Compliance Newsletter - Vol. I, Issue iii : September, 2011
Eagles’ Eye
Education. Policies. Monitoring. Enforcement.
TOPICS OF THE MONTH
A Primer for Positive Playing and Practice
What is the difference between “in-season” and “out-of-season”?
In Season During the Academic Year
• Time between the team’s first officially recognized practice session and the last practice session of competition
• 20 Hours a week; 4 hours per day; 1 day off per week
Out of Season During the Academic Year
• The remaining days during the academic year not included in the in-season period.
• Eight Hours per week; no more than 2 hours of skill instruction; 2 days off per week
Permissible Activities During the Out-ofSeason Period
Non-permissible Activities During the Outof-Season Period
Required weight training and conditioning activities supervised by an athletics department staff member
Conditioning drills may not simulate offensive or defensive
alignments.
In sports other than football…
Prior to September 15 AND after April 15
No equipment related to the sport may be used during
conditioning activities.
**** No more than FOUR (4) student-athletes may participate in skill instruction with the coaching staff at one time.
**** Exception****
In swimming, a student-athlete may be involved in in-pool
conditioning with swim-specific equipment (e.g., starting
blocks, kickboards, pull buoys). In baseball, for institution’s starting prior to January 15, and
if out of season after April 15, skill instruction is limited to
four student-athletes at any one time in any facility.
No participation in any other countable athletically related
activity that may have been permissible during the inseason period.
Any voluntary athletically related activity in which the
student-athlete chooses to participate
All athletically related activities are prohibited one week
prior to the beginning of the institution’s final exam period
through the conclusion of each student-athlete’s final
exams.
In football, participation in up to two hours per week of
watching and reviewing films.
No required participation during any institutional vacation
period.
What is a “voluntary” activity?
To be considered a “voluntary” activity, all the following conditions must be met:
• The student-athlete must not be required to report back to a coach or other staff member
• Non-coaching athletics staff members may not report back to the student-athlete’s coach
• Coaches may never observe voluntary activities
• The activity must be initiated and requested solely by the student-athlete
• The student-athlete’s attendance and participation may not be recorded for the purposes of reporting
• The student-athlete may not be subjected to penalty for not participating in the activity
• No athletics department staff member may provide incentives/awards for participation What is the safety exception? In Gymnastics, Rowing, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field: (Field events,
jumping hurdles, jumping element of the steeplechase and Wrestling, a coach may be present during voluntary individual workouts to provide safety or skill instruction but may not conduct the individual’s workouts.
“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.” - George Patton
NCAA RECRUITING
CALENDAR
FOOTBALL:
September 1-30 Evaluation
MEN’S BASKETBALL:
September 1-8 Quiet
September 9-30 Contact
BASEBALL:
September 1-8 Quiet
September 9-30 Contact
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL:
September 1-15 Quiet
September 16-30Contact
ALL OTHER SPORTS
September 1-30 Contact
The NLI signing period for
2010-2011 officially ended
Aug 1, 2011.
COMPLIANCE BRIEFS
Definitions
Recruiting Periods
(Bylaw 13.02.5)
Contact Period.
•
A contact period is a period of time when it is permis-
sible for authorized athletics department staff members to make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations
Evaluation Period.
•
An evaluation period is a period of time when it is per-
missible for authorized athletics department staff mem-
bers to be involved in off-campus activities designed to assess the academic qualifications and playing ability or prospective student-athletes
•
No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall be made with the prospective student-athlete during an evalua-
tion period
Quiet Period.
•
A quiet period is a period of time when it is permisible to make in-person recruiting contacts ONLY on the in-
stitution’s campus
•
No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period
Dead Period.
•
A dead period is a period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the institution’s campus or to permit official or unoffi-
cial visits by prospective student-athletes to the institution’s campus
•
During the dead period, a coaching staff member may not serve as a speaker, attend a meeting or banquet at which prospective student-athletes are in attendance and may not visit a prospective student-athlete’s institution
•
It remains permissible however, for an institutional staff member to write or telephone a prospective student-athlete
FROM THE F.A.R. SIDE- LIZ BROUGHTON
ACADEMIC UPDATE
Now that academic meetings and study table are underway, we ask that you encourage your student-athletes to attend all of their meetings on time with work
to do. Also, we ask that you occasionally visit evening
study table to check on your team. If study table issues
are reported to you, we appreciate your swift action.
The library is kind enough to share their space and we
must respect their rules.
Monday, September 12th - Last day to drop a class with
a refund
Monday, September 19th - SAAC Meeting @ 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 20th - December graduation applications due
Wednesday, September 21st - Last day to pick up books
for those on book loan
2011-2012 Rules Education Schedule
The following dates have been reserved for Coaches Rules Education for the 2011-2012 academic year. Please put these into
your schedule book. E
Rules education is a mandatory requirement for all coaches.
Date:
Time: Location:
September 22, 2011
10:30-11:30
SC 310A
October 20, 2011
10:30-11:30
SC 310A
November 22, 2011
10:30-11:30
SC 310A
January 17, 2012
10:30-11:30
SC 310A
10:30-11:30
SC 310A
10:30-11:30
SC 310A
10:30-11:30
SC 310A
TBD
Recruiting Test
February 14, 2012
April 25, 2012 May 23, 2012 June-July 2012
IMPORTANT CONTACTS:
The academic “season” is up and running.
Please keep me informed should you have student athletes with issues with
their instructors and/or classes.
SASS has arranged the Study Tables in the Halle Library from 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Mon-Thur . It would be great if coaches would do an unannounced “walk” thru
during this semester.
Chris Hoppe - Assoc. AD/Compliance [email protected] 734.487.3263
Mike Paciorek - Faculty Compliance Assoc. [email protected]
734.487.1439
Tee Vaughn - Athletics Cert. Coord. [email protected]
734.487.6795
Mary Stark - Ath. Award Specialist [email protected]
734.487.0477
Erin Burdis - Asst. AD/Academics [email protected] 734.487.1283
Ann Pierson - Academic Counselor [email protected]
734.487.0351
Elizabeth Broughton - FAR [email protected] 734.487.0255
Chet Hesson -Special Projects GA [email protected]
734-487-8429
Lorne Robertson - Compliance GA
[email protected] 734-487-2233
EDUCATION, ETHICS, EXCELLENCE ... EAGLES!