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College Football Recruiting: Leave Recruits Alone

By Joshua Vowles

Feb 4, 2015; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Recording artist Snoop Dogg stands beside his son Cordell Broadus during a press conference announcing his commitment to UCLA at Bishop Gorman High School. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 4, 2015; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Recording artist Snoop Dogg stands beside his son Cordell Broadus during a press conference announcing his commitment to UCLA at Bishop Gorman High School. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports /
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If you love college football recruiting, please PLEASE don’t contact recruits via social media.

At just about the same time each year, I feel it’s necessary to give all of you a gentle- yet firm reminder of what it takes to be a college football fan and an actual human being. Being an actual human being is actually pretty hard these days with the vastness of the Internet and its role in all of our lives.

One of the most commonly used and almost addictive parts of the internet are Facebook and Twitter. Regardless of which outlet you enjoy the most, both services gain a huge number of new users each day.

Yeah, it’s a big deal. So, of course something this good gets twisted around for strange and gross reasons. One of those reasons is college football recruiting. Fans all over the country are absolutely locked in to what their favorite schools are doing along the college football recruiting front. It’s not so much the “following” that seems to be the problem- it’s the part when they get all creepy and start talking to a high school kid on the Internet.

Chris Hansen is a household name thanks to these same types of people.

Rather than going on and on about just how creepy and wrong and sick and twisted and dumb it is to try to talk to high school kids on the internet (because it’s just so obvious) let’s go over what is acceptable.

1. Just stay away from Facebook.
2. You may follow a recruit on Twitter.

AND THAT’S IT! Don’t tweet at, message, contact, beg, scold, holler at, holla at, emoji love, congratulate, or whatever else it is that your sick, twisted, mentally unstable, insecure ass can think of. DON’T DO IT!

Don’t get involved in other people’s kid’s lives. I have a nephew that’s a junior and two sons… AND I WOULD MURDER DEATH KILL ANY OF YOU IF YOU TRIED TELLING THEM WHAT SCHOOL TO GO TO- and I’m not nearly that crazy. Don’t be gross man.

Feb 5, 2014; Norcross, GA, USA; Norcross High School defensive end Lorenzo Carter holds a stuffed bulldog after announcing that he will sign with the Georgia Bulldogs at Norcross High School. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 5, 2014; Norcross, GA, USA; Norcross High School defensive end Lorenzo Carter holds a stuffed bulldog after announcing that he will sign with the Georgia Bulldogs at Norcross High School. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

We all love college football and we love our schools, but recruiting for them is crossing the line (and a NCAA infraction). Think before you jump on your social media outlet of choice. Leave the kids alone.

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