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in the trenches andrew owens NCAA Implements New Recruiting Rules A t the NCAA's headquarters in Indianapolis Oct. 30, the Division I Board of Directors agreed upon the following additions to the organization's rulebook: 1. Allowing football players to participate in eight hours per week of required weight training and conditioning. Up to two of the eight hours can consist of film review. 2. Prohibiting school staff members from attending all-star games or activities associated with those games. 3. Establishing an extended dead period when no in-person recruiting can take place in December and January. For 2013‑14, Dec. 16 through Jan. 15 is now a dead period. 4. Establishing a 14-day dead period in late June and early July for Football Bowl Subdivision schools. 5. Allowing schools to pay for meals for up to four family members who accompany a recruit on an official visit. With the rules going into effect immediately, they will affect this year's recruiting cycle. Dealing With Social Media Under the new measures passed by the NCAA, college coaches cannot attend the high school all-star games of players such as Jaylon Smith (above) or related activities, effective immediately. Photo courtesy U.S. Army All-American Bowl In head coach Brian Kelly's Oct. 31 media briefing, a reporter asked him about how the program trains players to deal with social media. That week, Missouri kicker Andrew Baggett received a countless number of negative tweets directed at him after he missed a short field goal in an overtime loss to South