R U Ready 4 Some Football?

from the times-change,-loopholes-change dept

theodp writes "71 year-old Arizona basketball Coach Lute Olson, who came up in the era of rotary telephones, sent his first text message last spring. Why? The NCAA has various rules limiting telephone calls, but recruiters face no restrictions on e-mails and text messages, making BlackBerrys, Treos and Sidekicks indispensable accessories for today's coaches. "

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    Anonymous Coward, Nov 7th, 2005 @ 1:43am

    I'm trying to imagine what messages Pete Carroll and Lute Olsen sent to their recruits?

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    Anonymous Coward, Nov 7th, 2005 @ 6:11am

    the keys to the benz are under the front tire

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