Recruiting

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Policy Number:
UW-607
Responsible Office:
Athletics

University Policy

Policy:

After reports of excessive entertainment in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes made national headlines, the NCAA appointed a task force to review NCAA rules and practices related to official campus visits and to propose appropriate changes.

One of the adopted changes required every NCAA Division I institution to develop recruiting visit policies that specifically prohibit certain activities.

Before a prospect’s official visit, the University of Wisconsin notifies the prospect of these restrictions. Please understand that although these are NCAA rules, the University of Wisconsin has always and continues to support fully the prohibition of these activities.

The NCAA requires all institutions to prohibit underage use of alcohol, use of drugs or intimate relations, activities that violate criminal law, gambling activities, and adult entertainment on official visits.

If you have any questions or concerns about these policies, then please contact your head coach. Involvement by enrolled student-athletes in the recruiting process may include meeting with a prospective student-athlete during a visit to campus or serving as a student host during a prospect’s official visit.

Please carefully review the following rules pertaining to student hosts:

  1. If you are a freshman, you must have been a high school qualifier
  2. You must be enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Wisconsin.
  3. A maximum of $75 for each day on the visit (maximum of $150 for two 24-hour periods) may be provided to you to cover all actual costs of entertaining the student host and the prospect (and up to four family members accompanying the prospective student-athlete)), excluding the cost of meals and admission to campus athletic events. These funds may not be used for the purchase of souvenirs such as T-shirts or other institutional mementos. The student host may be provided with an additional $40 per day for each additional prospect the host entertains.
  4. If more than one student hosts a prospect, the $75 per day entertainment money may be used to cover expenses incurred by the prospect and all hosts. Only one student host per prospect may be provided a free meal when accompanying the prospect to that meal.
  5. No cash may be given to the visiting prospect or anyone else. After the official visit, the student host is expected to return to his or her coach any unused host money. Keeping any amount of unused host money after the official visit concludes is considered an impermissible extra benefit under NCAA rules and doing so will jeopardize your athletics eligibility.
  6. You may not use vehicles provided or arranged by any coach, institutional staff member or booster of the university. Never allow the recruit to use or drive your car.
  7. You may not transport the prospect or anyone accompanying the prospect more than 30 miles from campus.
  8. You should not allow recruiting conversations to occur on- or off-campus between the prospect and a booster of the athletic program.
  9. You may receive a complimentary admission to a campus athletic event provided the admission is used to accompany a prospect to that event.
  10. The safety and well-being of both you and the prospect are of paramount importance. To that end, neither you nor the prospect may engage in the following activities during the official visit:
    1. no underage use of alcohol
    2. no use of drugs or sex as a recruiting device
    3. no gambling or gaming activities of any type, and
    4. no use of strippers, a gentleman's club or an equivalent.

A visiting prospect may engage in recreational or workout activities as long as the coaches do not observe such activities, the activities are not designed to test the athletic abilities of the prospect, and a student-athlete or prospective student-athlete may not be required to report back to a coach or other athletics department staff member (e.g. strength coach, athletic trainer, manager) any information related to the activity. In addition, no athletics department staff member who observes the activity (e.g. trainer manager) may report back to the institution’s coach any information related to the activity. No UW athletic gear may be issued to the prospect. Please contact the compliance office for sport specific legislation.

Enrolled student-athletes shall not make or participate in phone calls to prospects at the direction of the coaching staff member or financed by the institution or a representative of athletics interests. You may receive calls from a prospect made at the prospect’s expense. You may correspond with a prospect as long as it is not done at the direction and/or expense of the UW.

Related UW–Madison Documents, Web Pages, or Other Resources:

Wisconsin athletics policies and procedures

Policy Administration

Approval Authority:
Director of Athletics
Policy Manager:
Associate Athletic Director for Governance and Regulatory Affairs
Contact:
Associate Athletic Director for Governance and Regulatory Affairs -- Dan Rohrer, DPR@athletics.wisc.edu, (608) 263-7465
Date Issued:
09-01-2019
Retrieved:
10-05-2024 11:22:17