Division I Advanced Awards and Benefits

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Division I Advanced Awards and Benefits

• Kris Richardson and Geoff Silver
• Associate Directors of Academic and Membership
  Affairs

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Overview

• Awards.
• Medical Expenses.
• Meals.
• Expenses for Practice and Competition.
• New Legislation.

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Awards
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Case Study

• Mary, student-athlete from State University, won
  the 200 meter freestyle at the 2009 National
  Championship.
• State ordered a championship ring for Mary
  through a new ring vendor.
• State was billed 650 for the ring, which
  included the cost of the ring, a 250 tooling
  charge and shipping and handling fees.
• Permissible?

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Medical Expenses
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Medical Expenses

• Institutions may finance medical insurance for
  student-athletes.
• Includes student-athlete health insurance,
  regardless of whether the insurance is optional
  for the general student body.
• NCAA Proposal No. 2005-102.
• Institutions may provide expenses for counseling
  related to pregnancy.
• Staff interpretation Reference 12/2/08, item
  b

Bylaw 16.4.1
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Meals
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Meals in Conjunction with Away-From-Home Contests

• Two options.
• Regular meals and/or meal allowances or
• Discretionary meals.
• Selected option applies for the entire trip.
• Option No. 1 - Regular meals and/or meal
  allowances.
• All student-athletes may receive a pregame or
  postgame meal in addition to regular meals.
• Up to 15 cash may be provided instead of a
  postgame meal.

Bylaw 16.5.2
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Meals in Conjunction with Away-From-Home Contests

• Option No. 2 - Discretionary meals.
• Begins when the team is required to report on
  call for team travel.
• Ends with the earlier of two options
• Team returning to campus or
• Release from team-related activities.
• No cash in lieu of regular meals.
• May provide a meal or cash, not to exceed 15 to
  student-athletes at the time of his or her
  release from team-related activities.

Bylaw 16.5.2 and an official interpretation
Reference 9/4/08, Item No. 1-(a)
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Case Study

• Institution elects to provide meals at its
  discretion for this weekends away-from-home
  trip.
• Team reports on call at 4 p.m. Thursday.
• Contest starts at 4 p.m. Saturday.
• Contest ends at 9 p.m. Saturday
• Team arrives back on campus at 6 p.m. Sunday.
• May the institution have a meal available for the
  student-athletes during the bus trip to the
  airport?

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Case Study

• May the institution have a meal available for the
  student-athletes when the team arrives at the
  hotel at 11 p.m. Thursday night?
• May the institution provide 15 cash to the
  student-athletes in lieu of a postgame meal on
  Saturday?

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Case Study

• May the institution provide 15 to the
  student-athletes when they are released upon
  returning to campus on Sunday?

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Practice and Competition Expenses
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Case Study

• Henry is a mens golf student-athlete for Eagle
  University. Friday is the last day of classes
  before the start of spring break and the golf
  team has a match scheduled for the following
  Sunday.
• Henry is the only one on the team with a Friday
  class he has a midterm exam in his 3 p.m. class
  that day.
• Henry has made arrangements with his professor to
  take the exam on Friday morning to allow the team
  to depart at noon.
• Permissible?

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Case Study

• USA Wrestling is selecting athletes for the
  national team to compete in World Championships.
• Three separate tryout events to be held in New
  York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
• Athletes are not required to attend all three
  events to be selected to national team, but need
  to attend at least one event to be considered for
  selection.
• Permissible for institution to provide expenses?

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Case Study

• Anna, a member of the swim team at a Division I
  institution, has been invited to participate in
  the Maccabiah Games.
• The Maccabiah Games are an officially recognized
  national multisport event which is excepted from
  the outside competition regulations.
• Tryouts for the event will be held during Annas
  spring break and she will be competing in the
  tryout as a member of her club team.

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Case Study

• Is it permissible for Anna to participate in the
  Maccabiah Games tryouts?
• Is it permissible for Anna to participate in the
  Maccabiah Games?

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Case Study

• Is it permissible for the institution to pay
  Annas expenses for the tryout?
• Is it permissible for the institution to pay
  Annas expenses for participation in the
  Maccabiah Games?

