Damn, that's shady and in a gray ethical area. The term "student-athlete" is a bad joke with the NCAA. Which is why Northwestern fans do not like Harbaugh at all. Telling the admissions office not to get back to a kid is a dick move, particularly when everyone involved knows that they qualify. He has left a lot of kids hanging who pretty much had to figure out that he's no longer interested in them on their own. He has dominated west coast recruiting over Northwestern, but there have also been a fair number of decommits that we've been able to land. To Harbaugh's credit, the "shotgun" approach has worked really well for Stanford. I don't think it would have worked indefinitely, though. At least he wasn't letting kids start classes before telling them there was no spot on the team (SEC).