We will not be contacting any prospects at least until they have signed their LOI's. We may call coaches from time to time.
What we will do is aggregate information that is posted around the www. People that live in areas where Iowa has a prospect, I encourage them to post any and all links they see in their local papers.
Also, here is an example of some other ways we will 'cover' recruiting:
http://www.hawkeyenation.com/hawkeye-recruiting/grayshirt-pk-commits
Providing proper attribution for other's work is imperative, be it from me, or from users. It's just the fair and right thing to do. But with recruiting, like the games on the field, its not just about the name...there are other aspects that go along with recruiting and I look forward to those discussions and analysis.
With regards to a recruiting database, we do not have that now. However, some form of a database is in the plans...and I have been around this genre for ten years, and I have not seen or heard of anything like what I have in mind for it and again, the fans are going to be directly involved...that does NOT MEAN FANS CALLING ANYONE. That is a no-no.
But I think people will be excited once they see it. That is one of several plans we have for this site that are in various stages of development.