[Federated provision, FCS only]

13.12 Sports Camps and Clinics.

13.12.1 Institution's Sports Camps and Clinics.

13.12.1.1 Definition. An institution's sports camp or instructional clinic shall be any camp or clinic that is owned or operated by a member institution or an employee of the member institution's athletics department, either on or off its campus, and in which prospective student-athletes participate.

13.12.1.1.1 Definition of Prospective Student-Athlete -- Men's Basketball. In men's basketball, for purposes of Bylaw 13.12, the phrase "prospective student-athlete" shall include any individual who has started classes for the seventh grade.

[13.12.1.1.1.1 unchanged.]

13.12.1.1.2 Definition of Recruited Prospective Student-Athlete -- Football. In football, for purposes of applying Bylaw 13.12, a recruited prospective student-athlete is a prospective student-athlete who has been recruited pursuant to the definition of recruiting in Bylaw 13.02.14 or the definition of a recruited prospective student-athlete pursuant to Bylaw 13.02.14.1. In addition, a football prospective student-athlete is considered a recruited prospective student-athlete if any of the following conditions have occurred:

(a) The prospective student-athlete's attendance at any institutional camp or clinic has been solicited by the institution (or a representative of the institution's athletics interests);

(b) The institution has provided any recruiting materials to the prospective student-athlete;

(c) An institutional coaching staff member has had any recruiting contact [including in-person or electronic contact (e.g., telephone calls, video conference, electronic correspondence)] with the prospective student-athlete (including contact initiated by the prospective student-athlete);

(d) The prospective student-athlete has received an oral offer of athletically related financial aid from the institution; or

(e) The prospective student-athlete has orally committed to attend the institution.

[13.12.1.1.2 renumbered as 13.12.1.1.3, unchanged.]

13.12.1.1.4 Football. In bowl subdivision football, an institution's football camp or clinic may be conducted only during 10 days in the months of June  [or any calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that includes days in June (e.g., May 28-June 3)] and July. The dates must be on file in the office of the athletics director.  In championship subdivision football, an institution's camp or clinic may be conducted only during June [or any calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that includes days in June (e.g., May 28-June 3)] and July. [D]

[13.12.1.1.3 through 13.12.1.1.5 renumbered as 13.12.1.1.4 through 13.12.1.1.6, unchanged.]

13.12.1.2 Location Restriction .

[13.12.1.2 unchanged.]

13.12.1.2.1 Basketball. In basketball, an institution's camp or clinic shall be conducted on the institution's campus or within a 100-mile radius of the institution's campus.

13.12.1.2.2 Football. In football, an institution's camp or clinic shall be conducted on the institution's campus or in facilities regularly used by the institution for practice or competition.

[13.12.1.2.1 through 13.12.1.2.2 renumbered as 13.12.1.2.3 through 13.12.1.2.4, unchanged.]

[13.12.1.3 through 13.12.1.4 unchanged.]

13.12.1.5 Recruiting Calendar Exceptions. The interaction during sports camps and clinics between prospective student-athletes and those coaches employed by the camp or clinic is not subject to the recruiting calendar restrictions. However, an institutional staff member employed at any camp or clinic (e.g., counselor, director) is prohibited from recruiting any prospective student-athlete during the time period that the camp or clinic is conducted (from the time the prospective student-athlete reports to the camp or clinic until the conclusion of all camp activities). The prohibition against recruiting includes extending written offers of financial aid to any prospective student-athlete during his or her attendance at the camp or clinic (see Bylaw 13.9.2.2), but does not include recruiting conversations between the certifying institution's coach and a participating prospective student-athlete during the institution's camps or clinics. Other coaches wishing to attend the camp as observers must comply with appropriate recruiting contact and evaluation periods. In addition, institutional camps or clinics may not be conducted during a dead period.

[13.12.1.5.1 unchanged.]

13.12.1.5.2 Exception -- Recruiting Activities -- Football. In football, an institutional coaching staff member who is permissibly employed at a camp or clinic (see Bylaws 13.12.2.3.4 and 13.12.2.3.5) may engage in recruiting conversations with a prospective student-athlete during the time period that the camp or clinic is conducted (from the time the prospective student-athlete reports to the camp or clinic until the conclusion of all camp activities).

[13.12.1.5.2 renumbered as 13.12.1.5.3, unchanged.]

[13.12.1.6 through 13.12.1.7 unchanged.]

13.12.1.8 Educational Session.

[13.12.1.8 unchanged.]

13.12.1.8.1 Basketball. An institution's basketball sports camp or clinic must include an educational session presented in-person or in a video format detailing NCAA initial-eligibility standards and regulations related to gambling, agents and drug use to all camp and/or clinic participants.

13.12.1.8.2 Football. An institution's football sports camp or clinic must include an educational session presented in-person or in a video format detailing NCAA initial-eligibility standards and regulations related to gambling, agents and drug use to all camp and/or clinic participants.

[13.12.1.8.1 through 13.12.1.8.2 renumbered as 13.12.1.8.3 through 13.12.1.8.4, unchanged.]

13.12.2 Employment at Camp or Clinic.

[13.12.2.1 unchanged.]

