new texin ban for under age!

emmax

what methods of texin is every1 using since the new ban? any1 have any ideas/feedback?

rebel girl 15

Text the parents or having a designated club phone number, or using the teamer system are ways I've heard of clubs doing it. Texting the parents probably being the most popular

emmax

Yeah but we have so many people to text every week its just alkward. and teamer i heard put advertisements at the end of there messages how annoying! and dont they charge when the player txts back? see it would be really annoyin for the club to be texin the parents.. <mod snip>

homerjay2005

what???????

this aint facebook or bebo, maybe you should explain what you mean!!

i am assuming that theres some ban in the gaa from texting underage players, but maybe you could post a link or something to explain it in full?!

teamer.net is free. we use that, but if there is a ban, surely that comes under the same.

more details please.

emmax

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gaa-bans-text-messaging-directly-to-teenage-club-members-2088011.html

Yes but i heard that teamer has a lot of hidden costs?? like when you text back you get charged alot? i have heard a lot of complaimts about them. just woundering if anyone has any ideas. you are allowed use a texting service if they dont store names etc. the problem is storing names and numbers on mobiles! <mod snip>

rebel girl 15

From that article, the easiest way around it is getting the written permission from parents when the child is registering, for under 15-minor level. Simple couple of lines on the form, and you can text them - I'd say most parents wouldn't have a problem with the older juvenile players getting the text messages instead of them. At under 14 downwards I think you need to be texting the parents anyway, to make sure.

emmax

Yes i suppose that seems to be the easyest way but i think our club are still goin to look in to something else as it is a hassile textin all the different teams. Does anyone else find this annoying? Has anyone else heard of any other methods?

Gingy

Go back to the olden days of just telling players at training during the week about the match and if they don't know, they them o ring you (Must be house phone, to keep it like the olden days) on Friday evening between 7-8! Sorted.

emmax

yes but if there are 10 to 15 different teams that wont work.. beacause there will be training, matches can change and there will be meetings. has anyone else used group texting services they seem to be widely used with clubs?? they also seem to be cheap!

keane2097

emmax wrote: »

Also a lot of the managers dont have internet access or dont know how to use a computer.

Ah come on...

mickOz

Emmax my club signed up to sport-text last december and its going really well.
i used to run the club phone and it was so much hastle and a big cost aswell.

emmax

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aDeener

this has gotten fcukin ridiculous

yop

Sport-text isn't meant to be too reliable from what I hear

Daysha

aDeener wrote: »

this has gotten fcukin ridiculous

Indeed. Thread locked.