A Slice of Compliance
A Slice of Compliance
Post NLI Reminders
April, 2013
Tip of the Month Student-athletes will be in a fix, if they fail to complete six
To be eligible for competition in the fall 2013 semester, a student-athlete must satisfactorily complete at least six-semester hours of credit toward an applicable degree program during the preceding regular academic term (e.g., spring semester) in which the student-athlete has been enrolled full time at any collegiate institution and maintain the minimum applicable grade-point-average.
The Inside JUICE
1
Tip of the Month, Post NLI Reminders & Publicity of National Letter of Intent Signees
2
Definition of an agent, Professional Workouts & Professional League Drafts
3
Playing & Practice Reminders and Continuing Eligibility
4
Key Dates to Remember, OAC Staff Directory
As a reminder, there is no limit on the number of telephone calls, electronic communications (text messages, e-mail, etc.) or contacts by Syracuse University to a prospective student-athlete (or the prospective studentathlete’s relatives or legal guardians) beginning the calendar day after one of the following events occurs: (a) The prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent or Syracuse University’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid; or (b) Syracuse University receives a financial deposit in response to the institution’s offer of admission. The following conditions apply when contact is made with a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent with Syracuse University: (a) Any contact at the prospective student-athlete’s educational institution in men’s basketball shall be confined to the permissible contact period and shall not exceed one visit per week; (b) In football, contact at the prospective student-athlete’s educational institution shall be confined to the permissible contact period and the spring evaluation period. Contact at the educational institution during the contact period shall not exceed one visit per week. A visit to the educational institution during the spring evaluation period that only includes contact with a signed prospective student-athlete shall be considered one of Syracuse University’s two permissible days at the institution; (c) No in-person, off-campus contact may be made during a “dead period”; (d) No on- or off-campus contact (including correspondence and telephone calls) may be made by a representative Syracuse University’s athletics interests except those involving permissible pre-enrollment activities (e.g., a discussion of summer employment arrangements); and (e) Contact at the site of a prospective student-athlete’s competition shall continue to be governed by the provisions of contact restrictions at practice or competition sites; and (f) Contact with the prospective student-athlete’s relatives or legal guardians at the site of the prospective student-athlete’s competition shall be permitted. Note: This regulation does not permit Syracuse University to exceed the limit of evaluations for prospects who have not signed a National Letter of Intent or who have not signed an institution’s written offer of admissions and/or financial aid. A visit (without contact) by a coaching staff member to a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution counts as an evaluation for all prospective student-athletes in that sport at that educational institution
Publicity of National Letter of Intent Signees Publicity released by Syracuse University concerning a prospective student-athlete’s commitment to attend the institution shall occur only after the prospective student-athlete has signed a National Letter of Intent or after the prospective student-athlete’s signed acceptance of the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid. • Such communications (with no limit on number or content) may be released to media outlets at Syracuse University’s discretion. • Syracuse University may conduct one formal press conference on campus for the purpose of presenting the names of all prospective student-athletes in a sport who have signed a National Letter of Intent or accepted written offers of admission and/or financial aid from Syracuse University. No prospective student-athletes (or their friends or relatives) may be in attendance at the formal press conference. • Syracuse University is prohibited from purchasing or receiving commercial advertising (e.g., print, media or billboard) to be used to identify a prospective student-athlete by name or picture.
Definition of an Agent
Professional Workouts
An individual shall be ineligible for participation in an intercollegiate sport if he or she ever has agreed (orally or in writing) to be represented by an agent for the purpose of marketing his or her athletics ability or reputation in that sport. In addition, an individual shall be ineligible for participation in intercollegiate athletics, if he or she enters into a verbal or written agreement with an agent for future representation at the end of the season or when the student-athlete has exhausted his or her eligibility.
