Recently Adopted NCAA Legislation

Spring 2006
IUPUI Compliance Newsletter

Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
bshambau@iupui.edu

Fee-For-Lesson Instruction

A student athlete may receive compensation for teaching or coaching sport skills or techniques in his or her sport on a fee-for-lesson basis provided

Institutional facilities are not used
Playing lessons shall not be permitted
The institution obtains and keeps on file documentation of the recipient of the lessons and the fee for the lesson provided during any time of year
The compensation is paid by the lesson recipient (or the recipient’s family) and not another individual or entity.
Instruction to each individual is comparable to the instruction that would be provided during a private lesson when the instruction involves more than one individual at a time.
The student-athlete does not use his or her name, picture, or appearance to promote or advertise the availability of fee-for-lesson sessions.

Voluntary Summer Conditioning – Basketball

In basketball, a prospective student-athlete who either has signed a National Letter of Intent or who has been accepted for enrollment in a regular full-time program of studies at that institution and is receiving financial aid to attend summer school may engage in voluntary summer workouts conducted by an institution’s strength and conditioning coach with department-wide duties. An institution may loan clean apparel (e.g. t-shirts, shorts, laundry service, socks, and under garments) to all basketball prospects who qualify for such activities/

Purpose of Camps or Clinics – Basketball

An institution’s basketball camp or clinic may be conducted only during the months of June, July, and August, unless such activities meet the provisions regarding developmental clinics set forth by Bylaw 13.11.3.1. Violations of this bylaw shall be considered institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1; however, such violations shall not affect the prospective student-athlete’s eligibility.

Summer Compliance Reminders

· Outside Competition

Written Permission Required for ALL Participation on any Outside (non-IUPUI) Team

Summer Basketball League Permission Form must be submitted to the Head Coach prior to participation on any outside team. Basketball Head Coach signs the form to signify general knowledge of the intended outside competition. The Head Coach submits the form to the Compliance Office for review. Compliance Coordinator forwards the form to the Director of Athletics for final approval. NO PARTICIPATION IS PERMISSIBLE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS. Soccer, Softball, and Volleyball Outside Competition Permission Form must be submitted by the student-athlete of these sports to the Compliance Office prior to any participation on an outside team. Individual sport student-athletes must notify their respective Head Coach prior to any participation on an outside team or in an outside event.

o Athletics department personnel must properly complete and submit the Outside Activity Approval Form for the following activities

Director of Athletics must give prior approval before a student-athlete’s employment at a sport specific camp or clinic.
Compensation received by the student-athlete shall be proportionate to the going rate for camp or clinic counselors of similar teaching ability and camp or clinic experience. Compensation may not be received on the basis of a student-athlete’s athletic ability or level of expertise.
A student-athlete may not receive compensation if only lecturing or demonstrating.
A student-athlete may not be permitted to conduct his or her own camp or clinic.
A student-athlete’s picture and institutional affiliation may be used only in the camp counselor section of a camp brochure simply to identify the athlete as a staff member. A student-athlete’s name or picture may not be used in any other way to advertise or promote the camp or clinic.
Student-athletes may receive compensation for individualized teaching or coaching sports skills as long as the student athlete is giving individualized instruction, the fee is paid by the lesson recipient, campus facilities are not used, and the university maintains documentation of the lessons.

Athletics Department Staff may be involved in non-institutional sports camps as long as such camps are designed to develop fundamental skills for a specific sport, held open to the general public, conducted primarily for educational purposes and do not provide material benefits to camp participants or include a recruiting presentation with the following exceptions.

In men’s basketball, coaching and non-coaching staff members with basketball specific responsibilities may be employed only at their own institution’s camps or clinics.

In women’s basketball, a coach (or any individual with women’s basketball only responsibilities) and student-athletes may be employed only at their own institution’s camps or clinics; additionally, an institution may not employ another Division I women’s basketball coach (or any other individual with women’s basketball only responsibilities) or student-athlete at their own institutional camp or clinic.
Any institutional staff member with basketball-specific duties (e.g., coaches, graduate assistance, director of basketball operations, managers and administrative personnel) is prohibited from participating in coaching activities involving nonscholastic-based basketball teams.