Former players having contact with recruits?

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What are the rules regarding former players having contact with recruits? I was reading the article about Seantrel Henderson and this stood out to me:

After saying that he thought he was bound for U.S.C. just after midnight Friday, Henderson and his father left freezing temperatures in Minneapolis in a limousine sent by Miami to head to the airport for their official visit to the university. The trip was Henderson’s fifth and final official N.C.A.A. visit, and came on the weekend of the Pro Bowl in Miami Gardens, Fla.

That night, Seantrel Henderson was taken to a Miami club, where he met the former Miami stars Willis McGahee and Bryant McKinnie. The next day, McKinnie was kicked off the National Football Conference Pro Bowl team after two unexcused absences from practice. On Saturday he went to a South Beach nightclub, where he met Baltimore Ravens free safety Ed Reed, another former Miami player.
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For some reason I was under the impression that former players were not allowed to have contact with recruits on official visits. Does anyone know the rule?
 
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they cant set up and actual meeting but if they happen to run into one another its legal..
 
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SouthpawTN said:
What are the rules regarding former players having contact with recruits? I was reading the article about Seantrel Henderson and this stood out to me:



For some reason I was under the impression that former players were not allowed to have contact with recruits on official visits. Does anyone know the rule?
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Don't know the exact rule but I would say that unless they are currently employeed by the university than they are good. You can come in contact with anyone you want as long as it's not a manager or agent trying to get you to sign with them so they can promote you.

What if, for instance, Eli Manning decided he had wanted to come to UT, Does that mean he would not be able to see his brother for a year until the papers were signed?

Seems like Henderson is ok
 
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Somehow I knew by the title that this would be about USC, however I assumed they were the one's having old players talk to recruits. That being said, Miami needs to do whatever they can't assuming the pack of cheaters in SoCal are pulling all their usual strings to keep Seantrel
 
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I would think that the limo ride to the Minneapolis airport would have to be a secondary violation. Of course it could have been a town car and the media called it a limo.
 
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That's just clever recruiting, probably within the boundaries of the NCAA. Just like the movie where Ernie Davis changed the mind of Floyd Little to go to Syracuse. I know that was years ago, but just using that as an example.
 
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VOLFREAK11 said:
why is it illegal to ride in a limo anyway
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I think for the same reason that they disallowed using private jets, etc. for the purposes of transporting recruits. I don't know for a fact that it is illegal but I am just going from memory that it is illegal.
 
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I dont know the exact rule but I remember an article on GoVolsxtra that that previous staff found out that Bray's favorite player was Peyton and the next thing we know Peyton has a talk with Bray at the game he visited on and then Bray commits. So lets hope its not illegal haha
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Considering Miami had 10 guys in the pro bowl, i guess it was hard not to run into a few guys from the U in Miami of all places...lol
 
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jrwvol said:
I think for the same reason that they disallowed using private jets, etc. for the purposes of transporting recruits. I don't know for a fact that it is illegal but I am just going from memory that it is illegal.
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The term "limousine" doesn't mean much these days. Just about any vehicle driven by a "chauffeur" qualifies to be called a limo. In New York limo's are just large vehicles that are in competition with taxicabs and are quite common-place. Now a luxury stretch Mercedes with a bar, hostess and other niceties might be considered excessive and against NCAA rules.
 
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