(12-21-2011 01:10 PM)BrianNowicki Wrote:  

(12-20-2011 11:23 AM)cawoo22 Wrote:  

(12-20-2011 10:55 AM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  

(12-19-2011 10:35 AM)OldHusky Wrote:  It would be nice to grab both Charles Ivory and teammate Charlie Miller. Both made official visits to NIU on 12/16/2011 and both have offers in hand. Hopefully they are friends that want to go to college together.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/re...ler-131951

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/re...ory-134236

Pehaps when we are in Mobile our coaches will take a drive over to Florida.

What's the NCAA policy with regard to a bowl game after the blackout period? Can we just invite them to the game, or can the athletic dept hook up the family with tickets like with a regular home game?

A school cannot buy bowl game tickets for a recruit or his family, nor pay his way in full or partial to a bowl game. Further, since we are in a quiet period until January, college coaches cannot initiate contact with potential recruits right now. They can talk to the recruit if he calls the coaches himself though.

The GoDaddy.com bowl is after the quiet period is over though, so it would be possible for coaches to make an in-person visit with the recruit while they are down south for the bowl game. The recruit can also pay his own way and pay for his own ticket to the bowl game and go watch it if he wants.

If the Mobile bowl has a requirement that the school needs to "sell" (buy) a certain # of tickets, then it's likely that NIU doesn't meet that number and has to buy the balance. I know that for previous bowls, NIU has bought an allotment of tickets and distributed to local high schools, youth groups, etc. A recruit can just keep his ear to the ground and figure out where these complimentary tickets will be and secure some for friends and family.

I guess NIU can do this even if there isn't a ticket requirement. As those sales would count towards NIU's ticket sale numbers.