<p>Are college coaches allowed to respond to emails asking questions and such from a junior in high school before July first?</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>September 15 Junior Year Emails Begin
July 1 before Senior Year Phone Calls Begin</p>
<p>D1.</p>
<p>Is the Sept 15 date new this year? I remember my daughter’s teammates (who were finishing Soph year last year) emailing coach’s on July 1st and setting up OV from there…some visits occurred over the summer so how would this have been possible without the coach being able to reply?</p>
<p>The difference had to do with who initiates the email. Coaches can respond at any point, but can only email in September (though the 15th surprises me–I think my son got something a bit earlier).</p>
<p>My daughter received several replies from Division 1 coaches that just simply stated “NCAA rules prohibit us from having any correspondence with you until Sept 1st of your junior year”. So it sounds like the significant date is sept 1, not sept 15th, but what would have been the significance of players waiting until July 1st following soph yr to send these emails if a coach could have responded at any date?</p>
<p>^ Last January, the NCAA tabled a proposal to establish a uniform recruiting contact date of 7/1 after sophomore year across all sports. As it stands now, I think mens D1 basketball allows email contact after 6/15 sophomore year. Not sure about other exceptions. The contact rules have really become a convoluted, poorly enforced mess.</p>
<p>Dragonfly, re post #3, OV’s can only take place during senior year. So your daughter’s teammates may have been emailing to inform the coach they were planning to come out on an unofficial visit over the summer</p>
<p>Thanks Varska, I just read that on the NCAA site myself and realized the same thing. I’m pretty sure they did say it was an official visit, but the more I learn about this process the more I see some of the things kids tell each other are not quite true and have a healthy dose of exaggeration mixed in! </p>
<p>Also found it interesting that the NCAA site doesn’t specifically outline any requirements for email contact…</p>
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<p>That’s for sure.</p>
<p>In the NCAA rules manual email is defined as a form of “Electronically transmitted correspondence”.</p>
<p>Thanks Swimkidsdad, I see it now.</p>