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NAIA Article II, Section D - Recruitment

Item 1: Recruitment of an Enrolled Student-Athlete

a. If, at anytime, the athletics director, faculty athletics representative, senior woman leader, athletic compliance administrator or coach of a member institution is contacted or becomes aware of contact by an athlete who enrolled at another NAIA institution, it shall be the responsibility of the contacted institution (athletics director, faculty athletics representative, senior woman leader, or athletic compliance administrator) to notify, in writing, the NAIA institution (athletics director or faculty athletics representative) where the athlete is presently enrolled within 10 days following the first contact. (Unless they have obtained a signed relesase).  A coach or another representative of a member institution may respond to a contact by a student- athlete only after the enrolled student-athlete’s institution (athletics director or faculty athletics representative) has been notified as prescribed above.

NOTE: Coach to coach notification is not an acceptable form of notification. Notification must come from and be dellivered to either the athletics director, faculty athletics representative, senior woman leader or athletic compliance administrator.

b. A coach may initiate contact with any student-athlete whose most recent identification was at a non-NAIA institution, but shall not initiate contact with a student-athelete whose most recent identification was at an NAIA institution. 

Item 3: Recruitment of a Graduate Student-Athlete

a. As soon as a student completes his or her undergraduate degree and graduates from a four-year institution, an NAIA coach or institutional representative may initiate contact with the student. An NAIA coach or institutional representative can initiate contact the day following a student’s graduation date or completion of all academic requirements for his or her undergraduate degree, whichever is later

Item 4: Violation of any part of the recruitment policy shall cause an immediate investigation by the National Conduct and Ethics Committee for appropriate action.