ncaa-manual

13.02.5 Periods of Recruiting Activities.13.02.5.1 Contact Period. A contact period is a period of time when it is permissible for authorized athleticsdepartment staff members to make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations.13.02.5.2 Evaluation Period. An evaluation period is a period of time when it is permissible for authorizedathletics department staff members to be involved in off-campus activities designed to assess the academic qualificationsand playing ability of prospective student-athletes. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shallbe made with the prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.13.02.5.3 Recruiting Period—Men’s Basketball. In men’s basketball, a recruiting period is a period oftime when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to make in-person, off-campusrecruiting contacts and evaluations. (Adopted: 10/27/11 effective 8/1/12)13.02.5.4 Quiet Period. A quiet period is a period of time when it is permissible to make in-person recruitingcontacts only on the institution’s campus. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations maybe made during the quiet period.13.02.5.5 Dead Period. A dead period is a period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruitingcontacts or evaluations on or off the institution’s campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by prospectivestudent-athletes to the institution’s campus. The provision of complimentary admissions to a prospectivestudent-athlete during a dead period is prohibited, except as provided in Bylaw 13.7.2.5 for a prospectivestudent-athlete who visits an institution as part of a group. During a dead period, a coaching staff member maynot serve as a speaker at or attend a meeting or banquet at which prospective student-athletes are in attendance,except as provided in Bylaw 13.1.8.1, and may not visit a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution.It remains permissible, however, for an institutional staff member to write or telephone a prospective studentathleteduring a dead period. (Revised: 1/11/94)13.02.5.5.1 Exception—Women’s Volleyball. In women’s volleyball, an institutional coaching staffmember may have incidental contact with a two-year college prospective student-athlete who is attendingand being honored at the annual American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) awards banquet, providedno recruiting conversation occurs. (Adopted: 10/30/03)13.02.5.5.2 Exception—Official or Unofficial Visit During Dead Period After Commitment. Aprospective student-athlete is permitted to make an official or unofficial visit during a dead period after oneof the following events occurs: (Adopted: 1/16/10 effective 8/1/10, Revised: 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11, 1/19/13effective 8/1/13)(a) The prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent (NLI) or the institution’s writtenoffer of admission and/or financial aid; or(b) The institution receives a financial deposit in response to the institution’s offer of admission.13.02.6 Enrolled Student-Athlete. An enrolled student-athlete is an individual whose enrollment wassolicited by a member of the athletics staff or other representative of athletics interests with a view toward thestudent’s ultimate participation in the intercollegiate athletics program. Any other student becomes a studentathleteonly when the student reports for an intercollegiate squad that is under the jurisdiction of the athleticsdepartment.13.02.7 Evaluation. Evaluation is any off-campus activity designed to assess the academic qualifications orathletics ability of a prospective student-athlete, including any visit to a prospective student-athlete’s educationalinstitution (during which no contact occurs) or the observation of a prospective student-athlete participating inany practice or competition at any site. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94)13.02.7.1 Exception—Football. In football, any evaluation that occurs during a contact period by a coachingstaff member is a countable contact per Bylaw 13.02.4.1 rather than a countable evaluation. (Adopted:1/10/95 effective 8/1/95)13.02.7.2 Evaluation Days—Football, Softball, Women’s Volleyball and Women’s Sand Volleyball.An evaluation day is defined as one coach engaged in the evaluation of any prospective student-athleteon one day (12:01 a.m. to midnight). Two coaches making evaluations on the same day shall use two evaluationdays. See Bylaws 13.1.7.9.3, 13.1.7.11, 13.1.7.12 and 13.1.7.13. (Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, Revised:1/12/99 effective 8/1/99, 4/27/00 effective 8/1/01, 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02, 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, 1/14/08 effective8/1/08, 4/14/08, 1/16/10 effective 8/1/10, 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11)13.02.8 Recruiting-Person Days—Men’s Basketball. In men’s basketball, a recruiting-person day isdefined as one coach engaged in an off-campus recruiting activity of a men’s basketball prospective student-athlete,including a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent (or the institution’s written offerof admission and/or financial aid), on one day (12:01 a.m. to midnight); two coaches engaged in recruitingactivities on the same day shall use two recruiting-person days. Men’s basketball staff members shall not exceed130 recruiting-person days during the academic year. (Adopted: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, Revised: 3/28/07, 5/9/08)13.02.8.1 Tournament Application. Each day of a tournament or tier of a tournament in which a coachengages in off-campus evaluation activity shall count as a separate recruiting-person day. (Adopted: 12/12/06)76