(See NCAA Division I Bylaw 30.11.3 for football calendar formula)
The dates in this calendar reflect the application of Bylaw 30.11 at the time of publication of this manual but are subject to change per NCAA Constitution 5.2.3.1 or if certain dates (e.g., National Letter of Intent signing dates) are altered.
(a) August 1 through November 29, 2008, [except for (1) below]:
(1) 42 evaluation days (54 for U.S. service academies) (see Bylaw 13.02.9) during the months of September, October and November, (not to exceed a period of 42 days) 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.
Quiet period
Evaluation period
(b) November 30, 2008, through January 31, 2009, [except for (1)
though (6) 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
(1) December 21, 2008:
Quiet period
(2) December 22, 2008, through January 1, 2009:*
Dead period
(3) January 2-4, 2009:
Quiet period
(4) January 11, 2009:
Quiet period
(5) January 12-15, 2009:* *Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for mid-year enrollment, provided the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent or other offer of admission and/or financial aid to attend the institution and is required to be on campus to attend institutional orientation sessions for all students.
(6) January 16-17, 2009:
Dead period
Quiet period
(c) February 1, 2009:
(d) February 2-5, 2009:
(e) February 6 through April 14, 2009:
(f) April 15 through May 31, 2009, [except for (g) below]:
Four weeks (excluding Memorial Day and Sundays) selected at the discretion of the member institution and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics [as provided in (1) below]:
(1) An authorized off-campus recruiter may use one evaluation to assess the prospective student-athlete’s athletics ability and one evaluation to assess the prospective student-athlete’s academic qualifications during this evaluation period). If an institution’s coaching staff member conducts both an athletics and an academic evaluation of the prospective student-athlete on the same day during this evaluation period, the institution shall be charged with the use of an academics evaluation only and shall be permitted to conduct a second athletics evaluation of the prospective student-athlete on a separate day during this evaluation period.
Quiet period
Dead period
Quiet period
Evaluation period
(g) Those days in April/May not designated above for evaluation
opportunities:
Quiet period
(h) June 1 through July 31, 2009:
Quiet period
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