{"id":810,"date":"2010-07-21T13:38:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T19:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=810"},"modified":"2010-07-21T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T19:38:17","slug":"want-to-try-out-for-a-college-coach-well-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/want-to-try-out-for-a-college-coach-well-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to Try Out for a College Coach?  Well, Maybe&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>NCAA Says Yes to DII, but No to DI and DIII<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are not in your high school sport\u2019s season, NCAA DII coaches may ask you to come to their campus for a tryout.\u00a0 You may not, however, tryout at a DI or DIII college.\u00a0 Confused?\u00a0 Let\u2019s explain.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-812\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Athletic-Tryout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-812\" title=\"Athletic Tryout\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Athletic-Tryout.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NCAA only allows tryouts in DII.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reason for restricting DIII schools is because, in theory, no DIII prospect can be admitted because of athletic ability.\u00a0 Again, in theory, the only qualifications a potential DIII student-athlete have to meet for admission are the academic standards set by that school.\u00a0\u00a0 Neither the candidate\u2019s athletic skills nor the opinion and influence of a coach can have any bearing on that particular student&#8217;s admission.\u00a0 So, a\u00a0tryout would be pointless.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for DI, the no-tryout rule is a way to level the playing field to some degree for DII athletic programs competing for DI-level prospects.\u00a0 Prospects may take unofficial and official visits at both and the rules pertaining to those visits are the same in both divisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No such rule or restriction on\u00a0athlete \u00a0tryouts exists in the NAIA or NJCAA.\u00a0 In fact, in these organizations, even juniors, sophomores and freshman may try out, or work out, for a coach at any time.\u00a0 If you ever have a question about whether or not\u00a0a scheduled &#8220;tryout&#8221; is legal or not,\u00a0contact our office at (800) 354-0072.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA Says Yes to DII, but No to DI and DIII If you are not in your high school sport\u2019s season, NCAA DII coaches may ask you to come to their campus for a tryout.\u00a0 You may not, however, tryout at a DI or DIII college.\u00a0 Confused?\u00a0 Let\u2019s explain.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The reason for restricting DIII schools &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/want-to-try-out-for-a-college-coach-well-maybe\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}