Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question:
I'm out recruiting, emblazoned in more Cream and Crimson than a cranberry sundae, and I need to know who I can talk to, have contact with, call, etc? What's the scoop?
Answer:
You'll be very surprised to hear that this answer differs depending on your sport, and of course, your recruiting period. Let's break it down (link to the musical reference of your choice here).
- Firstly, men's and women's basketball, please continue to do your thing whereby you can't talk to pretty much ANYONE during your summer evaluating periods. Portions of the rest of this WILL apply to you as will some of the attached document.
- Secondly, the term "recruiting" here Is going to refer to: evaluations, contacts and telephone calls. Maybe even some mail/e-mail too. And as we know, only coaches who are certified to recruit off campus can do it. Certain other staff have the ability to so various things while on campus, and that's a story for another day. Meantime: ask.
- Essentially, you can't have any contact with a prospect on the day or days of competition. And for this particular bylaw (13.1.6.2) the NCAA craftily redefines the normal "contact" definition to include telephone calls. So, you can't call a prospect on the day of competition, until after all competition is completed for their tournament, and they have been dismissed from the competition. Does this mean you are supposed to know the competitions schedules of all the recruits that you call? Yes.
- Don't call on a Saturday night if the tournament/event continues on the Sunday. (for example).
- And more commonly, let's remember that impermissible contact includes placing yourself somewhere where the recruit will "accidently" bump into you and you get to exchange a greeting that is not otherwise incidental. That's impermissible, regardless of the exchange of greeting. Read the bylaws we've pasted and highlighted below.
- Also, you can't pass on notes, or messages through a "go-between" before or during competition.
- Pre-comp contact is not even allowed if you have that prospect here on an official or unofficial visit. PSAs who "pop down" to Bloomington during an Indy tournament for example CANNOT have an unofficial visit with you until their competition is entirely over.
- What you CAN do includes:
o Watch and evaluate the prospects, make notes and document it all for Compliance.
o Film it if you want.
o Wait for the end of competition and "team release", then have contact with a SENIOR prospect, assuming you are in a contact period and you count it as one of your permissible 3 contacts (different for football who have 6 contacts in a 6 week period in winter).
o Have contact with the parents of a senior DURING (or before) the competition, assuming that it's a permissible contact per above, and you count it as one of your 3 contacts - and document it as such. Remember that you can count any number of contacts on the SAME calendar day as one contact, so hanging with Mom during the game, then chatting with the recruit after the comp is over is OK and would still just be one contact. And one evaluation - if it's during the academic year; evals don't count in summer. (But contacts ALWAYS count).
o Read the attached document, and the other Back to Basics stuff and become a recruiting guru - and by association - a "saint". As it were.
o Ask questions whenever you are in doubt.
Question:
I'm out recruiting, emblazoned in more Cream and Crimson than a cranberry sundae, and I need to know who I can talk to, have contact with, call, etc? What's the scoop?
Answer:
You'll be very surprised to hear that this answer differs depending on your sport, and of course, your recruiting period. Let's break it down (link to the musical reference of your choice here).
- Firstly, men's and women's basketball, please continue to do your thing whereby you can't talk to pretty much ANYONE during your summer evaluating periods. Portions of the rest of this WILL apply to you as will some of the attached document.
- Secondly, the term "recruiting" here Is going to refer to: evaluations, contacts and telephone calls. Maybe even some mail/e-mail too. And as we know, only coaches who are certified to recruit off campus can do it. Certain other staff have the ability to so various things while on campus, and that's a story for another day. Meantime: ask.
- Essentially, you can't have any contact with a prospect on the day or days of competition. And for this particular bylaw (13.1.6.2) the NCAA craftily redefines the normal "contact" definition to include telephone calls. So, you can't call a prospect on the day of competition, until after all competition is completed for their tournament, and they have been dismissed from the competition. Does this mean you are supposed to know the competitions schedules of all the recruits that you call? Yes.
- Don't call on a Saturday night if the tournament/event continues on the Sunday. (for example).
- And more commonly, let's remember that impermissible contact includes placing yourself somewhere where the recruit will "accidently" bump into you and you get to exchange a greeting that is not otherwise incidental. That's impermissible, regardless of the exchange of greeting. Read the bylaws we've pasted and highlighted below.
- Also, you can't pass on notes, or messages through a "go-between" before or during competition.
- Pre-comp contact is not even allowed if you have that prospect here on an official or unofficial visit. PSAs who "pop down" to Bloomington during an Indy tournament for example CANNOT have an unofficial visit with you until their competition is entirely over.
- What you CAN do includes:
o Watch and evaluate the prospects, make notes and document it all for Compliance.
o Film it if you want.
o Wait for the end of competition and "team release", then have contact with a SENIOR prospect, assuming you are in a contact period and you count it as one of your permissible 3 contacts (different for football who have 6 contacts in a 6 week period in winter).
o Have contact with the parents of a senior DURING (or before) the competition, assuming that it's a permissible contact per above, and you count it as one of your 3 contacts - and document it as such. Remember that you can count any number of contacts on the SAME calendar day as one contact, so hanging with Mom during the game, then chatting with the recruit after the comp is over is OK and would still just be one contact. And one evaluation - if it's during the academic year; evals don't count in summer. (But contacts ALWAYS count).
o Read the attached document, and the other Back to Basics stuff and become a recruiting guru - and by association - a "saint". As it were.
o Ask questions whenever you are in doubt.