It's Jan 15th...

[Mama_Bull]

Ha! Ha!

Meanwhile, the banquet is in progress.  ;D

Elkino Watson

JUST ATE ME SOME GRILLED FILET MIGNON

29 minutes ago via Android

[Mama_Bull]

Mama Bull is a stalker  ;D

Hey, someone has to defend the Big East and USF from all the ACC and SEC trolls going to these guys FB pages.

[Mama_Bull]

See what I mean:

Jeremy Davis

ok check dis out sec,acc,big east,cusa which one and what teams....

Thursday at 8:30pm Feedback (18)

Kristine Kelly USF

Thursday at 8:38pm

Chad Deeds ACC and U

Thursday at 8:42pm ·

Marcel Pestano Big east PITT

Thursday at 8:59pm ·

Jesse Johnson SEC.

Thursday at 10:55pm ·

Quanesha Arnold FSU

Yesterday at 2:02am ·

Shermekia Peoples U shuld choose wherever your heart at only u know where u wanna go an what you wanna do. Your gonna have support from family an friend no matter where you go,So go somwhere where your comfortable:)

Yesterday at 4:17am via Facebook Mobile ·

Larry Gary

bra i knw wats goin on n yu knw i knw wats goin on rite na wen da time come jus let dem knw soon

Yesterday at 10:28am ·

Brian McKenzie **** j sorry bout that bs man.........wish you was comin to the U. just dont play against us......lol do what you gotta do man

Yesterday at 11:58am ·

Linda Pearl No doubt, USF. They will have Spencer Boyd and Edsel Caprice. They send a lot of players to the NFL, including Nate Allen. USF is picked to win the Big East this year and they open @ND and get Miami at home.

6 hours ago ·

Brian McKenzie

SEC.....bama, auburn, lsu, or south carolina

6 hours ago ·

Kervin Antoine

USF bro no doubt! that defense is stiff and sends ppl to the NFL just come on over man

5 hours ago ·

Kervin Antoine and I believe USF is 4-1 o5-1 against ACC since joining the B-East. the only lost to Miami. 1-1 vs SEC as well

5 hours ago ·

Linda Pearl Over last 5 years USF is 6-1 v ACC ( 2-0 UNC, 1-0 NCSt, 1-0 FSU, 1-0 Clemson and 1-1 Miami. USF is 1-1 v SEC (1-0 Auburn, 0-1 UF).

3 hours ago ·

Scout Recruiting ‎@Linda Pearl USF in academics 0-7 vs. the ACC

about an hour ago ·

Scout Recruiting lol @ linda pearl USF picked to win the Big East...how long ya'll been waiting to do that?

about an hour ago ·

Linda Pearl This is the first ttime USF was picked to win the Big East.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/17013/way-too-early-2011-big-east-power-rankings

15 minutes ago

[Reliable Source]

All of that contact is a clear violation of NCAA rules governing contact by boosters.

NCAA Rules on Contact via Facebook

This is becoming a bigger problem via Schools using Booster or Grad Asst coaches to contact players via Facebook

Today I contacted David Reed who is the compliance Officer at Miami and got the Official response on this

Very complicated question. Chatting is impermissible and personal message is considered correspondence.

So Players who accept these people as friends could be jeopardizing there eligibility

http://www.sectionv.talksback.com/showthread.php?t=10900

A rival school turned Florida football into the Southeastern Conference for improper use of Facebook as part of the Gators' four secondary NCAA violations committed in the last year, Florida revealed in response to an open-records request from the Sentinel.

Here Come the Facebook-Related NCAA Violations

by Andy Hutchins • Jul 12, 2010 12:20 PM EDT

A rival school turned Florida football into the Southeastern Conference for improper use of Facebook as part of the Gators' four secondary NCAA violations committed in the last year, Florida revealed in response to an open-records request from the Sentinel.

A Florida assistant posted on the Facebook walls of two recruits on Aug. 5, which an opposing school monitored and turned into the conference. Florida then self-reported an assistant's Facebook wall posting to a recruit on Aug. 7, a separate violation.

http://www.sbnation.com/2010/7/12/1647504/here-come-the-facebook-related

[Mama_Bull]

That was a Florida assistant who got their school in trouble. That's a big difference than just a fan of the school.

