Coaches using Twitter to tell their story and connect with recruits is ok!
This is somehting really interesting. Coaches like Steve Sarkisian at the U of W and Les Mles at LSU are using Twitter and communicating important messages about themselves and their programs. This is one more way that technology is allowing coaches to distinguish themselves at the forefront of recruiting especially with young recruits who tend to be web and social media saavy.
Recruits wanting to stay in touch with a specific coach can follow their Tweets at Twitter by getting their own accounts. I would imagine the same will go for athletes trying to get recruited as well. Schools and coaches need to be very careful not to step over this line and can not have any one way specific communication but a coach could Tweet “going to Portland to see a couple games tonight” as a way to let folks know he will be in town. And a player could Tweet “had 3 more sacks and am now at 15 and 2nd in state” to catch the coaches attention if he is on his Twitter page following him.
NCAA has weighed in on this:
The specifics on the text message ban are outlined in NCAA bylaw 13.4.1.2.
“As long as the coaches are not using Twitter to contact individual prospective student-athletes and are abiding by other recruiting rules, such as discussing specific recruits, there is not an issue with them using Twitter,” says NCAA associate director for public and media relations Cameron Schuh.
http://tinyurl.com/cdxszo
So get in the game and start tweeting! It can not hurt that is for sure.
PrepProfiles recruiting staff
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