NCAA. LIST OF WHAT, WHERE, AND WHO TO CONTACT
General-ncaa According to the ncaa, you become a "prospective student-athlete" when you start ninth-grade classes . It also says that if you become a "recruited prospective student-athlete" at a particular college if any coach or representative of the college's athletics interests (booster or representative) approaches you (or any member of your family) about enrolling and participating in athletics at that college. Activities by coaches or boosters that cause you to become a recruited prospective student-athlete are by ncaa guidelines:
Providing you with an official visit; Placing more than one telephone call to you or any other member of your family; or Visiting you or any other member of your family anywhere other than the college campus. In addition to general recruiting regulations, no alumni, boosters or representatives of a college's athletics interests can be involved in your recruiting. Also according to the ncaa there can be no phone calls or letters from boosters. The restriction doesn't apply to recruiting by alumni or representatives as part of a college's regular admissions program for all prospective students, including nonathletes. The ncaa also says that you (or your family) may not receive any benefit, inducement or arrangement such as cash, clothing, cars, improper expenses, transportation, gifts or loans to encourage you to sign a National Letter of Intent or attend an NCAA college. Letters from coaches, faculty members and students (but not boosters) aren't permitted until September 1 at the beginning of your junior year.
CAN YOU TALK BY TELEPHONE?Telephone Calls-ncaa In all sports other than football and basketball, phone calls from faculty members and coaches (but not boosters) are not permitted until July 1 after completion of your junior year. After this, in sports other than football, a college coach or faculty member is limited to one telephone call per week to you (or your parents or legal guardians), except that unlimited calls to you (or your parents or legal guardians) may be made under the following circumstances:
During the five days immediately before your official visit by the college you will be visiting; On the day of a coach's off-campus contact with you by that coach; and On the initial date for signing the National Letter of Intent in your sport through two days after the initial signing date. In Divisions I-A and I-AA football, an institution's coaches may telephone you once during the month of May of your junior year in high school and then not again until September 1 of your senior year in high school. Also, an institution's football coaches can telephone you as often as they wish during the period 48 hours before and 48 hours after 7 a.m. on the initial signing date for the National Letter of Intent and during a contact period. Outside of a contact period, a football coach may only telephone you once per week. In Division I men’s basketball, an institution’s coaches may telephone a prospect one time during March of the prospect’s junior year in high school. In addition, an institution’s coaches may telephone a prospect one time on or after June 21. Finally, only three telephone calls to a prospect may be made during the month of July following the prospect's junior year in high school, with no more than one telephone call per week. In Division I women’s basketball, an institution’s coaches may telephone a prospect on or after June 21 of the prospect’s junior year in high school. In addition, only three telephone calls may be made to a prospect during the month of July after the prospect’s junior year in high school, with no more than one telephone call per week. In Division I ice hockey, an institution's coaches may telephone a prospect who is a resident of a foreign country once during the month of July following the completion of the prospect's sophomore year in high school. You (or your parents) may telephone a coach at your expense as often as you wish. Coaches also may accept collect calls from you and may use a toll-free (1-800) number to receive telephone calls from you on or after July 1 after completion of your junior year. Enrolled student-athletes may not make recruiting telephone calls to you. Enrolled students (nonathletes) may telephone you as part of a college's regular admissions program directed at all prospective students. Enrolled students (including student-athletes) may receive telephone calls at your expense on or after July 1 after completion of your junior year.
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