Subtweeting

[BigRedBuster]

Does this put a stop to the tweeting our recruiting staff does about recruits?

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"Subtweeting" is the practice of tweeting about someone without sending them a notification about your tweet by mentioning their Twitter handle. Sometimes, this also means not even mentioning the person you're tweeting about by name but leaving readers to work out from context clues who it is you might be talking about. Usually this is passive-aggressive behavior intended that allows a Twitter user to speak negatively about another Twitter user without specifically mentioning them. But sometimes it's a tactic used by college football coaches to send public messages to players without running afoul of NCAA rules. According to the Texas A&M compliance office, it's now impermissible to subtweet recruits under certain circumstances.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

Can you still snapchat and periscope them? What about Grnder?

 

[MinnwiscowaSker]

Just about using the kids' nicknames, which I don't believe our staff did:

"Tweeting directly at recruits was already considered impermissible public contact. Making it impermissible to use nicknames is a more strict rule, but not by much. Some coaches go so far to describe on Twitter the physical build of a prospect and where he's from as a means of skirting the rules. This ruling doesn't seem to prevent coaches from doing that."

 

[BigRedBuster]

Who does the pictures of them half in their HS unis and half in Nebraska unis and tweets them out?

 

[Landlord]

Just about using the kids' nicknames, which I don't believe our staff did:

"Tweeting directly at recruits was already considered impermissible public contact. Making it impermissible to use nicknames is a more strict rule, but not by much. Some coaches go so far to describe on Twitter the physical build of a prospect and where he's from as a means of skirting the rules. This ruling doesn't seem to prevent coaches from doing that."

It's more than that. This includes tweeting as soon as a recruit commits, or tweeting about "rebuilding the pipeline" while on the plane to have an in home visit with an OL prospect, stuff like that. Lame as hell.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

From now on will Gunderson just tweet out:

"Congrats to black guy from a state in a free country for your offer to the school I work at"

 

[StPaulHusker]

This kind of clears things up just a little. Not saying it is perfect but at least makes some sense

http://footballscoop.com/news/the-ncaa-is-now-cracking-down-on-subtweeting-recruits/

 

[wanderful]

Looks to me like this won't affect us. Essentially only matters with regards to nicknames. They can't stop you from saying "Going to Missouri to meet an unstoppable O-lineman!" because there's nothing directly identifiable in that -- that could be any one of a hundred players. You could probably even mention specific town names or possibly even high school names without getting in trouble.

 

[HuskerNBigD]

From now on will Gunderson just tweet out:

"Congrats to black guy from a state in a free country for your offer to the school I work at"