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(i) The meeting or banquet is initiated and conducted by the educational institution; (Adopted:2/22/01)(ii) The coach does not make a recruiting presentation in conjunction with the appearance;(iii) The coach does not have direct contact with any prospective student-athlete (or a prospectivestudent-athlete’s parents or legal guardians) in attendance; and(iv) The coach does not engage in any evaluation activities. (Revised: 9/9/98)(d) Football. [FBS/FCS](1) During a Contact Period. In football, a coach who speaks at a meeting or banquet at a prospectivestudent-athlete’s educational institution during a contact period, uses one of the institution’s six inperson,off-campus recruiting contacts per prospective student-athlete and also uses the institution’sonce-per-week visit to a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution (see Bylaws 11.7.2.2.2and 11.7.3.2.2).(2) Outside a Contact Period. In football, a coach may speak at a meeting or banquet at a prospectivestudent-athlete’s educational institution outside a contact period without such attendance beingconsidered an evaluation or a visit to a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution (exceptfor dead periods per Bylaw 13.02.5.5), provided: (Revised: 5/18/05)(i) The meeting or banquet is initiated and conducted by the educational institution; (Adopted:2/22/01)(ii) The coach does not make a recruiting presentation in conjunction with the appearance;(iii) The coach does not have direct contact with any prospective student-athlete (or a prospectivestudent-athlete’s parents or legal guardians) in attendance; and(iv) The coach does not engage in any evaluation activities. (Revised: 9/9/98)13.1.8.2 Banquets or Meetings at Locations Other Than a Prospective Student-Athlete’s EducationalInstitution. A coach may speak at a meeting or banquet at which prospective student-athletes are inattendance at a location other than a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution (except during a deadperiod per Bylaw 13.02.5.5) outside of a contact period (recruiting period in men’s basketball) or may speak atsuch a meeting or banquet during a contact period (recruiting period in men’s basketball) without using one ofthe institution’s permissible contacts or evaluations, provided: (Revised: 4/15/09, 10/27/11 effective 8/1/12)(a) The meeting or banquet is initiated and conducted by an entity other than the coach’s institution;(b) The coach does not make a recruiting presentation in conjunction with the appearance;(c) The coach does not have any direct contact with any prospective student-athlete (or a prospective student-athlete’sparents or legal guardians) in attendance; and(d) The coach does not engage in any evaluation activities.13.1.8.3 Attendance Outside a Contact or Evaluation Period. In sports with recruiting calendars (seeBylaw 13.17), a coach is not permitted to attend a banquet or meeting that is designed to recognize prospectivestudent-athletes and that occurs outside a contact or evaluation period (or in men’s basketball, a recruitingperiod), unless the coach has been asked to speak at the function. (Adopted: 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13)13.1.8.4 NCAA Promotional Activities Exception. An institution’s coach may participate in NCAA promotionalactivities (e.g., autograph sessions, fan festivals and opening ceremonies) at NCAA championshipevents, provided contacts with prospective student-athletes are not prearranged and recruiting activities do notoccur. (Adopted: 4/28/05)13.1.9 Funeral/Memorial Services. An institutional staff member may attend the funeral or memorialservices of a student-athlete, a prospective student-athlete or a member of the student-athlete’s or a prospectivestudent-athlete’s immediate family, at which prospective student-athletes also may be in attendance, provided norecruiting contact occurs. The involved prospective student-athlete must have signed a National Letter of Intent,or a written offer of admission and/or financial aid with the institution, or the institution must have received afinancial deposit in response to the institution’s offer of admission. (Adopted: 4/28/05, 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11)13.1.10 Conference-Sponsored Sportsmanship Initiatives. A conference office may coordinatesportsmanship initiatives that may involve prospective student-athletes and their educational institutions subjectto the following conditions (see Bylaws 13.4.3.3, 13.10.2.3 and 13.15.1.8): (Adopted: 4/26/07 effective 8/1/07)(a) Any participating prospective student-athlete must attend a high school within a 30-mile radius of a conferencemember institution’s campus;(b) Any initiative that requires the actual presence of a prospective student-athlete shall not take place on aninstitution’s campus; and(c) An institution’s student-athletes may participate, subject to the conditions of Bylaw 12.5.1.1.13Recruiting93