Recruiting Materials

Recruiting Materials and Electronic Correspondence
An institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to an individual (or his/her parents or legal guardians) until September 1 at the beginning of his/her junior year in high school.

Exception: Men's Basketball: an insitution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to an individual (or his parents or legal guardians) until June 15 at the conclusion of his sophomore year in high school.

Printed Recuiting Materials
An institution may provide only the following printed materials to a prospective student-athlete (PSA), his/her parents or legal guardians, coaches or any other individual responsible for teaching or directing an activity in which a PSA is involved:

 a.) General Correspondence - there are no restrictions on the design or content of general correspondence and attachments, except that the size of the printed material may not exceed 8 1/2 by 11 inches when opened in full. There are no restrictions on the design or content of an envelope used to send general correspondence and attachments, except that the size of the envelope may not exceed 9 by 12 inches. 

 b.) Camp or Clinic Information - camp or clinic information may be provided at any time.

 c.) Questionnaires - questionnaires may be provided at any time.

 d.) Nonathletics Institutional Publications - an institution  may provide nonathletics institutional publications available to all students at any time (e.g., official academic, admissions, and student-services publications published by the institution and available to all students).

 e.) Educational Material Published by the NCAA - educational material published by the NCAA may be provided at any time.

Electronic Correspondence
Electronic correspondence (e.g., electronic mail, Instant Messenger, facsimiles, text messages) may be sent to a PSA (or the PSA's parents or legal guardians). Before a PSA has signed a National Letter of Intent or the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid, or the institution has received his/her financial deposit in response to its offer of admission, the correspondence must be sent directly to the PSA (or the PSA's parents or legal guardians) and must be private between on the sender and recipient (e.g., no use of chat rooms, message boards or posts to "walls").

There are no content restrictions on attachments to electronic correspondence, except that video and audio materials must conform to the requirements of Bylaw 13.4.1.7, may not be created for recruiting purposes and may not be personalized to include a PSA's name or picture or likeness.

Exception: Cross Country, Track and Field, and Football
Electronically transmitted correspondence that may be sent to a PSA (or the PSA's parents or legal guardians) is limited to electronic mail and facsimiles (all other forms are prohibited). After a PSA in these sports signs an NLI or the institution receives a financial deposit in response to the institution's offer of admission - there shall be no limit on the forms of electronically transmitted correspondence sent to the PSA (or the PSA's parents or legal guardians).