NCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL COACHES OFF-CAMPUS RECRUITING GUIDE:
A contact is any face-to-face encounter between a prospect or the prospect’s parents, relatives or legal guardian(s) and an institutional staff member or athletics representative during which any dialogue
occurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting. Any such face-to-face encounter that is prearranged (e.g., positions himself/herself in a location where contact is possible) or that takes place on the grounds
of the prospect’s educational institution or at the site of organized competition or practice involving the prospect or the prospect’s high school, preparatory school, two-year college or all-star team shall be
considered a contact, regardless of whether any conversation occurs.
Surely (not calling anybody Surely) it can't be this obvious but the rule seems crystal clear to me. How can Bama be authorized to practice at and/or contribute anything to Dr. Phillips? Imagine if you were a athlete at that school and a major program/name was practicing on/upgrading your field. That is enough to plant a seed...
Here is the link:
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/ncaa/le...
Of how a bureacracy like the NCAA functions and how the rules are written to be something that require oddles and oddles of people to administrate and enforce and review and argue about what they mean. No wonder Izzo was so pissed about his recent 1 game suspension. No common sense rules with common sense guidelines administered by people who are supposed to use common sense judgement.