Summary On NCAA Rules On Contacting Recruits

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Rules Governing Contacts with Prospects 
Note: A prospective student-athlete (prospect) is a person who has started classes for the ninth grade and remains such until enrollment at the university. 
Do not telephone, write or make in-person contact (either on or off-campus) with a prospective student-athlete for the purpose of soliciting his or her participation in the athletics program. 
Do not become directly or indirectly involved in making arrangements for a prospect, the prospect's relatives or friends to receive money or financial aid of any kind. 
Do not provide any transportation to prospects, including transportation to campus to attend athletic events. 
Do not contact a prospective student-athlete's coach, principal or counselor in an attempt to evaluate the prospect, and do not visit the prospect's educational institution to pick up films or transcripts. 
Do not provide free tickets or tickets at a reduced cost to any home or away event to prospects, their relatives or friends. 
Do not pay or offer to pay registration fees for summer sports camps for a prospect. 
Do feel free to attend high school and community college athletic events that you would usually attend. You simply cannot have any contact with the prospect or relatives of the prospect. Should the parents or a prospect ask you questions, please direct their question to the appropriate coach . If you have incidental contact with a prospect or relatives of the prospect, be sure to contact the compliance office. (Clipped from University of Kentucky Compliance book)
Tom Gray, Bearcat fan since 1958