13.1 Contacts and Evaluations. Recruiting contacts (per Bylaw 13.02.4) and telephone calls by institutional staff members or representatives of the institution's athletics interests are subject to the provisions set forth in this bylaw. [D]

13.1.1 Contactable Individuals.

13.1.1.1 Time Period for Off-Campus Contacts -- General Rule. Off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with an individual (or his or her family members) before July 1 following the completion of his or her junior year in high school (July 7 after the junior year in high school in women's ice hockey and July 15 after the junior year in high school in women's gymnastics), or the opening day of classes of his or her senior year in high school (as designated by the high school), whichever is earlier. U.S. service academy exceptions to this provision are set forth in Bylaw 13.16.1. [D]

[13.1.1.1.1 through 13.1.1.1.3 unchanged.]

13.1.1.1.4 Exception -- Men's Ice Hockey. In men's ice hockey, off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with an individual (or his family members) before June 15 at the completion of his sophomore August 1 at the beginning of his junior year in high school. If an individual attends an educational institution that uses a nontraditional academic calendar (e.g., Southern Hemisphere), off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with an individual (or his family members) before the day after the conclusion of the individual’s sophomore year in high school. [D]

[13.1.1.1.5 through 13.1.1.1.6 unchanged.]

[13.1.1.2 through 13.1.1.3 unchanged.]

[13.1.2 unchanged.]

13.1.3 Telephone Calls.

[13.1.3.1 unchanged.]

13.1.3.2 Additional Restrictions.

[13.1.3.2.1 unchanged.]

13.1.3.2.2 Telephone Calls Initiated by an Individual at His or Her Expense -- Sports Other Than Men's Ice Hockey, Lacrosse and Softball. In sports other than men's ice hockey, lacrosse and softball, institutional staff members may receive telephone calls placed by an individual at the individual's expense at any time.

13.1.3.2.3 Telephone Calls from an Individual -- Men's Ice Hockey. In men's ice hockey, an institutional staff member may not receive telephone calls from an individual (or his family members) before January 1 of his sophomore year in high school.

[13.1.3.2.3 renumbered as 13.1.3.2.4, unchanged.]

[13.1.3.3 through 13.1.3.7 unchanged.]

[13.1.4 unchanged.]

13.1.5 Contacts.

[13.1.5.1 through 13.1.5.4 unchanged.]

13.1.5.5 Men's Ice Hockey. In men's ice hockey, each institution is limited to seven recruiting opportunities (contacts and evaluations combined) per prospective student-athlete per year (see Bylaw 13.1.5.7). Beginning June 15 at the conclusion August 1 of a prospective student-athlete's sophomore junior year of high school (or the day after the conclusion of the sophomore year for a prospective student-athlete who attends an educational institution that uses a nontraditional academic calendar), not more than three of the seven opportunities may be off-campus contacts each year, including contacts with the prospective student-athlete's family members. A contact made during an official visit per Bylaw 13.6 or an unofficial visit per Bylaw 13.7.5 does not count as a recruiting opportunity. [D]

[13.1.5.6 through 13.1.5.10 unchanged.]

[13.1.6 through 13.1.10 unchanged.]

13.6 Official (Paid) Visit.

[13.6.1 unchanged.]

13.6.2 Limitations on Official Visits.

13.6.2.1 First Opportunity to Visit.

13.6.2.1.1 Sports Other Than Basketball and, Football and Men's Ice Hockey. In sports other than basketball and, football and men's ice hockey, a prospective student-athlete may not be provided an expense-paid visit earlier than September 1 of his or her junior year in high school. [D]

[13.6.2.1.2 through 13.6.2.1.4 unchanged.]

13.6.2.1.5 Men's Ice Hockey. In men's ice hockey, a prospective student-athlete may not be provided an expense-paid visit earlier than August 1 of his junior year in high school.

[13.6.2.2 through 13.6.2.5 unchanged.]

[13.6.3 through 13.6.8 unchanged.]

13.7 Unofficial (Nonpaid) Visit.

13.7.1 First Opportunity to Visit.

13.7.1.1 Sports Other Than Basketball and, Football Men's Ice Hockey. In sports other than basketball and, football and men's ice hockey, an unofficial visit with athletics department involvement (e.g., contact with athletics department staff, athletics-specific tour, complimentary admission) shall not occur with an individual (or his or her family members) before September 1 at the beginning of his or her junior year in high school.

[13.7.1.2 unchanged.]

13.7.1.3 Men's Ice Hockey. In men's ice hockey, an unofficial visit with athletics department involvement (e.g., contact with athletics department staff, athletics-specific tour, complimentary admission) shall not occur with an individual (or his family members) before January 1 of his sophomore year in high school.

[13.7.2 through 13.7.5 unchanged.]

13.9 Offers of Financial Aid, Letter-of-Intent Programs, and Financial Aid Agreements.

13.9.1 Oral Offer of Aid -- Men's Ice Hockey. In men's ice hockey, an athletics department staff member shall not, directly or indirectly, provide an individual an oral offer (or indicate that an offer will or may be made) of athletically related financial aid, other institutional financial aid, admission to the institution or as a member of an intercollegiate team before August 1 at the beginning of the individual's junior year in high school.

[13.9.1 through 13.9.2 renumbered as 13.9.2 through 13.9.3, unchanged.]

13.12 Sports Camps and Clinics.

13.12.1 Institution's Sports Camps and Clinics.

[13.12.1.1 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). Other coaches who attend the camp or clinic 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 or a recruiting shutdown.

13.12.1.5.1 Exception -- Recruiting Conversations -- Sports Other Than Men's Ice Hockey, Basketball and Football. In sports other than men's ice hockey, basketball and football, recruiting conversations during an institutional camp or clinic (including a camp or clinic that involves only individuals who are not yet prospective student-athletes) are not permitted between an institution’s coach and a participating individual before September 1 at the beginning of the individual’s junior year in high school.

[13.12.1.5.2 through 13.12.1.5.3 unchanged.]

13.12.1.5.4 Exception -- Recruiting Conversation -- Men's Ice Hockey. In men's ice hockey, recruiting conversations during an institutional camp or clinic are not permitted between an institution's coach and a participating individual before January 1 of the individual's sophomore year in high school.

[13.12.1.5.4 through 13.12.1.5.5 renumbered as 13.12.1.5.5 through 13.12.1.5.6, unchanged.]

[13.12.1.6 through 13.12.1.8 unchanged.]

[13.12.2 through 13.12.4 unchanged.]