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Threefingers posted something recently about this (I can't find it) that the coaches aren't SUPPOSED to talk to you while you are still playing. However, they do it anyway. Most will go through a proxy (coach) to have them ask you to call them. If they do approach you, you are not at risk. The coach is at risk. The coaches that approached my son (in a different event last year) were not wearing their uniforms which I found interesting.

As for the second question, I've only heard that it is a quick process because of the upcoming NLI date. So any action taken on both sides would most likely result in a quick decision.

Good luck
Justakid,

My son is a pitcher so he only played in one game, the opening game for his team that year. After he was done pitching he asked to be released off the roster. At that point he was able to talk with recruiters and was actually given an offer on the spot. If you are a position player you would have to wait until your team is eliminated.
You might want to stick this in your memory bank just in case the coach your son wants to talk to him doesn't at Jupiter---there some college compliance officers who believe that the rule reads that the time whne the coach can talk to a player is not after the players final game in the event but after the championship game of the event and the event is done and finished.

Have seen it happen both way with our players
Having directed HS Showcase for three decades, I have probably done and seen it all (w/r to recruiting).

For instance, college coaches, while attending a showcase or tournament, can not talk with players until the event is over and then only if they are not an underclassman.

What has also happened is the parent calls the coach on the cell phone, and then hands the phone to the player.

Other approaches, and which complied with NCAA regulations, is I have hired college coaches to work my events. This allows the coaches to be near or on the field and interact with the players during the event.

Another approach which complies with NCAA regulations is to host the event on the college coaches campus. This allows the coaches to interact with the players during the event on campus.
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Originally posted by Baseballdad1228:
TR, I read what you wrote. Players can be approached after their team is eliminated and before the championship game of that event is played. First-hand information.


What TR is trying to say, and I have also seen firsthand, is that different schools interpret the rule differently. Some schools believe as you do, it's when the team is eliminated, other schools believe it is when the player has completed his personal competition (like a pitcher who won't pitch again), others believe it is when the event is fully concluded, while others believe that no contact at the event is the rule, regardless. Still many others disregard the rule or work around it.
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