The Summer Football Camp Experience

That’s been taken into consideration. You’re probably right, but I for one am not going to get too worked up about it unless or until 1) someoene from WVU contacts 5YS and tells him to knock it off or 2) some school gets dinged for this type of fan behavior. For example, I ran into Coley White at the Fiesta Bowl and told him we would love to see him in Morgantown, and I have yet to see any repurcussions from that encounter.

How is this different than fans on message boards saying “Recruit John Doe, home home to WVU!” or chanting “Ja-son Gwalt-ney” at a basketball game? It’s different than the UK case where they reported a violation for fans posting on Patrick Patterson’s Myspace page—-that was PP’s personal space that was being invaded, not a public forum like the WVU campus or message board.

People run into these young men at the mall, at McDonald’s or at putt-putt and let them know they should go to WVU or school X.

If I would’ve said, “You will love to play for WVU because I will buy a Navigator and here have $200.” That would be a recruiting violation. This incidental contact falls under NCAA Rule: 13.1.2.2 General Exceptions

(g) Unavoidable Incidental Contact. An unavoidable incidental contact made with a prospective student-athlete by representatives of the institution’s athletics interests, provided the contact is not prearranged by the representative or an athletics department staff member, does not take place on the grounds of the prospective student-athlete’s educational institution or at the sites of organized competition and practice involving the prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete’s team (high school, preparatory school, two-year college or all-star team), is not made for the purpose of recruitment of the prospective student-athlete, and involves only normal civility.

If I see someone i recongize I will either give them a high-five or call for a side bump. The last time I called for a side bump from an athlete Joe Alexendar chest bumped me to the ground after the UCLA game.