Imagine if a recruit were to read 6pack.......

[Political Hack]

it's petty gamesmanship, but it works sometimes. Also gives them an excuse once they've taken the bait a la CJ.

[Todd4State]

Yea I suppose so. I would hope parents would see that as desperation though.

You have to understand- a lot of these parents think that their kid is going to be a superstar. Whether that's reality or not.

Maybe more importantly, they want to send their kid someplace that is "good" for them. If they see MSU people bashing their kid, there is a chance that they may not consider MSU to be a good place for their kid.

Would you send your child to a school or organization where you think that the people there won't like them and may say harmful things about them? Not to get into a public/private school debate, but that's why a LOT of parents send their kids to one school vs. the other.

[Todd4State]

it's petty gamesmanship, but it works sometimes. Also gives them an excuse once they've taken the bait a la CJ.

There needs to be some better communication between the athletic dept and the message boards. I don't think it would be very difficult at all for the AD to contact all the guys that run the MSU boards and say "Hey, I'm with MSU and I monitor your board. In the past there have been some things said that have hurt MSU with regards to recruiting." And then make that person in the AD a moderator who can censor the board.

It's not like the guys that run these boards are secretive figures. And I think they all love MSU- including DS. Well, Gene maybe I question sometimes.

[msstate7]

You have to understand- a lot of these parents think that their kid is going to be a superstar. Whether that's reality or not.

Maybe more importantly, they want to send their kid someplace that is "good" for them. If they see MSU people bashing their kid, there is a chance that they may not consider MSU to be a good place for their kid.

Would you send your child to a school or organization where you think that the people there won't like them and may say harmful things about them? Not to get into a public/private school debate, but that's why a LOT of parents send their kids to one school vs. the other.

I see you guys point. Any informed parent should realize there are over zealous fans at every school. The same recruiters that print out crap off our message boards prob print out the same crap off every message board of the teams that kid is considering.