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I could look this up myself, but I'm in the middle of a horrific brief and don't have the time. Here's my query:

I think I know the answer to this, but an AD can't communicate w/recruits, correct?

 
Correct. Well, let me qualify that a bit - an AD can, but only within the NCAA limitations for University Represenative. In other words, only under limited circumstances.

I'll try and dig up the NCAA by-law I once posted about that, and post the link to it here if I can find it.

Oh, and don't you just loooooooooooooove those involved briefs? Gak!

EDIT: Crap. I forgot - the Search function is temporarily disabled while we work out the Board problems. I'll hit the NCAA site and see if I can locate it again.

 
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Here you go. The NCAA Division I By-Laws below refer to institutional staff members. By-law 13.1.3.4.1.1 names the AD as an “institutional staff member”. And if you go through all of Chapter 13, there are specific provisions that allow institutional staff members to have limited contact via telephone or visits to the student-athlete’s educational institution.

What’s interesting is that much of the contact is reserved to authorized institutional staff members. Those are individuals who have passed the NCAA test for recruiting.

So, long story short, there are limited occasions when the AD can have contact. But, to have the kind of contact that coaches usually have, the AD would have to undergo and pass the NCAA test. The problem there is that the NCAA limits the number of individuals who may conduct off-campus contacts per university. If you had the AD doing it, you’d lose a coach.

Hope this helps.

13.1.2 Permissible Recruiters.13.1.2.1 General Rule. All in-person, on- and off-campus recruiting contacts with a prospective student athlete or the prospective student-athlete’s relatives or legal guardian(s) shall be made only by authorized institutional staff members. Such contact, as well as correspondence and telephone calls, by representatives of an institution’s athletics interests is prohibited except as otherwise permitted in this section. Violations of this bylaw involving individuals other than a representative of an institution’s athletics interests shall be considered institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1; however, such violations shall not affect the prospective student athlete’s eligibility. (Revised: 8/5/04)

13.1.2.1.1 Off-Campus Recruiters. An institutional staff member is not permitted to recruit off campus until he or she has been certified on an annual basis as to knowledge of applicable recruiting rules per Bylaw 11.5.1.1. Violations of this bylaw shall be considered institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1; however, such violations shall not affect the prospective student-athlete’s eligibility. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/92; Revised: 4/27/00)

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13.1.2.3 General Restrictions—Staff Members and Governing Board. The following are additional restrictions that apply to an institution’s staff members and governing board. Violations of this bylaw shall be considered institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1; however, such violations shall not affect the prospective student-athlete’s eligibility. (Revised: 4/27/00)

a. Institutional Staff Members—Off-Campus Contacts. Only those coaches permitted to recruit off campus as specified in Bylaw 11.7 may contact prospective student-athletes off campus. Institutional staff members (e.g., faculty members) may contact prospective student-athletes for recruiting purposes in all sports, on campus, or within 30 miles of campus during the prospective student-athlete’s official visit. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 4/28/05, 5/26/06)

b. Board of Governors/Regents. Recruiting contacts on or off campus between a member of the institution’s board of governors (or regents) and a prospective student-athlete are not permissible.
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According to the guys on Sports Nightly, the school is allowed one phone call per week to a recruit. The said phone call can be made by the AD, but it must be documented and no one else for that said week can call the potential recruit.

Recruits can call the AD or HC or whoever as many times as they want during the week as long as they are the ones that initiated the contact. Just reporting what they said on the radio.

 
Any rules regarding phone tag? Say TO calls a recruit, but has to leave a message. The recruit calls back, but TO is out, so then TO has to call back. It's technically two calls by TO within a week.

 
AR Husker Fan said:
Here you go. The NCAA Division I By-Laws below refer to institutional staff members. By-law 13.1.3.4.1.1 names the AD as an “institutional staff member”. And if you go through all of Chapter 13, there are specific provisions that allow institutional staff members to have limited contact via telephone or visits to the student-athlete’s educational institution.

What’s interesting is that much of the contact is reserved to authorized institutional staff members. Those are individuals who have passed the NCAA test for recruiting.

So, long story short, there are limited occasions when the AD can have contact. But, to have the kind of contact that coaches usually have, the AD would have to undergo and pass the NCAA test. The problem there is that the NCAA limits the number of individuals who may conduct off-campus contacts per university. If you had the AD doing it, you’d lose a coach.

Hope this helps.
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Since TO had been a coach isn't likely he already passed the test?

 
AR Husker Fan said:
So, long story short, there are limited occasions when the AD can have contact. But, to have the kind of contact that coaches usually have, the AD would have to undergo and pass the NCAA test. The problem there is that the NCAA limits the number of individuals who may conduct off-campus contacts per university. If you had the AD doing it, you’d lose a coach.

Hope this helps.
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You'd lose a coach? Only a certain number of university contacts?

So if we lost a coach or two, the AD and Assistant AD could recruit until a new coach is hired?

Hey, I just got an idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :w00t

 
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