Recruits and Parents of Recruits Financial Relief

Many recruits and parents had a feeling of relief in their wallets when the NCAA banned text messaging. Parents and players are already paying enough for their cell phones and plans, but they had to deal with the constant texts from coaches. Early in a player’s recruiting process they are considering so many teams that they feel obligated to text back the coach to show him that he might have some interest. This obligation makes players text to the maximum of what most people do. Throughout the whole process, which for many starts during their junior year, the expenses pile above what the kids or parents can afford. Of course the time when the coaches text the most is when signing day comes around. Coaches want to make their last push on as many recruits as they can. The recruits, if undecided, get numerous texts from numerous programs just like they did at the beginning of their recruiting process. These costs are many times overwhelming to whoever has to pay the bills for the cell phone and plan. When the NCAA banned text messaging many recruits and parents of recruits pockets got to fill back up to where they were before the text messaging era.