NCAAB Off-Campus Recruiting: How Much is Too Much?
Indiana Hoosiers head coach Kelvin Sampson has run up one of the most expensive phone bills you’ll ever see: $500,000. That’s the salary raise Sampson is forfeiting after an IU investigation found over 100 improper phone calls were made by Hoosier coaches, with 35 of those tabbed as possible NCAA violations. Indiana will also lose one of its scholarships next season.
Sampson is no stranger to improper phone calls, having been reprimanded during his previous tenure at Oklahoma. The NCAA has very strict rules about which team personnel are allowed to call students, when, and how often. There are similar rules for recruiting off-campus via other correspondence methods, or in person.
Remember that these students do not have agents. Imagine how many phone calls and visits high-school prospects already receive. Now imagine how worse it would be if the rules were dropped. And you thought your kid spent all day on the phone.



