To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff &
           All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "michael aiken" <chancellor@uiuc.edu>

Reply-To: chancellor@uiuc.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Contact with Potential Student Athletes

Questions and concerns have been raised recently about potential contacts 
by employees, students or others associated with the University with 
student athletes who are being recruited by the University of Illinois. As 
a member of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the 
Big Ten Athletic Conference, there are a number of rules with which all 
persons associated with the University must comply. For example, the NCAA 
regulates the timing, nature and frequency of contacts between any 
University employee and prospective athletes. It is the responsibility of 
the coaches and administration in the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics 
to recruit the best student athletes to participate in varsity sports at 
the University of Illinois. No contacts are permitted with prospective 
student athletes, including high school and junior college students, by 
University students, employees or others associated with the University 
without express authorization of the Director of Athletics or his designee. 

The University faces potentially serious sanctions for violation of NCAA or 
Big Ten rules. All members of the University community are expected to 
abide by these rules, and certainly any intentional violations will not be 
condoned. It is the responsibility of each member of the University to 
ensure that all students, employees and others associated with the 
University conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner. Questions about 
the rules should be addressed to Mr. Vince Ille, Assistant Director for 
Compliance, Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building, 1700 S. Fourth 
Street, Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 333-5731, E-mail: ille@uiuc.edu.
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chancellor

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