The NCAA is already trying to limit text- and instant-messaging in recruiting; the Ivy League now proposes to ban them entirely. Email and faxes would be unaffected.

"Coaches feel compelled to contact prospects constantly, prospects are distracted at all hours of the day and night, and prospects and their parents are bearing the significant costs involved with receiving text messages," the Ivy proposal says.

The WBCA tried to ban texting for the same reasons last year; the proposal lost in a close vote.