GUIDELINES
FOR RECRUITS VISITING 
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON

 1.	A prospect may take a maximum of five expense-paid visits, with no more than one permitted to any single institution.  This restriction applies regardless of the number of sports in which the prospect is involved.

2.	In sports other than men’s basketball, a prospect may not be provided an expense-paid visit earlier than the opening day of classes of the prospect’s senior year in high school.  In men’s basketball, a prospect may not be provided an expense-paid visit earlier than January 1 of the prospect’s junior year in high school and no such visits may occur during the summer between the prospect’s junior and senior years in high school.

3.	A prospect may not be provided with an expense-paid visit without presenting the institution with a high-school (or college) academic transcript and for high school prospects, a score from a PSAT, an SAT, a PLAN or an ACT test.  

4.	An official visit to an institution’s campus shall not exceed 48 hours.

5.	During the official visit, a maximum of three complimentary admissions to a home athletics event may be provided to a prospect.  Such complimentary admissions are for the exclusive use of the prospect and those persons accompanying the prospect on the visit and must be issued only through a pass list.

6.	A prospect may not be provided with complimentary admissions for postseason conference tournaments.  A prospect may purchase tickets only in the same manner as any other member of the general public.
7.	Only current student-athletes are allowed to be a host.  Student-athletes hosting prospective student-athletes regardless of whether a student host has reached the legal drinking age are prohibited from purchasing, providing or drinking alcoholic beverages during a recruiting visit. 
8.	An institution may entertain a prospect and his or her parents [or legal guardians(s)] or spouse, at a scale comparable to that of normal student life, only on the institution’s campus or, on an official visit, within 30 miles of the institution’s campus.  
9.	Neither student-athlete hosts, nor prospect may engage in any activity which has not been expressly approved by the head coach, or athletic administrator. Specifically prohibited are the following: the use of drugs, sex as a recruiting devise, gambling activities of any kind, use of strippers, escort services, gentlemen’s clubs or any activity which violates criminal law.
10.	A prospect may not be provided with cash, gifts (i.e. souvenirs or clothing items), nor purchase gifts with the entertainment money.  Student hosts will receive a maximum of $30 for each day of the visit to cover all actual costs of entertaining the prospect (and the prospect’s parents, legal guardian or spouse), excluding the cost of meals and admission to campus athletic events.  

11.	A prospect may be provided on-campus parking during an official visit.

12.	A prospect on an official visit may be provided lodging comparable to that provided to regular students.  Local commercial facilities may be used at a scale comparable to that of normal student life and only within a 30-mile radius of the institution’s campus. Transportation to and from campus must be on a level of a normal student.

13.	A prospect visiting a member institution may participate in physical workouts or other recreational activities during a visit to an institution’s campus, provided such activities: (a) are not organized or observed by members of the athletics department coaching staff; and (b) are not designed to test the athletics abilities of the prospect.

14.	A regular team physician or other designated physician, may conduct a medical evaluation to determine the prospect’s medical qualifications to participate in intercollegiate athletics provided no athletics department staff member other than the athletic trainer is present and the examination does not include any test or procedure designed to measure the athletics agility or skill of the prospect.

15.	It is permissible to administer medical examinations at any time to prospects who either have signed the National Letter of Intent with California State University, Fullerton or have been accepted for enrollment in a regular full-time program of studies at that institution, provided the examinations occur during an official paid visit or the prospects visit the institution at their own expense for this purpose.

16.	On any recruiting visits recruits must be returned to the housing facility not later than midnight.

17.	Any activities that do not conform to the recruiting policies set forth in this document, and that take place during an official visit, will result in the student host losing the privilege of being a host for one year.

18.	Any violation of this recruiting policy by the host, recruit, or coach will be reported to the Cal State Fullerton Compliance Committee for appropriate sanctions.