Acting for the Division I Management Council, the Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet Subcommittee on Legislative Review/Interpretations made the following interpretations:

Recruiting Opportunities/Multisport Athlete

1. Permissible Number of Recruiting Opportunities for a Prospect Being Recruited in More Than One Sport (Sports Other than Football). When an institution is recruiting a prospective student-athlete in more than one sport (other than football), the use of an off-campus recruiting contact by a coach in one sport reduces not only the number of permissible contacts, but also the total number of recruiting opportunities that are available to the institution in a second sport. For example, if an institution is recruiting a senior prospect in the sports of field hockey and softball and the institution's field hockey coach has an off-campus recruiting contact with the prospect, the total number of recruiting opportunities available to the institution's softball coaches with the prospect is reduced from seven to six, with no more than two of those opportunities being off-campus contacts. [References: NCAA Bylaws 13.1.7 (permissible number of contacts), 13.1.9 (permissible number of evaluations -- all sports) and 13.1.9.2 (evaluations are sports specific).]