Darren Rovell Publicizes What Turns Out to Be a Possible Recruiting Violation by Pitt Coaches
By Jason Lisk
Today, Darren Rovell highlighted what he referred to as a “boss recruiting move” when Pittsburgh football coaches appeared in Fort Myers, Florida and met up with potential recruits who were already at the Fort Myers News-Press for a photo shoot.
Boss recruiting move by Pitt football coaches, who showed up at the Fort Myers News-Press offices yesterday, according to @NewsPressSeth.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 13, 2017
The paper was having a photo shoot with the top talent in the area.
Seth Soffian of the News-Press detailed the day. The players were present to take photos in conjunction with their News-Press and Naples Daily News Southwest Florida Sports Awards. According to Soffian, offensive coordinator and quarteback coach Shawn Watson, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator Rob Harley and receivers coach Kevin Sherman were all present.
According to one compliance director, that is a no-no.
Darren, this is actually a recruiting violation for Pitt coaches to have contacts with these recruits in the presence of Media. There’s a reason other Universities don’t do this. pic.twitter.com/Dl9WCmvL2J
— Matt Varnadoe (@MattMVarnadoe) December 13, 2017