Transcript Division II Recruiting Regional Rules Seminars Chris Brown and Amanda Conklin Summary • Publicity • Official and Unofficial Visits • Newly Adopted Legislation.

Division II
Recruiting
Regional Rules Seminars
Chris Brown and Amanda Conklin
Summary
• Publicity
• Official and Unofficial Visits
• Newly Adopted Legislation
Publicity
Publicity
• “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”
~Phineas T. Barnum
• “There is such a thing as bad publicity.”
~Joyce Brothers
Presence of Media During
Recruiting Contact
• It is not permissible for a media entity to be
present during any recruiting contact made
by an institution’s coaching staff member.
NCAA Bylaw 13.10.1
Comments Prior to Signing
• A member institution may only confirm
PSA’s recruitment.
• No comments regarding PSA’s ability or
contribution to team.
Bylaw 13.10.2
PSA’s Visit to Campus
• May not publicize a PSA’s visit to the
institution's campus.
• May not arrange for the publicity of a PSA’s
visit.
Bylaw 13.10.4
Introduction of PSA
• An institution may not introduce a visiting
PSA at an event that is open to the general
public or the media.
Bylaw 13.10.5
Photograph of PSA
• An institution may take a picture of a prospect
during a campus visit to be used in the institution’s
permissible publicity and promotional activities
(e.g., press release, media guide) after the PSA has
signed a NLI, written offer of admission or financial
aid or the institution has received his or her
financial deposit in response to its offer of
admission.
Bylaw 13.10.6
NCAA Proposal No. 2015-11: Recruiting –
Publicity After Commitment
• Eliminates the restrictions on publicity related
to a PSA after he or she has signed a NLI or
the institution’s written offer of admission
and/or financial aid or the institution has
received his or her financial deposit in
response to its offer of admission.
• Effective Date: Immediate.
Recruiting – Publicity After Commitment
Signed Prospective Student-Athlete Attendance at a Press
Conference or Celebratory Event Outside the Locale of the
Institution
• Clarifies that if your institution hosts an event outside the
locale of the institution, the PSA and his or her relatives can
attend and receive a meal.
• Institution cannot provide transportation to the event.
Official Interpretation [Reference: 1/22/15, Item No. 11]
Recruiting – Publicity After Commitment
Type of Event
Can a meal be
provided?
Can transportation
be provided?
Celebratory event in
the locale of the
institution.
YES
YES from the
institution to the
event.
Celebratory event
outside the locale of
the institution.
YES
NO
Recruiting – Publicity After Commitment
Institutional Staff Member Attendance at an Off-Campus Press
Conference or Celebratory Event
• Staff member may attend an off-campus institutional press
conference or celebratory event held for the purpose of
announcing regardless if media are present.
• Not permissible for an institutional staff member to attend a
noninstitutional press conference or celebratory event if
media are present.
Official Interpretation [Reference: 3/26/15, Item No. 3-d]
Case Studies
Case Study No. 1
• The local Boys & Girls Club is attending your
institution’s women’s basketball game.
• Several of the Boys & Girls Club attendees are
prospect-aged.
Case Study No. 1
Is it permissible for the announcer to recognize
that the group is in attendance?
Yes, as long as the group is visiting campus on
a basis unrelated to recruitment and the PSAs
are introduced by group name only.
Staff Interpretation [Reference: 2/26/13, Item No. a]
Case Study No. 2
• LeBron Durant is a current
Division I SA who is transferring to
your institution in the fall.
• Your city’s local newspaper
released an article about LeBron
transferring to your institution.
Case Study No. 2
Your sports information director wants to
repost the article on your department’s
Facebook and Twitter pages.
Is this permissible?
Case Study No. 2
We cannot render a decision. We are missing some
information.
What information are we missing?
What do we need to know?
Has LeBron Durant signed an NLI, written offer of
admission and/or financial aid, or paid a financial
deposit?
Case Study No. 2
• Provided the PSA has signed a NLI, written
offer of admission and/or financial aid or
paid a financial deposit, your institution is
permitted to publicize a PSA’s commitment.
• The publicity is not limited in number or
content and may be released to media outlets
at the institution’s discretion.
