Charnele Kemper
Leeland Zeller
Agenda
 Recruiting Calendars/Evaluations
 Communication with PSAs
 Off-Campus Contacts
 Official Visits
 On-Campus Evaluations
 Summer Access
Session Goal
 Understand the application of the new men’s
basketball recruiting legislation.
Learning Objectives
 Learn and retain the details of the new men’s
recruiting legislation.
 Apply the new legislation to specific scenarios.
 Develop and implement educational initiatives.
NCAA Proposal No. 2011-99
Bylaws 13.1.7.8.1, 13.17.2 and 13.18
Effective immediately for April and July
evaluation periods; August 1, 2012, for other
provisions.
Evaluations Periods -- April
 Permits evaluations only at certified nonscholastic
events on two weekends (Friday through Sunday).
 Neither weekend may fall on ACT/SAT testing dates
or Easter.
 Events are subject to the NCAA certification program.
Events may not begin before 6 p.m. Friday and must
conclude not later than 4 p.m. Sunday.
Evaluations Periods -- April
 Evaluations conducted in April count in the 130
recruiting days and the seven recruiting opportunities.
 2013 weekends:
 April 19-21 and 26-28.
Frequently Asked Question
 Your coach would like to evaluate at an event during an
April evaluation period that is not certified, but is
approved by an applicable state or national governing
body and is not conducted primarily for a recruiting
purpose. Permissible?
 No. The April evaluation periods were designed to
allow for evaluations at certified nonscholastic events
only.
Frequently Asked Question
 Your coach would like to go to a high school in the
locale of an April certified event, in the morning
before the event begins, to pick up a transcript and talk
to the high school coach. Permissible?
 No. The April evaluation periods were designed to
allow for evaluations at certified nonscholastic events
only.
Evaluations Periods -- July
 Permits evaluations at nonscholastic certified events
during a total of 12 days in July.
 The 12 days consist of three four-day periods that run
from 5 p.m. Wednesday to 5 p.m. Sunday.
 Periods begin with the first Wednesday on or after July
6.
Evaluations Periods -- July
 All other days from July 6 through July 31 are part of a
dead period.
 SLR waiver permits institutions to conduct camps for
PSAs during the former evaluation periods, July 6-15
and July 22-31, 2012, provided institutions demonstrate
camps were scheduled on or before October 27, 2011,
and could not be rescheduled. Must be approved by
conference office.
Evaluations Periods -- July
 2012 Dates:
 5 p.m. July 11 to 5 p.m. July 15.
 5 p.m. July 18 to 5 p.m. July 22.
 5 p.m. July 25 to 5 p.m. July 29.
 2013 Dates:
 5 p.m. July 10 to 5 p.m. July 14.
 5 p.m. July 17 to 5 p.m. July 21.
 5 p.m. July 24 to 5 p.m. July 28.
Evaluations During “Recruiting
Periods”
 Evaluations are permitted during recruiting periods,
just as they were previously during contact periods.
 Evaluations of live athletics activities are limited to:
 Regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and
two-year college contests/tournaments and practices;
and
 Regular scholastic activities involving PSAs enrolled
only at the institution at which the regular scholastic
activities occur.
Frequently Asked Question
 During the academic year recruiting period, is it
permissible for coaches to evaluate at an “open gym” or
pick-up game?
 Yes, provided the activity has been approved by the
authority at the scholastic institution as a regular
scholastic activity; it involves only students enrolled at
the institution where the activity is occurring; and, it is
not organized for the purpose of permitting
institutional coaches to observe the PSAs participating
in the activity.
Proposal No. 2011-99
Bylaws 13.1.3.1.3, 13.1.6.2 and 13.4.1.2.1
Effective June 15, 2012, for Bylaws 13.1.3.1.3 and
13.4.1.2.1; immediate for Bylaw 13.1.6.2 as it relates
to April and July evaluation periods; August 1,
2012, for other provisions.
Telephone Calls
 First date for calls remains June 15 at the conclusion of
the sophomore year in high school.
 Nontraditional calendar: Day after the conclusion of
sophomore year.
 No limit on number of calls.
Electronic Transmissions
 First date for electronic correspondence remains June
15 at the conclusion of the sophomore year in high
school.
 Nontraditional calendar: Day after the conclusion of
sophomore year.
 No limit on mode of correspondence, provided it is
sent directly to the PSA (or parents) and is private
between the sender and recipient.
 No use of chat rooms, message boards, posts to “walls,”
etc.
During Certified Events
 Communication with the PSA and his relatives or legal
guardians is subject to the restrictions of Bylaw 13.1.6.2.
 No additional restrictions on communication with PSAs
or parents.
 Additional communication restrictions remain
applicable to PSA’s coaches and individuals associated
with PSA as a result of the PSA’s participation in
basketball.
 Exception remains for a high school coach who is not at
the event.
Evaluation Periods –
July 2012 and April 2013
 No in-person contact with PSAs or parents.
 No calls to PSAs until they have been released at the
end of the event.
