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Am I a booster? What contact can I have with a recruit?
- Thread starter Fight CU
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You can always talk to them. You just can't spend money on them or try to recruit them.
this is where I'm confused. I will tell him to choose CU - isn't that recruiting?
And just remember- sometimes you think that you're helping, but you're actually hurting.
Either that's not true, or these rules are violated every day with every recruit on social media.
huh?
You can tell him your impressions of CU, Boulder and Colorado. You can answer questions about that. You can't be going up to high school athletes and telling them they should go to CU. Frankly, not only is that a violation but we shouldn't do that simply because we wouldn't be good at it. Leave recruiting to the professionals.
What 'Nik just said.
It wasn't true. You can't initiate contact if you're a booster/donor. But if you unavoidably happen to run into a recruit then it's not like you have to say you're not allowed to talk to the kid.
To your other point, social media isn't policed because it would be impossible. Can you imagine if they tried to? Everyone would be creating fake accounts posing as rival fans and then doing things that violate NCAA rules.
Anyway, back to @Fight CU 's question: he is a booster. If you've ever donated, been a member of the Buff Club, etc. you never lose your booster status even if it's been 50 years since you bought season tickets. The link below is 12 years old, so there's probably something more current from CU. But I doubt much of anything has changed.
https://cubuffs.com/sports/2006/7/18/264379.aspx
From the linked article:
This is the key. If you know the recruit because he's a friend of your kid's, a neighbor, or someone you meet from professional or social reasons (like members of the same church or golf club) you can discuss CU lightly with them if you are together for other legit reasons.
However, if he happens to go to the same high school in your neighborhood, you watch him play and decide to approach him, that's not allowed.
This is the key. If you know the recruit because he's a friend of your kid's, a neighbor, or someone you meet from professional or social reasons (like members of the same church or golf club) you can discuss CU lightly with them if you are together for other legit reasons.
However, if he happens to go to the same high school in your neighborhood, you watch him play and decide to approach him, that's not allowed.
he's not a stranger to me
Read the link I found. Pre-existing relationships are treated differently.
DrunkRalphie
Well-Known Member
Just don't talk to recruits.
Can't he just wear red and a camo hat with a big N on it? That way being an ass would be assumed.
But if he is good enough encourage your daughters attractive friends to move him towards CU.
Bufffan68
Club Member
Besides it’s kinda creepy having middle aged guys hanging around a high school...the judge was pretty clear with me about that.
"I was all set to take the offer to go to Alabama and the briefcase of cash, but then this middle aged guy with a wife and kids talked me into going to CU."
FALSE! I only have ONE kid! SO THERE!
nocoolnamejim
Well-Known Member
A distinction when it comes to social media, specifically twitter. I believe you're allowed to follow recruits, like their tweets, and retweet their tweets. You can even tweet with their name inside the text of the tweet.
But you cannot direct message them or tweet @ them specifically.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong on that.
"Billy Bob seems to be close to announcing his decision." <--Okay
"@BillyBob seems to be close to announcing his decision." <--Not okay.
The former is tweeting out your thoughts about what Billy Bob is doing. The latter is talking directly to Billy Bob.
But you cannot direct message them or tweet @ them specifically.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong on that.
"Billy Bob seems to be close to announcing his decision." <--Okay
"@BillyBob seems to be close to announcing his decision." <--Not okay.
The former is tweeting out your thoughts about what Billy Bob is doing. The latter is talking directly to Billy Bob.
So, a couple years ago (given my geographic location, you all can probably figure out almost exactly when) I went to the grocery store, and the kid bagging my groceries looks at my CU shirt and says "Colorado? My buddy just got offered a scholarship to play football there, what's it like?"
I was honest with him: "it's the greatest university in the world!"
Well, not really. I told him it was a great school, that his friend would get a really good education that he might not get at a football factory, and that he'd get a chance to play high level football at a school with a great football tradition, that there was a large and thriving alumni association in the local area even though the university is halfway across the country from here - and he really should visit the school before making a decision.
What I did not do: offer him, his buddy, and his buddy's mom reasonably well-paid jobs if he went to CU.
I was honest with him: "it's the greatest university in the world!"
Well, not really. I told him it was a great school, that his friend would get a really good education that he might not get at a football factory, and that he'd get a chance to play high level football at a school with a great football tradition, that there was a large and thriving alumni association in the local area even though the university is halfway across the country from here - and he really should visit the school before making a decision.
What I did not do: offer him, his buddy, and his buddy's mom reasonably well-paid jobs if he went to CU.
But if he is good enough encourage your daughters attractive friends to move him towards CU.
Redundant post Mtn....
I don't think that one's yours either...
What ranking did Rivals give Billy Bob? Great football name, BTW.