Recruiting and Amateur Rules NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, CCCAA

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Recruiting and Amateur RulesNCAA, NAIA, NJCAA,
CCCAA

• An Amateur Baseball Player
• Resource Guide
• Richard Ng Resource Coordinator

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Sophomore Year HS

• Start to look at schools that interest you or are
  recruiting you
• Start to look at NCAA / NAIA Resources
• NCAA eligibility Center http//web1.ncaa.org/ECWR
  2/NCAA_EMS/NCAA.html
• NAIA eligibility Center
• http//www.playnaia.org/
• Junior College Programs
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  NJCAA.org
• California Community College Athletic Association
  cccaasports.org

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Junior Year HS

• Learn recruiting calendars - NCAA
• Start to Create Recruiting Profile
• Contact or Start to Interact with Coaches
• Play in showcase games
• Wooden Bat Leagues
• Join a Club Team

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Create Recruiting Profile

• Statistics
• Athletic Awards
• Video Highlights

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What Program Fits You Best?

• Is the team looking for your position in class
• Potential of playing time
• Analyze Scholarship Offer (Learn Scholarship
  breakdown)

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Scholarship Breakdown (NCAA)

• Baseball
• NCAA DI Programs
• Partial or Full Scholarships
• NCAA DII Programs
• Full or Partial Scholarships most often partial
  or none
• NCAA DIII
• No Athletic Scholarships scholarships made up
  from academic and financial based grants

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Scholarship Breakdown (NAIA)

• NAIA Athletics do not offer full scholarships but
  often have blocks of money set aside from
  financial aid directed to athletics
• NAIA schools are often very generous with funding
  and financial aid

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Scholarship Breakdown (JC)

• CA JC (CCCAA) do not offer athletic scholarships
• Offer need based money only if school has
  non-state based grants
• Few have housing
• NJCAA (JC outside CA)
• Full, Partial, or none
• Many use WUE Exchange (Western Undergraduate
  Exchange) cutting down on costs. Take cost of
  housing into consideration

