Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question:
It's the month of May (for basketball - consider it April, not May) and an IU coach is out recruiting. The coach is visiting high schools. While at a high school, can the coach have contact with a prospect who has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend IU this fall? If so, is it a countable contact? [Reminder: This answer will vary by sport.]
Answer:
All Sports, but Basketball and Football: Yes, a coach can have contact with a prospect who has signed an NLI and it would not be one of the seven recruiting opportunities (not a countable contact) for that prospect. [13.1.6.3] According to 13.1.8.1, since contact was made with a prospect, the coach would not need to count that as an evaluation for all prospects in that sport at that educational institution.
Basketball: April is a mixed month in terms of the periods (some days are contact, some are quiet and some are even dead surrounding the spring signing date), so as long as the coach was visiting on a contact period day and there was no competition going on that day, then the coach could contact a prospect who had signed an NLI and it would not count towards the limit of 5 recruiting opportunities. It would, however, count as an evaluation for all other prospects at that high school and would count towards their individual limit of 5 recruiting opportunities, assuming none of them had also signed. Technically, a basketball coach could contact a prospect who had signed an NLI during a quiet period as well on non-competition days, not during a dead period of course, but that contact could not occur at the high school (contact with a signed PSA in the sports of basketball and football at the PSA's educational institution must occur during a contact period). [13.1.6.3-(a)] (Answer provided courtesy of new coach, Paul Nixon!)
Football: No, a coach may NOT have contact during May while he is on the road during the Spring Evaluation Period. Even though the prospect has signed an NLI, the rules still state that contact with a signed PSA at the PSA's educational institution can only occur during a permissible contact period. [13.1.6.3-(a)]
Question:
It's the month of May (for basketball - consider it April, not May) and an IU coach is out recruiting. The coach is visiting high schools. While at a high school, can the coach have contact with a prospect who has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend IU this fall? If so, is it a countable contact? [Reminder: This answer will vary by sport.]
Answer:
All Sports, but Basketball and Football: Yes, a coach can have contact with a prospect who has signed an NLI and it would not be one of the seven recruiting opportunities (not a countable contact) for that prospect. [13.1.6.3] According to 13.1.8.1, since contact was made with a prospect, the coach would not need to count that as an evaluation for all prospects in that sport at that educational institution.
Basketball: April is a mixed month in terms of the periods (some days are contact, some are quiet and some are even dead surrounding the spring signing date), so as long as the coach was visiting on a contact period day and there was no competition going on that day, then the coach could contact a prospect who had signed an NLI and it would not count towards the limit of 5 recruiting opportunities. It would, however, count as an evaluation for all other prospects at that high school and would count towards their individual limit of 5 recruiting opportunities, assuming none of them had also signed. Technically, a basketball coach could contact a prospect who had signed an NLI during a quiet period as well on non-competition days, not during a dead period of course, but that contact could not occur at the high school (contact with a signed PSA in the sports of basketball and football at the PSA's educational institution must occur during a contact period). [13.1.6.3-(a)] (Answer provided courtesy of new coach, Paul Nixon!)
Football: No, a coach may NOT have contact during May while he is on the road during the Spring Evaluation Period. Even though the prospect has signed an NLI, the rules still state that contact with a signed PSA at the PSA's educational institution can only occur during a permissible contact period. [13.1.6.3-(a)]