also, great article by Crabby here about weirdos on Twitter:
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/10304532/football-recruiting-age-social-media
Thanks guys. Was interesting to dive into. So many folks are concerned about it - kids, coaches, NCAA officials, parents, school officials. Seems like the only ones that aren't worried about it, are the fans that tweet at these prospects.
And it's not just isolated to one or two schools. All schools do it.
this:
One recruit said a fan saw his post about going to eat ice cream and appeared minutes later at the same place, shook his hand and snapped a picture with him. "It creeped out my girlfriend," the recruit said.
is terrifying.
It is REALLY scary. I couldn't fit all of the stories into my piece, but there were plenty of others like that. Stories about fans showing up at social things these kids were at. Movies, ice cream, the pizza place after their team's game, the airport when they arrived on their visits, etc.
I think it's probably a larger culture/social issue, too. Should you be putting your whole life out there on social media for the world to see? I admit it, I get caught up in it, too. I was tweeting earlier this week about being stuck in O'Hare for 3 hours.