Got this sitemail today.

terps21234

Received:

8/8/2014 1:39:00 PM

Subject:

Recruiting

Message:

Hey man, I see you're camped out in Hawaii, and I wanted to ask you if you're going to pursue a player or not. If so, I'm definitely not gonna use up my money to try and get him, but if you don't pursue him, I will. Thought I'd run it by you first.

Warren Pham


Let me know if you'd like any Future Stars Recruiting info on players from the west coast....


He is only in his 5 season so I didn't want to report him.  So should I ignore and let him try to win the kid or tell him that you can't share recruiting info.

Yes, the part about sharing FSS info is absolutely a violation of fairplay guidelines.

Should I report him or just tell him he can't do that

5th season it tough because I think you should know by then that sharing that info is against rules. However I don't know if it is very apparent unless you browse the forums which I assume most coaches do. I would advise him he can't do that and if he persists or sends a "I dont care" vibe, then I would report him.

if hes new definitely explain it to him. new coaches aren't given a manual to read or anything, he probably never has heard of "fair play guidelines"

Posted by bagger288 on 8/8/2014 3:53:00 PM (view original):
5th season it tough because I think you should know by then that sharing that info is against rules. However I don't know if it is very apparent unless you browse the forums which I assume most coaches do. I would advise him he can't do that and if he persists or sends a "I dont care" vibe, then I would report him.

i pretty much agree with this except i dont think most coaches read the forums regularly enough to expect them to be exposed via the forums. i don't assume that about coaches who have been around a while, and definitely not someone only 5 seasons in.

What the hell are you doing in Hawaii?  Not a good place to camp out right now.  There is a hurricane coming.

sharing FSS is not allowed

and allocating players is not allowed - cant share info about who you will go after

BUT, if the guy is rather new to the game, I would advise him you cant do this, point him to this thread and admin comments on threads/dev chats etc

I agree. Direct him to the rules, no need to report him just yet.

Posted by car_crazy_v2 on 8/8/2014 5:24:00 PM (view original):
I agree. Direct him to the rules, no need to report him just yet.

Agreed.  But if he persists.....

Posted by terps21234 on 8/8/2014 3:36:00 PM (view original):
Should I report him or just tell him he can't do that

ummmm....I think you just did report him by creating this post

Posted by emy1013 on 8/8/2014 6:25:00 PM (view original):

Posted by car_crazy_v2 on 8/8/2014 5:24:00 PM (view original):
I agree. Direct him to the rules, no need to report him just yet.

Agreed.  But if he persists.....

...bring the hammer.

Ahhhhh shaddap!

Posted by yanks250125 on 8/9/2014 2:42:00 PM (view original):

Posted by terps21234 on 8/8/2014 3:36:00 PM (view original):
Should I report him or just tell him he can't do that

ummmm....I think you just did report him by creating this post

that assumes that admin reads the forums - which I dont think one case assume happens systematically

I've sent him a site mail and no response yet. He opened it, so hopefully he got the point. I didn't mention any names so hopefully admin is to lazy to try to figure it out.