Compliance Thought of the Day
Which of the following may be sent to a golf prospect during her sophomore year of high school?
- Questionnaires
- Recruiting Letter
- Media Guide
- All of the Above
The answer is A- Questionnaires.
13.4.1 Recruiting Materials
In sports other than men's basketball, a member institution may not provide recruiting materials to a prospective student-athlete (including general correspondence related to athletics) until September 1 at the beginning of the prospective student-athlete's junior year in high school. Men's basketball, an institution may not provide recruiting materials to a prospective student-athlete (including general correspondence related to athletics) until June 15 at the conclusion of the prospective student-athlete's sophomore year in high school. Violations of this bylaw shall be considered institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1; however, they shall not affect the prospective student-athlete's eligibility.
13.4.1.1 Printed Recruiting Materials
As specified below, an institution may provide the following printed materials to prospective student-athletes, coaches of prospective student-athletes or any other individual responsible for teaching or directing an activity in which a prospective student-athlete is involved: (Adopted: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05 for publications prepared for the 2005-06 academic year and after)
(a) General Correspondence. General correspondence, including letters and postcards issued by the U.S. postal service (i.e., blank cards) and institutional note cards may be sent to a prospective student-athlete only by mail. Attachments to general correspondence may include materials printed on plain white paper with black ink. In Divisions I-A and I-AA football, the content of all general recruiting correspondence to prospective student-athletes (or prospective student-athletes' parents or legal guardians) must be prepared by the head coach or one of the full-time assistant coaches. It is not permissible for an institution's president or chancellor or director of athletics to prepare general correspondence to football prospective student-athletes. (Revised: 3/8/06)
(b) Business Cards.
(c) Camp Brochures. Camp brochures may be provided to a prospective student-athlete. Brochures are not restricted by content or design, but are restricted to a single two-sided sheet, not to exceed 17" X 22" when opened in full. (Note: These brochures may be provided to a prospective student-athlete prior to September 1 at the beginning of the prospective student-athlete's junior year in high school.) (See also Bylaw 12.5.1.7.)
(d) Questionnaires. An institution may provide questionnaires to a prospective student-athlete prior to September 1 at the beginning of the prospective student-athlete's junior year in high school.
(e) Nonathletics Institutional Publications. An institution may provide nonathletics institutional publications available to all students at any time (e.g., official academic, admissions and student-services publications published by the institution and available to all students).
(f) NCAA Educational Material Published by the NCAA (e.g., NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete). (Note: This information may be provided to a prospective student-athlete prior to September 1 at the beginning of the prospective student-athlete's junior year in high school.)
(g) Athletics Publications. An institution may produce a recruiting brochure or media guide (but not both) and provide the publication to a prospective student-athlete. The publications may have only one color printing inside the cover and may not exceeding 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size and 208 pages in length. An institution may not produce a separate media guide that is intended to supplement the one permissible recruiting brochure or media guide. Such supplemental information (e.g., historical information, record) may be posted on the institution's Web site and may be printed in black and white, and provided to the media. An institution may not create a portfolio of information (e.g., pictures) to be shown to prospective student-athletes during the recruiting process unless it is considered the institution's one permissible athletics recruiting publications. An institution may produce additional media publications for separate purposes (e.g., postseason media guide, spring football practice guide), provided the additional publications are not provided to prospective student-athletes. (Revised: 3/23/05, 4/28/05, 5/12/05)
(h) Game Programs. Game programs (which may not include posters) may be provided to prospective student-athletes only during official and unofficial recruiting visits and may not be mailed.