Daily Compliance Item- 5.4.15- 11.3.2.6, 13.12.2.3- Noninstitutional Camps

A few Ocean State University coaches will be working at noninstitutional camps this summer.  Which of the following is permissible? A.  The coaches can promote the camp on their personal websites. B.  The coaches can provide quotes to be included in promotional camp materials that are produced by the noninstitutional camp. C.  The coaches can include their employment at these camps in emails to prospects. D.  None of the above. The answer is B.  NCAA Staff Interpretation- 5/1/15- Institutional Promotion of Noninstitutional Camps and Clinics (I)- states that a member of the institution’s coaching staff who is employed at a noninstitutional camp or clinic may only promote or endorse such a camp or clinic by permitting the camp or clinic to use his or her quotations and/or pictures in its promotional materials (e.g., camp brochure, website, social media). It is not otherwise permissible for an institution or an institution’s coaching staff member to produce and/or post noninstitutional camp or clinic promotional material (e.g., camp brochure, website, social media). In addition, it is not permissible for the institution or the institution’s coaching staff member to include information regarding a noninstitutional camp or clinic, in which the coach is employed, in general or electronic correspondence. [References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 11.3.2.6 (quotations and pictures used to promote a camp), 11.3.2.7 (consultant for or endorsement of noninstitutional athletics events involving prospective student-athletes), 13.4.1.3 (general correspondence), 13.4.1.4, (electronic correspondence — general rule), 13.4.3.1 (recruiting advertisements), 13.12.2.3 (athletics staff members), 13.12.2.3.2 (noninstitutional, privately owned camps/clinics — bowl subdivision football), 13.12.2.3.4 (noninstitutional, privately owned camps/clinics — championships subdivision football), 13.12.2.3.5 (institutional/noninstitutional, privately owned camps/clinics — women’s volleyball) and 13.12.2.3.6 (other noninstitutional privately owned camps/clinics — sports other than basketball, football and women’s volleyball)]

Jennifer M. Condaras  Associate Commissioner BIG EAST Conference

Daily Compliance Item- 11/6/14- 13.12.1.7, 13.12.1.7.2- Payment of Camp Expenses by Camp Employee

Which of the following is true?

A.  HS coach working Ocean State University’s (OSU) women’s basketball camp may pay the camp registration fee for a prospect as long as she is not being recruited by OSU.

B.  HS Coach working OSU’s women’s basketball camp may pay the camp registration fee for any prospect.

C.  HS Coach working OSU’s women’s basketball camp may pay the camp registration fee for a prospect as long as she is not an athletics award winner or being recruited by OSU.

D.  HS Coach working OSU’s women’s basketball camp may not pay the camp registration fee for any prospect.

 

The answer is C.  NCAA Official Interpretation- 10/30/14- Expenses to Attend an Institutional Camp or Clinic from a Camp or Clinic Employee (I)-states that it is not permissible for an employee of an institutional camp or clinic (e.g., high school coach, two-year college coach) to provide actual and necessary expenses, including the camp admissions fee, for a prospective student-athlete who is an athletics award winner or is being recruited by the institution to attend the camp or clinic.

 [References: NCAA Bylaws 12.1.2.1.4.3 (expenses from an outside sponsor), 13.12.1.7.1 (employment of prospective student-athletes/no free or reduced admission privileges — general rule), 13.12.1.7.2 (payment of expenses); and an official interpretation (10/30/14, Item No. 1)]

Daily Compliance Item 4/8/14- 13.12.1- Prospect Working Camps/Clinics

The women’s basketball staff at Ocean State University (OSU) are finalizing the schedule for their summer camps.  One of last year’s counselors called and said she would be unable to work this summer, so the camp director is trying to find a replacement.  One of OSU’s National Letter of Intent (NLI) signees would like to work the camps.  Is that permissible?   Yes.  NCAA Educational Column- 4/3/14-  Proposal No. RWG-13-8 — Recruiting — Camps and Clinics — Prospective and Enrolled Student-Athlete Employment (I) – states that  (Editor’s Note: This educational column is reflective of the most recent Rules Working Group Question and Answer Document.) this document contains questions and answers to assist the NCAA membership in its understanding of Proposal No. RWG-13-8 (camp and clinic employment)   Question No. 1: Under what conditions may a prospective student-athlete be employed in an institution’s camp or clinic? Answer: An institution may employ a prospective student-athlete in a camp or clinic, provided he or she has signed a National Letter of Intent or the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid, or after the institution has received his or her financial deposit in response to its offer of admission.   Question No. 2: Is it necessary for a prospective student-athlete to be enrolled in summer school in order to be employed in an institution’s summer camp? Answer: No. Note, however, that pursuant to Bylaw 13.02.12, an individual becomes a student-athlete once he or she enrolls in and attends summer school at the certifying institution. Once the individual becomes a student-athlete, he or she is subject to the legislation governing employment of student-athletes.   Question No. 3: May an individual who becomes a student-athlete due to enrollment in summer school attend the institution’s camps as a participant? Answer: An enrolled student-athlete (including one who initially enrolls in summer school prior to their initial full-time enrollment in a regular term at the certifying institution) may not participate as a camper in his or her institution’s camps or clinics.   Question No. 4: May a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent or the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid or has provided the institution a financial deposit in response to its offer of admission be employed at any institution or only the institution to which he or she committed. Answer: Only the institution to which he or she has committed.   Question No. 5: May a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent or the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid or provided the institution a financial deposit in response to its offer of admission be employed at a clinic that occurs before the completion of his or her senior year (e.g., clinic during winter break)? Answer: Yes.