Did you not say the above that I copied directly from the post I responded to??
Yepp. Cuse Twitter army is good at it, and I've only seen respectful tweets , that the kids like.
A lot of good points here. I think the best approach is to educate fans about twitter. Let them know of the do's and don't's (especially if you are a donor) but to say there's no place for it is not the way to go.
I think I got your meaning ... fixed the typo.
One of the things when we organized the cta and set goals for what we would do as a group and who we allowed in to share info was we vetted their past posts and they had to ageee to a set of bylaws that they won’t negative tweet a recruit. One of the first things when someone we have tweeted commits else where is we go on and tell them we would have loved to have them but are rooting for them at their new schools. Also when we see some one outside the group negative tweet a kid we make sure they know it’s not exceptAble and the recruit knows that opinion isn’t one from the greater fan base.
I thought I change it already
Ok yep I see it. And I think your point (educating fans about twitter) is a good one. The CTA guidelines Bam is referring to sound good. NCAA compliance, however, is very sensitive. So tweeters might want to follow the CTA model.
My understanding ( from asking a university compliance official) is the ncaa has no specific rule on twitter but feel it is too wide spread and uncontroable for them to do anything with. I asked before we organized things lol
That may be true as far as contact. But there are other risks, like a booster offering a recruit something. I'm just glad we have a group like CTA that is organized and tries to do the right thing. It's funny because I generally dislike social media, especially FB. But I found myself following twitter quite a bit as this FB season was approaching .. tons of information and clips of practice to get to know the players. The tweets about recruits committing ... those were fun too. They had cool names for every kid ... way past what SU AD has been able to do.
I doubt you would see boosters offering recruits things on twitter...that would more likely come in a DM. That to me is the creepy part.
Oh yeah we would never. But I get what your saying. We have even had people leave the group for getting season tickets as it may be seen as a booster. We are ultra careful.
Yes...that is how I recall finding you and dragging you in here Mr. Brewer.
to me, the twitter world is just a enormous barber shop of people just talking about different topics like politics, foods, places and of course sports. Its sports talk for me. If I see a local HS player in the barber shop, Im gonna talk to him about the game, congrats on the win, who do you play next? What schools are you looking at? If I follow him home, call him names and harass him, that will be creepy. Just one way of explaining it. Some people will not understand and that's cool.
