Recruiting Rule Change

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Rivals.com Football Recruiting - Recruiting changes discussed AFCA convention

This is big news...

NCAA bylaw 13.1.8.9.4 says institutional staff members shall not attend any scholastic or non-scholastic activities devoted to agility, flexibility, speed or strength tests for prospective student athletes conducted at any location at any time.

Bo Kerin of NCAA Membership Services says the rule is designed, in theory, to get college coaches away from making evaluations only at combines. They hope coaches will get back to football-only evaluations.
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As long as this rule is in place, gone are the days when prospects attend college summer camps and go through a myriad of tests in the 40-yard dash, vertical leap, shuttle, bench press and other agility drills. What once was a staple of almost everybody's camps are now a thing of past.

"You mean we have no way of testing these kids when they're on our campus to see how they stack up athletically?" one concerned coach asked out loud when the seminar turned to this topic.

His question was greeted by a series of nodding heads and raised voices in agreement. Tennessee assistant coach Dan Brooks was especially vocal about his disagreement with the new rule.

"You've just opened up a very bad can of worms," Brooks said. "That was not what this rule was intended for at all. We have all these players on our campus and we can't even put a clock on them to see how fast they are. We're going to be punished by this, and it's not even what they meant to happen."

Kerin and Geoff Silver, another member of the NCAA Membership Services, said at this point there's no wiggle room in the rule.
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This rule will, without a doubt, affect every team in college football.

I believe this helps level the playing field even more between the have and have nots.

Any coach can look at a stop watch and recruit the fastest kid.

Now, even the little guys can 1-up the BCS teams if they are excellent at evaluating talent.
 
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It sounds to me as if the scouting services are going to become an even more instrumental part of the recruiting process, which may not be a good thing.
 
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Volsguy12 said:
whoa, so recruits can't attend a UT camp or anything like that anymore?
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To the best of my knowledge, it is fine for them to come to a camp. BUT, at the camp, the coaches can not test them in any way. No timed 40's, vertical jumps, nothing.

I guess the camps most transition from simply measuring athleticism to be more like scrimmages or individual football drills.
 
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This is like the change to where schools couldn't have bands and cheerleaders come out for the recruits or the prospects' names on anything, including the Jumbotron.
 
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what is the deal with uber? i say people using it constantly a few days ago
 
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ut 4 me said:
what is the deal with uber? i say people using it constantly a few days ago
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I can't remember now...but someone just used it once and a lot of people jumped on it to make fun of him. I was just getting my fair share of that pie :crazy:
 
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Ok now someone explain to me when agility drills wasn't part of football or the 40 yard dash time or the 100 dash time. I guess now it is illegal to lift weights.
Have any these morons ever played football? Obviously not because they have no clue about football.
 
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I 've been thinking it for years, but now I am truly convinced that the NCAA is a communist party plot to ruin college football in America
 
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