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Case Study

• Institutions volleyball team is traveling to
  Florida for a spring break trip that will include
  several competitions.
• The trip will occur during their declared
  non-championship segment.
• The institution would like to pay a fitness
  center in Florida a fee to provide strength and
  conditioning training for its team.
• The fitness center is in the same city as the
  teams competition(s) site.
• Permissible?

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Case Study

• Institutions golf team is participating in an
  out-of-state tournament on Monday.
• Team is leaving campus on Saturday and driving to
  the competition site.
• The coach would like to stop at a golf course
  that is mid-way to the competition site, but is
  out-of-state and more than 100-miles from campus.
• The team would play a practice round at this site
  Saturday afternoon and would play a practice
  round at the competition site on Sunday.
• Permissible?

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New Legislation
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Proposal No. 2008-13-BEffective Immediately

• Amateurism - Exception For Prize Money For
  Student-Athletes - Outside The Playing Season
  During The Summer Vacation Period - Individual
  Sports
• Individual sports only
• Permits student-athlete to accept prize money
  based on place finish or performance in an open
  athletics event
• Event must occur during the summer and be outside
  the institution's declared playing and practice
  season
• Prize money cannot exceed actual and necessary
  expenses and
• Prize money may be provided only by event sponsor.

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Case Study

• Abby and Beth are track student-athletes at
• Fast Track University.
• They have qualified for the NCAA Division I
  Outdoor Track and Field Championships June 10-13.
• Fast Track exams end on May 29.

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Case Study - Abby

• On June 1, Abby accepts 500 for finishing first
  in a local open track meet.
• The prizes are provided by a local shoe store,
  which is the sponsor of the event.
• Abby paid 50 to enter the meet and, because it
  was local, had no other expenses.
• Has Abby jeopardized her eligibility?

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Case Study - Beth

• On June 14, Beth accepts 350 for finishing
  second in an open track meet in Ohio.
• The prizes are provided by a regional television
  network, which is the sponsor of the event.
• Beth paid 50 to enter the meet and, because it
  was out-of-state, spent 300 on transportation,
  meals and lodging.
• Has Beth jeopardized her eligibility?

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Proposal No. 2008-42

• Awards, Benefits and Expenses - Complimentary
  Admissions and Ticket Benefits - Postseason
  Events.
• Expands opportunity to provide six complimentary
  admissions to all postseason events.
• Available to student-athletes who participate in
  or are members of a team participating in the
  postseason event.
• Admissions may be provided to all intercollegiate
  athletics events at the site at which the student
  (or team) participates.
• Effective August 1, 2009.

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Proposal No. 2008-43

• Awards, Benefits and Expenses - Housing and Meals
  - Fruit, Nuts And Bagels.
• Institutions may provide fruit, nuts and bagels
  to student-athletes at any time.
• Effective August 1, 2009.

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Proposal No. 2008-44 Effective Immediately

• Departure/Return Expense Restrictions -
  Exceptions - Travel Following Championships
  Events and Postseason Football Games.
• Applies to NCAA championship events, national
  governing body championships in emerging sports
  and licensed postseason football games.
• Removes 36-hour restriction for providing actual
  and necessary return transportation expenses.
• Event must occur during the institution's
  official vacation period during the academic year
  or between regular academic terms.

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Case Study

• Marcus, a football student-athlete at Frozen
  North University, competes in a licensed bowl
  game in Florida on December 26, during Frozen
  Norths winter break.
• The team chartered a flight to and from the
  event.
• The charter is returning to Frozen North on
  December 27, but because classes do not resume
  until January 4, Marcus and his family plan to
  stay in Florida for another week.

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Case Study

• During the extra week in Florida, Marcus spends
• 600 on lodging,
• 200 on meals,
• 100 on cab and bus fare and
• 400 for airfare to return to campus.
• Is Frozen North permitted to provide Marcus any
  of these expenses?

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Proposal No. 2009-4Effective Immediately

• Awards, Benefits and Expenses - Research Studies
  Involving Only Student-Athletes -
  Institution-Based Research Studies.
• Expands legislation covering participation in
  NCAA research studies to identified institution
  research studies.
• Study must be initiated and conducted by a
  faculty member at a member institution.
• Study and compensation arrangements must be
  approved by the institutional review board of the
  faculty member's institution consistent with
  policies applicable to other institution-based
  research studies.

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Review

• Awards.
• Medical Expenses.
• Meals.
• Expenses for Practice and Competition.
• New Legislation.

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Questions?