Did You Know...?
November 08, 2018 | Compliance
Did you know...?
Every sport, besides football, has a dead period from November 12th to 15th. A dead period is a period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by a PSA to campus. However, within this dead period, PSA's still must sign their National Letter of Intent within 7 days of issuance.
See Bylaw 13.02.5.5 below for more information.
13.02.5.5 Dead Period. A dead period is a period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the institution's campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by prospective student-athletes to the institution's campus. It remains permissible, however, for an institutional staff
member to write or telephone a prospective student-athlete during a dead period. [D] (Revised: 1/11/94, 12/6/13, 10/30/14)
13.02.5.5.1 Exception—Women's Volleyball. In women's volleyball, an institutional coaching staff member may have incidental contact with a two-year college prospective student-athlete who is attending and being honored at the annual American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) awards banquet, provided
no recruiting conversation occurs. [D] (Adopted: 10/30/03, Revised: 10/30/14)
13.02.5.5.2 Exception—After Commitment. Except for the application of Bylaw 13.02.5.5.2.1, a prospective student-athlete is no longer subject to the application of a dead period after one of the following events occurs: (Adopted: 1/16/10 effective 8/1/10, Revised: 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11, 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13,
11/25/13, 4/6/16, 4/28/16 effective 8/1/16, 7/9/18)
(a) The prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent (NLI) or the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid; or
(b) The institution receives a financial deposit in response to the institution's offer of admission.
In basketball and football, for institutions that subscribe to the National Letter of Intent program, this exception does not apply to an individual who only signs an insititution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid prior to the initial regular (as opposed to early) signing date of the National Letter of Intent program in the applicable sport. In sports other than basketball and football, for institutions that subscribe to the National Letter of Intent program, this exception does not apply to an individual who only signs an institution's written offer of admission prior to the initial signing date of the National Letter of Intent program in the applicable sport.
13.02.5.5.2.1 December and January Dead Period—Bowl Subdivision Football. [FBS] In bowl subdivision football, it is not permissible for an institution to make an in-person, on- or off-campus contact with a prospective student-athlete during the December and January dead period, even if the prospective student-athlete has signed the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid or the institution has received the prospective student-athlete's financial deposit in response to its offer of admission. However, it is permissible for the institution to make such contact with a prospective student-athlete who has arrived in the locale of the institution for initial full-time enrollment. (Adopted: 4/6/16)
