What are recruiting calendars and how do they affect the student-athlete?
Recruiting calendars are set priods of time in a calendar year that defines what NCAA college coaches can and cannot do with a prospective student-athlete depending on the date.
The NCAA defines recruiting calendars as follows: Recruiting calendars help promote the well-being prospective student-athletes and coaches and ensure competitive equity by defining certain time periods in which recruiting may or may not occur in a particular sport.
The recruiting calendars will limit such activities as phone calls, text messages, emails in person off campus evaluations and recruiting and on campus visits. Every period has a specified name which is defined below. It is important to know that each sport has it's own recruiting calendar that is to be followed.
EVALUATION PERIOD
An evaluation period is that period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to be involved in off-campus activities designed to assess the academic qualifications and playing ability of prospective student-athletes. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall be made with the prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.
CONTACT PERIOD
Authorized athletics department staff may make in-person, offcampus recruiting contacts and evaluations.
DEAD PERIOD
A dead period is that period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the member institution’s campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by prospective student-athletes to the institution’s campus.
QUIET PERIOD
A quiet period is that period of time when it is permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts only on the member institution’s campus. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period.
RECRUITING SHUTDOWN
A recruiting shutdown is a period of time when no form of recruiting (e.g., contacts, evaluations, official or unofficial visits, correspondence or making or receiving telephone calls) is permissible.
Here is the link to all of the NCAA recruiting calendars.
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