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Recruiting Rules NCAA Div. I
Sophomore Year
Recruiting Method Rules
Recruiting Materials Athlete may receive brochures for camps and questionnaires.
Telephone Calls Athlete may make calls to the coach at their expense only. College coach cannot call the athlete.
Off-Campus Contact None Allowed
Official Visit None Allowed
Unofficial Visit Athlete may make an unlimited amount of unofficial visits.
Junior Year
Recruiting Method Rules
Recruiting Materials Athlete may begin to receiving September 1st of Junior Year.
Telephone Calls Athlete may make calls to the coach at their expense.
College Coaches May Call Athlete Once per week starting July 1 after Junior Year
Off-Campus Contact Allowed Starting July 1 after Junior Year.
Official Visit None Allowed
Unofficial Visit Athlete may make an unlimited amount of unofficial visits.
Senior Year
Recruiting Method Rules
Recruiting Materials Allowed
Telephone Calls Athlete may make calls to the coach at their own expense.
College Coaches May Call Athlete Once per week starting July 1
Off-Campus Contact Allowed
Official Visit Allowed beginning opening day of classes Senior Year.
Unofficial Visit Athlete may make an unlimited amount of unofficial visits.
Evaluations and contacts Up to seven times during the athletes Senior Year.
How often can a coach see or talk to an athlete off the college's campus A college coach may contact the athlete or the athletes parents/legal guardians no more than three times during their Senior Year.
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Recruiting Rules NCAA Div II III
Recruiting Method Div II Div III
Recruiting materials A coach may begin sending the athlete printed recruiting materials September 1 their Junior Year in high school. An athlete may receive printed materials any time.
Telephone calls A college coach may call the athlete once per week beginning June 15 between your Junior and Senior year. The athlete may make calls to the coach at their own expense. No limit on number of calls or when they can be made by the college coach. The athlete may make calls to the coach at their own expense.
Off-campus contact A college coach can have contact with the athlete or the parents/legal guardians off the college's campus beginning June 15 after their Junior Year. A college coach is limited to three in-person contacts off campus. A college coach may begin to have contact with the athletes parents/legal guardians off the college's campus after the athletes junior year.
Unofficial visits The athlete may make an unlimited number of unofficial visits any time. The athlete may make an unlimited number of unofficial visits any time.
Official visits The athlete may make official visits starting the opening day of classes of their senior year. The athlete may make only one official visit per college and up to a maximum of five official visits to Divisions I and II colleges. The athlete may make official visits starting the opening day of classes their senior year. The athlete may make only one official visit per college.
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Div I II Amateur Bylaws
  Permissible in Division I? (Student-athletes first enrolling full time in college prior to August 1, 2010) Permissible in Division I? (Student-athletes first enrolling full time in college on or after August 1, 2010) Permissible in Division II? (any time prior to initial full time collegiate enrollment?)
Enters into a contract with a professional team No Yes (unless student compensated above expenses by team or contract provides for more than expenses) Yes
Accepts prize money Yes, if it is an open event, and does not exceed actual and necessary expenses Yes, if it is an open event, and does not exceed actual and necessary expenses Yes
Enters draft Yes Yes Yes
Accepts salary from a professional team above expenses No No Yes
Receives expenses from a professional team No Yes Yes
Tryouts with a professional team before initial collegiate enrollment Yes. May receive actual and necessary expenses for one visit (up to 48 hrs) from each professional team. Self-financed tryouts may be more than 48 hrs. Yes, no restrictions Yes
Receives benefits from an agent No No No
Enters into agreement with an agent (oral or written) No No No
Delays full-time collegiate enrollment and participates in organized competition. (If athlete is charged with season(s) of competition under this rule, you will also have to serve an academic year in residence at the NCAA institution Any participation in organized sports competition during each 12-month period after the athletes 21st birthday and before initial full-time enrollment in a collegiate institution shall count as one year of varsity competition (no academic year in resident requirement). Have one year after High School Graduation (i.e. grace period) to enroll full time in a collegiate institution or will lose on season of intercollegiate competition for each calendar year during which you can continue to participate in organized competition. Have one year after high school graduation (i.e. grace period) to enroll full time in a collegiate institution or will lose one season of intercollegiate competition for each calendar year during which you continue to participate in organized competition.
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NAIA Recruiting Rules

• NAIA Bylaws Article II SECTION D. RECRUITMENT
• Recruitment of an Enrolled Student-Athlete
• If, during the school year or summer vacation
  period, the athletics director, faculty athletics
  representative, or coach of a member institution
  is contacted or becomes aware of contact by an
  athlete who enrolled at another institution of
  higher learning (two-year or four-year), it shall
  be the responsibility of the contacted
  institution (athletics director or faculty
  athletics representative) to notify, in writing,
  the institution (athletics director or faculty
  athletics representative) where the athlete is
  presently enrolled within 10 days following the
  first
• contact.
• A coach or another representative of a member
  institution shall not initiate contact with an
  athlete who has enrolled at another four-year
  institution. It is permissible to contact a
  student who is currently enrolled at a two-year
  institution once the student completes the
  academic year in which the student utilizes
  his/her first season of competition. A coach or
  another representative of a member institution
  may respond to a contact by an athlete only after
  the enrolled athlete's institution (athletics
  director or faculty athletics representative) has
  been notified as prescribed above.
• 2. Recruitment of a Non-Enrolled Student
• A coach or another representative of a member
  institution shall not contact an athlete who has
  drawn equipment and is engaged in organized
  pre-school practice at another institution.
• 3. Violation of any part of the recruitment
  policy shall cause an immediate investigation by
  the National Conduct and Ethics Committee for
  appropriate action

