SUMMARY:  This bill would amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A. to require recruiters to provide information relating to the institution’s athletic program within one week of initiating personal contact with the athlete; to require any scholarship offer be made in writing within one week of a verbal offer and prior to the athlete signed an athletic scholarship agreement; and to require specified information relating to the institution’s athletic program.

REQUIREMENTS:

• The information to be provided would have to provide very specific information such as the following examples:
  • It would require providing medical insurance information from eligibility to co-pay;
  • It would require total sums of medical costs not paid by the institution in each of the previous 4 years;
  • The institutions would be required to resolve conflicts between athletic schedules and mandatory classes in majors;
  • The policy for renewal or nonrenewal of scholarships, including in times of injury, coaching changes, or poor performance on the part of the athlete;
  • The number and percent of non-renewal of scholarships;
  • The number and percent of eligible athletes that did not return in the previous four years;
  • The number and percent of eligible athletes that transferred to another school;
  • The number of athletes denied a transfer request;
  • The average length of time it took to grant a transfer;
  • The costs not included in a full scholarship for the current year and the previous 3 years;
  • And numerous additional releases of information.