It can be argued that the chat Grady had the other night was much more of a clear violation. There were many fans telling him to go to one school or another. That was discussed a few years ago when Stephen Garcia a noted HS QB in Tampa held a similar chat.

[Reliable Source]

That was a Florida assistant who got their school in trouble. That's a big difference than just a fan of the school.

It can be argued that the chat Grady had the other night was much more of a clear violation. There were many fans telling him to go to one school or another. That was discussed a few years ago when Stephen Garcia a noted HS QB in Tampa held a similar chat.

If you read the 1st article and the NCAA Rules Boosters conduct is covered by the same rules.

This article addresses that more clearly

John Wall Facebook Page Shut Down

NCAA Targets Social Messaging Web Sites

Apr 18, 2009 Eric Poole

The NCAA has fingered the latest scourge in college sports recruiting. And it appears to be a freshman's Facebook page.

Now that tax day is past, it’s once again safe to begin to start hating the NCAA more than the Internal Revenue Service.

And just for those who are having trouble with that, there’s an Associated Press report that an administrator at North Carolina State University, acting on the NCAA’s blessing, ordered a student to close down a Facebook page titled “John Wall PLEASE come to NC STATE!â€

Wall is a guard who came close to averaging a triple-double last year while playing for Raleigh Word of God High School last year, is among the country’s top high school seniors, according to Scout.com and Rivals.com. As of April 20, he had not committed to a college.

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In the NCAA’s view, that Facebook page, posted by N.C. State freshman Taylor Moseley, constituted an illegal booster act. NCAA spokesman Erik Christianson said the agency’s main concern is that Moseley’s cyber-recruiting would interfere with Wall’s high school experience, according to the Associated Press story.

Read more at Suite101: John Wall Facebook Page Shut Down: NCAA Targets Social Messaging Web Sites

http://www.suite101.com/content/hey-ncaa-leave-that-facebook-alone-a111081#ixzz1BAItj8ok

[SANJAY]

There is small exception if you knew the athlete and/or family prior to them being eligible to be recruited.

[Reliable Source]

Here's another article which may be more on point

Social networking sites aren't supposed to be recruiting grounds -- but they are

By BEN VOLIN

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Saturday, January 24, 2009

GAINESVILLE — Andre DeBose, a five-star football prospect from Orlando, committed three weeks ago to play for the Florida Gators this fall.

"LSU is where it's at," Degraauw, 28, recently wrote on DeBose's Facebook page. "You'd be the man in Baton Rouge!"

Degraauw, an attorney in Albuquerque, N.M., doesn't know DeBose, but wrote on his wall three times in the past two weeks. Degraauw sees it as harmless fun.

"I don't think one of these kids is going to get a Facebook message from a random guy and have that influence his recruiting," he said. "It's more just for kicks."

Innocent as his intentions may be, Degraauw was unwittingly committing a secondary recruiting violation. The NCAA considers Degraauw, an alumnus, as a "representative" of his school's athletic interests, and his contact with DeBose through his Facebook wall is prohibited by the NCAA.

"I know there's a big gray line there," Degraauw said. "I don't think it's unethical, and I'm not too worried about it. How would you enforce it?"

That is a problem the NCAA has been trying to solve for almost three years, with little success.

Degraauw hardly is the only person committing such violations on social networking Web sites like Facebook and MySpace.

Check out a Facebook page of a four- or five-star recruit - especially those who have not yet committed - and you will find dozens of wall postings from fans trying to sway their decision.

"It's real crazy," said Orson Charles, an uncommitted tight end prospect from Tampa Plant who has fans of Florida, Tennessee, FSU and Georgia posting on his Facebook wall almost daily. "It's fun. You just enjoy this while it lasts."

It may be fun and harmless, but against NCAA bylaws.

According to rules created in 2006 and updated each of the past two years, "any communication via message boards, chat rooms, walls, comments, blogs, IM, etc. is not permissible."

Phone, e-mail and faxing are the only acceptable forms of direct communication with recruits, with restrictions placed on how many times a school representative can initiate the contact.

Coaches are allowed to have Facebook pages, but can only use the e-mail function to talk with recruits, and the number of e-mails is limited.

