Prospects At Middle Tennessee Game Saturday

[OldTimer]

Please watch for any NT football prospects at the Middle Tennessee games Saturday.....letter jackets with schools name, player # etc please pm info to my pm web site OldTimer

[greenjoe]

What are the rules here ? Can we introduce ourselves to these recruits ? Ask them their names ? Talk ugly about Middle tennessee ?

[OldTimer]

What are the rules here ? Can we introduce ourselves to these recruits ? Ask them their names ? Talk ugly about Middle tennessee ?

I strongly recommend to not talk with the prospects or their parents other than a hello and/or welcome to North Texas, if you are asked a question like where's a good place to eat or where the restrooms are, I would assume you could answer it, ....The rules are strick and we obviously don't want to cause any trouble. OldTimer

[Mean Green 93-98]

IMPORTANT RECRUITING FACTS TO REMEMBER

Only institutional staff members are permitted to recruit prospective student-athletes. The NCAA prohibits all boosters from:

• Contacting prospects or the prospect’s relatives or guardian; and

• Calling, writing or contacting a prospect on or off-campus for recruiting purposes.

A prospective student-athlete remains a prospect until he/she has attended the first day of classes at North Texas or until the beginning of official team practice, whichever occurs first. Students are still considered prospects even if they have:

• Signed a National Letter of Intent; or

• Signed a financial aid agreement with North Texas.

Boosters are not precluded from continuing established friendships with families who have prospective student-athletes. However, boosters may not:

• Encourage a prospect’s participation in North Texas athletics; or

• Provide benefits to prospects that were not previously provided.

IMPERMISSIBLE RECRUITING ACTIVITIES

As a booster, you may not:

• Contact a prospect in-person on-campus or off-campus;

• Contact a prospect by telephone or letter;

• Provide gifts or free or reduced-cost services to a prospect or the prospect’s relatives or guardian;

• Employ relatives, guardians or friends of a prospect as an inducement for the prospect’s enrollment and athletics participation at North Texas;

• Become directly or indirectly involved in making arrangements for a prospect or the prospect’s relatives or guardian to receive money or financial aid of any kind;

• Provide transportation for a prospect or the prospect’s relatives or guardian;

• Provide free or reduced-cost tickets for a prospect or the prospect’s relatives or guardian to attend an athletic event; or

• Provide any material benefit (e.g., meals, cash) to the coach of a prospect, including high school, two-year college, AAU and summer team coaches.

PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES

Even though there are many rules prohibiting your involvement with prospects and the recruiting process, as a booster, you may:

• Notify North Texas coaching staff members about noteworthy prospects in the area;

• Attend high school or two-year college athletic contests or other events where prospects may compete, provided no contact occurs;and

• Continue existing friendships, provided solicitation of a prospect’s enrollment does not occur.

Edited September 25, 2009 by Mean Green 93-98

[VideoEagle]

If you are asked YES, you actually are permitted to tell where the restrooms are located. But DO NOT talk about how much nicer the restrooms are now.