The CIS recruiting blackout period begins tonight (Saturday December 22nd) at 12 midnight and runs through and including January 2nd. What this means is that no CIS coach (paid or volunteer) can contact you during this time. The contact means any kind of contact (phone, email, text, etc).
CIS blackout periods are ‘self-regulated’, meaning all offenses are either self-reported or reported by players. And two-way radio communication is not legal as well…are IPads two-way communication? This Christmas blackout appears that it may be the first time that no CIS team has run a ‘Christmas football camp’. Maybe there are ‘CIS police’ after all…
Exert from CIS “Athletes Guide”
Athlete Recruiting
Are there any restrictions to who I can contact?
· unless you have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI), or you are already a CIS student-athlete, there are no restrictions to who you can contact.
· if you have signed an LOI, you are not permitted to initiate or respond to contact with another school for the purpose of competing for that other school.
· unless you have signed a LOI, or you are already a CIS student-athlete, there are no restrictions to who can contact you.
· if you have signed an LOI, you are required to inform another CIS institution’s representative that you have done so; upon any subsequent contact by the same CIS institution for the same purpose, you should notify the Athletic Director (or designate) of your LOI Institution within 48 hours.
· for the sports of basketball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, volleyball, rugby, and soccer, you cannot practice with a CIS team during the competitive season; you may practice with the team outside the CIS competitive season.
· specific to men’s football, out-of-season practices are restricted to registered students, although there is an exception for Canada West schools and prospective students from Western Canada.
· you are limited to one funded visit within an academic year, in whole or in part, to a CIS campus, although you are not limited to the number of unfunded visits to a campus or to the total number of schools you visit.
· a CIS school, inclusive of its alumni and boosters, is limited to providing you with product and/or services valued at $50 or less.
Are there any recruiting black-out periods?
· recruiting black-out periods are restricted to football, and exist from December 23rd to January 2nd inclusively, as well as within five clear days of the start of the CIS East-West All-Star Game and until one clear day following the completion of the Game.
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