Please remind student-athletes, following initial full-time collegiate enrollment, a student-athlete who has eligibility remaining may try out with a professional athletics team (or participate in a combine including that team) at any time, provided the student-athlete does not miss class. The student-athlete may receive actual and necessary expenses in conjunction with one 48-hour tryout per professional team (or a combine including that team). The 48-hour tryout period shall begin at the time the individual arrives at the tryout location. At the completion of the 48-hour period, the student-athlete must depart the location of the tryout immediately in order to receive return transportation expenses. A tryout may extend beyond 48 hours if the student-athlete self-finances additional expenses, including return transportation. A self-financed tryout may be for any length of time, provided the individual does not miss class.
Further, an agency contract not specifically limited in writing to a sport or particular sports shall be deemed applicable to all sports, and the individual shall be ineligible to participate in any sport. An agent is any individual who, directly or indirectly: (a) Represents or attempts to represent an individual for the purpose of marketing his or her athletics ability or reputation for financial gain; or (b) Seeks to obtain any type of financial gain or benefit from securing a prospective student-athlete’s enrollment at an educational institution or from a student-athlete’s potential earnings as a professional athlete. Note: An agent may include, but is not limited to, a certified contract advisor, financial advisor, marketing representative, brand manager or anyone who is employed or associated with such persons.
During a tryout, a student-athlete may not take part in any outside competition (games or scrimmages) as a representative of a professional team. Note: In basketball, a student-athlete may accept actual and necessary travel, and room and board expenses from a professional sports organization to attend that organization’s basketball draft combine regardless of the duration of the camp.
Professional League Drafts As a reminder, after initial full-time collegiate enrollment, an individual loses amateur status in a particular sport when the individual asks to be placed on the draft list or supplemental draft list of a professional league in that sport, even though: (a) The individual asks that his or her name be withdrawn from the draft list prior to the actual draft; (b) The individual’s name remains on the list but he or she is not drafted; or (c) The individual is drafted but does not sign an agreement with any professional athletics team. Exceptions to this rule include: In men’s basketball, a student student-athlete may enter a professional league’s draft one time during his collegiate career without jeopardizing eligibility in that sport, provided: (a) The student-athlete requests that his name be removed from the draft list and declares his intent to resume intercollegiate participation not later than the end day, April 15th; (b) The student-athlete’s declaration of intent is submitted in writing to the director of athletics; and (c) The student-athlete is not drafted In women’s basketball, a student-athlete may enter a professional league’s draft one time during her collegiate career without jeopardizing eligibility in that sport, provided the student-athlete is not drafted by any team in that league and the student-athlete declares her intention to resume intercollegiate participation within 30 days after the draft. The student-athlete’s declaration of intent shall be in writing to the director of athletics. In football, a student-athlete may enter the National Football League draft one time during his collegiate career without jeopardizing eligibility in that sport, provided the student-athlete is not drafted by any team in that league and the student-athlete declares his intention to resume intercollegiate participation within 72 hours following the National Football League draft declaration date. The student-athlete’s declaration of intent shall be in writing to the director of athletics. A student-athlete in a sport other than basketball or football may enter a professional league’s draft one time during his or her collegiate career without jeopardizing his or her eligibility in the applicable sport, provided the student-athlete is not drafted and within 72 hours following the draft he or she declares his or her intention to resume participation in intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete’s declaration of intent shall be in writing to the director of athletics. Note: A student-athlete may inquire of a professional sports organization about eligibility for a professional-league player draft or request information about the individual’s market value without affecting his or her amateur status.
