Recruiting Rules For High School Coaches

Klungseth, Scott. "The Five NCAA Recruiting Rules That High School Coaches Should Know." Coach & Athletic Director 74.9 (2005): 75-81. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 23 Nov. 2010.

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Scott Kungsleth points out the five most important high school coaches should know: limits on telephone calls and contacts college coaches can make, representatives of athletics interests, official visits, and national letter of intent. Kungsleth goes on to state that representatives of an institution’s athletics interests are prohibited from making any kind of communication with a prospect. The only exceptions are admissions program, established family friend or neighbor, or unavoidable incidental contact. During official visits, Scott Kungsleth points out expenses the college may pay for the athlete or the athlete’s parents. Colleges may pay for athlete’s transportation to and from college, room and meals for athletes and his/her parents while visiting, and reasonable entertainment expenses. Kungsleth points out that no matter what division the athlete is wanting to attend the college cannot contact him/her at all their sophomore year and colleges can only contact the athlete once a week near the end of the athlete’s junior year.

NCAA created these rules for recruiting to help protect athletes. The NCAA did not want athletes to be used as they were before so President Myles Brand took action. It is said that although recruiting is for colleges, it is up to high school coaches to guide the athletes through process and it created the five rules all high school coaches should know. The point for high school coaches to get involved was to help protect the athletes and help them make good decisions. If someone reads this article they will see that the NCAA is trying to help protect athletes so they do not get used as they did in the early 20th century. They don’t allow colleges to get in contact with athletes as much anymore because they will not be as pressured into attending a college. Also, if an athlete may visit a college, the college is only allowed to pay for certain costs in order for no bribing with money and material items. NCAA protects upcoming college athletes by making regulations for what colleges can provide for the high school athlete.