13.12.2.2 High School, Preparatory School, Two-Year College Coaches or Other Individuals Involved With Prospective Student-Athletes. A member institution (or employees of its athletics department) may employ a high school, preparatory school or two-year college coach or any other individual responsible for teaching or directing an activity in which a prospective student-athlete is involved at its camp or clinic, provided: [R]

[13.12.2.2-(a) through 13.12.2.2-(b) unchanged.]

[13.12.2.2.1 through 13.12.2.2.3 unchanged.]

13.12.2.2.54 Individual Associated With a Recruited Prospective Student-Athlete -- Football. In football, an institution or staff member shall not employ (either on a volunteer or paid basis) an individual associated with a recruited prospective student-athlete (see Bylaws 13.02.14.1, 13.02.19 and 13.12.1.1.2) at the institution's camp or clinic, unless at least two years (24 months) have elapsed since the prospective student-athlete's initial full-time enrollment at the institution. (See Bylaw 13.2.1.4.)

13.12.2.2.54.1 Exception -- Coach of Four-Year, NCAA Member Institution. An institution or staff member may employ a coach of another four-year, NCAA member institution at the institution's camp or clinic regardless of whether the coach is an individual associated with a recruited prospective student-athlete.

[13.12.2.2.4 through 13.12.2.2.5 renumbered as 13.12.2.2.5 through 13.12.2.2.6, unchanged.]

13.12.2.3 Athletics Staff Members. A member institution's athletics staff member may be involved in sports camps or clinics unless otherwise prohibited in this section (see Bylaw 11.3.2.6). [D]

[13.12.2.3.1 through 13.12.2.3.3 unchanged.]

13.12.2.3.4 Institutional or Noninstitutional, Privately Owned Camps/Clinics -- Bowl Subdivision Football. In bowl subdivision football, an institution's coach  (including a graduate assistant coach who has successfully completed the coaches' certification examination per Bylaw 11.5.1.1) may be employed (either on a salaried or volunteer basis) in any capacity (e.g., counselor, guest lecturer, consultant) only by his or her institution's camps or clinics or another four-year, NCAA member institution's camps or clinics.  A noncoaching athletics department staff member with responsibilities specific to football may be employed only by his or her institution's camps or clinics.  Employment in such a camp or clinic is limited to  10 days in the months of June  [or any calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that includes days  in June (e.g., May 28-June 3)] and July. The dates must be on file in the office of the athletics director.  It is not permissible for a football coach to be employed at a noninstitutional, privately owned camp or clinic.  It is not permissible for a noncoaching staff member with responsibilities specific to football to be employed at other institutional camps or clinics or at noninstitutional, privately owned camps or clinics. [D]

[13.12.2.3.4 unchanged.]

13.12.2.3.5 Institutional or Noninstitutional, Privately Owned Camps/Clinics -- Championship Subdivision Football. In championship subdivision football, an institution's coach may be employed (either on a salaried or volunteer basis) in any capacity (e.g., counselor, guest lecturer, consultant) only only by his or her institution's camps or clinics or another four-year, NCAA member institution's camps or clinics. A noncoaching athletics department staff member with responsibilities specific to football may be employed only by his or her institution's camps or clinics.  Employment in such a camp or clinic may occur only during 10 days in the months of June [or any calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that includes days in June (e.g., May 28-June 3)] and July.  It is not permissible for a football coach to be employed at a noninstitutional, privately owned camp or clinic.  It is not permissible for a noncoaching staff member with responsibilities specific to football to be employed at other institutional camps or clinics or at noninstitutional, privately owned camps or clinics. [D]

[13.12.2.3.5 through 13.12.2.3.9 unchanged.]

[13.12.3 through 13.12.4 unchanged.]

[Federated provision, FCS only]

13.17.4.2 Championship Subdivision Football. The following periods of recruiting activities shall apply to championship subdivision football:

(a) June 1 through the last Saturday in November [except for (1) through (3) below]: Quiet Period

(1) The Monday before the last Wednesday in June through July 24:  Dead Period

(2) August 1-31:  Dead Period

(3) Forty-two evaluation days (see Bylaw 13.02.7.2) during the months of September, October and November selected at the discretion of the institution and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics; authorized off-campus recruiters shall not visit a prospective student-athlete's educational institution on more than one calendar day during this period: Evaluation Period

(b) The Sunday following the last Saturday in November through the Saturday prior to the initial date for the regular signing period of the National Letter of Intent except for (1) and (2) below. Six in-person off-campus contacts per prospective student-athlete shall be permitted during this time period with not more than one permitted in any one calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) or partial calendar week: Contact Period

[13.17.4.2-(b)-(1) unchanged.]

(2) Monday of the week that includes the initial date of the midyear junior college transfer National Letter of Intent signing period through the Thursday of the week of the annual American Football Coaches Association Convention [applicable to  all prospective student-athletes (see Bylaw 13.02.5.5.2)]: Dead Period

[13.17.4.2-(b)-(3) through 13.17.4.2-(b)-(7) unchanged.]

[13.17.4.2-(c) through 13.17.4.2-(g) unchanged.]