Move To Override Text Message Ban
posted by Scott Hood on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
The Board of Directors will meet again Aug. 9, eight days after the ban takes effect. If the BOD keeps the ban in place, it will go before all 326 Division I schools at the NCAA Convention in January for a vote. If five-eighths (204 of 326) of the schools vote to override, the rule will be stricken and coaches should be free to text message recruits in the final weeks leading up to Signing Day.
Baseball coaches have been even more vocal in their disagreement with the new package of rule changes passed by the Division I Baseball Committee. Two rules have particularly caught their ire. One says schools must award no less than one-third the value of a full scholarship to each player receiving athletic financial aid. The second requires teams to limit the number of players on scholarship to 27 and sets a maximum roster size of 35.
In a sport where only 11.7 scholarships are awarded annually, the measures are seen as too restrictive. A total of 72 schools filed petitions requesting the Board of Directors to reconsider the new rules.
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The NCAA's total ban on text messaging by coaches to recruits set to go into effect on Aug. 1 may last just eight days. According to published reports, 34 schools filed petitions seeking reconsideration of the rule that was passed in April by the NCAA's Board of Directors. Thirty were needed to force the Board to revisit the issue.
The Board of Directors will meet again Aug. 9, eight days after the ban takes effect. If the BOD keeps the ban in place, it will go before all 326 Division I schools at the NCAA Convention in January for a vote. If five-eighths (204 of 326) of the schools vote to override, the rule will be stricken and coaches should be free to text message recruits in the final weeks leading up to Signing Day.
Baseball coaches have been even more vocal in their disagreement with the new package of rule changes passed by the Division I Baseball Committee. Two rules have particularly caught their ire. One says schools must award no less than one-third the value of a full scholarship to each player receiving athletic financial aid. The second requires teams to limit the number of players on scholarship to 27 and sets a maximum roster size of 35.
In a sport where only 11.7 scholarships are awarded annually, the measures are seen as too restrictive. A total of 72 schools filed petitions requesting the Board of Directors to reconsider the new rules.
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