Playing & Practice Reminders Outside of the declared playing and practice season, a student-athlete may participate in a maximum of eight hours per week of countable athletically related activities and may not participate in any countable athletically related activities on two days per week, from Syracuse University’s first day of class to one week prior to the beginning of the final exam period at the conclusion of the academic year. In sports other than football, the eight hours of countable athletically related activities may include required weight training, conditioning and skill related instruction, with not more than two hours per week spent on skill-related workouts. After April 15th, not more than four studentathletes from the team may be involved in skill-related instruction with their coaches at any one time in any facility. Skill-related instruction shall not be publicized and shall not be conducted in the view of the general public. All countable related activities outside the playing season are prohibited one week prior to the beginning of the final examination period for the applicable academic term through the conclusion of each student-athlete’s final exams. Final exams for the Spring 2013 semester begin May 2, all countable athletically related activities, outside of the playing and practice season, must be concluded April 24th. In football, activities between the institution’s last contest and January 1 are limited to required weight training, conditioning and the review of game film. A student-athlete’s participation in such activities shall be limited to a maximum of eight hours per week, of which not more than two hours per week may be spent on the viewing of film between January 1 and the completion of the Spring semester: (a) Syracuse University shall designate eight weeks as student-athlete discretionary time. The designated eight weeks (each week must be seven consecutive calendar days) must be placed on file in writing in the department of athletics prior to January 1. Any changes in the designated weeks are permissible and shall be on file in the office of the athletics director. Syracuse University is permitted to designate vacation periods (e.g., holiday break, spring break) as student-athlete discretionary time. (b) Required conditioning, weight-training activities and review of game films shall remain permissible during the academic year outside the eight weeks designated as student-athlete discretionary time. A student-athlete’s participation in such activities shall be limited to a maximum of eight hours per week, of which not more than two hours per week may be spent on the viewing of game film. (c) Spring football practice shall remain permissible outside the eight weeks. Note: Student-athlete discretionary time is time that a student-athlete may only participate in athletics activities at his or her discretion. There shall be no required workouts and institutions are not permitted to recommend that student-athletes engage in weight-training or conditioning activities; however, if the student-athlete opts to work out, the strength and conditioning coach may monitor the facility in use for health and safety purposes.
Continuing Eligibility
For a student-athlete to be eligible for competition in the fall 2013 semester, a student-athlete must satisfactorily complete at least six-semester hours of credit toward an applicable degree program during the preceding regular academic term (e.g., spring semester) in which the studentathlete has been enrolled full time at any collegiate institution and maintain the minimum applicable grade-point-average. During the Fall 2012 semester, football student-athletes must have completed nine-semester hours of credits toward an applicable degree program and earn the Academic Progress Rate eligibility point for the fall 12 term to be eligible for all competitions during the fall 2013 semester (Opportunities are available to regain eligibility lost by failing to successfully complete the required nine-semester hours) and maintain the applicable minimum grade point average. Student-athletes must have successfully completed 18 hours of academic credit, during the fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters, prior to the start of the fall 2013 semester. Credits earned during the summer terms may not be used to fulfill the 18 hour requirement. If a student-athlete enrolled at Syracuse University fall 2012, without any previous collegiate enrollment, he or she must have completed 24 semester hours, prior to the beginning of the fall 2013 semester. Next, student-athletes must meet and maintain the minimum grade point average requirements, at the end of the spring 2013 semester in order to compete: The minimum grade-point-average for a student-athlete entering his or her second year is 1.8; The minimum grade-point-average for a student-athlete entering his or her third year is 1.9; The minimum grade-point-average for a student-athlete entering his or her fourth year or later is 2.0. Additionally, a student-athlete who initially enrolled in the fall and will be certified prior to the beginning of the fall 2013 semester, shall maintain progress towards a specific degree program: A student-athlete who is entering his or her third year (5th semester) must have completed a minimum 40 % of a degree program. A student-athlete who is entering his or her fourth year (7th semester) must have completed a minimum 60 % of a degree program. A student-athlete who is entering his or her fifth year (9th semester) must have completed a minimum 80 % of a degree program. Lastly, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time to practice and compete. Undergraduate student-athletes must be enrolled in a minimum 12 credit hours each semester. Graduate student-athletes must be enrolled in a full-time graduate program as defined by Syracuse University. The exception to full-time enrollment is a student-athlete may compete while enrolled in less than a minimum full-time program of studies, provided the student is enrolled in the final semester of the baccalaureate program and the institution certifies that the student is carrying (for credit) the courses necessary to complete degree requirements. Note: Graduate student-athletes shall successfully complete a minimum six hours of academic credit during each regular academic term in which the student is enrolled full-time as a graduate student. In addition, graduate student-athletes are not required to be enrolled in a specific degree program to be eligible for competition.
