Courting The Prospects (Article 13)
According to 13.02.7, an individual officially becomes a "prospective student-athlete" upon starting classes for this high school grade level.
What is the 9th grade?
According to Bylaw 11.1.5, the use of these products is strictly prohibited by all game personnel, including coaches, trainers, and officials, during practice and competition.
What are tobacco products?
Under 14.2.2, a student-athlete must complete all four of their permitted seasons of intercollegiate participation during their first 10 semesters or 15 quarters of full-time enrollment.
What is the 10-Semester / 15-Quarter Rule?
15.01.1 of Division III rules strictly prohibit member institutions from awarding financial aid to any student-athlete based on this specific consideration.
What is athletics leadership, ability, or participation?
Under Bylaw 17.02.1.1.1.1, an institution may conduct a maximum of this many team meetings for an athletics purpose outside the declared playing season.
What is one (1) team meeting?
When taking into account 13.1.1.1, in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts with a high school prospective student-athlete or their family cannot occur until the prospect has completed this year of high school.
What is their sophomore year?
Under Bylaw 10.02.2, this term is defined as any agreement in which an individual or entity agrees to give up an item of value in exchange for the possibility of gaining another item of value.
What is a wager?
14.5.1.1 States a student who transfers to an NCAA institution while disqualified or suspended from their previous school for disciplinary reasons must complete this period of residence before becoming eligible to compete.
What is one calendar year?
According to 15.02.1 & 15.3.1, to eliminate potential conflicts of interest, all financial aid provided to a Division III student-athlete must be approved and administered exclusively by this institutional office.
What is the financial aid office (or campus financial aid authority)?
Bylaw 17.1.4.2 strictly prohibits student-athletes from missing class time for practice activities or for competition occurring in this segment of the playing season.
What is the nontraditional segment?
Using the official NCAA form outlined in 13.1.1.2.2, an active Division III student-athlete can self-issue permission for another DIII institution to contact them about transferring for a window of this many calendar days.
What is 30 days?
10.3.1.1 provides an exception to the sports wagering prohibition for this specific type of wager between institutions, as long as the items wagered represent the involved schools or their states.
What is a traditional rivalry wager?
When male practice players are utilized on a women's team in a team sport, their involvement in practice is restricted to a maximum of this frequency, according to 14.1.10.1(b).
What is one (1) practice per week?
Under Bylaw 16.11.1.5, an institutional staff member or booster may provide a student-athlete with an occasional meal, provided it takes place in this location or regular local dining facility.
What is the staff member's or booster's home?
17.1.4.1 maintains that during the declared playing season, all athletically related activities must be prohibited during a minimum of this many calendar days per defined week, even for dual sport student-athletes.
What is one (1) calendar day?
When hosting a prospective student-athlete on an official visit, 13.6.5.1 allows all institutional lodging, meals, and entertainment provided to take place within this maximum distance from the main campus.
What is a 30-mile radius?
Athletics department staff are generally banned from marketing a student-athlete's ability, but Bylaw 11.1.4.1 grants an exception allowing this specific individual to contact professional teams or agents on a player's behalf without compensation.
Who is the head coach?
To qualify for a hardship waiver due to an incapacitating injury or illness under 14.2.5(a), the injury must occur before the completion of this portion of the traditional playing season.
What is the first half (or 50%)?
When a team travels for practice or competition, 16.7.1 states any institutional team entertainment provided to student-athletes must take place within this maximum radius of the competition site or campus.
What is a 100-mile radius?
To comply with 17.1.6.4.1, prior to participation in intercollegiate athletics, an institution must confirm a student-athlete's status regarding this genetic trait.
What is Sickle Cell Trait status?
Institutional entertainment of a high school, preparatory school, or two-year college coach is permitted through 13.8.1 by providing a maximum of this many complimentary admissions to a regular home athletics contest.
What is two (2) complimentary admissions?
11.3.2 allows Division III coaches to give paid private lessons to a prospective student-athlete only if the lessons are open to the public, charged at standard rates, and receive prior annual written approval from this official.
Who is the Athletics Director?
While competing on an outside team during the intercollegiate season is generally prohibited, Bylaw 14.7.3 allows a student-athlete to play once per year in this specific event involving former secondary school teammates.
What is a High School Alumni Game?
16.5.1(a) allow an institution may provide room and board expenses to student-athletes during official institutional vacation periods only if the student-athletes are required to remain on campus for this reason.
What is practice or competition?
Thanks to 17.02.1.1.1.5(c) allows student-athletes in a team leadership capacity to voluntarily participate in out-of-season leadership programming with coaches, provided each weekly meeting lasts no longer than this duration.
What is 90 minutes?