Rules Education May 2010. AGENDA Compliance Reminders What is due? Recruiting Models Review of 2009-10 Legislation For Test Coaches Exam Review

Rules Education

May 2010

AGENDA

• Compliance Reminders

• What is due?

• Recruiting Models

• Review of 2009-10 Legislation For Test

• Coaches Exam Review

Electronically Transmitted Correspondence•You may send email using a social networking Web site’s email feature (MySpace, Facebook).

•You may “friend” a PSA on the social networking sites. This confirms only your potential recruitment of the PSA. Only when it is permissible to send e-mail (jr/sr)

•You MAY NOT send electronic correspondence to the PSA via the comments feature on MySpace or the wall-to-wall feature on Facebook.

•You MAY NOT comment about the ability or contributions of the PSA on the site.

•Text Messaging and IM is not allowed.

What’s Due?

• Competition Reports Due

• Year End Athletic Awards Due

• Summer Equipment Forms Due

New Recruiting Models

• Model 1- Restrictive

• Model 2- Middle of the Road

• Model 3- Open recruiting Model

Recruiting Models

• Model 1- Restrictive

• Model 2- Middle of the Road

• Model 3-Open Recruiting Model

Proposal No. 2009-16-BPersonnel- Limits on Coaches- Fall Evaluation Period- Exception •Ten coaches can evaluate any PSA at any one time during one week (7 consecutive days) during the fall evaluation period in which no regular season competition is scheduled

•Must be put in writing prior to the first contest.

•Effective: August 1, 2010.

Proposal No. 2009-18Personnel and Recruiting- Coordinator Functions- Exception- Noncoaching Staff Members- Telephone Calls- OV

•A noncoaching staff member, noncountable coach, and athletics department staff member can initiate a call and receive calls from a PSA/parents during the OV transportation and during the visit.•Effective: August 1, 2010.

Proposal No. 2009-20Personnel- Limits on Off-Campus recruiters- On campus events- Women’s Basketball •In women’s basketball to specify that a coaching staff member who attends an athletics event on the institution’s campus that involves WBB PSA’s, is considered an off-campus recruiter. •Effective: August 1, 2010.

Proposal No. 2009-26Recruiting-Dead Period Exception- Unofficial visit after NLI signing

– A PSA who signed an NLI is permitted to make an Unofficial visit during a dead period to the institution’s campus.


Proposal No. 2009-27Recruiting- Evaluation Days- Spring- Football •In football to specify that the spring evaluation period shall consist of 168 days(excluding Memorial Day and Sundays) from April 15 through May 31, selected at the discretion of the institution and designated in writing.

•Effective: August 1, 2010

Proposal No. 2009-30-ARecruiting-noncoaching staff members- basketball

•In basketball, a noncoaching staff member (director of ops) shall not attend an off-campus athletics event involving PSA’s

•Only if the staff member is an immediate family member or guardian of one of the participants

– Attendance shall not be for evaluation purposes (the staff member shall not provide information related to the performance of a prospective student-athlete back to the institution's coaching staff); and

– (ii) The staff member shall not have direct contact with a prospective student-athlete or a prospective student-athlete's parent (or legal guardian) or coach (other than the immediate family member) participating in the activity.

•Effective: Immediate.

Proposal No. 2009-33Recruiting- Telephone Calls- Exception- Unlimited after Receipt of financial deposit. •On or after May 1st of a PSA’s senior year in HS, there is no limit on the # of calls by an institution to the PSA provided we have received the PSA’s deposit.


Proposal No. 2009-37

Recruiting- Summer Eval Period- WBB

•In WBB, to prohibit evaluations at noninstitutional nonorganzied events (pick-up games, etc) during the summer evaluation period.


Proposal No. 2009-40Recruiting- Printed Recruiting Materials- General Correspondence- Letterhead

•See handout.



Recruiting- Materials- Athletics Publications- No printed publications to PSA’s

•Shall not provide a printed media guide or any other printed athletics publication not listed in Bylaw 13.4.1.1 to a PSA/parents/the high school/or coach.



Recruiting-Materials- Electronic- after Deposit.

•On or after May 1st of a PSA’s senior year there is no limit on the forms of electronic transmitted correspondence that may be sent by an institution to the PSA as long as they have deposited.



