Would some of you help me understand the rules NCAA schools need to follow when recruiting high school students. I swear I have read there is to be no contact from coaches before July 1 after the student's 16th birthday. But I can't find that now. All I can find is no contact by coaches until July after Junior year.
Your thoughts on what to do if you have knowledge of what may be a recruiting violation would also be appreciated.
Here's a nice summary.
www.collegesportsscholarships.com/ncaa-recruiting-rules-contact-visits.htm
Some contact is allowed after 9/1 of the students Junior year but direct recruiting can't occur until after July 1 POST junior year. Before that July 1 date, information about the program can be provided, but no active recruiting, no phone calls.
I know in our program (NCAA DII) we have accidental contact with possible recruits at swim meets or during unofficial visits and typically self report. Let the athletic program at the offending school know if you think there might have been a violation. All programs have a compliance person whose job it is to oversee, and if necessary self report violations to the NCAA. All schools have accidental violations every year and report them. In fact, it is to the schools advantage to report even the tiniest issue because a) the NCAA expects a few violations per year as the norm, and a low report would raise red flags and b) the penalty for not reporting is steep.
Here's a nice summary.
www.collegesportsscholarships.com/ncaa-recruiting-rules-contact-visits.htm
Some contact is allowed after 9/1 of the students Junior year but direct recruiting can't occur until after July 1 POST junior year. Before that July 1 date, information about the program can be provided, but no active recruiting, no phone calls.
I know in our program (NCAA DII) we have accidental contact with possible recruits at swim meets or during unofficial visits and typically self report. Let the athletic program at the offending school know if you think there might have been a violation. All programs have a compliance person whose job it is to oversee, and if necessary self report violations to the NCAA. All schools have accidental violations every year and report them. In fact, it is to the schools advantage to report even the tiniest issue because a) the NCAA expects a few violations per year as the norm, and a low report would raise red flags and b) the penalty for not reporting is steep.
