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Don't Tweet Recruits

by scott715 · 8/17/2012

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scott715
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"Hey, don't hurt the school," Gwilliam said. "Be on the message boards, talk about the sports, tweet about BYU, but when it comes to the actual recruits don't go and start recruiting them."



BYU and other schools probably need to make this announcement each year to protect themselves from violations.
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Mars


You're not the boss of me.
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scott715
Am I my brother's keeper? You are lucky I am not Cain.
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Mars
scott715 wrote:
Am I my brother's keeper? You are lucky I am not Cain.

My brother is more like Abel.
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HoosierCougar
So what if your rival school and your school are going after the same highly prized recruit? Could you set up a bunch of Twitter accounts and tweet the guy telling him to go to the other school so they get sanctioned? #unenforceable



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SpiffCoug
This is a dumb rule and message from BYU. Like Hoosier said, #unenforceable.



Can the NCAA regulate free speech?
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scott715
This is BYU. We have standards.
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SpiffCoug
Just a guess, this is probably a much bigger problem at other schools than BYU.
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HoosierCougar
SpiffCoug wrote:
Can the NCAA regulate free speech?


They already do

# of calls to a recruit by a coach

Comments by coaches on uncoMmitted recruits before LOI

Contact by boosters

Radio stations can't even say the name of current players they plan to interview in a propontional/tease format until the player is live on the air.



If any of these rules have changed, I apologize for being obtuse, uninformed, or otherwise fodder for mockery.



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Mars


I get it. I support not knowingly breaking any rules. But at the same time, there are always dozens of facebook pages asking Player ____ to commit to School ____ . And those pages come down from time to time, but no one is sanctioned. Just don't buy a player a free lunch, etc.
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BoiseBYU
And no tats!
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snoscythe
SpiffCoug wrote:
Can the NCAA regulate free speech?


They're a private organization, so they can do pretty much whatever they want re: speech.
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Schmoe
snoscythe wrote:
Can the NCAA regulate free speech?


They're a private organization, so they can do pretty much whatever they want re: speech.


Yes, a private organization can regulate speech WITHIN their organization, but that doesn't mean they can tell me, as not a booster or coach, not to tell a kid where I think he should go to school.
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snoscythe
Schmoe wrote:
SpiffCoug wrote:
Can the NCAA regulate free speech?


They're a private organization, so they can do pretty much whatever they want re: speech.


Yes, a private organization can regulate speech WITHIN their organization, but that doesn't mean they can tell me, as not a booster or coach, not to tell a kid where I think he should go to school.


They can do it all they want--they just can't enforce it against you.



What this is leading up to is student athletes taking their twitter and FB profiles private.
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Mars
snoscythe wrote:
What this is leading up to is student athletes taking their twitter and FB profiles private.

Or not.
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