Exam 7: Recruiting and Decision Making

The characteristics for comparison in __________ are not limited to costs or numbers of items, which are typically part of quantitative decisions. They are often more qualitative or subjective in nature.

An athletic grant-in-aid (GIA) refers to the amount of aid awarded to a prospective student-athlete based on his or her athletic ability. Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding GIAs?

According to Bylaw 13.02.13 of the NCAA Division I Manual, a prospective student is a student who has started classes for the ninth grade, or if a student has not started classes for the ninth grade, he or she becomes a prospective student-athlete if the institution provides such an individual (or the individual's family members or friends) any financial assistance or other benefits that the institution does not provide to prospective students generally. It is at the point that all applicable recruiting bylaws are imposed.

_______________ sports are those where each student-athlete who receives athletically related aid in any amount counts toward the maximum allowable number of students receiving such aid.

One approach to overcoming information barriers in the decision-making process is called "__________," or "MBWA."

The applicable definition for the term "recruiting" is any solicitation of a prospective student-athlete or a prospective student-athlete's family members by an institutional staff member or by a representative of the institution's athletics interests for the purpose of securing the prospective student-athlete's enrollment and ultimate participation in the institution's intercollegiate athletics program.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of group-based decision making using a specific example from the chapter.

All Division II and III sports are equivalency sports for the purposes of awarding athletically related aid.

Each of the following describes an important element of official visit information EXCEPT:

Identify and explain the difference between head count and equivalency sports and how are these limits determined.

Identify two of the noteworthy limits regarding official visits for NCAA member schools, and explain the rationale behind these limits.

Which of the following is NOT part of the NCAA's general rule governing permissible recruiters?

The _____________________ is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete and a member institution," where a prospective student-athlete agrees to attend the institution full-time for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters), and the institution agrees to provide athletics financial aid for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters).

Which of the following is NOT a step in the decision making process?

The general rule in NCAA Division I is that off-campus recruiting contacts cannot be made with an individual (or his or her relatives or legal guardians) before August 1 at the beginning of his or her junior year in high school.

Once decision goals are clear, the next step is to evaluate all the alternatives for strengths and weaknesses.

Identify and explain the ethical issues surrounding negative recruiting as described in the chapter.

Identify and explain how Bard head men's lacrosse coach Brian Praetorius would implement the six steps in the decision making process in attracting eight prospects to matriculate next year.

The recruiting process is the culmination of years of effort on the part of prospects and their families as they participate on various sports teams and chase the dream of receiving athletically related aid to subsidize their college education. Which of the following is NOT a fact associated with this dream?

Which of the following outlines the four types of recruiting periods for NCAA Division I football and basketball?