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SYNOPSIS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDEX
AUTHORS
BACK COVER
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WHO CAN BENEFIT
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Chapter 5 Excerpt - Rules and
Regulations
We debated about how detailed we would go
with trying to decipher and explain recruiting rules for this chapter.
We didn’t want to rewrite the NCAA rulebook, as much of the information
can be found online. At the same time, the information online is often
so confusing that we have spent hours reading rules and trying to decide
just what they mean and hours calling the NCAA when we can’t figure out
what they mean. It was important for us to try and cover the basics as
best we could. With that being said, we want to caution you that this
section isn’t meant to replace any rules or regulations documents
furnished by the NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA but is only meant to give you
some basic guidelines to follow. Coaches are required to know the rules
and tested on them by their governing body, and in most cases, they
follow the rules or face stiff penalties. If you feel you are still
confused and/or have additional questions that may not have been
covered, it’s important for you to take a proactive role in finding the
correct answer.
The day you start class as a 9th grader is
the day you officially become a
Prospective Student Athlete (PSA).
The NCAA defines “Recruiting” as “any solicitation of a prospect (or
your patents or guardian) by a school or a rep of the school” (someone
who acts in the schools interest) for the purpose of ultimately getting
you enrolled at the school and participating in athletics.
Being recruited means that eventually
coaches will be contacting you via phone, mail and in-person visits to
discuss you playing for their school. To level the playing field for
schools large (and small and to protect you, the S-A), the NCAA has very
strict (and confusing) rules governing the recruiting process and the
contacts you have with a coach or representative of a given school.
With the increased role that summer
traveling teams, junior national programs and showcase camps and
tournaments have taken in the past 10 years, it becomes more difficult
to comply with NCAA rules.
The NCAA rulebook (there are actually 2
books, that make one big one) is thicker than a big city yellow pages
and certainly more difficult to interpret. There are some ridiculous
rules like colleges cannot use multicolored paper in recruiting
materials or provide business cards that are magnetic (that is an item
of value in and of itself). Generally speaking, following some general
rules will keep you out of most trouble. However, you do need to
understand some specifics of person-to-person contact:
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