National Signing Day: Remember to never tweet at recruits

On National Signing Day it’s very important to remember you don’t want to be that guy who’s mad online and tweeting recruits when they pick a school different than the one you root for.

Today is National Signing Day. It’s the day many high school recruits across the nation will be announcing their college choice and where they’ll be playing their college football. It’s the culmination of a long journey and many sacrifices to put themselves in a position to get a scholarship and continue playing the game they love and give them a chance to pursue this as a profession in the NFL.

It’s all about the recruits so make sure you don’t make it about you.

Every fanbase has a percentage of fans who feel it is their responsibility, their duty even, to reach out to the recruits on Twitter and seal the deal like they’re the closer. They act as if they’re an extension of the coaching staff and sell the recruits on all the good reasons to pick the school they cheer for. And they’ll let you know why you definitely don’t want to consider the rival programs because they’re likely going to go on probation or their coach is going to leave them.

This is all stuff that is said without a sense of reality, so take this advice to heart. Do not tweet at recruits.

If you tweet at a recruit, it should only be to congratulate them on making their choice and to wish them well in the future. That’s it. That’s the exception to the “don’t tweet at recruits rule.”

And if you do see one of these delusional people on Twitter tweeting at recruits and getting mad online when the recruit doesn’t pick your favorite school, you have a responsibility to shut that fool down. You don’t want that type of character representing your university and program, so don’t be shy about respectfully putting them in their place.

Recruiting is not about you, Twitter use. Let the recruits have their moment in the sun.