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Rule 2-1: Establishes the commitments that guide the underlying operating bylaws. This includes a commitment to fair competition, which "acknowledges that variability will exist among members in advantages, including facilities, geographic location and resources and that such variability should not be justification for future legislation."
11-2: Would eliminate the rules defining recruiting coordination functions that must be performed only by a head or assistant coach.
11-3-B: Would prohibit the live scouting of future opponents except in limited circumstances.
11-4: Would remove limits on the number of coaches who can recruit off-campus at any one time, the so-called "baton rule."
12-1: Would establish a uniform definition of actual and necessary expenses.
12-3: Would allow a student-athlete to receive $300 more than actual and necessary expenses, provided the expenses come from an otherwise permissible source.
12-4: Would permit individuals to receive actual and necessary competition-related expenses from outside sponsors, so long as the person is not an agent, booster, or representative of a professional sports organization.
12-5: Would allow student-athletes in sports other than tennis to receive up to actual and necessary competition-related expenses based on performance from an amateur team or event sponsor.
12-6: Would allow student-athletes and prospects to receive actual and necessary expenses for training, coaching, health insurance, etc. from a governmental entity.
13-1: Will allow schools to treat prospects like student-athletes for purposes of applying recruiting regulations once a National Letter of Intent or signed offer of admission or financial aid is received.
13-2: Will allow off-campus contact with recruits beginning the first day of junior year in high school and communication with recruits on or after July 1 after the completion of the recruit's sophomore year in high school.
13-3: Would eliminate restrictions on methods and modes of communication
13-4: Would eliminate the requirement that institutions provide materials such as the banned-drug list and Academic Progress Rate data to recruits.
13-5-A: Would eliminate restrictions on sending printed recruiting materials to recruits.
13-7: Would eliminate restrictions on publicity once a prospective student-athlete has signed a National Letter of Intent or written offer of financial aid or admission.
13-8: Would deregulate camps and clinics employment rules related to both recruits and current student-athletes. Senior football prospects would be allowed to participate in camps and clinics.
14-1: Eliminates academic regulations that are covered elsewhere and directly supported by institutional academic policy.
16-1: Would allow institutions, conferences or the NCAA national office to provide an award to student-athletes any time after initial full-time enrollment.
16-2: Would allow conferences, an institution, the U.S. Olympic Committee, a national governing body or the awarding agency to provide actual and necessary expenses for a student-athlete to receive a non-institutional award or recognition for athletics or academic accomplishments. Expenses could also be provided for parents/legal guardians, a spouse or other relatives as well.
16-3: Would allow institutions, conferences or the NCAA to pay for other academic support, career counseling or personal development services that support the success of the student-athlete.
16-4: Would allow institutions, conferences or the NCAA to pay for medical and related expenses for a student-athlete.
16-5: Would change all Bylaw 16 references to a student-athlete's spouse, parents, family members or children to "family member," establish a specific definition of "family member," and permit specified benefits to such individuals
16-6: Would allow institutions to provide reasonable entertainment in conjunction with competition or practice.
16-7: Would allow schools to provide actual and necessary expenses to student-athletes representing the institution in practice and competition (including expenses for activities/travel that are incidental to practice or competition) as well as in noncompetitive events like goodwill tours and media appearances.
16-8: Would allow student-athletes to receive actual and necessary expenses and "reasonable benefits" associated with a national team practice and competition. The proposal would also allow institutions to pay for any number of national team tryouts and championship events.
SOURCE: NCAA.org.

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Here is part of the artical:

"...concern centers on proposed rule changes to be voted on at this week's NCAA convention that will allow college coaches to start contacting players earlier and often. There's a clause that lifts all limitations on written mail (apparently in an effort to benefit schools with massive recruiting budgets) and one that repeals the in-place text message ban.
  
Forget restrictions on private messages via social networking sites. There's a rule change on the table that will zap those, too. The so-called "baton rule," limiting the number of coaches from each program who can be on the road simultaneously, is on the chopping block as well.

Also proposed is a contact start date of July 1 before a player's junior season. And while dead periods and quiet periods will remain on the calendar, other restrictions on phone calls might be lifted.

During a contact period, human decency will be the only thing keeping coaches from calling every hour on the hour. But if you're not calling enough, your rival probably is.
Who can risk a blue-chip prospect seeing you as uninterested when livelihoods are at stake? The ramifications aren't hard to spot."