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Technology
and Recruiting
Facsimiles and E-mail Messages -- Fax's and e-mails
are considered by the NCAA to be written correspondence rather than phone calls.
Thus, a coach's first opportunity to send a recruiting message via e-mail
is September 1 at the beginning of a prospect's junior year in high school.
In the sport of men's basketball, e-mail and general correspondence may
be sent subsequent to a prospect's sophomore year in high school.
E-mail Attachments -- Attachments to e-mail messages
(e.g. pictures) may be in color, but may not include audio, video or moving
images.
E-Cards -- Electronic greeting cards (i.e. Blue Mountain
cards) distributed via e-mail are only permissible provided the institution
did not incur any cost (e.g. subscription fee) in obtaining or sending the card
and the card does not include animation, audio or moving images.
Highlight Films / Recruiting Videos -- An institution
is not permitted to create a recruiting video specifically for prospective student-athletes.
However, NCAA legislation does permit an institution to produce a highlight
film that consists of game clips and other activities directly related to a
sports contest or season(s). It is not permissible to include footage of a prospective
student-athlete in a highlight film. Please see me for other relevant questions
before producing your highlight tape.
Institutional Video Materials -- Official academic audio
and visual materials that are produced by Yale University and available to all
students may be provided to prospective student-athletes who are eligible to
receive general correspondence per NCAA 13.4.2.2
Video Conferencing -- A video conference with a prospect
will count as a phone call inasmuch as it is an electronically transmitted interactive
voice exchange.
Beepers / Pagers -- The NCAA has deregulated this area
and communication initiated through beepers or pagers is now treated as general
correspondence under the rules.
Instant Messaging Services and Internet Chat Rooms --
The deregulation noted above means that instant messaging is also considered
to be general correspondence.
CD-Rom -- Only publications that are available to all
students (i.e. official academic, admissions and student-services publications)
may be provided in CD-Rom format to student-athletes.
Computer Recruiting Presentations -- Coaching staff
members may not show a prospective student-athlete a computer recruiting presentation
utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint or other presentation software.
Personal Web Pages -- An institutional coaching staff
member may maintain a personal web page which contains information on Yale's
sports programs. However, such a site may not contain any information on prospective
student-athletes (except as permitted in NCAA 13.11.8), a link to a scouting
service / non-institutional publication that reports on the institution's
athletics programs or impermissible recruiting materials.
E-mail Messages During an Athletics Contest -- While it
is not permissible for a coach to call a prospect during one of the institution's
contests, it is permissible for a coach to send an e-mail message to a prospect
during an institutional contest. Likewise, it is permissible for a prospect to
send a college coach e-mail messages during his or her competition. However, it
is not permissible for college coaches to respond to or initiate e-mail messages
with prospects (or their families) who are participating in a summer certified
events.
Video Clips of Prospects -- It is permissible for an institution
to show video clips of a prospect through its normal media outlets (e.g., television,
web sites) during its announcement of the prospect's signing, provided such
publicity occurs only after the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent
or subsequent to the prospect's signed acceptance of the institution's
written offer of admission and/or financial aid with the institution.
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