Recruiting- Materials- Video/Audio- Computer Generated Recruiting Materials

•An institution may produce video or audio material to show to, play for or give to a PSA, provided it is general information related to an institution or its athletics programs and is not created for recruiting purposes, further, to specify that a computer generated recruiting presentation may include general informational video/audio material that relates to an institution or its athletics programs and is not created for recruiting purposes.


Proposal No. 2009-47-B

Recruiting- Letter of Intent- Written Offer of Aid

•Prior to August 1st of a PSA’s senior year in high school, an institution shall not provide a written offer of athletic aid or indicate in writing to the PSA that an athletic grant will be offered.


Proposal No. 2009-51-B

Recruiting- Camps-Basketball

•In basketball, to specify that an institution's camp or clinic shall be conducted on the institution’s campus or within a 100 mile radius of the institution’s campus.



Recruiting- Scouting- Criteria for subscriptions

•See handout



Recruiting- Sports Camps- Definition of Recruited PSA- Men’s Basketball

•See handout.



Personnel and Recruiting- Employment of HS coach associated with PSA- Noncoaching Staff- Men’s Basketball

•2 year period before and after a PSA’s anticipated enrollment, an institution shall not employ and individual associated with a PSA in a noncoaching staff position.


Proposal No. 2009-101-1

Recruiting- Sports Camps- Recruiting Conversations During Camps

•To amend Proposal No 2009-101 to specify that, in men’s basketball it is permissible for an institution’s men’s basketball coaches to engage in recruiting conversations with PSA’s during the institution's men’s basketball camps or clinics.


Review & Sample Questions

Questions• In basketball, an institution’s coach may be involved

in nonscholastic based basketball (local club) under which of the following conditions?

A) The team includes the coach’s child and the team participants are of the opposite gender than the team the staff member is associated with at the institution.

B) Basketball coaches are not permitted to be involved in any manner with nonscholastic based basketball

C) Both a and b.

D) None of the above.

A 13.11.1.5, 13.11.2.3

A basketball PSA may participate in voluntary summer

conditioning provided:

A. The institution accepts a medical examination conducted by the PSA’s family physician six months prior to the start of the voluntary summer conditioning program.

B. The PSA has signed a NLI or is enrolled in the institution’s summer term.

C. A PSA has verbally committed to the institution.

D. A and B

D. 13.11.3.9

It is NOT permissible to communicate with the prospective student-athlete, the prospective student-athlete's relatives or legal guardians, the prospective student-athlete's coach or any individual associated with the prospective student-athlete's, as a result of the prospective student athlete's participation in basketball, directly or indirectly, during the time period when a prospective student-athlete is participating in which of the following?

A. Any basketball event during the academic year that is not part of the PSA’s normal high school season.

B. Nonscholastic events during the April contact period.C. Summer certified events during the July evaluation

period.D. All of the above.

D. 13.1.7.2.2

While evaluating a summer men's basketball certified event during a permissible evaluation period, an institution's basketball coach leaves a note at the hotel for a prospective

student-athlete participating in the event prior to the start of the competition. After the completion of the first game, the institution's coach meets with the prospective student-athlete's nonscholastic coach to discuss the game. After the prospective student-athlete has completed his last game and has been released by his coach, the coach calls the prospective student-athlete's parents at home to tell them how great the prospective

student-athlete played. Which of the following are violations of NCAA rules?

A. The note to the PSAB. Contact with the PSA’s nonscholastic

coachC. The phone call to the PSA’s parentsD. A and B

D. 13.1.7.2.2 (b)

Your institution may host a group workout or combine (i.e., devoted to agility, flexibility, speed or strength tests) involving prospective student-athletes, provided the athletics department staff is not involved in conducting the activity, except for activities incidental to supervising the facilities.

A. True

B. False

B. 13.11.1.6

On Thursday night, an institution's coach picks up a prospective student-athlete from the nearest major airport on arrival for an official visit. The coach drives

the prospective student-athlete directly to an off-campus hotel andinstructs the prospective student-athlete to have dinner on his or her own at some point during the evening. The next morning, the coach transports the prospective student-athlete from the hotel to campus. When does the 48-

hour period begin for this prospective student-athlete's official visit?

A. Once the coach begins to transport the PSA from the airport.

B. Once the PSA arrives on campus Friday morning.C. Once the PSA arrives at the hotel on Thursday

nightD. Once the PSA has dinner on his or her own.

