13.1.1.4 Four-Year College Prospective Student-Athletes. An athletics staff member or other representative of the institution's athletics interests shall not communicate or make contact with the student-athlete of another NCAA Division I institution, or any individual associated with the student-athlete (e.g., family member, scholastic or nonscholastic coach, advisor), directly or indirectly, without first obtaining authorization through the notification of transfer process. Before making contact, directly or indirectly, with a student-athlete of an NCAA Division II or Division III institution, or an NAIA four-year collegiate institution, an athletics staff member or other representative of the institution's athletics interests shall comply with the rule of the applicable division or the NAIA rule for making contact with a student-athlete. [See Bylaw 19.1.3-(f).]

13.1.1.4.1 Notification of Transfer -- Undergraduate Student-Athletes -- Sports Other Than Football. In sports other than football, a student-athlete may initiate the notification of transfer process by providing the student-athlete's institution with a written notification of transfer and completing an educational module related to transferring. Notification of transfer must be initiated during a period specified for the applicable sport (see also Figure 13-1). If notification of transfer is provided during a specified period, the student-athlete's institution shall enter the student-athlete's information into the national transfer database within two business days of receipt of a written notification of transfer from the student-athlete or receipt of confirmation of the student-athlete's completion of the educational module, whichever occurs later, unless the student-athlete and the institution have entered into a valid settlement related benefits agreement that releases the institution from the obligations of the notification of transfer process. [D]

(a) Fall Sports Other Than Cross Country, Field Hockey and Football. In fall sports other than cross country, field hockey and football, a student-athlete must provide written notification of transfer during:

[13.1.1.4.1-(a)-(1) through 13.1.1.4.1-(a)-(2) unchanged.]

[13.1.1.4.1-(b) unchanged.]

(c) Winter Sports Other Than Basketball, Ice Hockey, Men's Wrestling, and Indoor Track and Field. In winter sports other than basketball, ice hockey, men's wrestling, and indoor track and field, a student-athlete must provide written notification of transfer during a 45 consecutive-day period beginning seven days after championship selections are made in the sport.

[13.1.1.4.1-(d) through 13.1.1.4.1-(e) unchanged.]

[13.1.1.4.1-(g) relettered as 13.1.1.4.1-(f), unchanged.]

(h g) Spring Sports Other Than Golf, Outdoor Track and Field and Softball. In spring sports other than golf, outdoor track and field and softball, a student-athlete must provide written notification of transfer during:

[13.1.1.4.1-(g)-(1) through 13.1.1.4.1-(g)-(2) unchanged.]

[13.1.1.4.1-(i) through 13.1.1.4.1-(j) relettered as 13.1.1.4.1-(h) through 13.1.1.4.1-(i), unchanged.]

(j) Cross Country and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field. In cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field, a student-athlete must provide notification of transfer during:

(1) A 15 consecutive-day period beginning the Monday immediately following the Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships; or

(2) A 10 consecutive-day period beginning the Monday immediately following the Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

[13.1.1.4.1-(k) unchanged.]

[13.1.1.4.1.1 unchanged.]

[13.1.1.4.2 through 13.1.1.4.9 unchanged.]