Permissible Student Activities for Enrolled
Student-Athletes
Student-athlete is an individual who has participated in an
intercollegiate squad practice or contest under jurisdiction of the
athletic department. Permissible activities for enrolled
student-athletes is as follows:
- Telephone Contact - It is permissible for a
student-athlete to receive telephone calls made at the expense of
the prospective student-athlete at anytime. Student-athlete is
allowed to call a prospective student-athlete at the expense of the
athletic department for the purpose of recruitment at the athletic
departments knowledge. Telephone calls made by enrolled students in
accordance with an institution’s regular admission program
directed at all prospective students shall be permissible.
- Official Visits - An enrolled student-athlete
may participate as a student host during a prospective
student-athletes official visit to the institutions campus. As a
student host, the student-athlete may receive the following:
- A maximum of $20.00 for each day of the visit to cover all
actual cost of entertainment for the prospective student-athlete
(guardians, spouse, or individual of comparable relationship),
excluding the cost of meals and admission to campus athletic
events. These funds may not be used to purchase souvenirs or campus
mementos. It is permissible to provide student hosts with an
additional $10 a day for each additional prospective
student-athlete the host entertains. Only one student host per
prospective may be provided a free meal if restaurant facilities
are used.
- A complimentary meal, provided the student host is accompanying
the prospective student-athlete during the prospective
student-athlete’s official visit.
- A complimentary admission to a campus athletics event, provided
the admission is used to accompany a prospective student-athlete to
that event during the prospective student-athlete’s official
visit.
- Unofficial Visits - A prospective
student-athlete on an unofficial visit may stay in an enrolled
student-athlete’s dormitory room, provided the housing is
available to all visiting prospective students.
Effect of
Violation - Violations of this bylaw shall be considered
institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1; however, such
violations shall not affect the student-athlete’s or
prospective student-athlete’s eligibility.
Prospective Student-Athlete
A prospective student-athlete is a student who has started
classes for the ninth grade. The students remains a prospective
student-athlete until the individual enrolls in a full-time program
or attends classes in any term of a 4 year collegiate
institution’s academic year or participates in a regular
squad practice or competition at a 4 year collegiate
institution.
Representative of the Athletics Interest
Representatives of Wittenberg University who have athletic
interests are allowed to make in-person, on or off campus
recruiting contacts with a prospective student-athlete; however,
such off campus contacts may not occur until the conclusion of the
prospective student-athletes junior year of high school.
Permissible and Impermissible Activities
Actions taken by staff or athletic representatives can cause
prospective student-athletes to become a recruited prospective
student athlete. These actions that cause a prospect to become a
recruit include:
- Providing a student-athlete with an official visit.
- Having an arranged off-campus meeting, in-person, with
prospective student-athlete or any relatives, guardians, or persons
with comparable relationships.
- Initiating or arranging a telephone contact with the prospected
student-athlete, or any relative, guardians, or persons of
comparable relationship on more than one occasion with the purpose
of recruitment.
Telephone Calls to Prospective Student-Athletes
An institution may permit a student-athlete, a staff member, or
a representative of athletics interest to telephone a prospective
student-athlete at the institution’s expense at anytime,
provided the call is only for the purpose of recruiting, with the
knowledge of the athletics department.
Electronic Transactions
An institution may permit a student-athlete, a staff member, or
a representative of athletics interest to e-mail, fax or text
message a prospective student-athlete at the institution’s
expense at anytime, provided the contact is only for the purpose of
recruiting, with the knowledge of the athletics department. Contact
initiated by the institution via instant messaging and social
media, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter and similar
services, is impermissible.