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NCAA Division II
Recruiting
UMC Compliance
Overview
• Principle governing recruiting.
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Telephone calls.
Printed recruiting materials.
Contacts and evaluations.
Recruiting time periods.
Recruiting visits.
Tryouts.
Publicity.
Questions.
Principle Governing Recruiting
• The recruiting process involves a balancing of the
interests of prospective student-athletes
(prospects), secondary educational institutions and
the NCAA.
• Recruiting regulations are designed to promote
equity among member institutions in its recruiting
of prospects and to shield prospects from undue
pressures that may interfere with their scholastic or
athletics interests.
Key Recruiting Terms
Prospective Student-Athlete
(PSA)
• A prospective student-athlete is a student who
has started classes for the ninth grade;
OR
• A student-athlete who has not yet started classes
for the ninth grade, but to whom the institution
provides any financial assistance or other
benefits that the institution does not provide to
prospective students generally.
Recruiting
• Recruiting is any solicitation of a prospect
or prospect's relatives (or legal guardian) by
an institutional staff member or by a
representative of the institution's athletics
interest for the purpose of securing the
prospect's enrollment and participation in
the institution's athletics program.
Contact
• Contact is any face-to-face encounter
between a prospect or the prospect's
parents, relatives or legal guardian(s) and an
institutional staff member in excess of a
greeting.
Contact (continued)
• Any prearranged encounter or any encounter on the
grounds of prospect's educational institution.
• An institutional staff member or athletics representative
who is approached by a prospect or the prospect's parents,
relatives or legal guardian(s) at any location shall not use
a contact, provided:
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the encounter was not prearranged,
– the staff member or athletics representative does not
engage in any dialogue in excess of a greeting, and
– the staff member or athletics representative takes
appropriate steps to immediately terminate the
encounter. (NCAA Bylaw 13.02.2)
Evaluation
• An evaluation is any off-campus activity designed to
assess the academic or athletics ability of a prospect;
OR
• The observation of a prospect participating in
practice or competition at any site.
What Triggers Recruitment?
• Providing a prospect with an official visit;
• Arranging, in-person, off-campus
encounter; or
• Initiating or arranging a telephone contact
with the prospect on more than one
occasion.
Telephone Calls
General Rule (Bylaw 13.1.3.10)
• Telephone calls to a prospect [or the
prospect's relative or legal guardian(s)]
may not be made prior to June 15
following the completion of the prospect's
junior year of high school.
General Rule (continued)
• Telephone contact is limited to one call
per week.
• In football only, telephone calls may be
made at the institution's discretion during
a contact period.
Additional Regulations and
Exceptions
• During Conduct of Your Institution's
Athletics Contests
– Telephone calls to a prospect may not be made during the
conduct of any institutional intercollegiate athletics
contests in that sport until the competition has concluded
and the team has been dismissed by the coach.
• Telephone Calls Initiated by Prospect
– Institutional staff members may receive telephone calls
from a prospect placed at the prospect's own expense at
any time without any restrictions on the content of the
conversation.
Unlimited Telephone Calls to
Prospects
• Unlimited calls can be made to prospects
on:
– The initial date of the signing of the National
Letter of Intent (NLI) and subsequent to the
calendar day on which the prospects signs
the NLI or other written commitment.
– The day of an off-campus contact.
– The five days immediately before the
prospect's official visit.
Printed Recruiting
Materials
All Sports
• An institution may not provide athletically
related recruiting materials (including
electronic mail and facsimiles) to a
prospect until September 1 at the
beginning of the prospect's junior year in
high school.
Printed Materials Exceptions
• An institution may provide the following to a
prospect at any time:
– Educational information published by the
NCAA (e.g., NCAA Guide for the CollegeBound Student-Athlete).
– Camp brochures and questionnaires.
– Nonathletically related materials (e.g.,
institutional admissions publications,
academic publications, student-services
publications).
