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Football Spring Evaluation Period - Rules
Two Spring Evaluations
In football, staff members shall be limited to one evaluation during the fall evaluation period and not more than two evaluations may be used during the April 15 through May 31 evaluation period.
Head Coach Restriction
In bowl subdivision football, the head coach shall not engage in off-campus recruiting activities (including coaching clinics or meeting with a prospect's coach off-campus) during the April 15 through May 31 evaluation period.
Limitations on the Number of Spring Evaluations
In football, institutional staff members shall not visit a prospect's educational institution on more than two calendar days during the spring evaluation period.
On Same Day: Any number of evaluations or observations made during the same calendar day (defined as 12:01 a.m. to midnight) shall count as one evaluation.
Designation of Weeks during the Spring Football Evaluation Period: For a spring eval period, an institution must designate four specific calendar weeks (defined Monday through Saturday) as opposed to selecting 24 individual evaluation days. The weeks selected by the institution need not to be consecutive.
One Telephone Call (April 15 - May 31): In football, one telephone call to a prospect [or a prospect's relatives or legal guardian(s)] may be made from April 15 through May 31 of the prospect's junior year in high school. Additional telephone calls to a prospect [or a prospect's relatives or legal guardian(s)] may not be made before September 1 of the beginning of the prospect's senior year in high school.
Enrolled Students and Student-Athletes: Enrolled student-athletes or other enrolled students shall not make or participate in telephone calls to prospects at the direction of a coaching staff member, financed by the institution or a representative of its athletics interests; however, they may receive telephone calls at the expense of the prospect prior to July 1 following the completion of the prospect's junior year in high school.
Coach Providing Student-Athletes With Prospects' Telephone Numbers: It is not permissible for an institution's coaching staff member to provide enrolled students (or student-athletes) with telephone numbers of prospects for the purpose of making recruiting calls. It is permissible for coaching staff members to provide prospects with telephone numbers of enrolled students (or enrolled student-athletes) if requested by the prospect.
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