Text Appeal
By John Barr and Lindsay Rovegno, ESPN.com, May 28, 2006

While text messaging recruits is a painless process for coaches, some feel the overwhelming number of text messages recruits are receiving is bordering on intrusive. The NCAA now finds itself questioning the original ruling on text messaging, wondering if the regulations that were created to protect recruits, are in fact invading their privacy. Shane Lyons, who chairs the NCAA's Recruiting Committee on Academics, Eligibility, and Compliance, said the NCAA must find a delicate balance between limiting intrusive contact and allowing coaches to pursue their top recruits. "What is too much? What's not enough?" Lyons said. "We want to give our coaches the opportunity to recruit the right type of athlete for their program, for that institution, allow them to get to know the individual, not only as an athlete but as a person. But there's a balance there as well."

Now the watchdog of college athletics is considering limiting text messaging, or eliminating it entirely from the recruiting process. An NCAA subcommittee is scheduled to meet June 13-14 in Indianapolis where it will review feedback on the topic from conferences and coaches associations.

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