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Facebook Recruiters#251860

By Schfourteenteen - April 11th, 2009, 9:08 am

- April 11th, 2009, 9:08 am #251860

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4060673

NCAA: Fan Facebook site violates rules
Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. -- College sports fans, be careful of the company you keep on Facebook.

You might get yourself -- and the program you support -- in trouble.

That was the lesson this week for Taylor Moseley, a North Carolina State freshman who expressed a common-enough opinion on campus when he started the Facebook group called "John Wall PLEASE come to NC STATE!!!!"

More than 700 people signed up for the group encouraging Wall -- a local standout and the nation's No. 1 basketball recruit -- to pick the Wolfpack by national signing day next week.

But the NCAA says such sites, and dozens more like them wooing Wall and other top recruits, violate its rules. More than just cheerleading boards, the NCAA says the sites are an attempt to influence the college choice of a recruit.

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By JMUDukes - April 11th, 2009, 1:13 pm

- April 11th, 2009, 1:13 pm #251881

Stupid. Absolutely stupid. I see groups like these ALL THE TIME, hell I was in a few when Patrick Patterson was making his decision. But what else would you expect from the NCAA, aka people with no common sense?

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By Ed Dantes - April 11th, 2009, 1:26 pm

- April 11th, 2009, 1:26 pm #251885

Isn't recruiting then, by the NCAA's definition, violating the NCAA rules? Recruiting influences the college choice of recruits.

"You won't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." - Richard Nixon
"You won't have Dantes to kick around any more, because, members of Flame Fans, this is my last post." - Ed Dantes

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By ToTheLeft - April 11th, 2009, 1:30 pm

- April 11th, 2009, 1:30 pm #251886

And where do you draw the line? What if your little brother or cousin is a top HS athlete and you're in college? Are you not allowed to talk to him about his decision? Are college students not allowed to talk to HS athletes at all?

Seems pretty ridiculous.

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By LUconn - April 11th, 2009, 2:30 pm

- April 11th, 2009, 2:30 pm #251906

The funniest part of this whole thing is the concept of John Wall committing to NCST.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

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By dompennix - April 11th, 2009, 2:30 pm

- April 11th, 2009, 2:30 pm #251908

NC State kids did the same thing to Seth

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By matshark - April 11th, 2009, 2:35 pm

- April 11th, 2009, 2:35 pm #251911

The NCAA is a joke. Personally i think they should be investigated fro RICO violations, but that's just me.

"The mat is my ocean. I'm a shark. Most people don't even know how to swim.... And your kung-fu floaties are no good here..."

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By flames1971 - April 11th, 2009, 2:58 pm

- April 11th, 2009, 2:58 pm #251917

dompennix wrote:NC State kids did the same thing to Seth

That's a complete

. They should know better, but..........

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By SuperJon - April 11th, 2009, 3:14 pm

- April 11th, 2009, 3:14 pm #251921

Ed Dantes wrote:Isn't recruiting then, by the NCAA's definition, violating the NCAA rules?

No, it's not. There are certain people allowed to recruit for a school, and those are the coaches. They take the recruiting test.

If students at a school become friends on Facebook with a recruit, and they talk to him on Facebook, that's technically recruiting and technically illegal.