RULES EDUCATION

September 2013

AGENDA• Countable Athletically Related Activity • Meals • Recruiting Reminders • Campus Visits • Social Media • Recruiting Calendars

RECRUITING CALENDAR September/October 2013

SPORT DATE PERIOD

Track/CCTennis

SoftballVolleyball

W. GolfW. Soccer

Sept 1-Oct 31 Contact

Baseball Sept 1-12Sept 13-Oct 31

QuietContact

Countable Athletically Related Activities

• CARA logs must be submitted every Monday of the week during the academic year while school is in session ( Through ACS)– Including vacation and final examination periods

• Reminders: – Any required activity must be counted (including punishment activity) – Countable athletically related activity may not be conducted at any time following

competition – Countable athletics related activity may not be conducted between midnight and 5

a.m. – A “voluntary” activity becomes “countable” when unauthorized sports staff are

watching the activity or providing instruction • Includes Director of Operations

Exceptions: – Strength and conditioning coaches may be present during voluntary workouts to

provide safety instruction

Countable Athletically Related Activities

In-Season • Maximum of 20 hours per week • Maximum of 4 hours per day • At least one day off per week (7-day period) • Same 7-day period must be used throughout segment (set day of week in ACS prior to segment beginning)

Out of Season • Maximum of 8 hours per week • Maximum of 4 hours per day • At least two off days per week • Individual Skill Instruction

-Maximum of two hours per week-Sept. 15th-April 15th. Entire team may

partake*Baseball-Sept 15 to 1

week prior to fall final examination period. Jan 15-April 15

-Before Sept. 15th and after April 15th. Limited to four student-athletes.

Countable Non-Countable

Practice (In-season only)

Competition (3 hours regardless of actual duration)

Strength and conditioning activities

Film sessions with coaches

Compliance Meetings

Academic Meetings

Study hall/tutoring Travel to/from contest-off day

Meeting initiated by SA Treatment/rehab

Meetings initiated or required by coach

Promotional Activities

Community Service

CARA Reminders

In-Season• Unlimited activity

during vacation period• May use travel to and

from competition as day off

Out-of-Season• Conditioning drills may not

simulate offensive or defensive alignments

• No equipment related to the sport may be used during conditioning activities

• No required participation in any CARA during and institutional vacation period

Meals

Home Competition

Away From Home

Competition

• All student-athletes may receive meals beginning the evening before competition through the time until they are released by institutional personnel

• Once student-athletes are released, they may be provided a postgame meal or a cash amount that does not exceed $15

• All student-athletes may receive pregame and postgame meals in addition to regular meals

• Athletes may receive up to $15 in lieu of postgame meal

• Athletes may receive meals from the time the team is required to report for team travel until the time the team returns to campus

• Athletes may receive cash at the time of their release from countable activity

Recruiting Reminders

JUNIOR

Recruiting Materials Permissible after September 1

Telephone Calls -One call per week beginning July 1 following junior year, or opening day of classes of senior year (earliest)-Unlimited during contact period for baseball, track/cc, softball and volleyball.

Recruiting Reminders

SENIOR

Telephone CallsOnce per week (unlimited during contact periods for baseball, track/cc, softball and volleyballOff-Campus Contact-July 1 prior to senior year or opening day of classes of senior year in high school (earliest and subject to recruiting calendars)Official VisitsOpening day of classes

Recruiting Reminders

Evaluations and Contacts

50 evaluation days in softball Aug 1-July 31

80 evaluation days in women’s volleyball Aug 1-July 31

Seven recruiting opportunities (contacts & evaluations combined) per prospect and not more than 3/7 may be contacts

Practice/Competition site restrictions

Official Visits

The Basics Requirements

One (1) paid visit per prospect (13.6.2.1)

Five (5) paid visits per prospect, regardless of number of sports Applies only to Division I institutions (13.6.2.2)

TAMUCC Total

On Oct. 15 following the completion of high school, all visit limitations are reset

No earlier than opening day of classes of the PSA’s senior

year

Standardized Test Score(PSAT, SAT, PLAN or ACT)

Transcripts

Registered with NCAA Eligibility Center

Compliance: Activate prospect on

Institutional Request List (IRL)