Bylaw 13.10.7
Media Releases
• May occur only after PSA has signed an NLI,
institution’s written offer of admission and/or
financial aid or paid a financial deposit.
• Not limited in number or content.
• Subject to press conferences legislation.
Bylaw 13.10.7
Recruiting/Scouting Service
• An institution may include a quote by a recruiting/
scouting service about a PSA in a media release,
provided:
• There is no indication that the institution endorses
the recruiting/scouting service; and
• The PSA has signed a NLI or the institution’s
written offer of admission or financial aid or the
institution has received his or her financial deposit in
response to its offer of admission.
Official Interpretation [Reference: 3/4/14, Item No. 1]
Recruiting/Scouting Service
• It is not permissible for an institution’s
website to include a video from or hyperlink
to either the website of a noninstitutional
publication that reports primarily on the
institution’s athletics program or a
recruiting/scouting service.
Official Interpretation [Reference: 3/4/14, Item No. 1]
Case Study No. 3
• “Conklin University has announced the signing
of Karen Lovely to its program.”
• “Brown Scouting Services rated Lovely the number
1 prospect in the state, and noted the immediate
contribution Lovely is expected to make at CU.”
• “For more information about Karen, visit
www.cbscout.com.”
• Is this permissible?
Case Study No. 3 – Answer
• Not entirely.
• While it is permissible to use the quote from
CB Scouting Services, it is not permissible to
include a hyperlink to CB Scouting Services’
website.
Official and Unofficial
Visits
Student Hosts
SA’s Classification
Requirements to be a Student Host
Current student-athlete.
Full-time enrollment.
Partial qualifier.
Full-time enrollment.
Nonqualifier.
Not eligible to serve as a student
host.
Bylaw 13.6.6.5.2 and Staff Interpretation [Reference: 3/25/13, Item No. d]
Student Hosts
• Occasional Meals
• Team or team members may get occasional meal
in conjunction with a visit.
Entertainment
• Entertainment must be comparable to that of
normal student life and not excessive in
nature.
• Entertainment expenses can only be provided
to the PSA and his or her immediate family.
Bylaw 13.01.1
Entertainment
• Per Bylaw 13.6.6.5 (student host), a maximum of
$30 a day can be provided for covering all actual
costs of entertaining a PSA and his or her
immediate family.
• If no student host is used, $30 per day still remains
the maximum amount for entertainment of a
PSA/immediate family (excluding meals).
Transportation to an Off-Campus Meal in Conjunction
with an Unofficial Visit
• An institutional staff member may provide a PSA
(and the PSA’s relatives or legal guardians)
transportation to a permissible meal off campus in
the locale of the institution during an unofficial visit.
Official Interpretation [Reference: 4/15/14, Item No. 2-d]
Local Transportation During an Unofficial Visit
Occurring During a Quiet or Evaluation Period
• An institutional staff member may provide a PSA (and the
PSA’s relatives or legal guardians) transportation to view:
• Practice and competition sites in the PSA’s sport;
• Other institutional facilities; and
• To attend an institution's home athletics contest within the
locale of the institution during an unofficial visit
occurring during a quiet or evaluation period.
Official Interpretation [Reference: 12/12/14, Item No. 13]
Official Visit for Two-Year or Four-Year
College Prospect
• Two-year or four-year college prospects are required to
present academic credentials prior to an official visit.
• A qualifier in his or her first semester or quarter at a twoyear or four-year institution would be required to present a
high-school transcript, inasmuch as a college transcript is
unavailable.
Staff Interpretation [Reference: 9/23/94, Item No. a]
Case Study No. 4
• Basketball PSA Stephanie Willett is coming on
an official visit to Lennon University Saturday.
• Lennon University is also hosting its conference
basketball tournament in which the team will be
participating.
• The university would like to provide tickets to
Stephanie while she is on her visit.
• Is this permissible?
Case Study No. 4 – Answer
• Maybe.
• It is impermissible to provide complimentary
admissions to conference tournaments,
NCAA championships and any other
postseason contests.
