Passage of Proposals to simplify NCAA Rules pertaining to Recruiting

[Volosaurus rex]

Many of these changes have been foreseen but we now have confirmation of the following:

“The NCAA Division I Board of Directors took the first step Saturday toward trying to simplify and deregulate the organization’s often complex and sometimes unenforceable rules. . . . On the final day of the NCAA convention, the board approved 25 of 26 proposals in what is considered the most sweeping deregulation of the organization’s rulebook at a single time.

Among the changes to take effect Aug. 1 will be the elimination on the amount of phone calls and other private communication, such as text messages and through social media, that coaches can have with recruits. . . . There will also be no limit on the number of coaches who can recruit off campus at the same time. Also gone will be restrictions on sending printed material to prospects, such as the size and colors of the material.

When asked how much of the cumbersome nearly 500-page NCAA manual will be eliminated by the changed rules, Emmert said about 25 pages. “But I think that grossly underestimates the importance of all of these,” the NCAA president said. “Putting it in page numbers isn’t as important as the fact that it’s a complete reset on what the rules are about.”

The only proposal that got tabled by the 18-member board, pending further discussion, was one to allow coaches to start contacting recruits beginning July 1 between their sophomore and junior years. Emmert said there wasn’t a huge objection to the idea, but were concerns from some academic leaders that the early recruitment could be intrusive for high school students. Coaches were concerned about a singular date for every sport.”

Emmert said he expects the issue of paying athletes to be brought up again later this year, possibly in April.”

For the complete article, see
NCAA eliminates limits on coaches to contact recruits | The Tennessean | tennessean.com.

 

[BigOrangeLoyalist]

I bet a lot of these guys spend a lot of time on FB and twitter as is. Just imagine when you have 20 schools pounding on your social media acccounts' door every day..

 

[Volosaurus rex]

I imagine that kids who don't have a fairly clear idea of where they want to go to college will find the "Wild, Wild West" version of recruiting even more exhausting than it currently is.

 

[utvols74]

I wonder if any parents or current college players had a voice in the decision making process? I would hope so.

Obviously college coaches want to contact as early as possible (middle school in some cases) as do some aspiring high school athletes right now. These are cases of employment security and over-exuberance respectively therefore I wouldn't include them. With that said, it does add to the work of college coaches if their contact list grows from 25 to 75 each in a single decision.

 

[rdnkvol3]

The ncaa knew they had to do something because every program in the country was going to be on probation!

 

[TideWarrior]

I think the new rules will benefit the smaller schools the most. Most large programs have the resources to make the current rules work in their favor. Yes the SEC schools and schools in other major conferences will spend even more money now as harass recruits beyond what they already do but the smaller schools will now be able to fully apply the resources they have which are limited.

Example a small midmajor does not have the money to maximize the current number of off campus visits, but are limited currently by the number of times they can call a recruit. Now they can call a recruit as much as they want with their limit financial resources. Again old rules they had less contact atleast now they can increase contact without increasing their recruiting budget.

 

[orangeluvr]

Many of these changes have been foreseen but we now have confirmation of the following:

“The NCAA Division I Board of Directors took the first step Saturday toward trying to simplify and deregulate the organization’s often complex and sometimes unenforceable rules. . . . On the final day of the NCAA convention, the board approved 25 of 26 proposals in what is considered the most sweeping deregulation of the organization’s rulebook at a single time.

Among the changes to take effect Aug. 1 will be the elimination on the amount of phone calls and other private communication, such as text messages and through social media, that coaches can have with recruits. . . . There will also be no limit on the number of coaches who can recruit off campus at the same time. Also gone will be restrictions on sending printed material to prospects, such as the size and colors of the material.

When asked how much of the cumbersome nearly 500-page NCAA manual will be eliminated by the changed rules, Emmert said about 25 pages. “But I think that grossly underestimates the importance of all of these,” the NCAA president said. “Putting it in page numbers isn’t as important as the fact that it’s a complete reset on what the rules are about.”

The only proposal that got tabled by the 18-member board, pending further discussion, was one to allow coaches to start contacting recruits beginning July 1 between their sophomore and junior years. Emmert said there wasn’t a huge objection to the idea, but were concerns from some academic leaders that the early recruitment could be intrusive for high school students. Coaches were concerned about a singular date for every sport.”

Emmert said he expects the issue of paying athletes to be brought up again later this year, possibly in April.”

For the complete article, see
NCAA eliminates limits on coaches to contact recruits | The Tennessean | tennessean.com.

I read the article also, and you can bet the unscrupulous will bend, stretch, or break every new rule.

 

[YankeeVol]

I think the new rules will benefit the smaller schools the most. Most large programs have the resources to make the current rules work in their favor. Yes the SEC schools and schools in other major conferences will spend even more money now as harass recruits beyond what they already do but the smaller schools will now be able to fully apply the resources they have which are limited.

Example a small midmajor does not have the money to maximize the current number of off campus visits, but are limited currently by the number of times they can call a recruit. Now they can call a recruit as much as they want with their limit financial resources. Again old rules they had less contact atleast now they can increase contact without increasing their recruiting budget.

I love "fans" of multiple schools

 

[volboy81]

Either big time D1 schools were threatening mutiny if something wasn't done or the Sabans & Myers of the world (you know, the fair-haired children) threatened the NCAA because I don't think the NCAA wanted to give up ANY power...commie rulers usually don't!