 May email/text PSAs during the event while they are
not at the competition site.
Evaluation Periods –
July 2012 and April 2013
 May receive calls from PSAs or parents at any time.
 May call parents (unlimited calls) at any time.
 May email/text parents at any time.
 No communication with coaches or others associated
with PSA (exception for high school coach not at site).
Frequently Asked Question
 Your coach receives a telephone call from a PSA during
the April evaluation period on a Friday night after the
PSA’s first game. May the coach take the call?
 Yes. The restriction on “all communication” during a
certified event was eliminated. However, the contact
restrictions set forth in Bylaw 13.1.6.2 continue to apply.
Frequently Asked Question
 Your coach is attending a July event and is very
impressed with a particular PSA. So that he doesn’t
forget to do it later, the coach sends a text to the PSA
during the PSA’s game. Permissible?
 No. It remains impermissible to send electronic
correspondence while he is on call for competition at
the competition site.
Proposal No. 2011-99
Bylaws 13.1.1.1.1, 13.1.4, 13.1.5.3 and 13.1.6.1
Effective August 1, 2012
Off-Campus Contacts
 Off-campus contacts may be made with a PSA during
his junior year in high school.
 Contacts or evaluations are permissible during
“Recruiting Periods.”
Off-Campus Contacts
 Recruiting opportunities with juniors and seniors may
be either contacts or evaluations.
 Seven opportunities each year.
Off-Campus Contacts
 Recruiting periods other than April recruiting period.
 Contacts during the junior year only at the PSA’s
educational institution.
 During April recruiting period.
 Contacts during the junior year permitted at the PSA’s
educational institution or at the PSA’s residence.
Off-Campus Contacts
 Current rule limiting visits to a PSA’s educational
institution to not more than once a week remains
applicable.
 Contacts may not be made during the time period
when classes are in session or during the entire day of a
PSA’s competition (with PSA or relatives/legal
guardians).
Off-Campus Contacts
 No off-campus contacts permitted during April and
July evaluation periods.
Frequently Asked Question
 Your coach wants to sit with the parents of a PSA
during the PSA’s contest during a recruiting period.
Permissible?
 No. No in-person contact during the entire day of a
PSA’s competition (with PSA or relatives/legal
guardians).
Frequently Asked Question
 Your coach wants to sit with the parents of a PSA
during the PSA’s contest during a recruiting period.
The PSA signed an NLI in November. Permissible?
 Yes. An exception applies to a PSA who has signed an
offer of aid or admission or submitted a financial
deposit in response to an offer of admission.
Frequently Asked Question
 Your coach wants to visit with a PSA after the PSA’s
contest during a recruiting period. The PSA has
submitted a financial deposit in response to an offer of
admission. Permissible?
 Yes. An exception applies to a PSA who has signed an
offer or submitted a financial deposit in response to an
offer of admission, provided the PSA has been released
and has departed the dressing or meeting facility.
Proposal No. 2011-99
Bylaws 13.5.2.6.1 and 13.6.2.2.1
Effective August 1, 2012
Official Visits
 Permitted January 1 of junior year through the senior
year of high school.
 Travel expenses permitted for PSA and two
parents/legal guardians (includes in-transit expenses).
 Limit of two remains applicable for nontraditional
families.
 Current academic requirements remain applicable.
Official Visits - continued
 Limit of five visits per PSA.
 Only visits to Division I institutions included in limit.
 Official visits may occur during the summer between
PSA’s junior and senior year and following senior year.
Best
Practices
What
monitoring
changes will you
make as a result
of the legislative
change?
Proposal No. 2012-2
Bylaw 13.11.2.1
Effective immediately – January 2012
Participants
 High school senior, prep school and two-year college
PSAs who have exhausted eligibility; or
 Four-year transfer PSAs.
 Must have permission to contact, if applicable.
 One evaluation per PSA within designated time
period.
 High school/prep school and following full-time
enrollment at collegiate institution are distinct time
periods.
Participants
 Men’s basketball SAs may participate in/out of season.
 SA participation must be counted in daily/weekly hour
limits.
 Limit of four SAs when applicable, does not apply to
PSA.
 Limits regarding SA participation during week prior to
final exams remains applicable.
Case Study No. 1
 It is September 2012. Jackson is a high school senior who
has never participated on his high school basketball team.
 May Jackson participate in an on-campus evaluation?
 No. Jackson has not exhausted his high school eligibility in
basketball.
 Same rule applies to prep school and two-year college
nonparticipants.
Case Study No. 2
 It is September 2012. Connor is a student at an NCAA
Division I institution and is not participating on the men’s
basketball team.
 May Connor participate in an on-campus evaluation?
 Yes. Since he is a nonparticipant, his season has
concluded.
 Note: If SA at previous NCAA or NAIA institution,
permission to contact must be granted.
Timing
 Must be conducted following PSA’s season through
opening day of institution’s classes for the fall term.
 Must be conducted during an unofficial or official
visit.
 Limit of two hours of athletically related activities.
