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Urban Meyer on new NCAA texting rule: ‘Most ignorant thing I’ve ever heard’

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Urban Meyer hit out at the NCAA for a new rule introduced which allows coaches to send unlimited text messages for potential recruits.

You might think that the coach might appreciate more freedom in contacting recruits, but the opposite is true: Meyer hates it.

“The texting thing is the most ignorant thing I’ve ever heard in my life,” Meyer said Monday, via ESPN’s Austin Ward. “It’s hard, but if they’re making a decision because coaches are upset about it, that’s not the point.

“Do you really want text messages from 100 universities on your phone when you come out of school? The ones I know don’t. ‘What? I don’t want to hear from these schools.’ Some intern is going to be punching text messages on your phone, and maybe you can block numbers and all that, but that’s just too hard, right? Because it’s easier on coaches? Maybe it’s easier for the enforcement because people are doing it, but it just doesn’t make sense.”

Meyer proceeded to make a point about how the NCAA never consults with student-athletes about rule changes such as this one.

“Put a student-athlete on that same committee and say, ‘What do you guys think?’ How many student-athletes are on those subcommittees? Ask them, what is your opinion of this? Listen to them.”

The same policy has, notably, been in place in men’s basketball since 2012.

Will coaches abuse this? Who knows. If there have been issues with the policy on the basketball side of things, they haven’t been widely reported. Of course, perhaps if Meyer had been allowed to text this recruit, things wouldn’t have gotten so ugly.

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