October Coaches Rules Education

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October Coaches RulesEducation

• University of Virginia
• Department of Athletics

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• Table of Contents
• Official Visit
• 1). Limitations and Requirements
• 2). Transportation and Accommodations
• 3). Entertainment and Complimentary Tickets
• Unofficial Visit
• 1). Limitations and Requirements
• 2). Transportation and Accommodations
• 3). Entertainment and Complimentary Tickets

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• Official Visit
• An official visit to a member institution by a
  PSA is a visit paid for in whole or half by the
  member of the institution.

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• Limitations and Requirements
• One Visit Limitation A member institution can
  pay for one visit to its campus for a PSA
• Number of Official Visits
• 5 expense paid visits
• Only 1 per institution
• Restriction applies regardless of the various
  sports PSA competes in.
• First Opportunity to Visit
• Opening day of class of prospects senior year.

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• Limitations and Requirements
• Requirements for Official Visit There are four
  vital components that must be met before UVA can
  provide an official visit to a prospective
  student-athlete.
• PSAT, SAT, PLAN or ACT test score presented
  through a testing agency document on a high
  school or prep school academic transcript or
  through the use of an automated voice-system
• A high school and (or college) academic
  transcript
• A PSA must register with the NCAA Eligibility
  Center
• A PSA must be placed on UVAs institutional
  request list (IRL) with the NCAA Eligibility
  Center.

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• Limitations and Requirements
• Non-Qualifier in First Year
• A person who is not a qualifier and who is
  enrolled at a two year institution is not allowed
  an expense paid visit to a member institution.
• Prospect must have completed an academic year at
  a two year college before a paid visit can be
  administered.
• Transfer Student
• It is acceptable for UVA to provide a transfer
  student athlete one official visit.
• Permission must be grated from other institution.
  

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• Transportation and Accommodations
• General Restrictions
• Can provide round trip transportation costs for
  official visit from any location
• Prospect must return to original point of
  departure
• Return to athletes home, school, or athletic
  facility can not exceed round trip expenses from
  original point of departure.
• Automobile Transportation
• Prospect will be reimbursed by UVA for mileage
• Any automobile may be used by prospect, provided
  it is not used by UVA or any boosters.
• PSAs Friends and Relatives
• Friends, relatives and legal guardians may
  receive transportation only when accompanying the
  student by automobile.

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• Transportation and Accommodations
• On-Campus Transportation
• Coaching staff members or student hosts may use
  personal vehicles to transport the prospective
  student-athlete.
• Visit to Off-Campus Contest
• You may not provide a PSA with transportation to
  attend an off campus contest outside a
  thirty-mile radius of campus.
• From Airport
• Any member of the UVAs athletic department staff
  can provide ground transportation for a prospect,
  the prospects legal guardian and relatives
  between the institution and the local bus, train
  station or airport
• If transportation is provided from an airport,
  bus, or train station other than the major
  airport nearest to UVA, the 48-hour official
  visit period begins with the initiation of ground
  transportation by the member of UVAs athletics'
  department staff.
• (Charlottesville, Richmond, Dulles)

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• Transportation Accommodations
• Visiting Two or More Institutions
• Two or more institutions may share the expenses,
  provided there is no duplication of expenses and
  the 48-hour visit limitation is observed by each
  institution.
• Accommodations on Official Visits
• A PSA will be provided lodging and meals as
  normal students would
• Local commercial facilities may be used but at a
  scale comparable to a normal student, but only
  within a thirty mile radius of campus
• Lodging may not include special accessories that
  are not available generally to all guests staying
  in the establishment (jacuzzi).

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• Entertainment and Complimentary Tickets
• General Restrictions
• Entertainment can be provided for prospect and
  prospects parents and spouse
• Only within a thirty-mile radius of campus
• Entertainment and contact by booster is
  prohibited
• Relatives or friends of prospect may not be
  provided entertainment.
• It is permissible for the institution to pay a
  PSAs actual costs for reasonable expenses
  (meals, lodging) incurred while traveling to and
  from campus on an official visit.

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• Entertainment and Complimentary Tickets
• Complimentary Admissions
• 3 complimentary tickets to prospect
• Tickets must be issued through a pass list.
• Exception-Nontraditional Family
• Prospect is part of a nontraditional family
  (divorce, separation)
• Can provide up to 2 additional tickets to
  prospect to accommodate parents.
• UVA will limit entertainment and lodging for the
  PSAs official visit to the prospect, the
  prospects parents and spouse.
• Meals are limited to the prospect, the prospects
  parents, spouse and children.
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• Unofficial Visit
• An unofficial visit to UVA is when a PSA finances
  their own campus visit.

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• Limitations and Requirements
• Number Permitted
• Prospects can take as many unofficial visits as
  he/she desires
• Visits can occur prior to senior year of high
  school.
• Mens Basketball - No unofficial visits during
  the month of July
• Women's Basketball - No unofficial visits during
  the July evaluation period July 6-31
• General Restrictions
• UVA may not pay or provide entertainment during
  visit
• A maximum of three complimentary admissions to a
  home athletics event.
• Meals
• A prospect may pay the actual cost of meals (or
  the regular cost of training-table meals).
• Housing
• Prospect may stay in campus dorms with an
  enrolled student athlete only if the PSA pays the
  UVA rate for lodging.

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• Transportation and Accommodations
• Transportation
• You may provide a prospect with transportation to
  view practice and competition sites in their
  sport and other institutional facilities and
  attend home athletic contest at any local
  facility. A UVA staff member must accompany the
  PSA during such a trip.
• You cannot provide transportation to a meal
  off-campus during an unofficial visit.
• Parking
• UVA will not arrange special parking for PSAs
  while on unofficial visits.
• Academic Interviews
• A UVA staff member may arrange academic
  interviews for a PSA on an unofficial visit.

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• Miscellaneous Items
• The Corner
• Not on campus so meals may not be provided to
  prospects on unofficial visits
• The Corner is not owned by the University so it
  is considered off-campus.
• Publicity of Visit
• You can not publicize or arrange publicity of the
  visit of a prospect to campus.
• Any scrimmaging with current student-athletes
  cannot be publicized.