SMU Has Offered DeSoto DLM Bryce English
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Isn't it a violation for a booster to tweet to the players??? While nobody knows us, isn't it playing with fire to have our NFL alums tweet to the players?
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mustangxc wrote:Isn't it a violation for a booster to tweet to the players??? While nobody knows us, isn't it playing with fire to have our NFL alums tweet to the players?
Go check out how bad other schools do it
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SMU can be a test case for NCAA punishment
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I think it might actually be a violation but is so far out of control there is no way to enforce...you might be right that the NCAA could be tempted to use SMU as an example of what everyone else should not be doing
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mustangxc wrote:Isn't it a violation for a booster to tweet to the players??? While nobody knows us, isn't it playing with fire to have our NFL alums tweet to the players?
Just because they are in the nfl and alumns doesn't mean they are boosters...
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An alum is a booster
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EconPony'10 wrote:mustangxc wrote:Isn't it a violation for a booster to tweet to the players??? While nobody knows us, isn't it playing with fire to have our NFL alums tweet to the players?
Just because they are in the nfl and alumns doesn't mean they are boosters...
Question is their connection to the program. Seems like, outside of coaches, NO ONE can contact recruits via twitter (or any other way, for that matter). Not 100% certain, but retweets may even be covered under this. Might be a good thing to query the compliance guys about...at least the retweet part. We all know that everyone does it and there is no chance they could or should enforce this insanely stupid rule....but we also know that the NCAA loves to use SMU as their whipping boy for rules they choose not to enforce on state schools.
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Puckhead48E wrote:EconPony'10 wrote:mustangxc wrote:Isn't it a violation for a booster to tweet to the players??? While nobody knows us, isn't it playing with fire to have our NFL alums tweet to the players?
Just because they are in the nfl and alumns doesn't mean they are boosters...
Question is their connection to the program. Seems like, outside of coaches, NO ONE can contact recruits via twitter (or any other way, for that matter). Not 100% certain, but retweets may even be covered under this. Might be a good thing to query the compliance guys about...at least the retweet part. We all know that everyone does it and there is no chance they could or should enforce this insanely stupid rule....but we also know that the NCAA loves to use SMU as their whipping boy for rules they choose not to enforce on state schools.
Ok getting punished for this one would be ridiculous and laughable...even for NCAA standards

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You can re tweet the others tweets...it isn't direct contact.
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SMU Has Offered DeSoto DLM Bryce English
Pony Boss wrote:Puckhead48E wrote:EconPony'10 wrote:[quote="mustangxc"]Isn't it a violation for a booster to tweet to the players??? While nobody knows us, isn't it playing with fire to have our NFL alums tweet to the players?
Just because they are in the nfl and alumns doesn't mean they are boosters...
Question is their connection to the program. Seems like, outside of coaches, NO ONE can contact recruits via twitter (or any other way, for that matter). Not 100% certain, but retweets may even be covered under this. Might be a good thing to query the compliance guys about...at least the retweet part. We all know that everyone does it and there is no chance they could or should enforce this insanely stupid rule....but we also know that the NCAA loves to use SMU as their whipping boy for rules they choose not to enforce on state schools.
Ok getting punished for this one would be ridiculous and laughable...even for NCAA standards

I agree that nothing will happen, but the "everyone does it" excuse has proven to fail in the past.
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I met a guy who works for SMU compliance before a basketball game. I asked about supporters sending tweets to recruits and mentioned that other fan bases seem to do it in massive amounts. He said it is a violation (I got the sense it is minor) and that SMU has sent cease and desist letters if they know who the tweeter is. I asked if anyone had ever gotten in trouble for it and I could not really follow the answer except the part where he said we had self reported for it in the past.
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Factoid; English's interest in K-state is partly due to fact that his father played for Snyder when he was an assistant at NTSU
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Re: SMU Has Offered DeSoto DLM Bryce English
FOR THE RECORD, I retweeted something. I didn't send it to anyone except those people who have asked to see the things I am interested in. However, if an athlete looks at "topic SMU" then he could read my "retweet." That is all that has been suggested on Ponyfans to my knowledge and I would be VERY surprised if that was in any way a violation.
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Re: SMU Has Offered DeSoto DLM Bryce English
mrydel wrote:SMU can be a test case for NCAA punishment
That made me laugh