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NAIA Amateur Code

• NAIA Bylaws Article VII SECTION B. ACTS PERMITTED
  BY NAIA AMATEUR CODE
• The following acts will NOT cause an athlete to
  lose amateur standing.
• Playing with an amateur team against a
  professional team or player if under the
  sponsorship or approval of NAIA or the governing
  body of the sport concerned.
• Participating as a member of a team while not
  receiving remuneration (expense reimbursement)
  beyond actual expenses of travel, meals and
  lodging only from the immediately previous city
  to the event, even though other members of the
  team may receive remuneration in excess of NAIA
  amateur limits. Expenses must be itemized and
  properly documented.
• Receiving reasonable compensation for officiating
  or coaching in amateur, recreational or
  interscholastic programs. A student may solicit
  and be paid reasonable compensation on a lesson
  basis.
• Coaching at the intercollegiate level when
  compensation (if any) meets the criteria set
  forth in Article II, Section B of the Bylaws.
  Such compensation shall be considered athletic
  aid, as defined by official NAIA policy, and
  shall be reported as such.
• Competing in a non-team athletics contest,
  certified as amateur by that sport's national
  governing body, and receiving financial
  reimbursement (expense reimbursement) for such
  participation when such remuneration does not
  exceed the actual expenses for travel, meals and
  lodging only from the immediately previous city
  to the event. Expenses must be itemized and
  properly documented.
• 6. Participating in radio or television programs
  for the purpose of promoting an amateur athletic
  event where no remuneration is provided.
• 7. Receiving reasonable compensation for
  supervision of physical education, playground, or
  
• recreational activities

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NAIA Amateur Code

• NAIA Bylaws Article VII SECTION D. ACTS THAT
  RESULT IN LOSS OF AMATEUR STANDING
• The following acts will cause a student to lose
  amateur standing for participation in
  intercollegiate competition recognized by NAIA in
  the sport where any or all such acts occur.
• 1. Receiving (directly or indirectly) expense
  reimbursement beyond actual expenses of travel,
  meals and lodging only. Expenses must be
  itemized and properly documented.
• 2. Signing a contract with any professional
  team.
• 3. Participating in any athletics contest as a
  professional or as a member of a team where the
  student in question receives remuneration
  exceeding the actual expenses of travel, meals
  and lodging only.
• 4. Exploiting for remuneration athletic ability
  or fame through exhibition or radio or television
  appearance, or using athletic fame to write for
  news media for pay beyond actual expense.
• 5. Receiving remuneration for use of name or
  picture to promote any commercial product or
  enterprise.
• 6. Entering into an agreement of any kind to
  compete in professional athletics, with either a
  professional sports organization or with any
  individual or group.

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NJCAA Recruiting Rules

• NJCAA Eligibility Rules Article VII Section
  2. RECRUITMENT
• Recruiting is any solicitation of a prospect or a
  prospects relatives (or legal guardians) by an
  institutional staff member or by a representative
  of the institutions athletics interests for the
  purpose of securing the prospects enrollment and
  ultimate participation in the institutions
  intercollegiate athletics program.
• No institution shall permit a prospective
  student-athlete to be solicited to attend such
  institutions by the promise of gift or any aid or
  inducement other than that of a Grant-in-Aid
  permitted by these rules.
• On Campus Recruiting and Official Visits
• An institution may pay for one visit to its
  campus by direct route of a prospective
  student-athlete for a stay not to exceed two (2)
  days and two (2) nights. The paid visit must be
  limited to the campus and local community where
  the college is located. A student-athlete must
  have completed his/her junior year in high school
  in order to receive an official recruiting visit
  by a member NJCAA college.

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NJCAA Amateur Rules (Permitted Actions)

• NJCAA Eligibility Rules Article V Section
  11. RULES GOVERNING THE AMATEUR STATUS OF
  STUDENT-ATHLETES
• Amateur athletes are those who engage in sports
  for the physical, mental or social benefits they
  derive in participation
• and to whom athletics is an avocation and not a
  source for personal financial remuneration.
  Whenever the amateur
• status of a student-athlete is questionable and
  before competition begins in an activity
  sponsored by the NJCAA, it is
• the responsibility of an administrative officer
  of the college where the student-athlete is
  enrolled to clear the status of
• the student-athlete in question. In determining
  amateur status of student-athletes, the following
  guidelines have been
• established.
• Student-Athletes are Permitted To
• Accept scholarships and educational grants-in-aid
  from their institution in accordance with the
  provisions of Article VIII of the bylaws of the
  NJCAA.
• 2. Officiate sport contests, providing the
  compensation received does not exceed the going
  rate for such employment.
• 3. Serve as coaches or instructors for
  compensation in a physical education class
  outside of their institution provided
• the employment is not arranged by the
  student-athlete's institution or a representative
  of its athletics interests.

