[washingtonismoney]

If there shouldn't be rules on the number of texts and phone calls, why should there be limits on the number of visits to campus, or limitations on in-home recruitment, or designated quiet periods when no recruiting is allowed? The reaction of Baylor certainly doesn't seem to be "meh." The self-imposed penalties on scholarships are significant. They seem to understand that they've committed a serious violation.

Well of course they've self-imposed penalties--they want to avoid more serious penalties. It doesn't necessarily mean the rules or the penalties derived from breaking them are good ones. I think most NCAA rules could use serious scrutiny as to whether they're necessary and proper. Take the texting crackdown. Many, if not most, of the kids recruited around the time of NCAA text regulations being handed down were actually unhappy with the texting regulations because they preferred that form of communication. From observed experience, many of the NCAA rules serve to reduce the flow of information exchanged by both parties in the recruiting relationship and make recruitment more stressful and annoying.

[washingtonismoney]

If there shouldn't be rules on the number of texts and phone calls, why should there be limits on the number of visits to campus, or limitations on in-home recruitment, or designated quiet periods when no recruiting is allowed? The reaction of Baylor certainly doesn't seem to be "meh." The self-imposed penalties on scholarships are significant. They seem to understand that they've committed a serious violation.

Well of course they've self-imposed penalties--they want to avoid more serious penalties. It doesn't necessarily mean the rules or the penalties derived from breaking them are good ones. I think most NCAA rules could use serious scrutiny as to whether they're necessary and proper. Take the texting crackdown. Many, if not most, of the kids recruited around the time of NCAA text regulations being handed down were actually unhappy with the texting regulations because they preferred that form of communication. From observed experience, many of the NCAA rules serve to reduce the flow of information exchanged by both parties in the recruiting relationship and make recruitment more stressful and annoying.