Transcript Rules Education

Rules Education
January 18, 2011
Bowman Room
Bylaw 13.11
Tryout Legislation
Tryout – Definition
Any physical activity (e.g. practice, testing, etc.)
at which one or more recruits reveal,
demonstrate, or display athletics abilities in any
sport.
Tryouts
We are NOT allowed to conduct tryouts on or off campus
at anytime with prospective student-athletes.
MBB = For purposes of tryouts, a prospect is anyone that
has started classes for the 7th grade…
All other sports = For purposes of tryouts, a prospect is
anyone that has started classes for the 9th grade…
…and is not enrolled at Virginia Tech.
Competition Against Prospects
Team Sports
In sports other than football, team sports CAN
compete against the following teams with
prospects:
– Two-year college teams
– Permissible foreign tour contests
– Exempted contests against foreign team in the US
– US National Teams
Competition Against Prospects
Team Sports
In sports other than football, team sports CANNOT
compete against the following teams with
prospects:
– High school team
– Prep school team
– Outside team that includes high school prospects
(e.g., nonscholastic team) except permissible
foreign tours, foreign teams in the US and US
National Team
Competition Against Prospects
Football (FBS)
In football, we CANNOT compete
against ANY teams that includes
prospects!
Competition Against Prospects
Individual Sports
Individual sports CAN compete against prospects
under the following condition:
VT’s varsity team and an outside team that includes
recruits can participate in the same open event,
provided the event either involves no team scoring
or the event uses team scoring such that VT and the
outside team are in separate scoring categories.
Competition in conjunction…
Basketball, Football and Volleyball may not allow
a high school, prep school, or two-year college
event to be held in conjunction with an
intercollegiate athletics event (13.15.1.5).
Competition in conjunction…
A VT contest can be held on the same day as a
high school, prep school or two-year college
contest (and not be considered “in
conjunction”), as long as, they are:
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in separate sessions.
separate tickets are sold to the events, and
the facility is cleared between events
Nonscholastic Basketball
Coaching staff members or institutional staff
members with basketball-specific duties are only
allowed to participate in coaching activities
involving a nonscholastic basketball-specific
team that includes that staff member’s child or
children AND is of the opposite gender than the
staff member is associated.
Tryout Events
VT may not host, sponsor or conduct a tryout
camp, clinic, group workout, or combine
devoted to agility, flexibility, speed or strength
tests for recruits or an event that is devoted to
the above athletic activity.
*We could host National Team Tryout Events conducted by the appropriate
national governing body.
Permissible
• Preseason Practice/Competition
• Recreational Activities
– May not be organized or observed by coaches
– May not be designed to test recruits’ athletic ability
• Local Sports Clubs
• Sports Camps and Clinics
• Medical Exams
Local Sports Clubs
 In sports other than basketball, a VT coach may be involved, in any
way, with a local sports club, in the coaches’ sport, provided all
participants are legal residents of the area (50-mile radius).
 In all sports, a VT coach may be involved, in any way, with a local
sports club other than the coaches’ sport provided all participants
are legal residents of the area (50-mile radius).
 A VT coach may be involved with a local sports club that does not
include prospect-age kids, regardless of where such individuals
reside.
**For club teams that involve multiple teams or multiple sports, the
50-mile rule applies only to the team in which the coach is involved. It
is not permissible for the VT coach to assign a prospect that lives
outside the 50-mile radius to another coach of the club.
Camps and Clinics - REMINDERS
1. DON’T FORGET to have all advertisements
approved by compliance prior to distribution.
– This includes: flyers, brochures, websites, emails, etc.
– PLEASE REMEMBER: ALL camp advertisements must
have a statement that EXPLICITLY states that all
camps are open to any and all participants.
2. All financials are subject to review by internal
audit. When requested, you should be able to
gather and present in a timely manner.
Medical Examinations
VT may have a medical examination conducted
by team physicians or other designated
physicians for a recruit during an official or
unofficial visit to campus.
