LRIS has more to say this month with four April 4 interps about combines, financial aid, and March basketball recruiting:
1. Receipt of Financial Aid During Temporary Certification Period. (I) The committee confirmed that an institution may not provide athletically related financial aid to a student-athlete while his or her initial or transfer eligibility certification is pending during either the 14 day temporary certification period for recruited student-athletes or 45 day temporary certification period for nonrecruited student-athletes. [References: NCAA Bylaws 14.3.1 (eligibility for financial aid, practice and competition), 14.3.5.1.1 (recruited student-athlete), 14.3.5.1.2 (nonrecruited student-athlete), 14.5.4.5.6.1 (temporary certification, recruited two-year college transfer), 14.5.4.5.6.2 (temporary certification, nonrecruited two-year college transfer), official interpretation (11/19/92, Item No. 7) and staff interpretation (8/2/06, item 1-d) which has been archived]
2. Permissible Evaluation Activities During March Contact Period – Men's Basketball. (I) The committee confirmed that, in men's basketball during the March contact period, evaluations shall be limited to regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests/tournaments and practices and regular scholastic activities involving student-athletes enrolled only at that institution. Evaluations at nonscholastic events during this time period are prohibited. [References: Bylaw 13.1.8.8 (evaluation days - basketball) and a 2/21/07 staff interpretation, item 2, which has been archived]
3. Hosting, Sponsoring, Conducting or Evaluating Portions of Events that Include Athletics Testing Activities. (I) The committee confirmed the following regarding hosting, sponsoring, conducting or evaluating portions of events that include activities devoted to agility, flexibility, speed or strength tests for prospective student-athletes:
a. In football, it is not permissible for coaches to attend any portion of a scholastic or nonscholastic event that includes activities devoted to agility, flexibility, speed or strength tests for prospective student-athletes regardless of whether or not the coach observes the portion of the event devoted to such activities.
b. A member institution or conference may not host, sponsor or conduct any portion of an event that also includes agility, flexibility, speed or strength tests for prospective student-athletes conducted at a separate location in any sport. For example, an institution is not permitted to host the competition portion of an event that also includes flexibility, speed or strength test for prospective student-athletes that take place at an off-campus location.
[References: Bylaws 13.1.8.9.4 (scholastic and nonscholastic activities - football), and 13.11.1.5 (tryout events) and a staff interpretation (2/21/07, item 1), which has been archived]
4. Evaluations at and Hosting of Noninstitutional Football Camps/Clinics. (I) The committee determined that an authorized institutional staff member (e.g., coach) may evaluate at noninstitutional instructional camps that do not include agility, flexibility, speed or strength testing. Further, these instructional camps may be hosted or conducted on a member institution's campus. [References: Bylaws 13.1.2.3-(a) (institutional staff members - off-campus contacts), 13.11.1.5 (tryout events), 13.1.8.9.4 (scholastic and nonscholastic activities -- football), and staff interpretation (10/25/06, item 1) which has been archived]