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with the guardian and the guardianship is permanent. In addition, the prospective student-athlete shall establishand maintain such residence for a minimum of three months prior to participation in a certified event;(c) If a prospective student-athlete provides documentation to show that state residency requirements have beenmet even though he or she has not maintained residency in the state for the minimum period of three months,the prospective student-athlete may be considered a resident of the state;(d) An international prospective student-athlete may be considered a legal resident of the state in which his orher host family resides, provided the prospective student-athlete is a participant in an official educationalexchange program;(e) An international prospective student-athlete who is not a participant in an official educational exchangeprogram may be considered a legal resident of the state in which his or her host family resides if the prospectivestudent-athlete attended high school in the locale of the host family’s residence for a minimum of oneacademic year;(f) A prospective student-athlete who attended and lived at a boarding school or two-year college for a minimumof one academic year may be considered a legal resident of the state in which the educational institution islocated; or(g) If a nonscholastic team that includes prospective student-athletes from a metropolitan area located on a stateborder, the team may include more than three team members from adjoining states, provided each additionalparticipant resides within the metropolitan area.1313.19 Women’s Final Four Basketball Event Certification.In women’s basketball, coaches are permitted to attend a single basketball event selected at the discretion of theinstitution, certified by the NCAA and held in conjunction with and conducted within a 30-mile radius of thechampionship site and host city of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. The opportunity toattend such an event is limited to one per institution and is available for all coaching staff members. Institutionalstaff members are precluded from in-person face-to-face contacts with prospective student-athletes during suchevents. The following criteria must be met by each event in order to be certified: (Revised: 1/12/04 effective 8/1/04,4/28/05, 11/1/07, 7/30/10)(a) Division I coaches may not be employed by the event;(b) The event must include an educational session that contains a review of initial-eligibility standards, and regulationsrelated to gambling, agents and drug use;(c) Individuals involved in operating or managing the event must have been approved in accordance with guidelinesestablished by the NCAA basketball certification staff; (Adopted: 10/30/08)(d) Individuals involved in the administration of the event may not have been found guilty or pleaded guilty in acourt of law for having been involved in sports bribery, point shaving or game fixing;(e) All participants must have started classes for the senior year in high school;(f) The competition must be conducted during the Final Four weekend (Saturday through Tuesday) and may notoccur at the same time of any other intercollegiate competition that occurs in conjunction with the Final Fourweekend; (Revised: 11/1/07)(g) A certified event shall not be conducted in a venue where sports wagering on intercollegiate athletics is permittedor on property sponsored by an establishment that permits sports wagering on intercollegiate athleticsor is branded with signage for such an establishment; (Revised: 11/1/01)(h) No individual or agency involved in the marketing of any individual’s athletics reputation or ability (includingan employee of an agent or anyone associated with an agent in his or her capacity of marketing any individual’sathletics reputation or ability) shall be associated in any capacity with the event (or any team participatingin the event); and (Adopted: 11/1/07)(i) The event operator must provide proof of accident medical insurance coverage for event participants. (Adopted:11/1/07, Revised: 2/1/10)Recruiting133