The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle did a piece on football prospect Averin Collier and how much texting goes on in the recruiting process. Collier says during one recent month he received over 1000 text messages from coaches that want them at their schools. It’s pretty safe to assume Pitt is one of those schools and Dave Wannstedt is one of the coaches that sends him multiple messages per day.
“The recruiters ruined it because they overdid it,” he said. “It was a classic case of overkill, of trying to keep up with the Joneses. Syracuse sends you seven text messages in a day, so Pitt figures it has to send eight, and so on and so on. It just escalated to a point where it became ridiculous.”
He won’t need to worry once August 1 rolls around; at that point the NCAA’s ban on “electronically transmitted correspondence” goes into effect.
I’d also love to know how these coaches are sending these messages. Is it from a phone issued by the athletic department? Do they get a phone (probably more like a Blackberry) for texting? I wonder if I can get Wannstedt’s number and maybe we can chat about the season…
(Hat tip: David in Orlando)
Frank no like. Bad medicine.
T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com
*YMMV – Very old source:
link to tech-recipes.com
BTW – On a bit of a geeky, totally off-topic side note, you can send text messages to a cell phone from your computer. You just need to know the recipient’s 10-digit phone number and carrier.
Sample formats:
Verizon – 5555555555@vtext.com
Cingular/AT&T – 5555555555@txt.att.net
Free to send. I believe the recipient gets charged as per the terms of their contract.