Where should the line be drawn?

[Bossgobbler23]

Everybody wants good recruits to come to their school. However recruits are getting bombarded by fans contacting them direct via facebook, myspace and other. Will Campbell wanted to make his college choice known at the Army All Star Game. Some fans went into the public registry and found that a "William Campbell" has enrolled at Michigan. This may or may not have ruined Big Will's suprise and upset him to the point of him not wanting to attend U-M. This happens at most every school on big name recruits.
So the question is:
Though it may be legal, at what point is it a moral invasion of a kid's privacy?
(I am not suggesting any viewpoint or finger pointing, merely posing the question)

[GoDeepHammer]

Everybody wants good recruits to come to their school. However recruits are getting bombarded by fans contacting them direct via facebook, myspace and other. Will Campbell wanted to make his college choice known at the Army All Star Game. Some fans went into the public registry and found that a "William Campbell" has enrolled at Michigan. This may or may not have ruined Big Will's suprise and upset him to the point of him not wanting to attend U-M. This happens at most every school on big name recruits.
So the question is:
Though it may be legal, at what point is it a moral invasion of a kid's privacy?
(I am not suggesting any viewpoint or finger pointing, merely posing the question)

I think that we take recruiting back to where it used to be and only find out on signing day. But, I don't see how you can ever get it back there. There is to much money being made on recruitng.

[BBA1994]

Same as politics or show business. Once they start using the media to promote themselves, give interviews, etc. then they become fair game to the public. Yes, they are only 17/18 year olds but there are tons of recruits out there that simply speak only to the recruiters and their parents/advisors and we, the public, never hear from them thus they don't get bombarded by the public. They can't (nor shouldn't) have their cake and eat it too. Saw on 60 minutes last night where Obama said the one thing he missed was the anonymity to take a walk down the street but understood that it was his choice to put himself in the public eye, same goes for these "kids".

[rickyleach]

if this is the case ,how is itnobody ever saw t,pryors early commit

[nc wolverine]

I dont care what these kids say. they like the attention. I thought i read somewhere that Will put him self in the registry at like 4 different schools. These kids commit and decommit and then commit back. I do not feel sorry for them. Facebook and Myspace are social networking sites, and anything is fair game.
I would expect better from michigan fans than attacking him on facebook. I still think he puts on a michigan hat on the 3rd, but if he doesnt i will be curious to know if any of this had anything to do with it.

[tpilews]

Everybody wants good recruits to come to their school. However recruits are getting bombarded by fans contacting them direct via facebook, myspace and other. Will Campbell wanted to make his college choice known at the Army All Star Game. Some fans went into the public registry and found that a "William Campbell" has enrolled at Michigan. This may or may not have ruined Big Will's suprise and upset him to the point of him not wanting to attend U-M. This happens at most every school on big name recruits.
So the question is:
Though it may be legal, at what point is it a moral invasion of a kid's privacy?
(I am not suggesting any viewpoint or finger pointing, merely posing the question)

Like NC said, facebook/myspace are social networks, so they are fair game. Honestly, I think UM dropped the ball on the uniqname registry. If the kid doesn't want it known where he is going until a certain date, don't make his name public; or don't register him at all until the third. Pretty simple solutions here.

These guys want the attention, well they're getting it. Will's been a hot topic for months and months now.

[The Michigan Man]

if this is the case ,how is itnobody ever saw t,pryors early commit

Pryor didn't enroll early, if I remember correctly. Campbell is expected to arrive on campus in January and start taking classes - Pryor didn't graduate from high school early so he couldn't have enrolled at tUOS until the fall 2008 semester.

[primetime101]

if eliminating michigan to see how our fans would react is how he is basing it on...then we are fucked

[bighousemike84]

Dont forget guys Campbell has been to numerous Michigan home games. This kid knows the real Michigan fan from the internet freak of a fan.
If something said or revealed has caused him to change his mind, after a year and a half of commitment to Michigan then so be it, not much we can do about it. We can spread the word around message boards to try and stop that behavior but that is the limit to our power.
The time he has spent at Michigan and the people ALL around him that support him in any decision but also steer him towards M. I dont see him going anywhere else. I just dont think it happens, I hope to god it doesnt! Will Campbell is going to be a dominant player in college football and I sure as sh it dont want him playing for LSU! Why shouldnt I be selfish?

[Bossgobbler23]

Regardless of our viewpoints as fans, we all want Big Will at Michigan. Although Big Will may have been irritated by the news of his enrollment announced before he announced at the AA game, I would not think that anyone would base their 4 year college choice on a minor disappointment, but who knows? These are kids.