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Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question:
When out recruiting (evaluating), are there any rules I should know which would otherwise be on the obscure side? I mean, I know I can't have more than 7 (or 3 or 5!) chances to evaluate anyone during our academic year, but what else is relevant?
Answer:
Or course, there are TONS of obscure rules you should know. Once you've grasped the limitations imposed by your sport-specific calendar and related rules, the rest is details. Really very vitally massively important details, but details nonetheless. Based on the fact that when you watch a team or an event or a heat or a meet, you count an evaluation for everyone you see - and thus should keep on file WHO you see - the following is also thrilling:
13.1.8.1 - Visit (Without Contact) to Prospective Student-Athlete's Educational Institution. A visit (without contact) by a coaching staff member to a prospective student-athlete's educational institution counts as an evaluation for all prospective student-athletes in that sport at that educational institution.
13.1.8.13 - Evaluations in Individual Sports. An institution's coach who is attending a practice or event in which prospective student-athletes from multiple institutions participate in drills (e.g., combine, tournament, camp) or competition in an individual sport on a specific day shall use an evaluation only for those participants who the coach observes engaging in practice or competition. The evaluation is counted even if a contact is made during the same day.
13.1.8.14 - Tournament Evaluations. Evaluation during each day of a tournament held during the academic year shall count as a separate evaluation except as follows (see Bylaw 13.1.5.1.3.1): (Revised: 3/22/06) (a) Evaluation of multiple contests in a tournament that occurs on consecutive days (and normally at the same site) shall count as a single evaluation. (b) Evaluation of multiple contests in a single tier of a tournament (e.g., sectional, district, regional) shall count as a single observation. If a particular tier of a tournament is subdivided into identifiable segments (e.g., conducted on different weekends), evaluation of contests in each identifiable segment counts as a single observation.
13.1.8.14.1 - Other Multi-Day Events. Evaluations at a multiple-day event (e.g., jamboree, round robin, showcase) constitute separate evaluations for each day of the event unless the event is conducted in a tournament format in which a winner of the event is determined. (Adopted: 12/13/05) - this is a tricky bugger this one. If your event is NOT a tournament, with a winner, then EACH day is a separate evaluation regardless of whether they are consecutive or not.
NCAA Educational Column -- Evaluations -- Coaches in Team Sports Observing Multiple Prospective Student-Athletes in an Individual Sport (I) Date Published: April 29, 2008 Type: Educational Column Educational Column: NCAA Division I institutions should note that pursuant to NCAA Bylaw 13.1.8.13, an institution's coach who is attending a practice or event in which prospective student-athletes from multiple institutions participate in drills (e.g., combine, tournament, camp) or competition in an individual sport on a specific day shall use an evaluation only for those participants the coach observes engaging in practice or competition. This legislation applies to coaches in both individual sports (e.g., track and field, swimming and diving) and team sports (e.g., football, soccer). Therefore, if a coach of a team sport evaluates a prospective student-athlete at an individual sport practice or competition, the coach is charged with an evaluation for each prospective student-athlete in the event (e.g., heat) that the coach observes.
Question:
When out recruiting (evaluating), are there any rules I should know which would otherwise be on the obscure side? I mean, I know I can't have more than 7 (or 3 or 5!) chances to evaluate anyone during our academic year, but what else is relevant?
Answer:
Or course, there are TONS of obscure rules you should know. Once you've grasped the limitations imposed by your sport-specific calendar and related rules, the rest is details. Really very vitally massively important details, but details nonetheless. Based on the fact that when you watch a team or an event or a heat or a meet, you count an evaluation for everyone you see - and thus should keep on file WHO you see - the following is also thrilling:
13.1.8.1 - Visit (Without Contact) to Prospective Student-Athlete's Educational Institution. A visit (without contact) by a coaching staff member to a prospective student-athlete's educational institution counts as an evaluation for all prospective student-athletes in that sport at that educational institution.
13.1.8.13 - Evaluations in Individual Sports. An institution's coach who is attending a practice or event in which prospective student-athletes from multiple institutions participate in drills (e.g., combine, tournament, camp) or competition in an individual sport on a specific day shall use an evaluation only for those participants who the coach observes engaging in practice or competition. The evaluation is counted even if a contact is made during the same day.
13.1.8.14 - Tournament Evaluations. Evaluation during each day of a tournament held during the academic year shall count as a separate evaluation except as follows (see Bylaw 13.1.5.1.3.1): (Revised: 3/22/06) (a) Evaluation of multiple contests in a tournament that occurs on consecutive days (and normally at the same site) shall count as a single evaluation. (b) Evaluation of multiple contests in a single tier of a tournament (e.g., sectional, district, regional) shall count as a single observation. If a particular tier of a tournament is subdivided into identifiable segments (e.g., conducted on different weekends), evaluation of contests in each identifiable segment counts as a single observation.
13.1.8.14.1 - Other Multi-Day Events. Evaluations at a multiple-day event (e.g., jamboree, round robin, showcase) constitute separate evaluations for each day of the event unless the event is conducted in a tournament format in which a winner of the event is determined. (Adopted: 12/13/05) - this is a tricky bugger this one. If your event is NOT a tournament, with a winner, then EACH day is a separate evaluation regardless of whether they are consecutive or not.
NCAA Educational Column -- Evaluations -- Coaches in Team Sports Observing Multiple Prospective Student-Athletes in an Individual Sport (I) Date Published: April 29, 2008 Type: Educational Column Educational Column: NCAA Division I institutions should note that pursuant to NCAA Bylaw 13.1.8.13, an institution's coach who is attending a practice or event in which prospective student-athletes from multiple institutions participate in drills (e.g., combine, tournament, camp) or competition in an individual sport on a specific day shall use an evaluation only for those participants the coach observes engaging in practice or competition. This legislation applies to coaches in both individual sports (e.g., track and field, swimming and diving) and team sports (e.g., football, soccer). Therefore, if a coach of a team sport evaluates a prospective student-athlete at an individual sport practice or competition, the coach is charged with an evaluation for each prospective student-athlete in the event (e.g., heat) that the coach observes.