NCAA to outlaw photoshoots?

[Harry]

 

 

[jtm0097]

Baby Gronk's Dad is probably having a stroke right now. He was taking his 10 year old around the country to colleges and doing these photoshoots. For those that don't know about this fraud, do a quick Google search.

[GMG_Dallas]

3 minutes ago, jtm0097 said:

Baby Gronk's Dad is probably having a stroke right now. He was taking his 10 year old around the country to colleges and doing these photoshoots. For those that don't know about this fraud, do a quick Google search.

Sadly, they're local to DFW. Frisco, I believe.

[jtm0097]

4 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Sadly, they're local to DFW. Frisco, I believe.

Yep, and the Dad was busted for selling steroids a few years ago as well.

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, Harry said:

 

 

@HarryI wonder if this is related to the Ohio State AD talking about recruits starting to ask to be paid to make visits? Are they using the justification that they are posing in the school's uniform?

[GMG_Dallas]

45 minutes ago, jtm0097 said:

Yep, and the Dad was busted for selling steroids a few years ago as well.

Did not know that but also not surprised. Doesn't he claim he was a top prospect destined for the NFL if it weren't for a bad knee injury?

[UNTcrazy727]

Zach Barnett’s article explains why this is a good thing and something schools want. 

[DentonLurker]

What a beat down that would be for your on campus recruiting staff. Any old Joe can come on an unofficial visit and they would all want their pictures taken in gear. Woof!

[jtm0097]

4 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Did not know that but also not surprised. Doesn't he claim he was a top prospect destined for the NFL if it weren't for a bad knee injury?

Yeah I heard that as well.

[rojomojo]

6 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Sadly, they're local to DFW. Frisco, I believe.

Makes TOTAL sense now

[outoftown]

6 hours ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

Zach Barnett’s article explains why this is a good thing and something schools want. 

Barnett is spot on: recruiting staffs need someone there to be the bad guy, and that can't be anyone on campus, it has to be the NCAA.

The coach in charge of the unofficial will not care about the time wasted by other staffers and those staffers don't have the power to say no unless the NCAA does it for them.

Without an outside force stepping in everybody will rightly feel like they are in a race where they have to do this, as otherwise the unofficial 4/5 star recruit on his visit will say:

"but the other university DID it! You guys don't like me / are no fun /don't respect my team mates I brought along."

Edited October 5, 2023 by outoftown

[Mad Hatter]

Recruits only get so many Official Visits (I think it's 3)but are allowed to schedule as many Unofficial Visits as they want (because the school doesn't pay for it). In my daughters experience going through the volleyball recruiting process, the Visit experience was the same for her whether it was Official or Unofficial, the only difference is whether I had to pay for travel, lodging and food or not.  She loved the photoshoot at each of the schools and would look back at those pics, imagining herself representing that school, during the decision process. I guess I can see how local schools might get abused by recruits bringing friends along on visits, but to me that's more of the schools fault for not making it clear who the visit is for and what the recruit can expect vs anyone they bring along. I'm not a fan of this decision.

[El Paso Eagle]

3 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

Recruits only get so many Official Visits (I think it's 3)but are allowed to schedule as many Unofficial Visits as they want

This changed this year --
The NCAA allows recruits an unlimited number of official visits to Division I schools. Recruits are limited to one per school, unless there is a head coaching change after their visit, in which they are permitted a second visit.

[Mad Hatter]

22 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

This changed this year --
The NCAA allows recruits an unlimited number of official visits to Division I schools. Recruits are limited to one per school, unless there is a head coaching change after their visit, in which they are permitted a second visit.

Is that new? 2021 volleyball recruiting didn’t work that way.  If that’s the case then I can see how the rule change would make sense.

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, Mad Hatter said:

Is that new? 2021 volleyball recruiting didn’t work that way.  If that’s the case then I can see how the rule change would make sense.

The NCAA Division I Council announced on April 13, 2023 that they would no longer limit the number of official visits recruits can make to NCAA member schools. The change went into effect on July 1.

[rcade]

I'm glad the thing I didn't know was happening will no longer happen.

Can the recruits still get mani-pedis?

[VideoEagle]

20 hours ago, rcade said:

Can the recruits still get mani-pedis?

No, they have to pick one or the other.