Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question:
Who can you "use" to help you recruit your future stars?
Answer:
The "Permissible Recruiters" bylaw [13.1.2] covers these regulations and we can sum them up here: IU staff members can interact with your recruits while the recruits are here on campus, and so can current student-athletes. Beyond that, there's some fixed limits.
- Alumni, boosters, fans may NOT interact with your prospects, other than if they run into you or insist on introducing themselves (fans that is). That's about all you/they can do. It should not be pre-arranged. Pictures with fans, etc. are NOT a good idea and should be avoided.
- IU Trustees are NOT employees and thus may not be involved in recruiting on- or off-campus; same for famous ex-players of yours (unless they are employed here). Again, pictures with such people are a no-no.
- High-falutin', famous, rich or privileged individuals are also not permissible recruiters, unless they are also IU staff members. So President McRobbie is a go, but Trent Green is not. Fred Glass is a gimme, but Jared Jeffries should stay away from our prospects, their events and their families too.
- As said, "incidental contact" is permissible, but like a first love, it should be accidental, fleeting and should end fast.
- On official visits, spouses and children of coaches can be involved and around (but not friends or parents). For unofficial visits, the spouse-child thing is also OK if everything remains on campus.
- Faculty members and any IU Athletics Employee can be around, and - on official visits - may go off-campus up to 30 miles with the prospects and prospect's family.
- Current student-athlete's parents/family are NOT permissible recruiters and thus must be kept apart from the prospects and the prospect's family. If you are having tailgates or other organized recruiting functions and activities, the recruits must be "physically separated" form non-permissible recruiters. While you cannot physically prevent people who know each other from interacting, if you arrange such activity, it would be an issue.
- Clearly most problems of this nature come from the prospects talking to media about what they did / who they met, or from law-abiding citizens noticing dodgy stuff going on, so you have been alerted! Perception killed the coach.
So, for all our personnel, from coaches directly recruiting to Varsity Club members entertaining guests, we need everyone to understand who can do what: please keep any interaction between non-IU employees and your prospects to an "unarranged" minimum (greeting only) and life will be pure and simple. Thanks and despite the nagging, we want you to have TONS of success with the brightest and best prospects out there.
Question:
Who can you "use" to help you recruit your future stars?
Answer:
The "Permissible Recruiters" bylaw [13.1.2] covers these regulations and we can sum them up here: IU staff members can interact with your recruits while the recruits are here on campus, and so can current student-athletes. Beyond that, there's some fixed limits.
- Alumni, boosters, fans may NOT interact with your prospects, other than if they run into you or insist on introducing themselves (fans that is). That's about all you/they can do. It should not be pre-arranged. Pictures with fans, etc. are NOT a good idea and should be avoided.
- IU Trustees are NOT employees and thus may not be involved in recruiting on- or off-campus; same for famous ex-players of yours (unless they are employed here). Again, pictures with such people are a no-no.
- High-falutin', famous, rich or privileged individuals are also not permissible recruiters, unless they are also IU staff members. So President McRobbie is a go, but Trent Green is not. Fred Glass is a gimme, but Jared Jeffries should stay away from our prospects, their events and their families too.
- As said, "incidental contact" is permissible, but like a first love, it should be accidental, fleeting and should end fast.
- On official visits, spouses and children of coaches can be involved and around (but not friends or parents). For unofficial visits, the spouse-child thing is also OK if everything remains on campus.
- Faculty members and any IU Athletics Employee can be around, and - on official visits - may go off-campus up to 30 miles with the prospects and prospect's family.
- Current student-athlete's parents/family are NOT permissible recruiters and thus must be kept apart from the prospects and the prospect's family. If you are having tailgates or other organized recruiting functions and activities, the recruits must be "physically separated" form non-permissible recruiters. While you cannot physically prevent people who know each other from interacting, if you arrange such activity, it would be an issue.
- Clearly most problems of this nature come from the prospects talking to media about what they did / who they met, or from law-abiding citizens noticing dodgy stuff going on, so you have been alerted! Perception killed the coach.
So, for all our personnel, from coaches directly recruiting to Varsity Club members entertaining guests, we need everyone to understand who can do what: please keep any interaction between non-IU employees and your prospects to an "unarranged" minimum (greeting only) and life will be pure and simple. Thanks and despite the nagging, we want you to have TONS of success with the brightest and best prospects out there.