On the top of the leader board of jobs that I never want is being a compliance officer for a Division I college athletic program.

Because my first week on the job, my first exchange with the NCAA office would go something like this:

"I can't believe this is a rule. This is just sheer stupidity. Do you people have any common sense? Is having a brain considered an extra benefit? Is being in touch with reality considered an illegal contact?"

We're on a rant, because this past week, Ole Miss had to forward a report to the SEC office on allegations that New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister, a former Rebels star, came into contact with football prospects at a high school playoff game.

McAllister attended the Dec. 2 Mississippi Class 5A playoff between Oak Grove and Meridian. He attended the game as a guest of Meridian assistant principal Sherrod Miller. Miller is a cousin of former Ole Miss quarterback Romaro Miller, who was a teammate of McAllister.

The question is whether McAllister broke NCAA rules when he came in contact near the sideline with Meridian players, including Cordera Eason and Derrick Davis. Both Eason and Davis have verbally committed to Ole Miss.

McAllister told the Jackson Clarion-Ledger that he did nothing wrong, saying, "I'm not stupid, I know the rules."

And that's the problem - the dumb NCAA rules that prohibits former players and boosters from helping recruit prospects. The booster part of the rule is understood.

But the player part? Let me get this straight. When a player is still in college, he can help with the recruiting process. He can be a host on a recruiting visit, and talk to a prospect truthfully what's it really like to play in that program for that coach.

Yet as soon as that player graduates, he can't even talk to a prospect?

By NCAA rules, it's permissible for a former player to donate thousands of dollars to a program, to help finance, let's say an indoor practice facility, which is the ultimate recruiting tool for Division 1 programs. So for those mid to low-level Division I programs that don't have such lavish facilities, why can't they be allowed to use some other resources - like former players in the pros who don't donate to the school - to make phone calls to a recruit?

That's how you level the playing field. If the NCAA wants parity and fairness in recruiting, allow every school to use every legal resource.