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13.1.6 Contact Restrictions at Specified Sites.13.1.6.1 Prospective Student-Athlete’s Educational Institution. Any staff member desiring to contacta prospective student-athlete at the prospective student-athlete’s high school, preparatory school or two-year collegefirst shall obtain permission for such contact from that institution’s executive officer (or the executive officer’sauthorized representative). Contact may be made only when such permission is granted and, in basketball, maynot be made during the time of the day when classes are in session. Institutions also are bound by this provisionwhen recruiting international prospective student-athletes. [D] (Revised: 8/5/04, 10/27/11 effective 8/1/12,1/19/13 effective 8/1/13)13.1.6.2 Practice or Competition Site. Recruiting contact may not be made with a prospective studentathleteprior to any athletics competition in which the prospective student-athlete is a participant during theday or days of competition, even if the prospective student-athlete is on an official or unofficial visit. Contactincludes the passing of notes or verbally relaying information to a prospective student-athlete by a third party onbehalf of an institutional staff member and telephone calls. Such contact shall be governed by the following: [D](Revised: 1/11/89, 1/10/91, 1/11/94, 1/9/96 effective 7/1/96, 9/18/07)(a) Contact shall not be made with the prospective student-athlete at any site prior to the contest on the dayor days of competition; (Revised: 1/11/89, 1/11/94)(b) Contact shall not be made with the prospective student-athlete from the time he or she reports on call(at the direction of his or her coach or comparable authority) and becomes involved in competitionrelatedactivity (e.g., traveling to an away-from-home game) to the end of the competition even if suchcompetition-related activities are initiated prior to the day or days of competition; (Revised: 1/11/94)(c) Contact shall not be made after the competition until the prospective student-athlete is released by theappropriate institutional authority and departs the dressing and meeting facility;(d) Contact shall not be made with the prospective student-athlete involved in competition that requiresparticipation on consecutive days (e.g., a tournament) until after his or her final contest is completedand he or she is released by the appropriate institutional authority and leaves the dressing and meetingfacility. Contact shall not be made with a prospective student-athlete involved in a tournament that is notconducted on consecutive days until after his or her final contest is completed on a day before a break inthe days of the tournament and he or she is released by the appropriate institutional authority and leavesthe dressing and meeting facility; (Revised: 1/11/94, 9/18/07)(e) Contact with a prospective student-athlete who is on an extended road trip (e.g., traveling with a teamfrom one contest or event to another), is permitted at the conclusion of a competition and prior to thecommencement of travel to the next competition, provided he or she has been released by the appropriateinstitutional authority and departs the dressing and meeting facility; and (Adopted: 9/18/07)(f) Coaching staff members may not send electronic correspondence to a prospective student-athlete whilehe or she is on call for competition at the competition site (e.g., arena, stadium). Coaching staff membersmay send general correspondence (including electronic correspondence) to a prospective student-athletewhile he or she is on call and not at the competition site or while the prospective student-athlete is at anylocation once he or she has been released by the appropriate authority, provided the general correspondenceis sent directly to a prospective student-athlete (e.g., the front desk of the hotel, the prospectivestudent-athlete’s personal fax machine) and there is no additional party (e.g., camp employee, coach)involved in disseminating the correspondence (see Bylaw 13.4). For additional restrictions in basketball,see Bylaw 13.1.6.2.1. (Revised: 4/3/02, 4/24/03, 3/23/06, 12/12/06)13.1.6.2.1 Additional Restrictions—Basketball. In basketball, the following additional restrictionsapply: (Adopted: 4/24/03)(a) In-person contact shall not be made with a prospective student-athlete or the prospective studentathlete’srelatives or legal guardians during a day of the prospective student-athlete’s competition(e.g., before and after the competition). (Revised: 4/24/03, 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13)(b) In men’s basketball, all communication with a prospective student-athlete’s coach or any individualassociated with the prospective student-athlete as a result of the prospective student-athlete’s participationin basketball, directly or indirectly, is prohibited during the time period in which theprospective student-athlete is participating in a certified event. Communication with a prospectivestudent-athlete’s relatives or legal guardians is permitted during the time period in which theprospective student-athlete is participating in a certified event. (Revised: 6/20/02, 4/24/03, 4/28/05,1/9/06 effective 8/1/06, 3/23/06, 4/23/08, 4/24/08 effective 8/1/08, 10/27/11)(c) In women’s basketball, during the July evaluation periods, all communication with a prospectivestudent-athlete, the prospective student-athlete’s relatives or legal guardians, the prospective studentathlete’scoach or any individual associated with the prospective student-athlete as a result of the prospectivestudent-athlete’s participation in basketball, directly or indirectly, is prohibited. (Adopted:4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, Revised: 3/23/06)13Recruiting87