After starting quarterback Logan Thomas announced live on ESPNU that he’d return for his senior season:
Shane Beamer celebrates Logan Thomas ‘commit,’ Twitter police are ON IT
A coach was accused of a NCAA recruiting violation for talking about a player on his current roster.
Awesome day #HokieNation. We got a commitment from our TOP recruit for 2013 @lthomas_3. Thanks LT. Wish the season started today. #BeatBama
— Shane Beamer (@CoachSBeamer) January 16, 2013
Hours later:
2all of u accusing me of committing a recruiting violation on twitter last night.the "recruit" I was referring 2is Logan Thomas, our QB. WOW
— Shane Beamer (@CoachSBeamer) January 16, 2013
For college coaches, talking about a high school player publicly is off-limits, as it’s a NCAA recruiting violation. But surprisingly, talking about a player who is not a recruit is not a recruiting violation.
I don’t really know if everyone who alerted the masses to Beamer’s CHEATIN’ was joking or not, but ...
Hey experts, ain't this a violation? RT @coachsbeamer: Awesome day HokieNation. We got a commitment from our TOP recruit for 2013 @lthomas_3
— Evil Sparky (@Evil_Sparky) January 16, 2013
NCAA violation? RT"@coachsbeamer: Awesome day #HokieNation. We got a commitment from our TOP recruit for 2013 @lthomas_3. Thanks LT.
— Jmac89 (@Jmac891) January 16, 2013
@coachsbeamer @lthomas_3 .Pretty sure this is a 2ndary violation. A coach can't public ally discuss a recruit until LOI is signed. RTR
— john saylor (@johncsaylor) January 16, 2013
Also, as for that #BeatBama hashtag (which we believe to have been started up among Virginia Tech fans by friend of the program @TheKeyPlay)? Your sass won’t get you very far there either:
"@mws4ua: @coachsbeamer @lthomas_3 Cute hashtag, but how did #BeatBama go last time?"//Pretty good. I was coaching at SCn2010. We beat them
— Shane Beamer (@CoachSBeamer) January 16, 2013