NO ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS MAY BE
PRESENT OTHER THAN AN ATHELTICS TRAINER
Medical Examinations
VT may administer a medical exam AT ANY TIME for
a recruit that has signed an NLI or been accepted
for enrollment, provided the exam occurs …
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during an official visit,
2.
attendance at summer school, or
3.
a visit to VT at the recruit’s expense.
These exams may occur before or after a recruit’s
attendance at orientation, BUT NOT DURING!!
Tryout Exceptions
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Open Events
Activities not Involving VT staff or boosters
Sport governing body training programs
High school, prep school, 2-year college
contests
• Officiating
• Voluntary Summer Conditioning
• Safety Exception
Open Events
Participation by recruits in open events on
campus does not count as a tryout provided:
• the event is not classified by age group or
level of educational institution represented,
and
• selection of participants is not limited
– except by number, geographical area, or some
other objective standard.
Tryout Exceptions
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Open Events
Activities not Involving VT staff or boosters
Sport governing body training programs
High school, prep school, 2-year college
contests
• Officiating
• Voluntary Summer Conditioning
• Safety Exception
Governing Body Training Programs
Coaches cannot ONLY participate in noncoaching duties associated with these events
– US Jr. National Basketball Team Exception
– Coach/PSA Competition
– State Games Exception
High School, Prep School, 2-year
College Contests
• Are not considered tryouts provided:
– Opportunity to participate is not limited to specific
PSAs or educational institutions
– Event appears on the PSAs’ educational
institution’s schedules
– Conducted by a national sports federation of
which the NCAA is a member or it has been
approved by the appropriate national/state
authority
High School, Prep School, 2-year
College Practice and Contests
Facilities may be used for regular or emergency
use of facilities for regularly scheduled practice
and competition provided any competition is
approved by the applicable governing body and
VT and any boosters are not involved in the
invitation/selection of participating schools or
individuals.
Officiating
Coaches can officiate competition that involves
recruits provided it is regularly scheduled under
the authority of an outside sports organization.
Summer Conditioning - FBS
Recruits may engage in VOLUNTARY summer
conditioning conducted by a VT strength and
conditioning staff member with departmentwide duties, and receive workout apparel (on an
issuance and retrieval basis) provided he…
 has signed an NLI (if a 4-4 transfer, signed
offer of admission/financial aid), OR
 is enrolled in the summer term prior to
enrollment at VT.
Summer Conditioning - BB
Recruits may engage in VOLUNTARY summer
conditioning conducted by a VT strength and
conditioning staff member with departmentwide duties, and receive workout apparel (on an
issuance and retrieval basis) provided he/she…
 has signed an NLI, OR
 is enrolled in the summer term prior to
enrollment at VT.
Summer Conditioning –
Sports other than FB and BB
Recruits may engage in VOLUNTARY summer
conditioning conducted by a VT strength and
conditioning staff member with departmentwide duties, and receive workout apparel (on an
issuance and retrieval basis) provided he/she is
enrolled in the summer term prior to initial
enrollment.
Summer Conditioning –
Safety Exception
• Swimming/Diving
• Wrestling
• Track & Field
– Field Events
– Jumping Hurdles
– Jumping Element of Steeplechase
Summer Conditioning –
Safety Exception
A recruit who is enrolled in a summer term prior
to initial full-time enrollment at the certifying
institution may participate in voluntary
individual workouts in the presence of the
institution's coach and in the institution's
regular practice facility when the prospective
student-athlete uses equipment related to the
sport. The coach may provide safety or skill
instruction but may not conduct the individual's
workout.
MANDATORY MEDICAL EXAM
Prior to participation in any weight-training or
conditioning workouts conducted by an VT’s strength and
conditioning coach, a recruit who will be a first-time
participant shall be required to undergo a medical
examination or evaluation administered or supervised by
a physician (e.g., family physician, team physician). The
examination or evaluation shall include a sickle cell
solubility test (SST), unless documented results of a prior
test are provided to the institution or the prospective
student-athlete declines the test and signs a written
release. The examination or evaluation must have been
administered within six months prior to participation in
any weight-training or conditioning activity.
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