Twitter & NCAA Violation

To all you Tweens who contact recruits! NCAA jail for you!

“@jeffborzello: RT @Mengus22: If you tweet at a recruit to come to your school, you become a booster and your contact is impermissible. http://t.co/ZOflh6OB”

I think it is more of a scare tactic to deter it then it is a threat to actually punish any school.  How could you truly enforce it?

Think about it, technically any human being with a twitter account regardless of whether they are even a fan of a school could be deemed a booster under this definition.

Let me give you an example.  Some kid, John Smith in Butte, Montana we'll say, tweets to recruit X that he should attend SJU.  John Smith never went to SJU, never gave a dime to SJU, has never even been on campus.  Not to mention the fact that SJU nor can any school control what anyone does on their twitter account.

Yet you are going to hold SJU responsible for what John Smith did?  SJU's response is simply, "We don't control John Smith, we don't know who John Smith is, John SMith does not represent SJU or any part of our school, how in the world is his tweet OUR fault?"

I think it is more of a scare tactic to deter it then it is a threat to actually punish any school.  How could you truly enforce it?

Think about it, technically any human being with a twitter account regardless of whether they are even a fan of a school could be deemed a booster under this definition.

Let me give you an example.  Some kid, John Smith in Butte, Montana we'll say, tweets to recruit X that he should attend SJU.  John Smith never went to SJU, never gave a dime to SJU, has never even been on campus.  Not to mention the fact that SJU nor can any school control what anyone does on their twitter account.

Yet you are going to hold SJU responsible for what John Smith did?  SJU's response is simply, "We don't control John Smith, we don't know who John Smith is, John SMith does not represent SJU or any part of our school, how in the world is his tweet OUR fault?"

Quote from: fordham96 on April 18, 2012, 11:07:03 AM

I think it is more of a scare tactic to deter it then it is a threat to actually punish any school.  How could you truly enforce it?

Think about it, technically any human being with a twitter account regardless of whether they are even a fan of a school could be deemed a booster under this definition.

Let me give you an example.  Some kid, John Smith in Butte, Montana we'll say, tweets to recruit X that he should attend SJU.  John Smith never went to SJU, never gave a dime to SJU, has never even been on campus.  Not to mention the fact that SJU nor can any school control what anyone does on their twitter account.

Yet you are going to hold SJU responsible for what John Smith did?  SJU's response is simply, "We don't control John Smith, we don't know who John Smith is, John SMith does not represent SJU or any part of our school, how in the world is his tweet OUR fault?"

Good illustration why the NCAA rules need a Twitter amendment.  Of course, tweets from supposed students can easily be disguised messages from a serious booster, and a verbal tip off to the recruit could be used to circumvent the amended rule.   The NCAA might need to create a cyber-police rules infraction group, if one doesn't already exist.

There is no reason to tweet a high school kid. None.

Quote from: Poison on April 18, 2012, 11:28:29 AM

There is no reason to tweet a high school kid. None.

Who can you tweet then?

Quote from: Moose on April 18, 2012, 11:33:40 AM

Quote from: Poison on April 18, 2012, 11:28:29 AM

There is no reason to tweet a high school kid. None.

Who can you tweet then?

Noone on here says anything interesting enough to need a twitter account

Everyone go on twitter and ask Sanchez to come to Providence

There is no reason to tweet a high school kid. None.

Quote from: Poison on April 18, 2012, 11:28:29 AM

There is no reason to tweet a high school kid. None.

what if the person tweeting them is in high school?

I rarely agree with Poison, but I do here.  Anyone over college age should not be tweeting any non-family member/friend teenagers.  It's creepy.

FriarBaldi@orlandosanchez

Come to Providence, we'll get you a bj. Just dont tell your mother

Quote from: Marco Baldi on April 18, 2012, 01:54:06 PM

FriarBaldi@orlandosanchez

Come to Providence, we'll get you a bj. Just dont tell your mother

Would that make a booster?

Volunteering?