Telephone Conference No. 6
March 13, 2002

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

Recruiting/Contact Period/Waiver

Qualification for a Waiver of a Contact Period. The provisions of NCAA Bylaw 13.1.4.1 do not apply to an institution that has rolling-admissions procedures. Further, such a waiver is not contingent on an institution's participation, or lack thereof, in the National Letter of Intent Program. [References: Bylaw 13.1.4.1 (waiver of contact period).]

Telephone Conference No. 7
March 27, 2002

Recruiting/Contact Period/Waiver

1. Application of the Hardship Waiver to a Student-Athlete Who Defers Enrollment. The provisions of Proposal No. 01-14-1 do not apply to a student-athlete who is injured during his or her senior year in high school, defers enrollment at a collegiate institution and participates in that sport before collegiate enrollment (for example, while attending preparatory school). [Reference: Proposal No. 01-14-1 (eligibility of a hardship waiver).]

Recruiting/Dead Period/Tryout Exception

2. Institutional and Coaching Staff Involvement During a Dead Period. It is not permissible for an institution's coaching staff members and/or individuals with sport-specific responsibilities to be involved in any manner in the conduct or administration of a campus event involving prospects (as permitted under NCAA tryout exceptions) during a dead period. [References: Bylaws 13.02.4.4 (dead period), 13.1.7.2.1 (approved events), 13.12.3.4.3 (administration of "state games"), 13.12.3.2 (open events) and 13.12.3.5 (high-school, preparatory school and two-year college contests).]