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12/7/06 - Recruiting Roles

12/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Athletics

Compliance Weekly E-mail
December 7th, 2006

RECRUITING ROLES

Each week, we field several questions about what roles different individuals may play in the recruiting process. For example:

May we ask the AD to send a letter to our top recruit?
  • No, all correspondence must originate from coaches other than the volunteer coach.
May our student manager give a recruit a campus tour?
  • No, under the guidelines from the NCAA recruiting task force, only full-time staff or student-athletes in the recruit’s sport may give tours.
May a coach’s fiancée accompany them on a dinner with a prospect on an official visit?
  • No, the NCAA makes exceptions for spouses only.
May a student-manager pick up a prospect from the airport?
  • No, per institutional policy, a student manager may not provide transportation to a prospect.
May a booster or alumnus field questions from a prospect about an athletics program?
  • No, while a booster or alumnus is permitted to field a call from a prospect, they are limited in what they can say; boosters and alumni are limited to discussing the institution as a whole, and may not actively participate in athletics recruiting.
Our Program Coordinator is from the prospect’s hometown, can he/she give a campus tour?
  • Yes, paid athletic staff members are permitted to give campus tours.  Remember, staff members may have off-campus contact with the prospect only on official visits..
If you have any questions, please contact the Compliance Office.

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