Lost amid the controversy over the NCAA’s ban on satellite camps, which was overturned on Thursday, was a secondary piece of legislation rubber-stamped into effect that affects coaches, prospective student-athletes and the recruitment process.
In a decision proposed by the Division I Legislative Council and enacted by the NCAA Board of Directors, college football coaches are now allowed unlimited text communication with an individual prospect beginning on Sept. 1 of his junior year.
The deregulation follows the path of men’s basketball, which allows unlimited texting between coaches and recruits; it also re-enacts the previous status quo for the Football Bowl Subdivision, which allowed such communication until 2007.