Key Dates to Remember Football April 1-14, 21, 28, 2013 April 15-20, 22-27, 29-30, 2013
Quiet Period Evaluation Period
Note: April 15 through May 31 - 168 evaluation days selected at the discretion of Syracuse University and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics. Men’s Basketball April 1-3, 25, 29-30, 2013 Quiet Period April 4-11*, 15-18, 2013 Dead Period April 11*-14, 22-24, 2013 Recruiting Period April 19-21, 26-28, 2013 **Evaluation Period *April 11th dead period ends at noon, recruiting period begins at noon **Evaluations at certified events only Women’s Basketball April 1-4, 2013 Contact Period April 5-11*, 15-18, 2013 Dead Period April 19-23, 2013 Evaluation Period April 12-14, 24-30**, 2013 Quiet Period *April 7-9 evaluation period shall be considered for one women’s basketball event certified by the NCAA held in conjunction with, and conducted in the host city of the NCAA Division I women’s basketball championship **April 19-21 evaluations permitted at nonscholastic women’s basketball events Men and Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field April 1-30, 2013 Contact Period Softball April 1-14, 19-30, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Women’s Ice Hockey April 1-14, 19-28, 2013 April 15-18, 2013 April 29-30, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period Quiet Period
Field Hockey April 1-30, 2013
Contact Period
Volleyball April 1-14, 19-30, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Men’s Lacrosse April 1-14, 19-30, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Women’s Lacrosse April 1-14, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Mens & Women’s Soccer April 1-30, 2013
Contact Period
Women’s Rowing April 1-14, 19-30, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Syracuse University Office of Athletic Compliance Manley Field House Syracuse, NY 13244-5020 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
OAC Staff Directory (315) 443-1265
Erlease Wagner, Director [email protected] Dan Isaf, Assistant Director of Compliance [email protected] Chris James, Compliance Coordinator [email protected] Roberta Nestico, Compliance Assistant [email protected] Shana Segbers, Compliance Intern The OAC Newsletter is published by Syracuse University’s Office of Athletic Compliance for use by SU’s coaching staff, studentathletes, support staff, administrators and SU support organizations. This newsletter is not a substitute for the NCAA Manual as rules change periodically. Comments, suggestions and submissions are welcome and should be directed to Chris James, Compliance Coordinator
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Post NLI Reminders
April, 2013
Tip of the Month Student-athletes will be in a fix, if they fail to complete six
To be eligible for competition in the fall 2013 semester, a student-athlete must satisfactorily complete at least six-semester hours of credit toward an applicable degree program during the preceding regular academic term (e.g., spring semester) in which the student-athlete has been enrolled full time at any collegiate institution and maintain the minimum applicable grade-point-average.
