigan Rules." They then proceed to contact prospective Michigan recruits and say things like "Come to Michigan, we'll hook you up" and other nonsense. Could this actually theoretically succeed in ensuring that the NCAA wouldn't allow said recruits to come to Michigan due to perceived illegal booster contact?

I know, which is just one of the reasons it is nearly impossible to enforce.