Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question:
Can Coach Grimace contact Donald McRonald, a sophomore and basketball stand-out at The Hamburglar University (a four-year, NCAA collegiate institution)?
Answer:
Yes, but, before Coach Grimace may contact Donald McRonald, he must comply with Bylaw 13.1.1.3, which states: an athletics staff member or other representative of the institution's athletics interests shall not make contact with the student-athlete of another NCAA or NAIA four-year collegiate institution, directly or indirectly, without first obtaining the written permission of the first institution's athletics director (or an athletics administrator designated by the athletics director) to do so, regardless of who makes the initial contact.
Coach Grimace will have to first contact Mr. Burr Gerking (the Athletics Director at The Hamburglar University, the "first institution") and receive written permission before making contact with Donald. If Donald was at a 2-year school (JUCO, etc.) instead of a 4 year school, you would not need permission to contact him. Four year college contact rules apply to prospect's relatives also, and there's no "relaxing" of these rules just because you may know an individual from past recruiting, coaching, camps and such.
Remember - once you get Permission to Contact a transfer, you must treat that individual as a "High School Senior" in that you only get ONE countable call per week to him/her. (ALL sports have only one call, even those who can call seniors twice a week or more). No texting is permissible. Written correspondence is the same as for a H.S. senior and if it's after October 15th of their college freshman year, they can come on an official visit - with the appropriate documentation that is. JUCO Non-Qualifiers can neither officially visit nor be contacted during their first year at the two-year college. Document all activity please - and let us know names and numbers as always. Also, think about that highlighted bit.....is talking to this individual's coach considered "indirect contact"?? I bet some would say it is.....tread carefully in these waters, mes amis. The sharks are biting.
Question:
Can Coach Grimace contact Donald McRonald, a sophomore and basketball stand-out at The Hamburglar University (a four-year, NCAA collegiate institution)?
Answer:
Yes, but, before Coach Grimace may contact Donald McRonald, he must comply with Bylaw 13.1.1.3, which states: an athletics staff member or other representative of the institution's athletics interests shall not make contact with the student-athlete of another NCAA or NAIA four-year collegiate institution, directly or indirectly, without first obtaining the written permission of the first institution's athletics director (or an athletics administrator designated by the athletics director) to do so, regardless of who makes the initial contact.
Coach Grimace will have to first contact Mr. Burr Gerking (the Athletics Director at The Hamburglar University, the "first institution") and receive written permission before making contact with Donald. If Donald was at a 2-year school (JUCO, etc.) instead of a 4 year school, you would not need permission to contact him. Four year college contact rules apply to prospect's relatives also, and there's no "relaxing" of these rules just because you may know an individual from past recruiting, coaching, camps and such.
Remember - once you get Permission to Contact a transfer, you must treat that individual as a "High School Senior" in that you only get ONE countable call per week to him/her. (ALL sports have only one call, even those who can call seniors twice a week or more). No texting is permissible. Written correspondence is the same as for a H.S. senior and if it's after October 15th of their college freshman year, they can come on an official visit - with the appropriate documentation that is. JUCO Non-Qualifiers can neither officially visit nor be contacted during their first year at the two-year college. Document all activity please - and let us know names and numbers as always. Also, think about that highlighted bit.....is talking to this individual's coach considered "indirect contact"?? I bet some would say it is.....tread carefully in these waters, mes amis. The sharks are biting.