The Facebook Conundrum (Recruiting)
The situation seems simple and harmless enough: Joe Fan posts on Joe Recruit’s Facebook wall, begging him to come to Joe Fan’s favorite school.
NCAA violation? Or just harmless back-and-forth in today’s social networking age, where communication boundaries are continually being redefined?
The NCAA hasn’t changed its stance, even with the advent of popular social networking Web sites like Facebook and MySpace, or the micro-blogging service Twitter. Simply put, if the same prospect engaged with the same booster in person, it would be frowned upon.
clarionledger.com
1/31/10
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