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NCAA OFFICIAL VISIT RULES
A. Length of Official Visit
The official visit shall not exceed 48 hours, measured from the time the prospect first reaches campus or is entertained in any manner by the institution whichever comes first, to the time of the prospect’s departure from campus. [B13.7.2.1]
If the prospect remains in the locale in which the institution is located beyond the 48-hour period for reasons unrelated to the visit, the institution may not pay his/her expenses to return home. [B 13.7.2.1]
B. Transportation
1. Only round trip transportation costs by direct route between the prospect’s home and the institution’s campus may be paid. [B 13.6.2.1]
If commercial air fare is used, the fare may not exceed coach (or
comparable) class. [B 13.6.2.3]
2. The institution may not provide an automobile for use by the prospect or
the student-host. [B 13.6.2.2.2]
3. The institution may not transport the prospect by limousine or helicopter.
[B 13.6.2.1]
4. Friends or relatives may not receive cost-free transportation unless they
accompany the prospect at the time the prospect travels in an automobile
to make an official visit. [ B 13.6.2.2.1]
5. Whenever an aircraft (other than a commercial airplane) is used to
transport a prospect, payment for its use shall be at the established charter
rate for the airport where the aircraft is based. [B 13.6.2.3.3]
C. Lodging
A prospect on an official visit shall live and take meals as regular students
normally do. Local commercial facilities may be used but at a scale comparable to that of normal student life and only within a 30-mile radius of the institutions campus. [ B 13.7.4]
D. Entertainment
1. An institution may provide entertainment for prospects and the prospect’s parents (or legal guardians) or spouse. It is not permissible to entertain other relatives or friends of a prospect. [B 13.7.5.1]
2. All entertainment on the official visit must take place within a 30-mile
radius of the institution’s main campus. [B 13.7.5.1]
3. The provision of any complimentary admissions to the institution’s
athletics events during the official visit shall be confined to the prospect,
his/her parents (or legal guardians) and spouse. Such admissions may
provide seating only in the general seating area. Providing seating for the
prospect, or his/her parents/legal guardians, or spouse in the facility’s
press box, special seating box(es), or bench area is specifically prohibited.
[B 13.7.5.2]
4. The institution may pay the actual cost for reasonable expenses (e.g.
meals, lodging) incurred by a prospect while en route to and from campus.
[B 13.7.5.1.1]
5. Cash may not be provided to the prospect for entertainment purposes
during the official visit. [B 13.7.5.4]
6. A student host entertaining a prospect is governed by the following:
*A student host may be provided $30 for each day of the visit to cover all
actual costs of entertaining the prospect and his/her parents/legal
guardians or spouse, excluding the cost of meals and admission to campus
athletics events. The student host may be provided an additional $15 per
day for each additional prospect the host entertains. These funds may not
be used to purchase souvenirs, such as T-shirts or other institutional
mementos. [B 13.7.5.5 (a)]
*The student host may be provided a complimentary admission to a
campus athletics event sin which the institution’s team plays so he/she
may accompany the prospect. [13.7.5.5 (c)]
*The student host must be enrolled in the member institution being visited
by a prospect. In Division I, a nonqualifer may not serve as a student host
during his/her first academic year in residence. [B 13.7.5.5.3]
A. Length of Official Visit
The official visit shall not exceed 48 hours, measured from the time the prospect first reaches campus or is entertained in any manner by the institution whichever comes first, to the time of the prospect’s departure from campus. [B13.7.2.1]
If the prospect remains in the locale in which the institution is located beyond the 48-hour period for reasons unrelated to the visit, the institution may not pay his/her expenses to return home. [B 13.7.2.1]
B. Transportation
1. Only round trip transportation costs by direct route between the prospect’s home and the institution’s campus may be paid. [B 13.6.2.1]
If commercial air fare is used, the fare may not exceed coach (or
comparable) class. [B 13.6.2.3]
2. The institution may not provide an automobile for use by the prospect or
the student-host. [B 13.6.2.2.2]
3. The institution may not transport the prospect by limousine or helicopter.
[B 13.6.2.1]
4. Friends or relatives may not receive cost-free transportation unless they
accompany the prospect at the time the prospect travels in an automobile
to make an official visit. [ B 13.6.2.2.1]
5. Whenever an aircraft (other than a commercial airplane) is used to
transport a prospect, payment for its use shall be at the established charter
rate for the airport where the aircraft is based. [B 13.6.2.3.3]
C. Lodging
A prospect on an official visit shall live and take meals as regular students
normally do. Local commercial facilities may be used but at a scale comparable to that of normal student life and only within a 30-mile radius of the institutions campus. [ B 13.7.4]
D. Entertainment
1. An institution may provide entertainment for prospects and the prospect’s parents (or legal guardians) or spouse. It is not permissible to entertain other relatives or friends of a prospect. [B 13.7.5.1]
2. All entertainment on the official visit must take place within a 30-mile
radius of the institution’s main campus. [B 13.7.5.1]
3. The provision of any complimentary admissions to the institution’s
athletics events during the official visit shall be confined to the prospect,
his/her parents (or legal guardians) and spouse. Such admissions may
provide seating only in the general seating area. Providing seating for the
prospect, or his/her parents/legal guardians, or spouse in the facility’s
press box, special seating box(es), or bench area is specifically prohibited.
[B 13.7.5.2]
4. The institution may pay the actual cost for reasonable expenses (e.g.
meals, lodging) incurred by a prospect while en route to and from campus.
[B 13.7.5.1.1]
5. Cash may not be provided to the prospect for entertainment purposes
during the official visit. [B 13.7.5.4]
6. A student host entertaining a prospect is governed by the following:
*A student host may be provided $30 for each day of the visit to cover all
actual costs of entertaining the prospect and his/her parents/legal
guardians or spouse, excluding the cost of meals and admission to campus
athletics events. The student host may be provided an additional $15 per
day for each additional prospect the host entertains. These funds may not
be used to purchase souvenirs, such as T-shirts or other institutional
mementos. [B 13.7.5.5 (a)]
*The student host may be provided a complimentary admission to a
campus athletics event sin which the institution’s team plays so he/she
may accompany the prospect. [13.7.5.5 (c)]
*The student host must be enrolled in the member institution being visited
by a prospect. In Division I, a nonqualifer may not serve as a student host
during his/her first academic year in residence. [B 13.7.5.5.3]