Text messaging has become so pervasive -- some say invasive -- that the NCAA is considering rule proposals that would either abolish or limit it, according to the INDIANAPOLIS STAR.

NCAA rules regulate phone calls and the type of material that can be mailed through the U.S. Postal Service; for instance, overnight mail is prohibited. But coaches are allowed to send unlimited text messages and e-mails to recruits after they've started their junior year of high school.

The NCAA is considering two proposals. One, from the Ivy League, would eliminate text messaging altogether. The other, from an NCAA subcommittee on recruiting, would limit text messaging from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the weekend.

Neither could become a rule until April 2007.

Jim Haney, executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, said the NABC won't take a position until after it surveys all of its members. But an NABC committee on recruiting has gathered opinions on the issue.

Assistant coaches, who do the heavy lifting in recruiting, generally like text messaging.
"They say, 'This is the way kids communicate today,' " Haney said.