Man, new NCAA social media rules that take effect 8/1 are crazy

ChiTwnCat · Jul 31, 2016

Example.....

New NCAA Social Media Rules Start 8/1 (self.CFB)

submitted 1 day ago by Oregon DucksLex_Ludorum

Monday is August 1st, which means that all new legislation will be 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.

TL;DR - If you follow a coach/team on social media, then your feed is about to be full of recruits come Monday.

ChiTwnCat · Jul 31, 2016