| Legislation Currently
Under Consideration:
2003-32 Recruiting-Printed
Recruiting Materials
Status: Management Council Initial
Formal Consideration Process Diagram
Intent: To permit an institution to
send to prospects, prospects’ coaches and any other individual
responsible for teaching or directing an activity in which a prospect
is involved only general correspondence, questionnaires, camp
brochures, institutionally prepared (nonathletics) publications
available to all students, NCAA educational materials and business
cards; further, to permit all other recruiting materials to be posted
on the institution’s Web site; however such items may not be printed
from the Web and providing them to prospects via mail or during
visits.
Bylaws: Amend 13.4.1 by adding new
13.4.1.2, pages 101-102, as follows:
“13.4.1 Printed
Recruiting Materials. In sports other than men’s basketball, a
member
institution may not provide recruiting materials to a prospect
(including general correspondence related to athletics) until
September 1 at the beginning of the prospect’s junior year in
high school. In the sport of men’s basketball, an institution
may not provide recruiting materials to a prospect (including
general correspondence related to athletics) until the
conclusion of the prospect’s sophomore year in high school.
Member institutions are permitted to provide only the printed
materials listed below to prospects, coaches of prospects or any
other individual responsible for teaching or directing an
activity in which a prospect is involved. A member institution
is not permitted to provide prospects with any recruiting
materials not listed below (e.g., films, videotapes, original
newspaper clippings). Violations of this bylaw shall be
considered institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1;
however, they shall not affect the prospective student-athlete’s
eligibility. An institution is permitted to provide prospects,
only general correspondence, questionnaires, camp brochures,
institutionally prepared (nonathletics) publications available
to all students, NCAA educational materials and business cards.
Further, an institution may put all other recruiting materials
on its Web site but may not print such items from the Web site
and provide them to prospects vial mail or during visits.
“(a) Correspondence. General correspondence, including letters
and postcards issued by the U.S. postal service (i.e., blank
cards) and institutional note cards may be sent to a prospect
only by mail. Attachments to general correspondence may include
materials printed on plain white paper with black ink. In
Divisions I-A and I-AA football, the content of all general
recruiting correspondence to prospects (or prospects’ parents or
legal guardians) must be prepared by the head coach or one of
the full-time assistant coaches. It is not permissible for an
institution’s chief executive officer or director of athletics
to prepare general correspondence to football prospects. In
addition, restricted coaches, which in the sport of football are
permissible only in Division I-AA and at the national service
academies in Division I-A, may prepare such correspondence.
“(b) Business Cards. Business cards may be provided to a
prospect.
“(c) Camp Brochures. Camp brochures may be provided to a
prospect. Information contained in camp brochures must relate
specifically to camp events and activities (as opposed to
information that may not be provided to prospects). (Note: These
brochures may be provided to a prospect prior to September 1 at
the beginning of the prospect’s junior year in high school.) |
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