2013-2014 Stanford CS Newsletter May 2014 | Page 2

Compliance Services Newsletter May 2014 NON-STANFORD COMPETITION • Student-athletes may participate in amateur competitions outside of Stanford competitions during the official university vacation periods (winter break, spring break, summer vacation period) only if the student-athlete’s sport is out-of-season. • Student-athletes are allowed to compete in official tryouts and competition involving national teams and junior national teams sponsored by an appropriate national governing body (e.g., US Olympic Committee, etc.) even when classes are in session. • Please note: All student-athletes wishing to compete in outside competition during the vacation period or for a national team must seek prior approval from the Compliance Services Office. May 1st Exception for non-Stanford competition: M/W Soccer, W Volleyball, Field Hockey & M Water Polo • Student-athletes in the sports listed above may compete with an outside, amateur team beginning May 1st, with several restrictions: • The sport program must be out of season • No class time can be missed for practice or competition with the outside team. Additional limits per sport include: • SOCCER: Non-Stanford team can include a maximum of 5 Stanford players. • FIELD HOCKEY: Non-Stanford team can include a maximum of 5 Stanford players. • MEN’S WATER POLO: Non-Stanford team can include a maximum of 4 Stanford players. • WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Non-Stanford team can include a maximum of 2 Stanford players. Competition is confined to doubles, outdoor tournaments. MEASURING A RECRUIT’S HEIGHT & WEIGHT DURING OFFICIAL OR UNOFFICIAL VISITS WITHOUT A TEAM PHYSICIAN Recently, the NCAA provided amended information about sports programs measuring a visiting recruit’s height and weight during official and unofficial visits. In the past, these activities could only be conducted during a physical exam by a team physician with no coaches present. The NCAA has “concluded that height and weight can be considered demographic information.” “[The NCAA determined] that this includes height and weight only, not other physical traits” that can be measured or evaluated unless by a team physician during a regular physical exam. MAY 1ST IS HERE: REMINDERS ABOUT YOUR INCOMING NON-SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT-ATHLETES Once all incoming student-athletes complete the Stanford admissions’ May 1st online commitment process, a list will be sent to athletics about a week afterward with a list of names of those who have committed. Compliance Services will review the list upon receving it and send the applicable sports the names of those student-athletes who have completed the commit card process. Once you receive the names from Compliance Services the following will be permissible: • • • • Unlimited communication: phone calls and text messages Communicate publicly on social media Unlimited contacts and evaluations Media relations can post a press release on the athletics website regarding incoming walk-ons Please keep in mind that these exceptions are only for recruits who have completed Stanford’s online commitment process. For the applicable sports, all evaluations or contacts at a high school still count as the once per week visit. Further any evaluations of additional prospective student-athletes would count toward the maximum. For example, if a coach evaluates a “confirmed commit” playing with his/her team, all other individuals on the team would be charged with an evaluation counting toward the maximum. Please see Jessica Everhart if you have any questions about the commit card list or recruiting evals and contacts.