Oregon State University and the athletic department recently announced their new subscription-based and on-demand ticket service for all university athletic contests, SQUAD. The hope is to get more recent Oregon State graduates to attend home sporting events. SQUAD is a mobile app that will allow users to attend any home game, for every sport that requires a ticket. This new […]
Social media has dramatically changed the relationship between high school student-athletes and college coaches. Coaches are now able to recruit and follow the day-to-day life of prospective student-athletes from all corners of the globe. It seems as though no big play or outstanding overall performance will go unnoticed in today’s digital world. Countless hours of […]
Last month the NCAA lifted their ban that barred electronic communion between football programs and potential recruits. And now, a new arms race in college football could be beginning. The University of Florida football program hired a staff that will be solely dedicated to helping recruiting initiatives on social media. In an article recently published by […]
If you manage to catch a glance at one of Michigan’s football practice sessions this pre-season, don’t be startled. At first it may seem like the players are carrying their iPhones around at training, regularly checking for text messages or snapchats. Well don’t be alarmed; it’s not at all what it seems, in fact, far […]
Yesterday, the NCAA Division I Council changed two major rules surrounding the role of recruitment in college football. The first saw that college programs are no longer allowed to have satellite camps outside of their range of influence. The second change overturned the ban on electronic communication between coaches and players that was established in […]
