Proposal could forbid text-messaging

 
By John Helsley
Published: April 19, 2007

The NCAA is taking aim on high technology in recruiting, leaving college coaches to ponder this question:

r u ready for a ban on txt msgs?

The Division I Management Council has approved a proposal that eliminates text-messaging in recruiting, sending the issue to an April 26 vote of the Division I Board of Directors.

The measure, sponsored by the Ivy Group, would potentially close a loophole in the rule...


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