Coaches: Request official visit through ACS two (2) working days prior to visit

Official VisitsTime Period

48 Hours maximum (13.6.4) Clock starts when the prospect: (13.6.4.1)

Arrives on campus; Is provided a sit-down meal

and/or entertainment prior to arriving on campus;

Is picked up from a major airport outside of Corpus Christi; or

Is picked up at their home by an athletic department staff

member

Transportation

From CCI: Any member of athletics

department may transport prospect (and guests) to campus/hotel From any other airport:

Only full-time staff members may transport prospect (and guests) to campus/hotel

Managers and/or students may not transport prospects

Official Visits: When the Clock Starts

Driving From Home

Driving From Home Campus

CC International Drive-thru Meal Hotel (Drop-off)

CC International Hotel Campus

Drive-thru Meal Hotel (Drop-off) Campus

Option 1

Option 3

Option 2

Option 4

Option 5

Campus

Hotel (TAMUCC

Staff Present

Campus

Sit-Down Meal

Other Airports

Official Visits: Accommodations Prospect PSA’s Parents, Legal

Guardian, Children, Spouse

Siblings, Grandparents, Other Family

Student Host

Lodging -Actual costs of reasonable expenses while traveling to and from campus -Commercial facilities in 30-mile radius may beused

-Commercial facilities in 30-mile radius may be used

May stay in same room without institution providing any extra costs

N/A

Meals Three (3) meals per day plus reasonable snack (e.g., pizza, hamburger) -Not included in the $40/day entertainment expense

Three (3) meals per day plus reasonable snack (e.g., pizza, hamburger) -Not included in the $40/day entertainment expense

Impermissible Provided the student host is accompanying the prospect -Not included in the $40/day entertainment expense

Entertainment Student host controls funds

Student host controls funds

Impermissible $40 each day of the visit to cover host(s), prospect and prospect’s parents, legal guardian, children or spouse (new legislation) -Student host may be given an additional$20 per day for each additional prospect hosted

Tickets Three (3) maximum complimentary admission to home athletics event for prospect and those accompanying the prospect

ONE (1)

Official Visits: Compliance Forms

• Official Visit Request Form• Post Visit Form (requires signature of

prospect)

Request complimentary tickets through ACS prior to visit and submit all forms and necessary proof of travel, receipts, etc. with reimbursement request to the Compliance office after the visit has concluded.

Unofficial Visits • Unlimited (at expense of prospect) • Athletics may provide three (3) maximum

complimentary admission to home athletics event for prospect and those accompanying the prospect

• Athletics staff member may provide transportation to and from practice or competition sites in the prospect’s sport and to attend a home athletic contest Request unofficial visit and complimentary tickets through ACS prior to visit.

Facebook/Twitter/Google+

• Coaches may not accept or initiate a “friend” request until it is permissible to send correspondence to a prospect

• Once allowed as a “friend,” coaches: – May send direct messages – May NOT post on prospect’s wall – May NOT engage in live chat function – May NOT comment about a prospect in any fashion

• The calendar day after an NLI is signed, all of the above is permissible with that specific prospect (13.4.1.2.1)

Twitter

• It is permissible for all coaching staff members to maintain a Twitter account or any other form of micro blog.

– Coaches/staff may comment about the following: • Game scores • Team updates • Facility updates • Coaching staff updates

– Coaches/staff may NOT:• Publicize the recruitment of a particular prospect• Publicize a prospect’s visit to campus• Post pictures of prospects engaged in an institutional camp/clinic• Have communication with or about prospect’s in public view (e.g., @

“replies” or “mentions”)

Twitter (Cont.)

Once a prospect signs an NLI, coaches may communicate in public view and make comments regarding that particular prospect The ONLY EXCEPTION to mentioning a prospect prior to signing is in response to an inquiry by the media in order to confirm recruitment of the prospect Coaches may interact with prospects through the direct message function on Twitter However: “If a coach is aware that a prospect has elected to receive Twitter direct messages as text messages and the coach continues to engage in a direct message conversation as a means to circumvent the restrictions on text messages, the coach has committed a violation”

Reminders

• Please complete CARAs no later than Mondays for the previous week.

• NLI Signees request final amateurism.• Official Visits• Season Declaration