Minnesota, P.J. Fleck find an 'ELITE' recruiting loophole

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http://247sports.com/Article/Minnes...Fleck-find-an-ELITE-recruiting-looph-53104900

Following a pair of recruiting camps – "Night Under the Lights" and "Big Man" – Fleck tweeted out a video highlight promoting the Golden Gophers camp experience. It's just over a minute long, and it showcases what Minnesota's camps are like for prospects.

The video also features a number of recruits, which caused a bit of a tizzy. Per a source, a number of schools reported Fleck for committing a recruiting violation following his tweet. Institutions are not allowed to post videos of prospective student athletes for recruiting purposes, per NCAA rules.

However, per a compliance source, the Golden Gophers have found a loophole in an NCAA Interpretation that allows for the video.

Fleck is using the video as an advertisement for Minnesota's camps, which is allowed per NCAA rules: "It is permissible to post a photograph or video of a prospective student-athlete taken during the normal course of camp of clinic activities within permissible camp or clinic information and advertisements," the interpretation reads.

Basically, Fleck got creative, and it paid off.
 

the $64,000 question is this:

Did Fleck and Company know about this "loophole" before sending out the video, or did they discover the justification after the fact?
 

How did it "pay off"?


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It's explicitly allowed.

That's not even a loophole...

This article is silly all around.
 










The NCAA has changed the P.J. Fleck Loophole

On Monday, the NCAA didn’t exactly close the Fleck Loophole, but they did make it tougher to crawl through. Photos and/or videos can still be taken and distributed of recruits, but they have to come during the course of normal camp instruction and can not contain “focused attention” on any specific recruit or group of recruits.

You can still let your rivals know Johnny Fivestar was on your campus, you’re just going to have to be discreet about it.

Monday’s news should be taken as a badge of honor for Fleck. He worked the rule book hard enough for the NCAA to change it, joining a club chaired by none other than Nick Saban and Urban Meyer.


http://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-changed-p-j-fleck-loop-hole/
 

On Monday, the NCAA didn’t exactly close the Fleck Loophole, but they did make it tougher to crawl through. Photos and/or videos can still be taken and distributed of recruits, but they have to come during the course of normal camp instruction and can not contain “focused attention” on any specific recruit or group of recruits.

You can still let your rivals know Johnny Fivestar was on your campus, you’re just going to have to be discreet about it.

Monday’s news should be taken as a badge of honor for Fleck. He worked the rule book hard enough for the NCAA to change it, joining a club chaired by none other than Nick Saban and Urban Meyer.


http://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-changed-p-j-fleck-loop-hole/

Gotta think Harbaugh is in that club also.
 

From the FootballScoop article about the closing of the "loophole":

"Nebraska used the tactic before Fleck arrived at Minnesota, but the loophole gained notoriety when rivals started turning Fleck in, particularly with videos like these in mind."

Who's the narc ratting us out and leaving Nebraska alone? I'll bet they look like a skunk in a sweater.
 



From the FootballScoop article about the closing of the "loophole":

"Nebraska used the tactic before Fleck arrived at Minnesota, but the loophole gained notoriety when rivals started turning Fleck in, particularly with videos like these in mind."

Who's the narc ratting us out and leaving Nebraska alone? I'll bet they look like a skunk in a sweater.

They look more like a direct rip-off of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
 




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