Contacts
&
Evaluations
All Sports - Contacts
• In-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be
made with the prospect or prospect's relatives or legal
guardian(s) before June 15, immediately preceding
prospect's senior year of high school.
• Limited to three in-person, off-campus recruiting
contacts per prospect.
• No limit on number of contacts after prospect signs NLI.
– No in-person, off-campus contact with boosters.
– Restrictions on contacts at competition site still apply.
All Sports - Evaluations
• No limitations on number of evaluations.
• Evaluations conducted during a contact period
would NOT be a contact, provided no contact
is made.
Recruiting Time Periods
Contact Period
• Period of time when it is permissible for
authorized athletics department staff
members to make in-person, off-campus
recruiting contacts and evaluations.
Evaluation Period
• Period of time when it is permissible for
authorized athletics staff members to be
involved in off-campus activities to
assess the academic qualifications and
playing ability of prospects.
Quiet Period
• Period of time when it is permissible to
make in-person recruiting contacts only on
an institution's campus.
Dead Period
• Period of time when it is not permissible
to make in-person recruiting contacts or
evaluations on or off an institution's
campus or to permit official or unofficial
visits by prospects to the institution's
campus. Institution can make telephones
calls to prospects.
Recap of General Rules
• Telephone calls – not before June 15 following
junior year and no more than one per week.
• Recruiting materials – not before September 1
of junior year.
• Contacts – not before June 15 of senior year.
• Contacts – not more than three contacts.
• Evaluations – no limits.
• Recruiting visits – official/paid and unofficial
visits.
Recruiting Visits
Official Visits
• Visits may begin with the opening day of classes
of the prospect's senior year of high school.
• Not more than one official visit per institution.
• Maximum of five visits per prospect to
Divisions I and II while in high school.
• Maximum of five visits per prospect (to
Divisions I and II) beginning September 1 after
the prospect's completion of high school.
Official Visits (continued)
• Visits may not exceed 48 hours in
duration.
• Test scores (SAT, ACT, Plan, PSAT)
required prior to visit. May use ACT taken
on a state testing date under state testing
conditions.
• May receive three complimentary
admissions to home athletics events.
Official Visits (continued)
From Home to Campus or Campus to Home
Meal Travel Lodging
Entertainment
Prospect
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Parents
No
No*
No**
No
Other
Family
Spouse
No
No*
No**
No
No
No*
No**
No
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Unless accompanying prospect in an automobile.
** Can stay with prospect at single room rate.
Official Visits (continued)
During the Visit
Prospect
Parents
Meal
Yes
Yes
Other
Family
No
Spouse
Yes
Travel
Yes
Yes
Lodging
Yes
Yes
Entertainment
Yes*
Yes
No, unless No, but can No, but other family
accompany- stay with
ing prospect prospect at
in car
singe room
rate
Yes
Yes
can attend after meal or
snack at home of staff
member
Yes*
Unofficial Visits
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At prospect's expense.
May visit prior to senior year.
May make unlimited visits.
May only provide transportation to off-campus
practice and competition sites in the prospect's
sport and other institutional facilities.
Unofficial Visits (continued)
• May provide one meal at an on-campus dining
facility.
• May provide a meal in an off-campus dining
facility when all on-campus dining facilities are
closed.
• No lodging.
• May provide three complimentary admissions to
a home athletics event (no hard tickets).
• May not occur during a dead period.
Official Visit
• Expenses
provided by
college.
• One per college,
no more than five
total.
• Academic
requirements.
• 48-hour time
limitation.
Unofficial Visit
• Self-financed
(prospect or
parents).
• Unlimited
number of visits.
• No academic
requirements.
• No time
limitation.
Tryouts
Tryouts
Permissible Activities
• A tryout of a prospect may be conducted only
on the institution's campus or at a site at which
it normally conducts practice or competition
under specified conditions.
Tryouts
Permissible Activities
• Specified Conditions:
– Not more than one tryout, per
prospect, per institution, per
sport.