The Inside JUICE
1
Tip of the Month, Post NLI Reminders & Publicity of National Letter of Intent Signees
2
Definition of an agent, Professional Workouts & Professional League Drafts
3
Playing & Practice Reminders and Continuing Eligibility
4
Key Dates to Remember, OAC Staff Directory
As a reminder, there is no limit on the number of telephone calls, electronic communications (text messages, e-mail, etc.) or contacts by Syracuse University to a prospective student-athlete (or the prospective studentathlete’s relatives or legal guardians) beginning the calendar day after one of the following events occurs: (a) The prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent or Syracuse University’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid; or (b) Syracuse University receives a financial deposit in response to the institution’s offer of admission. The following conditions apply when contact is made with a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent with Syracuse University: (a) Any contact at the prospective student-athlete’s educational institution in men’s basketball shall be confined to the permissible contact period and shall not exceed one visit per week; (b) In football, contact at the prospective student-athlete’s educational institution shall be confined to the permissible contact period and the spring evaluation period. Contact at the educational institution during the contact period shall not exceed one visit per week. A visit to the educational institution during the spring evaluation period that only includes contact with a signed prospective student-athlete shall be considered one of Syracuse University’s two permissible days at the institution; (c) No in-person, off-campus contact may be made during a “dead period”; (d) No on- or off-campus contact (including correspondence and telephone calls) may be made by a representative Syracuse University’s athletics interests except those involving permissible pre-enrollment activities (e.g., a discussion of summer employment arrangements); and (e) Contact at the site of a prospective student-athlete’s competition shall continue to be governed by the provisions of contact restrictions at practice or competition sites; and (f) Contact with the prospective student-athlete’s relatives or legal guardians at the site of the prospective student-athlete’s competition shall be permitted. Note: This regulation does not permit Syracuse University to exceed the limit of evaluations for prospects who have not signed a National Letter of Intent or who have not signed an institution’s written offer of admissions and/or financial aid. A visit (without contact) by a coaching staff member to a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution counts as an evaluation for all prospective student-athletes in that sport at that educational institution
Publicity of National Letter of Intent Signees Publicity released by Syracuse University concerning a prospective student-athlete’s commitment to attend the institution shall occur only after the prospective student-athlete has signed a National Letter of Intent or after the prospective student-athlete’s signed acceptance of the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid. • Such communications (with no limit on number or content) may be released to media outlets at Syracuse University’s discretion. • Syracuse University may conduct one formal press conference on campus for the purpose of presenting the names of all prospective student-athletes in a sport who have signed a National Letter of Intent or accepted written offers of admission and/or financial aid from Syracuse University. No prospective student-athletes (or their friends or relatives) may be in attendance at the formal press conference. • Syracuse University is prohibited from purchasing or receiving commercial advertising (e.g., print, media or billboard) to be used to identify a prospective student-athlete by name or picture.
Definition of an Agent
Professional Workouts
An individual shall be ineligible for participation in an intercollegiate sport if he or she ever has agreed (orally or in writing) to be represented by an agent for the purpose of marketing his or her athletics ability or reputation in that sport. In addition, an individual shall be ineligible for participation in intercollegiate athletics, if he or she enters into a verbal or written agreement with an agent for future representation at the end of the season or when the student-athlete has exhausted his or her eligibility.
Please remind student-athletes, following initial full-time collegiate enrollment, a student-athlete who has eligibility remaining may try out with a professional athletics team (or participate in a combine including that team) at any time, provided the student-athlete does not miss class. The student-athlete may receive actual and necessary expenses in conjunction with one 48-hour tryout per professional team (or a combine including that team). The 48-hour tryout period shall begin at the time the individual arrives at the tryout location. At the completion of the 48-hour period, the student-athlete must depart the location of the tryout immediately in order to receive return transportation expenses. A tryout may extend beyond 48 hours if the student-athlete self-finances additional expenses, including return transportation. A self-financed tryout may be for any length of time, provided the individual does not miss class.
Further, an agency contract not specifically limited in writing to a sport or particular sports shall be deemed applicable to all sports, and the individual shall be ineligible to participate in any sport. An agent is any individual who, directly or indirectly: (a) Represents or attempts to represent an individual for the purpose of marketing his or her athletics ability or reputation for financial gain; or (b) Seeks to obtain any type of financial gain or benefit from securing a prospective student-athlete’s enrollment at an educational institution or from a student-athlete’s potential earnings as a professional athlete. Note: An agent may include, but is not limited to, a certified contract advisor, financial advisor, marketing representative, brand manager or anyone who is employed or associated with such persons.
During a tryout, a student-athlete may not take part in any outside competition (games or scrimmages) as a representative of a professional team. Note: In basketball, a student-athlete may accept actual and necessary travel, and room and board expenses from a professional sports organization to attend that organization’s basketball draft combine regardless of the duration of the camp.
