Important Information for 2011 Pigskin Jamboree

For the 2011 Pigskin Jamboree/Financial Aid Workshop, the new NCAA rules regarding recruitment will apply.

D-1 or D-1AA programs will no longer be able to attend unless approved by their compliance officer. Refer to NCAA ruling 13.1.7.9(1), the relevant sections of the new rules are as follows:

13.1.7.9.4 (I) – Scholastic and Nonscholastic Activities — Bowl Subdivision Football.

In bowl subdivision football, all live athletics evaluations shall be limited to: (Revised: 1/16/10 effective 8/1/10)

(a) Regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests and practices; and

(b) Regular scholastic activities involving prospective student-athletes enrolled only at the institution at which the regular scholastic activities occur; and (Adopted: 1/9/06 effective 8/1/06, Revised: 1/14/08)

(c) Events that are organized and conducted solely by the applicable state high school athletics association, state preparatory school association or state or national junior college athletics association. (Adopted: 4/30/09 effective 8/1/09)

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13.1.7.9.4.1 (I) – Other Evaluation Events — Bowl Subdivision Football.

In bowl subdivision football, an institutional staff member shall not attend a recruiting event (other than those permitted pursuant to Bylaw 13.1.7.9.4) in which information (e.g., athletics or academic credentials, highlight or combine video) related to prospective student-athletes is presented or otherwise made available. (Adopted: 4/30/09 effective 8/1/09, Revised: 1/16/10 effective 8/1/10)

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13.1.7.9.5 (I) – Scholastic and Nonscholastic Activities — Championship Subdivision Football.

In championship subdivision football, live athletics evaluations may be conducted at scholastic or nonscholastic athletics activities, provided there is no institutional involvement in arranging or directing such activities. An institutional staff member shall not attend a recruiting event (other than a permissible live athletics event) in which information (e.g., athletics or academic credentials, highlight or combine video) related to prospective student-athletes is presented or otherwise made available. (Adopted: 1/16/10 effective 8/1/10)

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14.6 (I) – HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR GAMES, EFFECTS ON ELIGIBILITY

A student-athlete shall be denied the first year of intercollegiate athletics competition if, following completion of high school eligibility in the student-athlete’s sport and prior to the student-athlete’s high school graduation, the student-athlete competes in more than two all-star football contests or two all-star basketball contests. (Revised: 7/30/10)

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14.6.1 (I) – High School All-Star Contest Defined.

A high school all-star contest is any contest in football or basketball that meets the following criteria: (Revised: 7/30/10)

(a) The teams participating in the contest involve individuals who have completed their high school eligibility in the sport and have not yet enrolled in and attended classes during a regular term at a collegiate institution;

(b) The contest is scheduled and publicized in advance;

(c) The competition is sponsored and promoted by an individual, organization or agency; and

(d) The individuals are selected for participation in the contest on an invitational basis and have not competed together previously as members of a team that played a regular schedule of games in an organized recreation or interscholastic program.

13.1.7.2.3 (II) – High School All-Star Games.

In-person contact with a prospective student-athlete shall not be made on or off the member institution’s campus at a high school all-star game practice or competition site outside the permissible contact periods in football and basketball.