A. Official
visits (paid visit): an official visit to a member institution by a prospective
student athlete is a visit financed in whole or in part by the member institution.
e.g., meal cards, on or off campus snacks, transportation, entertainment,
housing, etc.
1. A prospect
is limited to one paid visit to Yale and no more than five paid visits to
all institutions.
2. Academic
Requirements for Official Visit:
a. A prospective
student athlete must present, in writing through an official high-school
or testing-agency document, a PSAT, SAT, PLAN (or PACT Plus) or ACT test
score
b. A prospect
must present a high school transcript prior to making an official visit.
The academic transcript may be an unofficial photocopy of an official
document.
3. An official
visit may last no longer than 48 hours commencing at the time the prospect
arrives on campus.
a. A prospect
may remain in the locale in which the institution is located after the
permissible 48-hour period for reasons unrelated to the official visit,
provided that at the completion of the 48-hour visit, the individual departs
the institution's campus, and the institution does not pay any expenses
thereafter, including the cost of return transportation.
B. Unofficial visit (non-paid visit): The prospective student-athlete
visits Yale at his or her own expense.
1. There is
no limit on the number of unofficial visits a prospect may take.
2. Unofficial
visits may occur prior to the senior year in high school.
3. Yale may
provide a prospect on an unofficial visit only the following:
a. Three
complimentary admissions to a Yale home contest.. Admission must be granted
via a gate list and is for use by the prospect and those persons accompanying
the prospect on the visit. Admission must be issued on an individual game
basis and seating may be provided in the general seating area only.
b. Yale may
provide transportation when accompanied by an institutional staff member,
only to view off-campus practice facilities and competition sites within
a 30-mile radius of the Yale campus.
c. An athletic
staff member may arrange academic interviews for a prospect.
d. No arrangements
for special parking may be made by an institutional staff member.
e. * Men's
basketball is not permitted to host anyone on an unofficial visit in the
month of July.
