College Fans Contacting Recruits on Social Media: STOP IT!!!!!!!!

[TitleTown]

Texas has moved ahead of UConn in volume of fan/social media interactions....the players don't seem to mind and the NCAA couldn't possibly go after all the fans..so it continues.....

Carol Polumbo‏@CarolPolumbo
Hey @iball_crzy Meg, we are hooked on you. #HookEm. Burnt orange is the best fall color. Dab it!#TexasWomensBasketball

Yuck! I just got embarrassed for them.

 

[Checkmate]

No, what they do is contact the admin of the site to get the pertinent details.

Most boosters (an inconsistently applied term as determined by a capricious NCAA) that get into trouble are turned in by fans of opposing teams. It's the other teams' fans that scour bulletin boards looking for violations, then convince their school to file a complaint. As a previous poster has said, two thirds of the SEC complaint against UConn was comprised of posts from the Boneyard. It cost UConn hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire a compliance lawyer to respond to the complaint. The program's and university's reputations were hurt - as well as the reputations of unfairly accused players and parents - because a couple posters on the Boneyard couldn't contain their exuberance.

Maybe fans will get away with defying the NCAA rules but why would they put UConn at risk? Remember, Geno's program was turned in for giving French fries to a recruit, for heaven's sake.

DON'T "HELP" UCONN RECRUIT! It's against NCAA rules and the UConn Compliance Office has asked us, the Boneyard specifically, to stay out of the process. This after the great French fry/cardboard sign/phantom trip from Russia to Atlanta/Boneyard bragging fiasco of a few years ago. Don't give the whackadoos (you know who I'm taking about) any ammunition.

Do you really know the actual names of everyone on this board. And which schools they support ?

 

[UcMiami]

My philosophy is that you can say just about anything but there's no need to be insulting or obnoxious to get the message across. I never understood why some people need to take a pugnacious stance in discussions. I appreciate that the vast majority of folks here can discuss topics like adults.

And it is the active participation and 'policing' by you and the other moderators that keeps the standards here high - for which most of us thank you. This is the only sports board I actively participate in because it is generally very polite, keeps extraneous stuff to a minimum and separated from the WCBB threads, and does not devolve into tit for tat threads that go on endlessly.
When new posters start up, there is usually a certain learning curve required for them to conform to the high standards - they either come around or leave (or are banned I suspect.)

Great job.

[I know there are a few really interesting posters who we have lost over the years because of the rules and the enforcement of them - always sort to see those folks leave, but the alternative is a lot of extra work for the mods, or likely a descent into the realm of those 'other' sports forums.]

 

[meyers7]

I can state with absolute certainty that parents and some players read the Boneyard. I know this because I spoke with a number of parents in Indy this year. The 'yard is also read by state and some national media writers, recruits, various bloggers, some AAU and/or high school coaches. I, personally, got interviewed by Morley Safer for the 60 Minutes show on the UConn women's program years ago but ended up on the editing room floor. But the 60 Minutes folks got my name from reading the Boneyard. You just never know.

Wait. They read the Boneyard and didn't want to interview me???
Shocked, I'm shocked.

 

[meyers7]

Texas has moved ahead of UConn in volume of fan/social media interactions....the players don't seem to mind and the NCAA couldn't possibly go after all the fans..so it continues.....

Carol Polumbo‏@CarolPolumbo
Hey @iball_crzy Meg, we are hooked on you. #HookEm. Burnt orange is the best fall color. Dab it!#TexasWomensBasketball

They way (waaaay) too old to Dab.

 

[wallman]

Well looking at some of the ages, the dab could be their limit, glad they didn't try JuJu on that beat

 

[CocoHusky]

Where is Vandy when you need them? That looks like it is being orchestrated from a TX facility and worse than the sign @Kibitzer got in trouble for.

 

[Charliebball]

Here's one time I beat Raul to it:

Raoul ‏@Raoul_000 4h4 hours ago
Recently mentioned a UConn fan tweeting at recruits; here's a Texas fan doing the same, and look who retweeted this...

 

[Wally East]

Texas has moved ahead of UConn in volume of fan/social media interactions....the players don't seem to mind and the NCAA couldn't possibly go after all the fans..so it continues.....

Carol Polumbo‏@CarolPolumbo
Hey @iball_crzy Meg, we are hooked on you. #HookEm. Burnt orange is the best fall color. Dab it!#TexasWomensBasketball

Carol Polumbo is the lead managing partner at a firm in Austin. You'd think she'd realize what she's doing is a recruiting violation.

 

[Tonyc]

Folks a while back Tenn filed a 37 page NCAA violation against UConn. Except for a minor phone call it was thrown out. Many teams would like nothing more then to see UConn destroyed so they can get more recruits and level the playing field. DONT LET IT BE YOU that screws up this team that Geno and his coaching staff have worked so hard to build for over 20 years tand make it a dynasty. We have something really great dont let you be the one to destroy it. Back off the social media and dont worry about what other fans from other teams do. Dont let it be you. We went through Hell and it was worse for Geno and the University. Back off and enjoy what we've got here with UConn Womens BB. Please we've been through it once we dont need it again and we dont need any post saying well what about this and what about that. Just Dont Do It.

Go Huskies

 

[JordyG]

Carol Polumbo is the lead managing partner at a firm in Austin. You'd think she'd realize what she's doing is a recruiting violation.

And why should she think?

 

[DaddyChoc]

they expect the "Dab" would "hook her" in... wow #desperate

 

[JS]

I, personally, got interviewed by Morley Safer for the 60 Minutes show on the UConn women's program years ago but ended up on the editing room floor.

Next time go easy on the wine.

 

[meyers7]

Next time go easy on the wine.

Exactly, you gotta be "on the couch" to make it in the TV/movie business.

 

[Kibitzer]

Wait. They read the Boneyard and didn't want to interview me???
Shocked, I'm shocked.

Maybe they do read the Boneyard and that's why they decided to not interview you.

 

[stwainfan]

I understand fans want top players to choose their team. It's a important choice for the player to pick the school the want.