As if high-school-football stars don’t already face enough pressure when deciding which college to attend, now they’re getting unsolicited advice from yet another source—amateur recruiters operating online. A number of coveted prospects say they’ve received phone calls and e-mail messages from fans who haunt Web sites that list the players their favorite teams are recruiting.
Amateur recruiting has become so rampant—and so unpopular with athletics directors—that coaches from the Big Ten Conference discussed ways to slow the trend at their latest round of annual meetings. (Lincoln Journal Star)
