Can anyone tell me if a 2006 grad can do an evaluation with a pro team and still maintain high school/ college eligibility? Must it occur after high school season? Thanks for the info.
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Suggest you go to www.ncaa.org, Eligibility Rules.
Here's a link that may help as well:
http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/enforcement/amateurism/player_contacts/mlb_info/mlb_faq?ObjectID=25543&ViewMode=0&PreviewState=0
5.As an enrolled student-athlete can I tryout for a professional team without jeopardizing my eligibility? As a prospective student-athlete?
Tryout Before Enrollment: A student-athlete remains eligible in a sport even though, prior to enrollment in a collegiate institution, the student-athlete may have tried out with a professional athletics team in a sport or received not more than one expense-paid visit from each professional team (or a combine including that team), provided such a visit did not exceed 48 hours and any payment or compensation in connection with the visit was not in excess of actual and necessary expenses. A self-financed tryout maybe for any length of time.
Tryout After Enrollment: A student-athlete shall not tryout with a professional athletics team in a sport or permit a professional athletics team to conduct medical examinations during any part of the academic year while enrolled in a collegiate institution as a regular student in at least a minimum full-time academic load, unless the student-athlete has exhausted eligibility in that sport. The student-athlete may tryout with a professional organization in a sport during the summer or during the academic year while not a full-time student, provided the student-athlete does not receive any form of expenses or other compensation from the professional organization.
Here's a link that may help as well:
http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/enforcement/amateurism/player_contacts/mlb_info/mlb_faq?ObjectID=25543&ViewMode=0&PreviewState=0
5.As an enrolled student-athlete can I tryout for a professional team without jeopardizing my eligibility? As a prospective student-athlete?
Tryout Before Enrollment: A student-athlete remains eligible in a sport even though, prior to enrollment in a collegiate institution, the student-athlete may have tried out with a professional athletics team in a sport or received not more than one expense-paid visit from each professional team (or a combine including that team), provided such a visit did not exceed 48 hours and any payment or compensation in connection with the visit was not in excess of actual and necessary expenses. A self-financed tryout maybe for any length of time.
Tryout After Enrollment: A student-athlete shall not tryout with a professional athletics team in a sport or permit a professional athletics team to conduct medical examinations during any part of the academic year while enrolled in a collegiate institution as a regular student in at least a minimum full-time academic load, unless the student-athlete has exhausted eligibility in that sport. The student-athlete may tryout with a professional organization in a sport during the summer or during the academic year while not a full-time student, provided the student-athlete does not receive any form of expenses or other compensation from the professional organization.
Be careful what you do during your HS season-- some states do not allow ANY outside baseball while in season, even workouts like you speak of
players can atttend pro tryout camps after the season, since they are 2006, no mlb scout is gonna care what you do until the summer time anyways, not drafte eligible