The following are recruiting guidelines from the Bylaws in the NCCAA Division I Handbook. These guidelines govern NCCAA-only members.
a. Principles. The following principles govern recruitment and campus visitation of prospective student-athletes. The student-athletes should be protected in maintaining normal academic progress while still in high school or junior college. Recruitment should be coordinated with the overall policies that affect enrollment of new students to the institution. The obvious cons of tryouts should be avoided that conflict with the aim of making the intercollegiate program an integral part of the total scholastic program.
b. Limited Tryouts. Individual or group tryouts may be conducted for the purpose of assisting in the assessment of athletic promise, if tryouts are a part of the general institutional ppolicy in the procurement of students with special talents. Tryouts, where permitted, shall be limited to no more than two days for a specific student.
c. No Expense Reimbursement. No reimbursement shall be made for any part of the travel expense of prospective student-athletes who visit with the participating institution, either in the form of reimbursement by the participating institution or by any individual or organization, unless the practice is part of the general institution policy in the recruiting of all students and not just limited to student-athletes.
d. No Contact. A coach or other representative of a participating NCCAA-only institution shall not contact a student-athlete who has enrolled at another NCCAA-only institution.
e. Reporting Contacts. If a student-athlete who has enrolled at another NCCAA-only institution contacts the Athletics Director, Faculty Athletics Representative, Senior Woman Leader, Compliance Officer, or coach of another NCCAA-only institution, it shall be the responsibility of the contacted institution to notify, in writing, the institution where the student-athlete is presently enrolled within ten days following the first contact.
f. Investigation. If a contact that violates this section is reported to the Director of Membership, the Administration Committee shall immediately investigate the case and take appropriate action.
For more specific recruiting guidelines, see Sports Policies and Procedures (Section II) from the handbook. |