Telephone Conference No. 5
March 5, 2003

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

Recruiting/Recruiting Materials

1. Attachments to General Correspondence and E-mail. It is permissible for an institution to attach information to general correspondence, provided the attachment is printed on plain white paper with black ink. Further, it is permissible for an institution to attach information to e-mail correspondence that may include color, provided the attachment does not include any animation, audio/video clips and there is no cost (for example, subscription fee) associated with sending the item attached to the e-mail correspondence. [Reference: NCAA Bylaw 13.4.1 (recruiting materials).]

Recruiting/Summer-Camp Advertisement

2. Summer Camp Advertisement -- Nonscholastic Competition Program. It is not permissible for an institution to place camp or clinic advertisements in a publication related to any competition in which prospective student-athletes are participants (for example, nonscholastic competition program). [References: Bylaws 13.4.4.1 (recruiting advertisements) and 13.4.4.1.2 (summer-camp advertisements).]

Telephone Conference No. 7
March 19, 2003

Promotional Activities/Commercial Advertisement

Commercial Advertisement on a Schedule Card. It is not permissible for a commercial company's advertisement (other than the commercial company's officially registered regular trademark or logo) to appear on the same side of an unfolded multi-panel schedule card that also includes the name or picture of a student-athlete with remaining eligibility. [References: NCAA Bylaw 12.5.1.4.1 (schedule cards) and 07/26/94 official interpretation, Item No. 4.]

Telephone Conference No. 8
March 26, 2003

Recruiting/Certified Events

Basketball Coaches Attendance at Team Practices in Preparation for a Certified Event. In men's and women's basketball, it is permissible for coaches to attend organized team practices in preparation for a certified event only if such practice time has been designated by the organizer as part of the event. [References: NCAA Bylaws 13.13.3 (coaches' attendance at basketball events), 30.16 (basketball event certification -- men's basketball) and 30.17 (basketball event certification -- women's basketball) and 06/20/02 official interpretation, Item No. 2, which has been archived.]