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The NCAA News -- October 12, 1998

Legislative assistance

Bylaw 13.1.8.2
Contact at practice or competition site

NCAA institutions should note that in accordance with NCAA Bylaw 13.1.8.2, recruiting contact may not be made with a prospect prior to any athletics competition in which the prospect is a participant during the day or days of competition, even if the prospect is on an official or unofficial visit. In Divisions I and II, such contact includes the passing of notes to a prospect by a third party on behalf of an institutional staff member. In all divisions, such contact shall be governed by the following:

  • Contact shall not be made with the prospect at any site prior to the contest on the day or days of competition;

  • Contact shall not be made with the prospect from the time the prospect reports on call (at the direction of the prospect's coach or comparable authority) and becomes involved in competition-related activity (e.g., traveling to an away-from-home game) to the end of the competition even if such competition-related activities are initiated prior to the day or days of competition;

  • Contact shall not be made after the competition until the prospect is released by the appropriate institutional authority and departs the dressing and meeting facility; and

  • Contact shall not be made with the prospect involved in competition that requires more than one day of participation (e.g., a basketball tournament) until after the prospect's final contest is completed and he or she is released by the appropriate institutional authority and leaves the dressing and meeting facility.

    Further, please be advised that pursuant to Bylaw 13.1.8.2-(b), it is not necessary for a prospect to return home from an away-from-home contest in order for coaches to contact the prospect(s). It would be permissible for coaches to contact a prospect(s) at an away-from-home competition site if the competition has been completed, the prospect has departed the meeting and dressing facility, and the institutional authority (e.g., high-school coach) permits the prospect(s) to have contact with the collegiate coach during this time.

    Bylaw 15.01.5
    Extension of eligibility -- institutional financial aid

    Divisions I and II institutions should note that pursuant to 15.01.5-(a) or 15.01.5-(b), a student-athlete with eligibility remaining as an undergraduate or graduate student as a result of any extension of his or her five years of eligibility may receive institutional athletically related financial aid, even though the student-athlete previously has received aid for more than five years within a six-year period after initial enrollment in accordance with Bylaw 15.01.5.

    Bylaw 14.4.3.1.2
    Use of part-time hours toward satisfactory progress -- Division I

    Division I institutions should note that in accordance with Bylaw 14.4.3.1.2, semester or quarter hours earned by a student-athlete while enrolled in less than a full-time program of studies (per 14.1.6.2.2) shall not be used to meet satisfactory-progress requirements of 14.4.3.1-(a) and 14.4.3.1-(b) unless the student-athlete is held accountable for the term(s) of part-time enrollment at the time of certification. Further, the provisions of Bylaw 14.4.3.1.2 are not applicable to a student-athlete who earned credit in courses taken as a part-time student at the certifying institution prior to initial full-time collegiate enrollment.

    Thus, a student-athlete who was enrolled as a part-time student at the certifying institution prior to full-time enrollment may use hours earned during part-time enrollment to meet the credit-hour requirement as set forth in 14.4.3.1.

    This material was provided by the membership services staff as an aid to member institutions. If an institution has a question or comment regarding this column, such correspondence should be directed to Kristen L. Davis or Lisa Roesler, membership services representatives, at the NCAA national office. This information is available on the College Sports Network.