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The NCAA can't limit who you or I call by CrazyMary

or reach out to in reality. We're dealing in technicalities here obviously. It's usually done through intermediaries at the very beginning.

So say my nephew is a D1 athlete exploring a potential transfer, I'm very friendly with you who I know is well-connected to several coaches. I might have you send a message that you know of someone looking around for options, might be of interest to your program etc. Then it goes from there.

There's also stories of high D1 coaches having sent texts to mid-major coaches asking them if they'd be interested/are going to have their player reach out etc before a kid officially puts his name into the portal.