 Medical exams are permitted to occur outside the hour
limit.
Other
 Evaluation must occur on institution’s campus or at
location where institution normally conducts practice
or competition.
 Current requirements regarding mandatory medical
exams prior to participation are applicable.
 Institution may provide equipment and clothing to
PSAs on issuance and retrieval basis.
Other
 PSAs may use locker rooms and shower facilities.
 Institution may provide water and/or electrolyte
replacement drinks to PSAs on an unofficial visit, but
no food.
 Food may be provided during an official visit pursuant
to official visit rules.
Best Practices
 How will you track the eligibility of PSAs to participate
in on-campus evaluations?
 Are there other monitoring needs or concerns?
Proposal No. 2012-3
Bylaws 13.2.7, 13.11.3.9 and 17.1.6.2.1.1.4
Effective immediately – January 2012
General Rule
 MBB PSAs/SAs may participate in required weight
training, conditioning and skill instruction activities
for up to eight weeks if they are enrolled in summer
school.
 Applies to incoming freshman, two-year, four-year
PSAs and enrolled SAs.
 Limit of eight hours per week, no more than two hours
of skill instruction.
 No limit on number of participants in skill instruction.
General Rule
 Eight-week period applies separately to each PSA.
 Does not have to be consecutive or continuous.
 May only participate during time in which enrollment
occurs.
 Current mandatory medical examination requirement
prior to participation applies.
General Rule
 Institutions may provide medical expenses for
individuals participating in required summer
activities.
 Military Academy Exception
 Summer school enrollment not necessary if PSA is in
required on-campus military training program.
Opt-Out Academic Benchmarks
 If SA meets required benchmarks, SA may participate
in activities for up to eight weeks without summer
school enrollment requirement.
 SAs following completion of first year of collegiate
enrollment.
 2.2 GPA.
 30 semester/45 quarter credit hours.
Opt-Out Academic Benchmarks
 SAs following completion of second year of collegiate
enrollment.
 2.2 GPA.
 At least 50 percent of course requirements in specific
degree program.
 SAs following completion of third year of collegiate
enrollment
 2.2 GPA.
 At least 75 percent of course requirements in specific
degree program.
Incoming
Freshman, and
Two-Year and
Four-Year
College
Transfers
Requirements
for Summer
Access to
Student-Athletes
Must be enrolled in
summer school.
For incoming
freshmen at national
service academies
participating in
required on-campus
military training
programs, enrollment
in summer school
would not be
necessary.
Student-Athletes Student-Athletes Student-Athletes
Following
Following
Following
Completion of the Completion of the Completion of the
First Year of
Second Year of
Third Year of
Collegiate
Collegiate
Collegiate
Enrollment
Enrollment
Enrollment
Must be enrolled in
summer school
OR
If not enrolled in
summer school, must
present a 2.2 GPA and
have successfully
completed 30
semester/45 quarter
credit hours.
Must be enrolled in
Must be enrolled in
summer school
summer school
OR
OR
If not enrolled in
If not enrolled in
summer school, must
summer school, must
present a 2.2 GPA and present a 2.2 GPA and
shall have completed
shall have completed
successfully at least 50 successfully at least 75
percent of the course
percent of the course
requirements in the
requirements in the
student's specific
student's specific
degree program.
degree program.
Case Study No. 3
 Jake is a current SA at Perry University.
 He is enrolled in Perry’s first summer session, May 7 –
June 15.
 He will not be enrolled in Perry’s second summer
session June 25 – August 17.
Case Study No. 3
 When may Jake participate in required activities
during the summer if he does not meet the exception
to summer school enrollment?
 Up to a maximum of six weeks during his enrollment
in Perry’s first summer session.
Case Study No. 3
 If Jake does not meet the exception to summer school
enrollment at the conclusion of Perry’s 2011-12
academic year, may coursework from the first summer
session be used toward meeting the exception so he
can continue to participate following his enrollment?
 No. In order to meet the exception, SA must have
completed the academic requirements by the end of
the institution’s regular academic year.
Case Study No. 3
 If Jake decided to enroll in Perry’s second summer session,
could he participate in summer activities during his
enrollment?
 Yes, but only for a maximum of eight weeks during the
entire summer.
 Would Jake be permitted to participate in summer
activities between the two summer sessions?
 No. Participation only permitted during actual enrollment.
Case Study No. 3
 If Jake met the exception to summer school
enrollment, at what point could he begin to participate
in required summer activities?
 The day after spring commencement exercises.
Case Study No. 3
 Is Perry required to provide Jake with two days off per
week during his participation in summer activities?
 No.
 May countable coaches be present during Jake’s
participation in required summer activities?
 Yes.
Best Practices
 What information do your PSAs/SAs need to know
about this new legislation?
 How will you monitor PSAs/SAs participation?
Conclusion
 Recruiting Calendars/Evaluations
 Communication with PSAs
 Off-Campus Contacts
 Official Visits
 On-Campus Evaluations
 Summer Access