You are saying the rule used to be enforced differently, but provide no proof. The NCAA has already provided proof. There are decades of violations of the rule being applied the exact way it has been written.
Here is the rule from 1990:
"An athletics staff member or other representative of the institution’s athletics interests shall not make contact with the student-athlete of another four-year collegiate institution, directly or indirectly, without first obtaining the permission of the first institution’s athletics director to do so, regardless of who makes the initial contact."
https://ncaa.soutronglobal.net/Public/Default/en-US/RecordView/Index/13366
Page 44 of the PDF file and page 72 of the NCAA manual.
And the top part of 13.1 clarifies that the rules apply to contacting the prospect AND the parents:
"Recruiting contacts(per 13.02.3) with a prospect(or the prospect’s relatives or legal guardians) by institutional staff members and/or representatives of the institution’s athletics interests are subject to the provisions set forth in this bylaw."
We have provided 36 years of evidence of this rule being CONSISTENT on ALL CONTACT being impermissible. The NCAA proved contact occurred (Brosnan admitted it). And the NCAA has decades of proof of the rule being applied strictly to all contact.
There is literally no evidence, support, history, of the BS you are saying. Just admit that it was a clear violation.