If player sees scout from school they have talked with through emails or phone calls or even may be interested in, can they talk to them at Summer tourn if player starts conversation-upcoming Sr.
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I understand the no player contact. What about a dad? Part of me says at this age, my son needs to take the lead. But if he can't, how do coaches feel about dad's making a quick introduction? (I am not talking about the dad who just stands there making excuses for his son's plays. Just a simple introduction.)
You can say "hi," but my question is why would you want to do any more than that…if that? What do you hope to accomplish?
playball - Not sure if the rule has changed, but in addition to the pre-July restrictions, there is not supposed to be any conversation during the tournament either.
Contact can't be made at events until after the event ends. Catch 22 is that usually everyone is headed home before that happens.
My 2 cents on compliance rules… The test for coaches is open book. That tells you how many and how complex the rules are. The rules are for THEM. Not the players. A kid will not get in trouble for doing the "wrong" thing so don't get bogged down in compliance rules. If a kid says hello at an inappropriate time or place, the coach will usually say "hi, I can't talk to you right now." I've seen it a hundred times.
Rich
A player is best served by letting the recruiters of the schools in which he has interest know that he plans on attending via email before the tournament. A good recruiter will make certain that he finds a way to see that player; and, if he thinks his level of play is adequate, he'll follow up afterwards.
Once they arrive at the tournament, recruiters are there with a single, overwhelming purpose: to evaluate the list of players they've brought with them and identify players who hadn't yet hit their radar.If it's a quality tournament, that creates a very long "to do" list.
Impromptu chat threatens to take them away from what they're there to accomplish, and you don't want to inadvertently annoy them by distracting them from that. In my opinion, there's not enough potential upside to take the risk.
Yes, I meant college coaches.
So, tourn after July 1 we might see them approach players and not coaches?
My experience was that there were general "hi's and how are you" in passing, maybe some small talk and that is it.(only with the coaches who we had previously met) I found that in many cases if a coach had interest, wanted schedule updates, or had additional questions he would talk with the travel or team coach at the event and information was transferred between a "go between" not with the player or parent.
The information provided by earlier posters to this thread is for the most part right on target when it comes to NCAA Div. I. NCAA Div. II coaches can now have contact with prospects beginning as early as the June 15 prior to the prospect's Junior year of HS. (In fact, we just sent out an e-mail to our newsletter subscribers on Div. II rule updates Friday afternoon.)
For Dadofa17, for almost all of the NCAA rules, the rules apply the same to a prospect's parents/legal guardians as they do to the prospect. If it's not permissible to talk with the prospect, it's also not permissible for the coach to talk with the parent. The primary exception is that coaches can talk with prospects during a game or showcase event when it is not permissible to talk with the prospects themselves, as long as it is during a time when the coach can talk with the prospect. (For example, since your son is a '17 and today is June 16, it would be permissible for a Div. II coach - but not Div. I - to talk with you this weekend during a tournament your son is participating in, but isn't permitted to talk with your son during the tournament, unless the coach is serving as a coach or instructor at the tournament.)