Professional League Drafts As a reminder, after initial full-time collegiate enrollment, an individual loses amateur status in a particular sport when the individual asks to be placed on the draft list or supplemental draft list of a professional league in that sport, even though: (a) The individual asks that his or her name be withdrawn from the draft list prior to the actual draft; (b) The individual’s name remains on the list but he or she is not drafted; or (c) The individual is drafted but does not sign an agreement with any professional athletics team. Exceptions to this rule include: In men’s basketball, a student student-athlete may enter a professional league’s draft one time during his collegiate career without jeopardizing eligibility in that sport, provided: (a) The student-athlete requests that his name be removed from the draft list and declares his intent to resume intercollegiate participation not later than the end day, April 15th; (b) The student-athlete’s declaration of intent is submitted in writing to the director of athletics; and (c) The student-athlete is not drafted In women’s basketball, a student-athlete may enter a professional league’s draft one time during her collegiate career without jeopardizing eligibility in that sport, provided the student-athlete is not drafted by any team in that league and the student-athlete declares her intention to resume intercollegiate participation within 30 days after the draft. The student-athlete’s declaration of intent shall be in writing to the director of athletics. In football, a student-athlete may enter the National Football League draft one time during his collegiate career without jeopardizing eligibility in that sport, provided the student-athlete is not drafted by any team in that league and the student-athlete declares his intention to resume intercollegiate participation within 72 hours following the National Football League draft declaration date. The student-athlete’s declaration of intent shall be in writing to the director of athletics. A student-athlete in a sport other than basketball or football may enter a professional league’s draft one time during his or her collegiate career without jeopardizing his or her eligibility in the applicable sport, provided the student-athlete is not drafted and within 72 hours following the draft he or she declares his or her intention to resume participation in intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete’s declaration of intent shall be in writing to the director of athletics. Note: A student-athlete may inquire of a professional sports organization about eligibility for a professional-league player draft or request information about the individual’s market value without affecting his or her amateur status.
Playing & Practice Reminders Outside of the declared playing and practice season, a student-athlete may participate in a maximum of eight hours per week of countable athletically related activities and may not participate in any countable athletically related activities on two days per week, from Syracuse University’s first day of class to one week prior to the beginning of the final exam period at the conclusion of the academic year. In sports other than football, the eight hours of countable athletically related activities may include required weight training, conditioning and skill related instruction, with not more than two hours per week spent on skill-related workouts. After April 15th, not more than four studentathletes from the team may be involved in skill-related instruction with their coaches at any one time in any facility. Skill-related instruction shall not be publicized and shall not be conducted in the view of the general public. All countable related activities outside the playing season are prohibited one week prior to the beginning of the final examination period for the applicable academic term through the conclusion of each student-athlete’s final exams. Final exams for the Spring 2013 semester begin May 2, all countable athletically related activities, outside of the playing and practice season, must be concluded April 24th. In football, activities between the institution’s last contest and January 1 are limited to required weight training, conditioning and the review of game film. A student-athlete’s participation in such activities shall be limited to a maximum of eight hours per week, of which not more than two hours per week may be spent on the viewing of film between January 1 and the completion of the Spring semester: (a) Syracuse University shall designate eight weeks as student-athlete discretionary time. The designated eight weeks (each week must be seven consecutive calendar days) must be placed on file in writing in the department of athletics prior to January 1. Any changes in the designated weeks are permissible and shall be on file in the office of the athletics director. Syracuse University is permitted to designate vacation periods (e.g., holiday break, spring break) as student-athlete discretionary time. (b) Required conditioning, weight-training activities and review of game films shall remain permissible during the academic year outside the eight weeks designated as student-athlete discretionary time. A student-athlete’s participation in such activities shall be limited to a maximum of eight hours per week, of which not more than two hours per week may be spent on the viewing of game film. (c) Spring football practice shall remain permissible outside the eight weeks. Note: Student-athlete discretionary time is time that a student-athlete may only participate in athletics activities at his or her discretion. There shall be no required workouts and institutions are not permitted to recommend that student-athletes engage in weight-training or conditioning activities; however, if the student-athlete opts to work out, the strength and conditioning coach may monitor the facility in use for health and safety purposes.
