The dust has settled, and the new NCAA rules for 2012 are in place.And with new rules come new opportunities: In Division II, coaches now have more time to contact recruits and a variety of new ways to reach them - text messaging, social networks and even message boards. In Division III, text …
Revised Rules Approved by NCAA
The following article is courtesy of Allie Grasgreen, who writes for the excellent website InsideHigherEd.com. It is an excellent overview of the changes approved by the NCAA in January 2012: After weeks of buildup, the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Board of …
NCAA’s Jay Jones Clarifies Division III Twitter Rules
Jay Jones, the NCAA's Director of Academic Affairs and Membership Affairs for Division III, took some time to address the recent confusion regarding Twitter and whether or not it could be used by Division III coaches to communicate with recruits.Here are the questions we asked Mr. Jones, and his …
College Coaches and the NCAA Trying to Adapt to Recruits and Technology
A few months ago, I wrote what I thought was a rather innocent article on how Twitter – kind of a mix between a blog and text messaging - would be one of the next big developments in college recruiting. What resulted was an avalanche of opinions back to me from college coaches and athletic …
How the NCAA Changed the Way They Got Their Message Out (and what YOU can learn from it)
David Pickle's job at the NCAA rivals that of most big city newspapers. He's the man at the center of every piece of news and information that's published by the NCAA, and has overseen a dramatic shift in the way that information is presented to coaches, athletic directors and the nation.Pickle …