I am an Auburn student deployed on a peace keeping mission with my reserve unit to Kosovo. I will be making a 25 km road march flying the Auburn flag in honor of, Shon Coleman, a member of my Auburn family. I will also be wearing a patch on the sleeve designated for the combat patch with the design in the profiles picture of this tribute to be sent to Shon upon completion of the march. Shon has received a scholarship to play football for the Auburn Tigers and is set to begin classes this fall. Shon was recently diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and is currently undergoing treatment. This march is in honor of him and other kids like him who are enduring this same fight. If you would like to support me as I make this march in their honor I would ask that you donate for each kilometer I am marching. If you would like to donated 1.00/km your donation would be 25.00, 100.00/km your donation would be 2500.00. No amount is too small. Please donate what your heart and wallet will allow as we come together to support St. Judes in their fight against childhood cancers. War Eagle!!
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The NCAA has passed a rule that prevents more than two assistant coaches from visiting a recruit at one time.
Should we call it the Tiger Prowl rule?
The NCAA passed the legislation Thursday night, saying an army of coaches visiting a recruit can be expensive for colleges and doesn’t really allow for real recruiting evaluation. Auburn certainly sent out its assistant coaches en masse this week for a recruiting blitz of high schools and recruits. Like last year, the coaches showed up in limos at the high schools. Other schools may not have been showy, but have certainly sent multiple assistant coaches to high schools this week.
That will be banned, too.
Thursday, Auburn coach Gene Chizik seemed to distance himself from the “Tiger Prowl” slogan the school embraced last year. Chizik said the highly decorated bus the school used this year was the real “Tiger Prowl,” and it was for fans. He said the coaches visiting the schools were part of recruiting trips.
The new rule mentioned the use of limos and “extravagant buses.” Auburn did not take the bus to the high schools or use it to recruit players.
The Athens Banner-Herald reported this morning that the NCAA Division I Board of Directors finalized legislation Thursday effective immediately limiting no more than two football coaches per school from visiting a prospective recruit in the same day during an evaluation period. NCAA spokesman Erik Christanson confirmed the new rule by e-mail Thursday night.
The newspaper used the example of Carver High School in Columbus, Ga. Auburn coaches visited the school in their limos on Tuesday. Four Florida State assistants visited Wednesday. Six Georgia assistants were at Carver on Monday.
link: http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2010/04/ncaa_puts_brakes_on_coaches_vi.html
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