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 unchanged.]

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 13.1.1.1.5 unchanged.]

13.1.1.1.6 Exception -- Softball. In softball, off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with an individual (or her family members) before September August 1 at the beginning of her junior year in high school. [D]

[13.1.1.2 through 13.1.1.3 unchanged.]

[13.1.2 unchanged.]

13.1.3 Telephone Calls.

13.1.3.1 Time Period for Telephone Calls -- General Rule. Telephone calls to an individual (or his or her family members) may not be made before September 1 at the beginning of his or her junior year in high school (subject to the exceptions below). If an individual attends an educational institution that uses a nontraditional academic calendar (e.g., Southern Hemisphere), telephone calls to the individual (or his or her family members) may not be made before the opening day of classes of his or her junior year in high school. Thereafter, an institution may make telephone calls to the prospective student-athlete at its discretion. [D]

13.1.3.1.1 Exception -- Softball. In softball, telephone calls to an individual (or his or her family members) may not be made before June 15 at the conclusion of her sophomore year in high school.  Thereafter, an institution may make telephone calls to the prospective student-athlete at its discretion.

[13.1.3.1.1 through 13.1.3.1.8 renumbered as 13.1.3.1.2 through 13.1.3.1.9, unchanged.]

13.1.3.2 Additional Restrictions.

[13.1.3.2.1 through 13.1.3.2.2 unchanged.]

13.1.3.2.3 Telephone Calls From an Individual -- Lacrosse and Softball. In lacrosse and softball, an institutional staff member may not receive telephone calls from an individual (or his or her family members) before September 1 at the beginning of his or her junior year in high school.

13.1.3.2.4 Telephone Calls From an Individual -- Softball. In softball, an institutional staff member may not receive telephone calls from an individual (or her family members) before June 15 at the beginning of her sophomore year in high school.

[13.1.3.3 through 13.1.3.7 unchanged.]

[13.1.4 unchanged.]

13.1.5 Contacts.

[13.1.5.1 through 13.1.5.5 unchanged.]

13.1.5.6 Lacrosse, Softball and Wrestling. In lacrosse, softball and wrestling, 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 September 1 at the start of a prospective student-athlete's junior year of high school, 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]

13.1.5.7 Softball. In softball, each institution is limited to seven recruiting opportunities (contacts and evaluations combined) per prospective student-athlete per year (see Bylaw 13.1.5.8). Beginning August 1 at the start of a prospective student-athlete's junior year of high school, 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]

[13.1.5.7 through 13.1.5.10 renumbered as 13.1.5.8 through 13.1.5.11, unchanged.]

[13.1.6 through 13.1.10 unchanged.]

13.4 Recruiting Materials.

13.4.1 Recruiting Materials and Electronic Correspondence -- General Rule. An institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to an individual (or his or her family members) until September 1 at the beginning of his or her junior year in high school. If an individual attends an educational institution that uses a nontraditional academic calendar (e.g., Southern Hemisphere), an institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, or send electronic correspondence to the individual (or his or her family members) until the opening day of classes of his or her junior year in high school. [D]

[13.4.1.1 through 13.4.1.2 unchanged.]

13.4.1.3 Exception -- Softball. In softball, an institution shall not provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, to an individual (or her family members) until June 15 at the conclusion of her sophomore year in high school. [D]

[13.4.1.3 through 13.4.1.9 renumbered as 13.4.1.4 through 13.4.1.10, unchanged.]

[13.4.2 through 13.4.3 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 Softball. In sports other than basketball and, football and softball, 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 Softball. In softball, a prospective student-athlete may not be provided an expense-paid visit earlier than August 1 of his or her junior year in high school. [D]

[13.6.2.1.2 through 13.6.2.1.4 renumbered as 13.6.2.1.3 through 13.6.2.1.5, unchanged.]

[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 and Softball. In sports other than basketball and, football and softball, 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 Softball. In softball, 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 her family members) before August 1 of her junior year in high school.

[13.7.1.2 renumbered as 13.7.1.3, unchanged.]

[13.7.2 through 13.7.5 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 Basketball and, Football and softball. In sports other than basketball and, football and softball, 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 Exception -- Recruiting Conversations -- Softball. In softball, 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 August 1 at the beginning of the individual’s junior year in high school.

[13.12.1.5.2 through 13.12.1.5.5 renumbered as 13.12.1.5.3 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.]