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NJCAA Amateur Rules (Permitted Actions)

• 7. Have their names or pictures appear in books,
  other publications, or films without jeopardizing
  their amateur status, but only under the
  following conditions
• a. Appearance in such publications or films is
  for the purpose of demonstrating athletic skill,
  analysis of a sports event, or instruction in
  sports.
• b. There is no indication that the
  student-athlete expressly or implicitly endorses
  a commercial product or services.
• c. The student-athlete is not paid.
• d. The student-athlete has signed a release
  statement detailing the conditions under which
  his or her name or image may be used and has
  filed a copy of that statement with the
  institution he/she attends.
• 8. Amateur
• Only an individual who is an amateur is eligible
  for intercollegiate athletics participation in a
  NJCAA certified sport.
• An individual, for the purposes of this bylaw, is
  any person of any age without reference to
  enrollment in an educational institution or
  status as a student-athlete.
• An individual loses amateur status and thus shall
  not be eligible for intercollegiate competition
  in a NJCAA certified sport if any of the
  following criteria applies
• i. Uses his or her athletics skill
  (directly or indirectly) for pay in any form in
  that sport
• Accepts a promise of pay even if such pay is to
  be received following completion of
  intercollegiate athletics participation
• Signs a contract or commitment of any kind to
  play professional athletics, regardless of its
  legal enforceability or any consideration
  received
• Receives, directly or indirectly, a salary,
  reimbursement of expenses or any other form of
  financial assistance from a professional sports
  organization based on athletics skill or
  participation
• Competes on any professional athletics team, or
  on a team where any member of the team is
  considered professional, even if no pay or
  remuneration for expenses was received

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NJCAA Amateur Rules (Restricted Actions)

• B. Student-Athletes Shall Not
• 1. Receive money or other forms of remuneration
  beyond actual expenses for participating in any
  athletic contest or programs.
• 2. Give lessons on a fee-for-lesson basis.
• 3. Be employed to teach any class or in any
  coaching capacity for their college during the
  academic year in which he/she is a participant.
• 4. Be employed or receive compensation for
  teaching or coaching sports skills or techniques,
  if the employment is arranged by the
  student-athlete's institution or a representative
  of its athletics interests.
• 5. Take any financial assistance, or enter into
  an agreement of any kind, to compete in
  professional athletics, with the exception of the
  student-athlete who participates in professional
  baseball for not more than ninety (90) days as
  provided in Section 11.A.5. Student-athletes who
  violate this provision shall be ineligible for
  participation in the sport. This includes
  declaring for professional draft.
• 6. Try out with a professional sports
  organization while enrolled full-time during any
  part of the academic year unless they have
  exhausted their eligibility in that sport. (This
  includes any time from the beginning of the fall
  term through the completion of the spring term,
  including any intervening period.) Part-time
  student-athletes who are not participating under
  the provisions of Section 4.I. may try out
  provided they do not receive any form of
  compensation other than actual expenses from the
  professional organization.
• 7. Contract in writing to be represented by an
  agent in the marketing of athletic ability or
  reputation in a sport.
• 11. Student-athletes shall not compete
  professionally or contract to compete
  professionally in a sport regardless of its
  format.

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NJCAA Eligibility Rules (Restricted Actions)

• 13. A professional team is any organized team
  that
• a. Provides any of its players more than actual
  and necessary expenses for participation on the
  team. Actual and necessary expenses are limited
  to the following, provided the value of these
  items is commensurate with the fair market value
  in the locality of the player(s) and is not
  excessive in nature
• i. Meals directly tied to competition and
  practice held in preparation for such
  competition
• ii. Lodging directly tied to competition and
  practice held in preparation for such
  competition
• iii. Playing and practice apparel, equipment and
  supplies
• iv. Coaching and instruction
• v. Transportation (expenses to and from
  practice competition, cost of transportation from
  home to training/practice site at the beginning
  of the season and from the training/practice
  site to home at the end of the season)
• vi. Facility usage
• vii. Entry fees
• viii. Other reasonable expenses, OR
• b. Declares itself to be professional

