The NCAA Division I Council made two rule changes on Friday. Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer isn’t in favor of either.
While the ban on satellite camps has attracted the majority of the headlines, the council also voted to deregulate electronic communication between coaches and recruits. That means coaches can now send text messages to prospects, instead of the usual direct messages on social media.
Coaches had been banned from texting players since 2007 and Meyer thinks that rule should have remained intact.
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"Someone told me they passed a texting rule, that is the most ignorant thing that I have ever heard," Meyer said per BuckeyeGrove.com.
Meyer said it appears the rule was changed with convenience for coaches in mind without thinking of the impact on prospects.
"Do you really want text messages from 100 universities on your phone when you come out of school? Now you’re going to get them. Because it is easier on coaches, or maybe it is easier for the enforcement because they just can't… because people are doing it. It just does not make sense to me," Meyer said.
When it comes to satellite camps, Meyer said he did not realize some of the consequences of banning the practice outright. OSU has hosted coaches from smaller schools at its camps over the years, and now they will no longer be able to make the trip to Columbus. As a result, that could limit scholarship opportunities for certain prospects.
From BuckeyeGrove.com:
"The biggest thing that I did not realize that was part of it is that now that the MAC schools can't come here," Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer said on Monday during his weekly press availability. "Probably hundreds of scholarships have come out of here to those young players. I know my son (Nate) is getting recruited now a little bit and what camps do you send him to? Not many kids can play at Ohio State, so don't send them, or send them. I did not realize that was part of the conversation about… I wish they would revisit that part of it."
Meyer, who planned to attend a camp in the Atlanta area this summer, thinks student-athletes need to play a role in the decision-making process.
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"Put a student athlete on that same committee and say what do you guys think?" Meyer said. "Ask them what is your opinion of this? And listen to them. If it is as strong as I saw where some kids are saying that they don't know, if you take away this camp, those are opportunities away from players.
"Well, but these coaches don't like it. That’s okay, listen to the student athlete, what do they have to say about it? I think we learned our lesson with the families getting to go (to the CFP playoff). My question is, why was that not done when they first brought up the College Football Playoff?"
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