DECEMBER

Division I Baseball

November 16-January 3, 2008 (12:01 a.m.): Quiet period.
January 3 (12:01 a.m.)-January 7 (12:01 a.m.), 2008: Dead period.
January 7 (12:01 a.m.)-February 29, 2008: Quiet period.

Division I Men’s Basketball
October 6-March 31, 2008: Evaluation period, except for the dates noted below. All live evaluations during the academic year (except during the April contact period) shall be limited to regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests/tournaments, practices and regular scholastic activities involving student-athletes enrolled only at that institution):

Exceptions:
• December 24-26: Dead period.
• March 16-22, 2008: Contact period:

Division I Women’s Basketball
September 16-April 22, 2008: Evaluation period. Women’s basketball staff members shall not exceed 100 recruiting-person days. A recruiting person day is defined as one coach engaged in an off-campus recruiting activity of a women’s basketball prospect on one day; two coaches engaged in recruiting activities on the same day shall use two recruiting days.

Exceptions:
• Those days from September 16-April 22, 2008, not designated above for contact or evaluation purposes: Quiet period.
• December 24-26: Dead period.
• March 1-April 3, 2008: Contact period.
• April 4-17, 2008: Dead period, except one women’s basketball event certified by the NCAA (Bylaw 30.18) held in conjunction with and conducted in the host city of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship (evaluation period). Also, April 11-13 is a quiet period.
Note: Evaluations are permitted at nonscholastic women’s basketball events April 18-20, 2008.

Division II Men’s Basketball
The period between the prospect’s initial and final high school or two-year college contests: Evaluation period.

Division II Women’s Basketball
The period between the prospect’s initial and final high school or two-year college contests: Evaluation period.

Division I Football
November 25-February 2, 2008, with the exceptions noted below. Six in-person off-campus contacts per prospective student-athlete shall be permitted during this time period with not more than one permitted in any one calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) or partial calendar week: Contact period.

Exceptions:
• December 16: Quiet period.
• December 17-January 3, 2008: Dead period. Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for mid-year enrollment, provided the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent or other offer of admission and/or financial aid to attend the institution and is required to be on campus to attend institutional orientation sessions for all students.
• January 4-6, 2008: Quiet period.
• January 7-10, 2008: Dead period.
• January 11-12, 2008: Quiet period.

Division II Football
December 1-February 4, 2008 (7 a.m.): Contact period.
February 4 (7 a.m.)-6 (7 a.m.), 2008: Dead period.
February 6 (7 a.m.)-March 10, 2008: Contact period.

Also, for two-year college prospects and their educational institutions, December 17 (7 a.m.)-19 (7 a.m.) is a dead period.

Division I Men’s Lacrosse
November 26-December 23: Quiet period.
December 24-January 3, 2008: Dead period.

Division I Women’s Lacrosse
November 21-January 1, 2008: Quiet period

Division I Softball
November 28 (12:01 a.m.)-December 2 (12:01 a.m.): Dead period.
December 2 (12:01 a.m.)-January 1, 2008: Quiet period.*
*Each institution is limited to 50 evaluation days (August 1-July 31) per Bylaw 13.02.6.2. Those days do not include employment of coaches in instructional camps/clinics or the observation of prospects participating in high school softball competition.

Division I Track and Cross Country
November 20 (12:01 a.m.)-December 9: Contact period.
December 10-16 (12:01 a.m.): Quiet period.
December 16 (12:01 a.m.)-20 (12:01 a.m.): Dead period.
December 20 (12:01 a.m.)-January 2, 2008: Quiet period.

Division I Women’s Volleyball
November 16-December 2: Contact period.
December 3-11: Quiet period.
December 12-31: Dead period, with the following exceptions.
• Coaches attending the American Volleyball Coaches Association annual awards banquet may have incidental contact with two-year college prospects being honored at the banquet.
• One event conducted on the Sunday immediately following the Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship (December 16), provided it occurs within a 100-mile radius of the site of the championship (Sacramento, California): Evaluation period.