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NCAA Coaches Video Conference with Potential Recruits
May 30th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
NCAA Division I football coaches have started to use video conferencing to connect with potential recruits. Online meetings with recruits were initially used by Nick Saban, and now the rest of the SEC is now considering its benefits.
Saban on the use of video conferencing with recruits:
They all could have done it, I mean, it’s no secret. It’s legal by the NCAA. A picture’s worth a thousand words. In my case, as ugly as I am, (recruits) probably don’t like looking at me, but I like looking at them when I’m talking to them.”
New NCAA legislation, recently dubbed “The Saban Rule,” banned head coaches from going on the road during the spring evaluation period. A staunch proponent of evaluating players in the Spring, Saban turned heads by using personal webcams to conduct video conferencing sessions.
The NCAA Division I Football Coaches Off-Campus Recruiting Guide states that “all electronically transmitted human voice exchange (including video conferencing and videophones) shall be considered telephone calls.”
Coaching staff are allowed one phone call to a junior prospect during the Spring evaluation period, but a prospect can make unlimited calls to a staff member. Web conferencing now allows coaches to be face-to-face with a recruit miles away.