And the NCAA uses a broad definition of "representatives of a university" - in addition to coaches and athletics staff, it also includes boosters, season-ticket holders, alumni, donors and even current students, according to Stacey Osburn, the NCAA's director for media relations.

It is the responsibility of the schools to self-police these kinds of infractions. The student-athletes don't get in trouble, but the fans could, in theory, have their fan privileges revoked - prevented from buying tickets or donating money to the program.

Osburn said no major violations ever have been reported to the NCAA, and the NCAA does not publicly announce minor infractions. But even if violations aren't reported, they certainly do happen.

"It's almost impossible to monitor," said Brian Battle, compliance director at Florida State. "There is no possible way that somebody could go online and check every day to see who is contacting these kids."

Kent State University went as far as banning all student-athletes from using social networking sites for three months in 2006. Officials relaxed the ban following a student uproar.

The problem came to a head later that year, when Kentucky basketball fans overwhelmed the MySpace page of prized recruit Patrick Patterson, who eventually chose the Wildcats. The school self-reported the minor violations, and did not suffer any penalties.

"It's a new era, and the NCAA is still trying to figure out how to handle this from a rules and regulations standpoint," Battle said.

Many recruits, though, encourage the behavior from rabid fans. The athletes revel in their newfound celebrity and will "accept" the friendship of pretty much anyone who requests it.

As of Wednesday evening, Auburn recruit Philip Lutzenkirchen has 1,473 friends on Facebook. Florida recruit Dee Finley has 949 friends, while DeBose has 442.

"I just kind of select anybody, I guess," said Jon Bostic, a Palm Beach Central graduate who has a MySpace page and will play linebacker at Florida. "I didn't think it was too overwhelming. I just sat back and enjoyed it. Some of it was pretty funny."

The NCAA doesn't think it is so funny. The organization had to completely ban text messaging as a form of communication in 2007, because it got so overwhelming. A similar tactic may have to be made on social networking sites if the problem continues.

"How can you stop Joe Student? You can't, unless you want to get into a whole lot of IP tracking," said Bill Smith, assistant athletics director of new media at the University of Arkansas. "Or you just ban all forms of electronic communication."

Facebook is a powerful recruiting tool even without direct communication.

Last year, almost 4,600 Ohio State fans joined a Facebook group to try to entice quarterback prospect Terrelle Pryor to the Buckeyes, which he eventually did. Also formed were groups called, "Make Terrelle Pryor an Oregon Duck" (2,496 members), "Terrelle Pryor PENN STATE WANTS YOU!!!!!" (1,834 members), "Wolverines for Terrelle Pryor" (1,639 members) and "Terrelle Pryor to West Virginia" (542 members).

Penn State officials asked two students to shut down the group.

"They're just overzealous fans, and you just tell them to stop, because they don't know the rules," Battle said.

Florida State and Miami send out pamphlets to season-ticket holders detailing what is and is not acceptable in terms of talking with recruits, but "we can't educate everybody on the rules," Battle said.

It's not just Facebook and MySpace that has the NCAA concerned. Now recruits can be contacted through mediums like Twitter, Skype, message boards, disposable cell phones and G-chat, which are relatively new and similarly impossible to monitor.

"One of our coaches came to us this year to talk about Skype, and I'm like, 'What's Skype?' " Battle said. "If you want to contact a recruit, you can find a way to do it."

And by the time the NCAA gets a handle on Facebook recruiting, Facebook may be outdated altogether.

"How fast this has changed since last year's signing period is mind-boggling," said Smith of Arkansas. "Who knows where we'll be in a year from now?"

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/content/sports/epaper/2009/01/24/a1c_facebook_0125.html

[Triple B]

According to rules created in 2006 and updated each of the past two years, "any communication via message boards, chat rooms, walls, comments, blogs, IM, etc. is not permissible."

Sounds like the chat the other night would be questionable unless media led chats are ok..... and until I see where media types are exempt, I still say the Sileo/Chickillo interview was a blatant violation.

[Reliable Source]

Trip here is something I found regarding Media. I think media contacts are given broad leeway because of 1st Amendment protections.

NCAA Rules for Media Relations

***Always Refer to the NCAA Manual for Specific Information***

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/belm/genrel/auto_pdf/comp-mediarelations.pdf