– Conducted only for a high
school senior who is enrolled
in a term other than the term
in which the traditional season
in the sport occurs or who has
completed high school
eligibility in the sport.
– For a two-year college
student-athlete, after the
conclusion of the sport
season. Exhausted two-year
eligibility tryout can be at
anytime.
– For a four-year college
student-athlete, after the
conclusion of the sport season
and written permission to
contact has been obtained.
– May include a medical
examination, but must be
conducted by the institution's
regular team physician or
other designated physician.
– May include tests to evaluate
strength, speed, agility and
sport skills.
Tryouts
Permissible Activities
• Specified Conditions:
– In football, prospects may not wear helmets and pads.
– Competition may occur against the institution's team,
provided competition is during the academic year and is
considered a countable athletically related activity.
– Competition may not be conducted in the sports of football,
ice hockey, lacrosse and wrestling.
– Time of tryout activities (other than physical exam) shall be
limited to the length of the institution's normal practice
period but not longer than two hours.
– May provide equipment and clothing on an issuance-andretrieval basis.
Tryouts
Competition Against Prospects
• The varsity team may compete against a two-year college
team, but may not compete against a high school or prep
school.
– Subvarsity teams are not bound by this prohibition.
Varsity team may participate in a contest against an
established outside team that includes prospects,
provided:
– Outside team is ongoing.
– Outside team was not established for the specific purpose
of competing against the collegiate team.
Competition in Conjunction with a High
School, Prep School or
Two-Year College
• In all sports, institutions are permitted to host
competition.
• In basketball, football, gymnastics and volleyball:
– High schools, prep schools and two-year
colleges must be within a 50-mile radius.
– Competition must occur on the institution's
campus.
– Not more than one contest (per sport) on the
institution's campus during an academic year.
Exceptions to Tryout Rule
Developmental clinics.
Open events.
Activities not involving institution’s staff.
Local sports clubs.
Officiating.
Private lessons – golf, tennis and equestrian
only.
High-school, preparatory school and two-year
college practice and competition.
Publicity
Publicity
• Introduction of Prospects
– Shall not permit a media entity to be present
during any recruiting contact.
– Shall not publicize (or arrange for publicity of) a
prospect's visit to campus.
– Shall not introduce a visiting prospect at a function
that is attended by media representatives or open to
the general public.
Radio/TV Shows
• Shall not permit a prospect or high school, college-preparatory
school or two-year college coach to appear, be interviewed or
otherwise be involved on:
– A radio or television program conducted by an institution's
coach;
– A program in which the institution's coach is participating;
or
– A program in which a member of the institution's athletics
staff has been instrumental in arranging for the appearance
of the prospect or coach or related program material.
Publicity Prior to Signing
• Before signing a prospect to a National Letter
of Intent (NLI) or an institution's written offer
of admission or financial aid, a member
institution may comment publicly only to the
extent of confirming its recruitment of the
prospect.
Publicity After Signing
• Publicity released by an institution concerning a prospect's
commitment to attend the institution shall occur only after
the prospect has signed an NLI or after the prospect has
signed the institution's written offer of admission and/or
financial aid.
• Such communication may be released to media outlets at
the institution's discretion except as limited by Bylaw
13.10.7.1. There are no limits on the number of occasions
that an institution may release such information. However,
an institution is prohibited from purchasing or receiving
commercial advertising to be used to identify a prospect by
name or picture.
Publicity After Signing
• Institutional press conferences, receptions, dinners
and similar meetings held for the purpose of making
announcements are expressly prohibited.
• Contents of a properly issued press release may be
determined by the institution and may include
comments by coaching staff members about the
abilities of the prospect.
One–Time Exception
Announcement of All Signings
• An institution may make an announcement on its
campus for the sole purpose of presenting at one
time to the media the names of all prospects who
have accepted offers of admission and/or
athletically related aid in a particular sport from an
institution.
• No prospects (or their friends or relatives) may be
in attendance.
Questions??