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13.1.7.9.4.1 Other Evaluation Events—Bowl Subdivision Football. [FBS] In bowl subdivisionfootball, an institutional staff member shall not attend a recruiting event (other than those permittedpursuant to Bylaw 13.1.7.9.4) in which information (e.g., athletics or academic credentials, highlightor combine video) related to prospective student-athletes is presented or otherwise made available.[D] (Adopted: 4/30/09 effective 8/1/09, Revised: 1/16/10 effective 8/1/10)13.1.7.9.5 Scholastic and Nonscholastic Activities—Championship Subdivision Football.[FCS] In championship subdivision football, live athletics evaluations may be conducted at scholastic ornonscholastic athletics activities, provided there is no institutional involvement in arranging or directingsuch activities. An institutional staff member may attend a recruiting event (other than a permissible liveathletics event) in which information (e.g., athletics or academic credentials, highlight video) related toprospective student-athletes is presented or otherwise made available. [D] (Adopted: 1/16/10 effective 8/1/10,Revised: 1/15/11)13.1.7.10 Evaluations in Team Sports. In team sports, an institution shall use an evaluation for each prospectivestudent-athlete participating in a practice or contest observed by the institution’s coach, except an evaluationthat occurs on the same day as a permissible contact (see Bylaw 13.1.5.5). An institution’s coach who isattending an event in which prospective student-athletes from multiple educational institutions participate indrills (e.g., combine) shall use an evaluation only for each prospective student-athlete participating in the eventthat the coach observes engaging in the drills. In football, an observation that occurs during a permissible contactperiod shall count only as a contact per Bylaw 13.02.4.1. (Revised: 6/28/04, 5/14/05, 10/30/12)13.1.7.11 Evaluation Days—Softball. In softball, each institution is limited to 50 evaluation days (measuredAugust 1 through July 31) per Bylaw 13.02.7.2, which do not include employment of coaches in instructionalcamps/clinics or the observation of prospective student-athletes participating in high school softballcompetition. [D] (Adopted: 1/12/99 effective 8/1/99, Revised: 6/8/99)13.1.7.12 Evaluation Days—Women’s Volleyball. In women’s volleyball, each institution is limited to 80evaluation days (measured August 1 through July 31) per Bylaw 13.02.7.2. A coach’s employment activities ininstructional camps/clinics do not count toward the evaluation days limitation. A coach’s involvement outsidethe contact/evaluation period with a local sports club per Bylaw 13.11.2.4 shall count toward the limit. [D](Adopted: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02, Revised: 1/8/07 effective 8/1/07)13.1.7.13 Evaluation Days—Women’s Sand Volleyball. An institution that sponsors only women’s sandvolleyball is limited to 80 evaluation days (measured August 1 through July 31) per Bylaw 13.02.7.2. An institutionthat sponsors both women’s volleyball and women’s sand volleyball is limited to 80 evaluation days forwomen’s volleyball and 20 additional evaluation days specific to sand volleyball competition only (no evaluationsof practice or other athletics activities, no academic evaluations). If an institution sponsors both women’s volleyballand women’s sand volleyball, a coach’s involvement outside a volleyball contact or evaluation period witha local sports club (volleyball or sand volleyball) per Bylaw 13.11.2.4 shall count toward the limit. [D] (Adopted:1/15/11 effective 8/1/11)13.1.7.14 Evaluations in Individual Sports. An institution’s coach who is attending a practice or event inwhich prospective student-athletes from multiple institutions participate in drills (e.g., combine) or competitionin an individual sport on a specific day shall use an evaluation only for those participants whom the coachobserves engaging in practice or competition. The evaluation is not counted for a particular prospective studentathleteif a contact is made with that prospective student-athlete during the same day (see Bylaw 13.1.5.5).(Adopted: 1/10/92, Revised: 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94, 6/28/04, 5/4/05, 10/30/12)13.1.7.15 Tournament Evaluations. Evaluation during each day of a tournament held during the academicyear shall count as a separate evaluation except as follows (see Bylaws 13.1.4.1 and 13.1.4.2.3.1): (Revised:3/22/06)(a) Evaluation of multiple contests in a tournament that occurs on consecutive days (and normally at thesame site) shall count as a single evaluation.(b) Evaluation of multiple contests in a single tier of a tournament (e.g., sectional, district, regional) shallcount as a single observation. If a particular tier of a tournament is subdivided into identifiable segments(e.g., conducted on different weekends), evaluation of contests in each identifiable segment counts as asingle observation. (Revised: 1/14/97)13.1.7.15.1 Other Multi-Day Events. Evaluations at a multiple-day event (e.g., jamboree, round robin,showcase) constitute separate evaluations for each day of the event unless the event is conducted in atournament format in which a winner of the event is determined. (Adopted: 12/13/05)13.1.7.16 Open Events in Which College Teams Compete. An institution does not use an evaluation ifthe institution’s team competes in an open event (e.g., track and field meet) in which prospective student-athletesalso compete. (Adopted: 1/10/92)13.1.7.17 Coaches’ Attendance at Elite International Events. Coaching staff members may attendOlympic, Pan American, World Championships, World Cup, World University Games or World UniversityChampionships competition that occurs outside the permissible contact and evaluation periods. However, attendanceat qualifying competition for such events, including tryouts, and attendance at junior-level competition13Recruiting91