A top NCAA panel voted Tuesday to eliminate the use of text messaging in college recruiting.

The association's Division I Management Council opted for the outright ban, first proposed by the Ivy League, over another proposal merely to limit text and instant messaging. If endorsed next week by school presidents and chancellors on the Division I Board of Directors, the measure will take effect Aug. 1.

The rules change would limit electronically transmitted correspondence to recruits to e-mail and faxes.