Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
First Set of Questions:
A student at IUPUI wants to transfer to Indiana and in fact is already enrolled and ready to attend the first day of classes on August 27. She did not play her freshman year (last year) at IUPUI, because she was rehabilitating an injury from her senior year in high school. During the rehab process, which she did at NIFS, she discovered that she has become much stronger and quicker than she was in high school and would like to tryout for the softball team at IU. Do we need written permission to contact her? Why or why not?
Second Set of Questions:
Baseball has heard about a JC transfer. He has been at the JC for two years and played baseball one year (2000-2001). He will be attending the JC this fall in order to get his AA degree in December. Do we need permission to contact him? Can he make an official visit? Can he transfer midyear and play in the Spring? How many years (seasons) of eligibility will he have as of January 2002?
Third Set of Questions:
Women's Track & Field is considering a transfer. She attended Radford full time in the Fall of 2000 (to train with a world-renown coach in that area who was NOT affiliated with Radford and she did not practice or compete for Radford), but then transferred back to her hometown school of James Madison to attend part-time in Spring 2001 and train with her original club coach for the World Games which she competed in for the US in Canada this past weekend. She has expressed interest in attending Indiana this Fall. Do we need permission to contact? If so, from which (or both) schools? Does she qualify for the one-time transfer exception? How many transferable credit hours does she need to receive athletics aid, practice and/or compete?
Answers to the First Set of Questions:
Although technically we do not need written permission from IUPUI because she did not practice or compete for them, it is not a bad idea to go ahead and make the call to get the letter faxed to us for our files in the event she was recruited to play (avoid hard feelings between the schools) or (even worse) she actually attended practices and meetings, but just did no physical activity (which would trigger 13.1.1.3 because she then would be considered a "student-athlete" at IUPUI).
Answers to the Second Set of Questions:
No, we do not need permission to contact this prospective transfer (13.1.1.2 does not require written permission for two-year college prospects, just remember that if he was in his first year at the JC and was not a qualifier, then we would not have been able to contact him). He can make an official visit as long as it is after October 15 following the completion of high school and he has not yet exceeded his five additional visits limit. He could transfer midyear as long as he has the requisite transferrable credits to meet satisfactory progress (51 hours per Big Ten, 60 hours per NCAA and have completed 25% of the course requirements in his specific degree program at IU per the NCAA). He would have three seasons of eligibility to play baseball, starting with Spring 2002, as long as he did not play Fall baseball contests. [This answer would be different if the sport was basketball or football and the prospect was NOT a qualifier out of high school - then he or she would also need to have completed 35% (instead of 25%) of his or her course requirements in the student's baccalaureate degree program at IU in order to compete. Also, the football player would only have two seasons of eligibility left as of January 2002 and the basketball player would have three provided he or she did not compete in basketball during the Fall 2001 term.] Finally, a reminder that the transfer (like any other student-athlete) must have completed 75% of his course load during the regular academic year (as opposed to the summer) at the institution he transferred from.
Answers to the Third Set of Questions:
Again, we would not need permission to contact because she was not a student-athlete at Radford and only attended James Madison part-time, but it is not a bad idea to go ahead and get permission from Radford just in case she was recruited or came out for the sport for a week or two (which in HER mind may not have made her a student-athlete). Yes, she qualifies for the one-time transfer exception because her attendance as a part-time student at James Madison did not trigger transfer status. Assuming she was a qualifier out of high school, she will need 24 transferable credit hours in order to receive athletics aid, practice and/or compete per the Big Ten (18 hours passed during the regular academic year).
First Set of Questions:
A student at IUPUI wants to transfer to Indiana and in fact is already enrolled and ready to attend the first day of classes on August 27. She did not play her freshman year (last year) at IUPUI, because she was rehabilitating an injury from her senior year in high school. During the rehab process, which she did at NIFS, she discovered that she has become much stronger and quicker than she was in high school and would like to tryout for the softball team at IU. Do we need written permission to contact her? Why or why not?
Second Set of Questions:
Baseball has heard about a JC transfer. He has been at the JC for two years and played baseball one year (2000-2001). He will be attending the JC this fall in order to get his AA degree in December. Do we need permission to contact him? Can he make an official visit? Can he transfer midyear and play in the Spring? How many years (seasons) of eligibility will he have as of January 2002?
Third Set of Questions:
Women's Track & Field is considering a transfer. She attended Radford full time in the Fall of 2000 (to train with a world-renown coach in that area who was NOT affiliated with Radford and she did not practice or compete for Radford), but then transferred back to her hometown school of James Madison to attend part-time in Spring 2001 and train with her original club coach for the World Games which she competed in for the US in Canada this past weekend. She has expressed interest in attending Indiana this Fall. Do we need permission to contact? If so, from which (or both) schools? Does she qualify for the one-time transfer exception? How many transferable credit hours does she need to receive athletics aid, practice and/or compete?
Answers to the First Set of Questions:
Although technically we do not need written permission from IUPUI because she did not practice or compete for them, it is not a bad idea to go ahead and make the call to get the letter faxed to us for our files in the event she was recruited to play (avoid hard feelings between the schools) or (even worse) she actually attended practices and meetings, but just did no physical activity (which would trigger 13.1.1.3 because she then would be considered a "student-athlete" at IUPUI).
Answers to the Second Set of Questions:
No, we do not need permission to contact this prospective transfer (13.1.1.2 does not require written permission for two-year college prospects, just remember that if he was in his first year at the JC and was not a qualifier, then we would not have been able to contact him). He can make an official visit as long as it is after October 15 following the completion of high school and he has not yet exceeded his five additional visits limit. He could transfer midyear as long as he has the requisite transferrable credits to meet satisfactory progress (51 hours per Big Ten, 60 hours per NCAA and have completed 25% of the course requirements in his specific degree program at IU per the NCAA). He would have three seasons of eligibility to play baseball, starting with Spring 2002, as long as he did not play Fall baseball contests. [This answer would be different if the sport was basketball or football and the prospect was NOT a qualifier out of high school - then he or she would also need to have completed 35% (instead of 25%) of his or her course requirements in the student's baccalaureate degree program at IU in order to compete. Also, the football player would only have two seasons of eligibility left as of January 2002 and the basketball player would have three provided he or she did not compete in basketball during the Fall 2001 term.] Finally, a reminder that the transfer (like any other student-athlete) must have completed 75% of his course load during the regular academic year (as opposed to the summer) at the institution he transferred from.
Answers to the Third Set of Questions:
Again, we would not need permission to contact because she was not a student-athlete at Radford and only attended James Madison part-time, but it is not a bad idea to go ahead and get permission from Radford just in case she was recruited or came out for the sport for a week or two (which in HER mind may not have made her a student-athlete). Yes, she qualifies for the one-time transfer exception because her attendance as a part-time student at James Madison did not trigger transfer status. Assuming she was a qualifier out of high school, she will need 24 transferable credit hours in order to receive athletics aid, practice and/or compete per the Big Ten (18 hours passed during the regular academic year).