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Post by Trojan Warrior on Aug 5, 2016 4:32:43 GMT -6
New legislation from the NCAA is now in effect. Text messaging and contact rules will have an impact, but the most noticeable - by far - will be social media.
It is now permissible for any staff member to like, retweet, favorite or otherwise endorse a recruit's post on any public social media platform.
The general rule of thumb that is being passed around is "click don't comment." As long as the coach doesn't say anything in the associated "click" then it's permissible. This applies to prospects of any age. Tagging a recruit is considered a comment, but coaches are allowed to tweet comments separately.
Examples:
Coach retweets recruit with no comment. Tweets separately 1 minute later, "Great drive. Can really move his feet." PERMISSIBLE
Coach likes a status on Facebook. In the comment section he puts the thumbs up emoji. IMPERMISSIBLE
Coach shares an article about recruit on Facebook. PERMISSIBLE
Coach tags recruit when sharing that article. IMPERMISSIBLE
Coach retweets recruit while recruit is on official visit. IMPERMISSIBLE
This one technically falls under publicity while on a visit. It is permissible to retweet the recruit as soon as they leave campus.
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Post by sotsalumbigguns on Sept 1, 2016 19:42:27 GMT -6
That makes my head hurt. How do they watch out for that? Is it self regulated or something? I work in advertising and see it takes a lot of work just for one brand out there. I couldn't imagine trying to keep track of that.
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