College Recruiting , Message Boards , and Violations of NCAA Rules

I saw this official LSU Athletic Department email that went out to Fan message boards it appears. It is on this thread and there is discussion.

Please see the note below from LSU Associate AD for Compliance Bo Kerin regarding message boards and NCAA rules regarding communication on those sites with fans and prospective student-athletes.

We ask in an effort to educate or fans that you please post the following message to you site. As we prepare for a new athletic year, the LSU Athletic Department is issuing the following advisory regarding NCAA rules and asking operators of online message boards to please share the following message with their members: As we begin the 2008-09 academic year, the LSU Athletic Department would like to take this opportunity to remind you that representatives of LSU's athletics interests, or "boosters," are prohibited from engaging in conversations with a prospect, or "recruit."

Please be aware that NO written, telephonic or in-person communication is permitted between a recruit and a booster of an NCAA institution regardless of the medium. Please note that anyone who encourages a recruit to attend LSU is automatically considered a booster. Many believe that they are not a booster because they do not contribute financially to the University. However, NCAA rules specify that any individual who assists in the recruitment of prospects is considered a "booster."

Please be cognizant of these rules and refrain from engaging in chat room sessions, posting messages on a recruit's Web page or engaging in "Q & A sessions" with recruits on message boards. By avoiding these activities, you will be assisting LSU in maintaining compliance with NCAA rules.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter and for your continued support of LSU Athletics!
GEAUX TIGERS!.

Wow how do they enforce that. Look at theses guys My Space pages and it would ssem that every University is now in violation.

Still it seems odd and a tad stupid that a prospective guy or gal athlete that starts chatting up on a message board and some "fan you say "HEY COME TO LSU WE LOVE YOU TO HAVE YOU HERE" now has the University in violation and subject to sanction.

I wonder what caused this letter to go out.