B 13.5.2.4 13.6.4.1

Participation by a prospective student-athlete in open events conducted by or held on the campus of an

institution shall not be considered tryouts.

A. True

B. False

A 13.11.3.1

During June, July and August, a women's basketball coach may be employed, volunteer or guest lecture at a noninstitutional (i.e., privately

owned) basketball camp or clinic that is conducted by a scouting service and in which prospective student-athletes participate, if the

camp or clinic is operated in accordance with restrictions applicable to institutional camps or clinics.

A. True

B. False

B 13.12.2.3.1

After a PSA has signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) with an institution, the coach is permitted to have in-person, on- or off-

campus contact with the prospective student-athlete at any timeregardless of the recruiting period.

A. True

B. False

B. 13.1.6.8 13.1.6.8.1 13.1.6.8.2

Which of the following expenses is a permissible form of pay under NCAA Division I amateurism regulations?

• A) Actual and necessary expenses for practice and competition from an amateur sports team.

• B) Cash.• C) Educational expenses provided directly to a

prospective student-athlete (as opposed to the educational institution on behalf of the prospective student-athlete).

• D) All of the above are permissible forms of pay

A.

It is permissible for a football coach at an institution located in the state of Pennsylvania to conduct several institutional camps in Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri in order to attract

more prospective student-athletes from the Midwest.

A. True

B. False

B. 13.12.1.2

During the month of July, an institution's football coach lectures at a noninstitutional (i.e., privately owned) football camp in which

prospective student-athletes participate. The camp is operated under restrictions applicable to institutional camps and clinics (e.g., held

during two periods of 15 consecutive days, no free or reducedadmission). The coach's participation in the camp is permissible.

A. True

B. False

A. 13.12.2.3.3

In the sport of football, under what circumstances may an institution (other than

a service academy) provide more than 56 Official visits in a year?

A. The institution does not subscribe to the NLI in football.B. The institution hired a new football coach and the

previous head coach used 75% or more of the permissible number of official visits for the academic year.

C. The institution has six unused visits from the previous adacemic year.

D. All of the above.

D 13.6.2.6

In football, when is it permissible for the head coach to make a telephone call to a

prospective student-athlete whois in his junior year in high school?

• A) April 15 through May 31.

• B) May 1 through June 15.

• C) The month of February.

• D) The month of March.

A.

Outside of the contact period, a member of the football coaching staff may speak at a banquet at

which prospective student-athletes are in attendance, provided ____________.

• A) It is not a dead period and the coach does not engage in evaluation activities.

• B) The coach does not make a recruiting presentation in conjunction with the appearance.

• C) The coach does not have direct contact with any prospective student-athlete in attendance.

• D) All of the conditions above are met.

D 13.1.9.1. (c) (2)

A visit to a prospective student-athlete's high school, preparatory school or two-year college, or an evaluation atany site that occurs during a contact period shall constitute

a contact (for all senior prospective student-athletesin that sport at the educational institution) for that particular

week.

A. True

B. False

A 13.02.3.1 13.1.5.1.2

Prior to initial full-time enrollment at University Tech, a four year college, a prospective student-athlete enrolls in summer school and receives athletically-related financial aid. The prospective student-athlete decides not to enroll in any institution in fall 2010. Instead, the prospective student-athlete decides to enroll at State University inspring 2011. This prospective student-athlete is considered a transfer upon enrollment at State University.

A. True

B. False

A 14.5.2 (h)

Other Info You Should Know

• Amateurism (12)– Definition of Professional Team– Amateur status

• Recruiting (13) – Majority of Questions– Know all definitions (contact, quiet period, evaluation,

competition site, calls, visits, NLI, camps, boosters, etc)– Offers/precollege expenses– Employment of PSA’s– Recruiting Materials– Transportation– Tryouts/Camps/Clinics– Publicity

Other Info You Should Know

• Initial-Eligibility Requirements (14)– Qualifier/ Non Qualifier– Freshman Eligibility– Continuing Eligibility– Transfers

• Financial Aid (15)– Terms of awards– Increase/Decrease rules– Renewals/Nonrenewal procedures

Documents

Rules Education May 2010. AGENDA Compliance Reminders What is due? Recruiting Models Review of 2009-10 Legislation For Test Coaches Exam Review