Did You Know...?
August 01, 2019 | Compliance
Did You Know...?
Any Electronic Correspondence between a coach and a prospect who has not signed an National Letter of Intent must be private between the sender and receiver of the message. Messages, such as: "wall" posts, "tagging" in a tweet, or group messages, that can be seen publicly by someone other than the prospect are impermissible. For more information, see Bylaw 13.4.1.7.
13.4.1.7 Electronic Correspondence -- General Rule. Electronic correspondence (e.g., electronic mail, Instant Messenger, facsimiles, text messages) may be sent to a prospective student-athlete (or the prospective student-athlete's family members). Before a prospective student-athlete 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 or her financial deposit in response to its offer of admission, the correspondence must be sent directly to the prospective student-athlete (or his or her family members) and must be private between only the sender and recipient (e.g., no use of chat rooms, message boards or posts to "walls"). (See Bylaw 13.10.2.) There are no content restrictions on attachments to electronic correspondence, except that video and audio materials must conform to the requirements of Bylaw 13.4.1.10. [D] (Adopted: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, Revised: 12/12/06, 4/26/07 effective 8/1/07, 4/15/08, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11, 1/18/14 effective 8/1/14, 4/25/18, 8/7/18)