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CCCAA Recruiting Rules

• CCCAA Bylaws 2.1 ATHLETIC RECRUITING
• Athletic recruiting is defined as any
  solicitation of an individual, a member of
  his/her
• family, legal guardian, or coach by a college
  staff member or by a representative of the
• colleges interests to encourage enrollment in
  that institution for the purpose of athletic
• participation. The following are allowable
  activities for recruiting within a colleges
• recruiting area
• A. Initiating or arranging first contact with a
  prospect, family member, legal guardian, or coach
  whether in person, by telephone, or by
  correspondence.
• B. Providing transportation to the campus. (This
  does not apply to a student being recruited under
  an out-of-state waiver.)
• C. Visiting a prospect, family member, or legal
  guardian.
• D. Providing information regarding employment
  opportunities, matriculation, housing, financial
  aid, etc.
• E. Any form of correspondence sent to a prospect,
  family member, or legal guardian such as e-mail,
  letters, memos, news releases, or newspaper
  articles.
• F. Arranging or providing for a meal or meals
  during a campus visit.
• 2.1.1 If not specifically permitted in Bylaw 2.1,
  the activity is disallowed

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CCCAA Amateur Rules

• CCCAA Bylaws 1.1 AMATEURISM
• 1.1.1 An amateur athlete is one who engages in a
  particular sport for the educational, physical,
  mental, and social benefits derived therefrom,
  and to whom participation in that sport is an
  avocation.
• 1.1.2 An amateur athlete may be involved in
  professional sports activities under the
  following conditions
• A. An athlete may be a professional in one (1)
  sport and an amateur in all other sports but
  shall be ineligible only in that sport in which
  the athlete has been deemed to be a professional.
  Professional athletes who have their amateur
  status restored shall still be considered
  professionals in that sport according to this
  Constitution and Bylaws.
• B. Athletes shall be eligible if they have,
  prior to enrollment and attendance in a
  collegiate institution, tried out at their own
  expense with a professional sports organization
  or received not more than one (1) expense-paid
  visitprovided the visit did not exceed 48 hours.
• C. A student athlete shall not try out for a
  professional team while participating in a
  California community college season of sport.
• D. An athlete may participate as an individual
  or as a member of a team against professional
  athletes as long as all other sections of the
  Constitution and Bylaws are observed.
• E. An athlete may participate in a sport
  competition with individuals who are competing
  for cash or comparable prizes provided the
  athlete does not receive payment for
  participation.
• F. Athletes who compete against professional
  teams or individuals may receive reimbursement
  for their actual cost of food, lodging, and
  transportation as verified in writing by the
  event sponsors.
• G. Attending a school or a clinic sponsored by a
  professional organization is not interpreted as
  trying out or playing for a team, provided no
  scheduled games are played.
• H. Athletes may officiate and/or teach as a part
  of private or public instructional programs.52
  July 2010 Edition

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CCCAA Amateur Rules Contd

• 1.1.3 Students shall not represent a college in
  any athletic competition unless they are an
  amateur athlete in the sport(s) in which they
  compete. Students shall be deemed professional
  and ineligible to participate in that sport if
  any one (1) of the following existsIf the
  student
• A. Takes or has taken pay in any form for sport
  participation.
• B. Has signed an agreement of any kind to
  compete in a professional sport.
• C. Has been paid for his/her athletic
  participation. (Exception Athletes who compete
  against professional teams or individuals may
  receive reimbursement for their actual cost of
  food, lodging, and transportation as verified in
  writing by the event sponsors.)
• D. Has ever played on a professional team,
  unless the student meets the criteria as listed
  in Bylaw 1.1.2.
• E. Has agreed to be represented by an agent of
  an organization in the marketing of his/her
  athletic ability.
• F. Subsequent to becoming an athlete at the
  collegiate level, has accepted any remuneration
  for or permitted use of his/her name or likeness
  to advertise or endorse
• a product or service of any kind.
• G. Is an international student and has his/her
  educational costs partially or fully paid by the
  students national sport body or sport club.
• 1.1.4 Full-time enrolled student-athletes cannot
  be paid by a community college to coach
• while eligible to compete in that community
  college sport