Tips For Representatives Of Athletics Interests

TIPS FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF ATHLETICS INTERESTS

Are you a Representative of Athletics Interest?

Ð'* You are if you have participated in or are a member of an agency or organization which promotes an institution's intercollegiate athletics program.

Ð'* You are if you have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics Representatives of Athletics Interest organization of that institution.

Ð'* You are if you have assisted or have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospects.

Ð'* You are if you are assisting or have assisted in providing benefits (e.g., summer jobs) to enrolled student-athletes or their families.

Ð'* You are if you have been involved in otherwise promoting an institution's athletics program.

If you have been identified as a Representative of Athletics Interest, you retain that identity indefinitely.

Things Representatives of Athletics Interest MAY NOT do:

Ð'* Have face-to-face contact with recruits or their parents, legal guardian(s), or relatives to encourage them to enroll at an institution.

Ð'* Telephone or write to recruits or their parents, legal guardian(s), or relatives to encourage them to enroll at an institution.

Ð'* Pick up films or transcripts relating to a recruit at the recruit's high school or junior college.

Ð'* Contact a recruit's counselor, principal, or coach in an attempt to evaluate the recruit.

Things Representatives of Athletics Interest MAY do:

Ð'* If you are an established friend or neighbor of a recruit, you may have contact with the recruit as long as you don't try to recruit the prospect on behalf of an institution and such contacts are not made at the direction of an institution's coaching staff.

Ð'* Once a recruit has signed a National Letter of Intent, a Representative