Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question:
Question No. 1: Can we provide prospects with sport stickers that are printed by our marketing office?
A: Yes, but only if they are made available to any member of the general public who asks for a sticker.
B: Yes, but only if a prospect is on an official/unofficial visit.
C: No, stickers are not listed as a permissible printed recruiting material.
Question No. 2: True or False: We can pay for a prospect's transportation expenses to travel to and from IU on an official visit during a dead period.
Answer:
Answer No. 1: C - The stickers can not be provided to a prospect (or enrolled student-athlete); however, if they are placed for any member of the general public to take one, then it would be okay for a prospect to pick up a sticker (they should not be encouraged to take the item unless they first inquire if it's okay to take one). We also accepted ?C;A?D; as a correct answer as long as the responder clarified that the prospect was just taking a sticker or promotional item from a public area just like any other member of the general public.
Answer No. 2: True, as long as no part of the official visit occurs during the dead period and an institutional staff member would not be permitted to provide transportation to a prospect related to the official visit (e.g., prospect would have to take Bloomington Shuttle to and from Indianapolis airport). See NCAA Staff Interpretation below.
For example, a prospect may fly in on Thursday evening of the upcoming DEAD period (Nov 13) to the Indy airport, and be picked up by the Bloomington Shuttle and stay at an off-campus hotel Thursday night, provided we don't have any face-to-face in person contact with him/her until 12:01 a.m. Friday (11/14) (or more than likely later that morning) and the official visit doesn't begin until that time.
Prospect Traveling To and From a Member Institution on an Official Visit During the Dead Period: Reviewed Bylaws 13.02.4.4 (dead period) and 13.7.2.1 (48-hour period defined) and determined that a member institution may provide transportation expenses to a prospect to travel to and from the institution during the dead period, provided no part of the official visit occurs during the dead period; further, confirmed that an institutional staff member would not be permitted to provide such transportation to a prospect related to an official visit during a dead period. [S 04/15/92]