Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question:
Is it permissible to include prospects at a (student-athlete's) parent's weekend dinner at a coach's house?
Answer:
No, parents of student-athletes are not listed as permissible recruiters in Bylaw 13.1.2 and they should not have any contact with prospects or the parents of prospects (unless they fit within the established family friend/neighbor exception and such contact is not made for recruiting purposes per 13.1.2.2-(d)). So, if a prospect is on a recruiting visit to IU, only unavoidable incidental contact (such as a "bump and greet" in the parking lot or lobby on the way to a competition) by a student-athlete's parent who is an established family friend/neighbor of the prospect would be permissible.
If you are hosting your annual team banquet in a more formal setting than your home and it coincides with a recruiting weekend, as long as you educate everyone regarding the recruiting rules and segregate the recruits and their parents from the parents of your current (or former) student-athletes, it would be permissible to have all of them attend the banquet. Ultimately, the head coach is responsible for ensuring that no interaction occurs between parents of student-athletes and prospects (and their parents).
These rules also apply to former student-athletes as well as they are also not listed as permissible recruiters.
Question:
Is it permissible to include prospects at a (student-athlete's) parent's weekend dinner at a coach's house?
Answer:
No, parents of student-athletes are not listed as permissible recruiters in Bylaw 13.1.2 and they should not have any contact with prospects or the parents of prospects (unless they fit within the established family friend/neighbor exception and such contact is not made for recruiting purposes per 13.1.2.2-(d)). So, if a prospect is on a recruiting visit to IU, only unavoidable incidental contact (such as a "bump and greet" in the parking lot or lobby on the way to a competition) by a student-athlete's parent who is an established family friend/neighbor of the prospect would be permissible.
If you are hosting your annual team banquet in a more formal setting than your home and it coincides with a recruiting weekend, as long as you educate everyone regarding the recruiting rules and segregate the recruits and their parents from the parents of your current (or former) student-athletes, it would be permissible to have all of them attend the banquet. Ultimately, the head coach is responsible for ensuring that no interaction occurs between parents of student-athletes and prospects (and their parents).
These rules also apply to former student-athletes as well as they are also not listed as permissible recruiters.