With the fall signing period coming up on Tuesday, the University of Kentucky compliance department wants to remind fans that they are discouraged from attending any signing day parties or announcements of prospective student-athletes.UK has been informed by the NCAA that attendance at a prospective student-athlete’s announcement, party or signing could be deemed a violation of NCAA rules and could result in an NCAA violation for the school. Any contact with a prospective student-athlete could represent impermissible recruiting contact with a student-athlete, as defined by NCAA bylaw 13.01.4Bylaw 13.01.4 states that boosters and fans “of an institution’s athletic interests are prohibited from making in-person, on- or off-campus recruiting contacts, or written or telephonic communications with a prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete’s relatives or legal guardians.”The fall signing period, which includes all sports except football, soccer, track and field, and cross country, starts Tuesday and lasts through Nov. 17