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13.1.2.4 Other Restrictions, Athletics Representatives. The following are additional restrictions thatapply to athletics representatives:(a) Telephone Conversation. An athletics representative of a member institution may speak to a prospectivestudent-athlete via the telephone only if the prospective student-athlete initiates the telephone conversationand the call is not for recruiting purposes. Under such circumstances, the representative mustrefer questions about the institution’s athletics program to the athletics department staff;(b) Observing Prospective Student-Athlete’s Contest. An athletics representative may view a prospectivestudent-athlete’s athletics contest on his or her own initiative, subject to the understanding that theathletics representative may not contact the prospective student-athlete on such occasions;(c) Evaluation of Prospective Student-Athlete. An athletics representative may not contact a prospectivestudent-athlete’s coach, principal or counselor in an attempt to evaluate the prospective studentathlete;and(d) Visiting Prospective Student-Athlete’s Institution. An athletics representative may not visit a prospectivestudent-athlete’s educational institution to pick up video or transcripts pertaining to the evaluationof the prospective student-athlete’s academic eligibility or athletics ability.13.1.2.5 Off-Campus Contacts or Evaluations. Only those coaches who are identified by the institution,in accordance with Bylaws 11.7.2.2, 11.7.3.2 and 11.7.4, may contact or evaluate prospective student-athletesoff campus. Institutional staff members (e.g., faculty members) may contact prospective student-athletes for recruitingpurposes in all sports, on campus, or within 30 miles of campus during the prospective student-athlete’sofficial visit. [D] (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/92, 8/5/04, 5/26/06, 7/31/13)13.1.2.5.1 Written Certification. A member institution shall certify in writing and have on file a listof those coaches who are permitted to contact or evaluate prospective student-athletes off campus. [D](Revised: 5/26/06)13.1.2.5.2 Department-Wide Responsibilities. An athletics department staff member who has department-wideresponsibilities (e.g., recruiting coordinator) may not contact or evaluate prospective student-athletesoff campus unless the staff member is counted as a countable coach in the applicable sport (seeBylaw 11.7.1.2 for restrictions related to recruiting coordination functions). [D] (Revised: 5/26/06)13.1.2.6 Head Coach Restrictions—Bowl Subdivision Football. [FBS]13.1.2.6.1 Assistant Coach Publicly Designated as Institution’s Next Head Coach. [FBS] An institution’sassistant coach who has been publicly designated by the institution to become its next head coachshall be subject to the recruiting restrictions applicable to the institution’s head coach. (Adopted: 1/16/10)13.1.2.6.2 Off-Campus Contact. [FBS] In bowl subdivision football, the head coach may make inperson,off-campus contact with a prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete’s relativesor legal guardians only during one calendar day. It is permissible for this contact to occur both at the siteof the prospective student-athlete’s educational institution and away from the institutional grounds. Duringsuch contact, the head coach may be accompanied by assistant coaches, who otherwise are required toobserve the restrictions contained in the bylaws. [D] (Revised: 1/10/92 effective 8/1/92, 8/5/04, 12/15/06)13.1.2.6.3 Spring Evaluation Period. [FBS] In bowl subdivision football, during the April 15 throughMay 31 evaluation period, the head coach shall not engage in off-campus recruiting activities, participatein an off-campus coaching clinic, visit a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution for any reasonor meet with a prospective student-athlete’s coach at an off-campus location. (Adopted: 1/14/08, Revised:1/17/09)13.1.2.7 Student-Athlete. The following conditions apply to recruiting activities involving enrolled student-athletes:[D] (Revised: 5/29/08)(a) Off-Campus Contacts. Off-campus in-person contact between an enrolled student-athlete and a prospectivestudent-athlete is permissible, provided such contact does not occur at the direction of an institutionalstaff member. (Revised: 5/29/08, 4/26/12)(b) Transportation and Expenses. An institution may not provide an enrolled student-athlete with transportationor expenses to recruit a prospective student-athlete except for those expenses specified in Bylaw13.6.7.5 when the student-athlete serves as a student host. (Revised: 8/5/04, 5/29/08)(c) Written Correspondence. It is permissible for an enrolled student-athlete to engage in written correspondence,provided it is not done at the direction or expense of the member institution. (Revised:5/29/08)13.1.2.8 Talent Scout. An institution may not pay any costs incurred by an athletics talent scout or a representativeof its athletics interests in studying or recruiting prospective student-athletes. An institution may notprovide any such person a fee or honorarium and thereby claim the person as a staff member entitled to expensemoney. [D] (Revised: 8/5/04)13.1.2.8.1 Employment Prohibition. An institution may not employ an individual for the primarypurpose of recruiting or evaluating prospective student-athletes and designate the individual as a coach if he13Recruiting81