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Originally Posted by tibor75

Thanks.
But the NCAA rules are correct and they show that this is not misconduct. MYSPACE geeks are not boosters. Boosters are defined by:

• 13.02.13: Representative of Athletics Interests
A "representative of the institution's athletics interests" is an individual, independent agency, corporate entity (e.g., apparel or equipment manufacturer) or other organization who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the institution's executive or athletics administration to [non-applicable sections omitted]:
(c) Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes;
(e) Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution's athletics program.

tibor75 is not a booster. I have never assisted the athletic department. I have no contacts in the athletic office. I do not promote their program except by buying tickets.

Now, if I became famous and was found to be frequently on the sidelines at OSU games, then, yes, I could be considered a booster.

But for anybody to think that a random person who leaves a message on a MYSPACE page to a recruit is a booster, that's just stoopid.

Check this paragraph out...

And yet as of now, if the interpretation reached by UK (with counseling from the SEC compliance office) holds, any recruiting-oriented post made by a fan on a prospective player's MySpace page could equate to unacceptable contact by a booster. "A booster doesn't have to be someone who donates money," said Kentucky compliance director Sandy Bell. "As soon as they involve themselves in recruiting, we have to consider them a booster."

I understand that is one schools interpretation of the law, but since these fans are promoting their school, they are a type of booster because they are promoting their school's athletic program.