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(b) Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of thatinstitution;(c) Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospectivestudent-athletes;(d) Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or(e) Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution’s athletics program.13.02.14.1 Duration of Status. Once an individual, independent agency, corporate entity or other organizationis identified as such a representative, the person, independent agency, corporate entity or other organizationretains that identity indefinitely. (Revised: 2/16/00)13.02.15 Telephone Calls. All electronically transmitted human voice exchange (including videoconferencingand videophones) shall be considered telephone calls. (Adopted: 1/10/95, Revised: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96,1/14/97, 4/27/00 effective 8/1/00, 9/6/00, 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, 4/26/07 effective 8/1/07)13.02.16 Visits by Prospective Student-Athletes.13.02.16.1 Official Visit. An official visit to a member institution by a prospective student-athlete is a visitfinanced in whole or in part by the member institution.13.02.16.2 Unofficial Visit. An unofficial visit to a member institution by a prospective student-athlete isa visit made at the prospective student-athlete’s own expense. The provision of any expenses or entertainmentvalued at more than $100 by the institution or representatives of its athletics interests shall require the visit tobecome an official visit, except as permitted in Bylaws 13.5 and 13.7. (Revised: 2/22/07, 5/9/08)13.02.17 Individual Associated with a Prospective Student-Athlete—Men’s Basketball. Inmen’s basketball, an individual associated with a prospective student-athlete is any person who maintains (ordirects others to maintain) contact with the prospective student-athlete, the prospective student-athlete’s relativesor legal guardians, or coaches at any point during the prospective student-athlete’s participation in basketball, andwhose contact is directly or indirectly related to either the prospective student-athlete’s athletic skills and abilitiesor the prospective student-athlete’s recruitment by or enrollment in an NCAA institution. This definition includes,but is not limited to, parents, legal guardians, handlers, personal trainers and coaches. An individual whomeets this definition retains such status during the enrollment of the prospective student-athlete at the institution.(Adopted: 8/26/10)13.1 Contacts and Evaluations.Recruiting contacts (per Bylaw 13.02.4) and telephone calls by institutional staff members or representatives ofthe institution’s athletics interests are subject to the provisions set forth in this bylaw. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective7/1/91, 6/13/08)13.1.1 Contactable Individuals.13.1.1.1 Time Period for Off-Campus Contacts—General Rule. Off-campus recruiting contacts shallnot be made with an individual (or his or her relatives or legal guardians) before July 1 following the completionof his or her junior year in high school (July 7 after the junior year in high school in women’s ice hockey and July15 after the junior year in high school in women’s gymnastics), or the opening day of classes of his or her senioryear in high school (as designated by the high school), whichever is earlier. U.S. service academy exceptions tothis provision are set forth in Bylaw 13.16.1. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 7/1/91, 1/11/94 effective 3/15/94, 1/10/95,1/14/97 effective 5/1/97, 10/28/97, 4/26/01 effective 8/1/01, 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, 4/28/05, 1/9/06, 2/26/07,6/13/08, 4/30/09, 1/15/11)13.1.1.1.1 Exception—Men’s Basketball. In men’s basketball, off-campus recruiting contacts shallnot be made with an individual (or his relatives or legal guardians) before the opening day of his junior yearin high school. Contacts that occur during a prospective student-athlete’s junior year during recruiting periodsother than the April recruiting period may occur only at the prospective student-athlete’s educationalinstitution. During the April recruiting period of a prospective student-athlete’s junior year, contacts mayoccur at either the prospective student-athlete’s educational institution or residence. (Adopted: 10/27/11 effective8/1/12)13.1.1.1.2 Exception—Women’s Basketball. In women’s basketball, off-campus recruiting contactsshall not be made with an individual (or her relatives or legal guardians) before September 1 at the beginningof her junior year in high school. Contacts that occur during a prospective student-athlete’s junior yearmay occur only at the prospective student-athlete’s educational institution or residence. (Adopted: 1/19/13effective 8/1/13)13.1.1.2 Two-Year College Prospective Student-Athletes. A prospective student-athlete who was not aqualifier as defined in Bylaw 14.02.13.1 and who is enrolled in the first year of a two-year college may not becontacted in person on or off an institution’s campus for recruiting purposes.13.1.1.3 Four-Year College Prospective Student-Athletes. An athletics staff member or other representativeof the institution’s athletics interests shall not make contact with the student-athlete of another NCAA or78