30.10.7 Baseball. The following recruiting periods shall apply to baseball: (Adopted: 4/24/03 effective 8/1/03,
Revised: 12/5/05)
- (a) September 1 through the second Thursday of September: Quiet Period
- (b) The Friday following the second Thursday of September through the Sunday prior to the initial date for the fall signing of the National Letter of Intent: Contact Period
- (c) Monday through Thursday of the week that includes the initial date for the fall signing of the National Letter of Intent: Dead Period
- (d) The Friday of the week of the fall signing of the National Letter of Intent through the month of February [except for (1) below]: Quiet Period
- (1) 12:01 a.m. on the day of registration for the national convention of the American Baseball Coaches Association to 12:01 a.m. on the day after adjournment of the convention: Dead Period
- (e) March 1 through August 31 [except for (1) below]: Contact Period
- (1) Monday through Thursday of the week that includes the initial date for the spring signing of the National Letter of Intent: Dead Period
13.02.4 Recruiting Periods. 13.02.4.1 Contact Period. A contact period is a period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics
department staff members to make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations.
13.02.4.3 Quiet Period. A quiet period is a period of time when it is permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts only on the institution’s campus. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period.
13.02.4.4 Dead Period. A dead period is a period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the institution’s campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by prospective student-athletes to the institution’s campus. The provision of complimentary admissions to a prospective student-athlete during a dead period is prohibited, except as provided in Bylaw 13.7.2.5 for a prospective student-athlete who visits an institution as part of a group. During a dead period, a coaching staff member may not serve as a speaker at or attend a meeting or banquet at which prospective student-athletes are in attendance, except as provided in Bylaw 13.1.9.1, and may not visit a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution. It remains permissible, however, for an institutional staff member to write or telephone a prospective student-athlete during a dead period. (Revised: 1/11/94)
D2 generally has only a dead period during NLI week, and no specified contact period.