Bylaw 13.6.6.2.2
Case Study No. 4 – Answer
• However, student host money may be used to
purchase tickets to the conference
tournament. Provided, tickets are not
reserved and purchased in the same manner
as the general population.
Newly Adopted Legislation
Submission of Financial Deposit
Proposal No. NC-2016-8
• After an institution has received an individual’s
financial deposit in response to its offer of
admission, the individual shall be provided the same
exceptions to the legislation that are applied to an
individual who has signed a NLI or written offer of
admission and/or financial aid, as specified in the
legislation.
Proposal No. 2015-1: Participation of Signed PSAs in
Institutional Fundraisers or Promotional Activities
• A PSA may participate in institutional fundraisers
prior to his or her initial collegiate enrollment
provided the PSA has graduated from high school
and has signed a NLI or a written offer of admission
and/or financial aid.
• Effective Date: Immediate.
Participation of Signed PSAs in Institutional
Fundraisers or Promotional Activities
• PSA is required to graduate from high school prior to
participation.
• Institutions may provide expenses to a PSA to participate,
however, institutions cannot provide transportation to enroll
per Bylaw 13.5.4.
• PSA that signs multiple offers of admission and/or financial
aid, may participate in fundraisers and promotional activities
at multiple institutions.
Participation of Signed PSAs in Institutional
Fundraisers or Promotional Activities
PSA’s Classification
Requirements for Participation
Incoming first-year student,
qualifier.
• Sign NLI or a written offer of
admission and/or financial aid or
make a financial aid deposit; and
• Graduate from high school.
Incoming first-year student, partial
qualifier.
Not eligible to participate.
Incoming first-year, nonqualifier.
Not eligible to participate.
Participation of Signed PSAs in Institutional
Fundraisers or Promotional Activities
PSA’s Classification
Requirements for Participation
Incoming first-year student, has not yet
received final academic certification from
the NCAA Eligibility Center.
•
Two-year college transfer student.
•
•
•
Four-year college transfer student.
•
Sign NLI or a written offer of
admission and/or financial aid or
make a financial aid deposit; and
Graduate from high school.
Sign NLI or a written offer of
admission and/or financial aid; and
Meet applicable two-year transfer
requirements (Bylaw 14.5.4).
Receipt of permission to contact; sign
written offer of admission and/or
financial aid or make a financial aid
deposit.
Proposal No. 2015-3: Permission to Contact and OneTime Transfer Exception – Hearing Requirements
• If institution does not respond within 14 calendar days, a
violation has occurred and the request is automatically granted.
• If an institution denies a SA’s written request for permission to
contact or use of the one-time transfer exception SA must be
provided the opportunity to actively participate in the hearing.
• Effective Date: August 1, 2015.
Permission to Contact and One-Time Transfer
Exception – Hearing Requirements
• Hearing must be conducted within 30 calendar days
of the SA’s written request.
• If the SA’s request to use the one-time transfer is
granted by default, he or she must meet all other
requirements of the one-time transfer exception
(Bylaw 14.5.5.3.9) to be immediately eligible for
competition.
Permission to Contact and One-Time
Transfer Exception – Hearing
Requirements
• Clarifies that the written request must be submitted
by the SA.
• Failure to respond to a written request from another
institution or from an individual other than the SA
does not constitute a violation.
Official Interpretation [Reference: 12/12/14, Item No. 9]
Recent Interpretation
Coaching Staff Member Donating Funds or
Participating in Fundraisers for a High School
Attended by the Coach’s Child
• It is permissible for an institution’s coaching staff member
to donate funds or participate in fundraising activities for
the high school his or her child currently attends (regardless
of whether the donated funds are intended to benefit
athletics or nonathletics programs), provided certain
conditions are satisfied.
Official Interpretation [Reference: 7/24/14, Item No. 1]
Coaching Staff Member Donating Funds or
Participating in Fundraisers for a High School
Attended by the Coach’s Child
• The coaching staff member acts independently of the institution;
• The donated funds are distributed through channels established by
the high school or the organization conducting the fundraising
activity; and
• The donated funds are not earmarked for a specific PSA.
Official Interpretation [Reference: 7/24/14, Item No. 1]
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