Stoops no techno geek
Coach Bob Stoops may be super-coach, but when it comes to his BlackBerry – don’t ask him.
The Oklahoma coach committed a secondary NCAA violation because he didn’t know the difference between a text message and an email sent from his BlackBerry device, according to documents the Associated Press obtained from an NCAA compliance report.
That’s understandable. I don’t know squat about BlackBerries, except they make wonderful cobblers.
Stoops shouldn’t feel bad. At least he’s not geographically challenged. According to the AP report, assistant Coach Jackie Shipp committed a minor violation by taking a recruit to a restaurant he thought was on campus. My guess it was the Louie’s on campus corner. Or the lavish new O’Connells. Yeah, boy.
This shows how silly the NCAA rules are.
An email is permitted, but a text message (which is delivered to the recipient in exactly the same way) is not? Again, I’m no Bill Gates but even I know how ridiculous this is.
A catered dinner at the student union is OK, but the chips and salsa at Louie’s is an impermissible NCAA violation? Yes. And, once a recruit has the blacked chicken sandwich, well, that creates an unfair recruiting advantage for the Sooners. No wonder we’re on probation. —Mike