Continuing Eligibility
For a student-athlete to be eligible for competition in the fall 2013 semester, a student-athlete must satisfactorily complete at least six-semester hours of credit toward an applicable degree program during the preceding regular academic term (e.g., spring semester) in which the studentathlete has been enrolled full time at any collegiate institution and maintain the minimum applicable grade-point-average. During the Fall 2012 semester, football student-athletes must have completed nine-semester hours of credits toward an applicable degree program and earn the Academic Progress Rate eligibility point for the fall 12 term to be eligible for all competitions during the fall 2013 semester (Opportunities are available to regain eligibility lost by failing to successfully complete the required nine-semester hours) and maintain the applicable minimum grade point average. Student-athletes must have successfully completed 18 hours of academic credit, during the fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters, prior to the start of the fall 2013 semester. Credits earned during the summer terms may not be used to fulfill the 18 hour requirement. If a student-athlete enrolled at Syracuse University fall 2012, without any previous collegiate enrollment, he or she must have completed 24 semester hours, prior to the beginning of the fall 2013 semester. Next, student-athletes must meet and maintain the minimum grade point average requirements, at the end of the spring 2013 semester in order to compete: The minimum grade-point-average for a student-athlete entering his or her second year is 1.8; The minimum grade-point-average for a student-athlete entering his or her third year is 1.9; The minimum grade-point-average for a student-athlete entering his or her fourth year or later is 2.0. Additionally, a student-athlete who initially enrolled in the fall and will be certified prior to the beginning of the fall 2013 semester, shall maintain progress towards a specific degree program: A student-athlete who is entering his or her third year (5th semester) must have completed a minimum 40 % of a degree program. A student-athlete who is entering his or her fourth year (7th semester) must have completed a minimum 60 % of a degree program. A student-athlete who is entering his or her fifth year (9th semester) must have completed a minimum 80 % of a degree program. Lastly, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time to practice and compete. Undergraduate student-athletes must be enrolled in a minimum 12 credit hours each semester. Graduate student-athletes must be enrolled in a full-time graduate program as defined by Syracuse University. The exception to full-time enrollment is a student-athlete may compete while enrolled in less than a minimum full-time program of studies, provided the student is enrolled in the final semester of the baccalaureate program and the institution certifies that the student is carrying (for credit) the courses necessary to complete degree requirements. Note: Graduate student-athletes shall successfully complete a minimum six hours of academic credit during each regular academic term in which the student is enrolled full-time as a graduate student. In addition, graduate student-athletes are not required to be enrolled in a specific degree program to be eligible for competition.
Key Dates to Remember Football April 1-14, 21, 28, 2013 April 15-20, 22-27, 29-30, 2013
Quiet Period Evaluation Period
Note: April 15 through May 31 - 168 evaluation days selected at the discretion of Syracuse University and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics. Men’s Basketball April 1-3, 25, 29-30, 2013 Quiet Period April 4-11*, 15-18, 2013 Dead Period April 11*-14, 22-24, 2013 Recruiting Period April 19-21, 26-28, 2013 **Evaluation Period *April 11th dead period ends at noon, recruiting period begins at noon **Evaluations at certified events only Women’s Basketball April 1-4, 2013 Contact Period April 5-11*, 15-18, 2013 Dead Period April 19-23, 2013 Evaluation Period April 12-14, 24-30**, 2013 Quiet Period *April 7-9 evaluation period shall be considered for one women’s basketball event certified by the NCAA held in conjunction with, and conducted in the host city of the NCAA Division I women’s basketball championship **April 19-21 evaluations permitted at nonscholastic women’s basketball events Men and Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field April 1-30, 2013 Contact Period Softball April 1-14, 19-30, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Women’s Ice Hockey April 1-14, 19-28, 2013 April 15-18, 2013 April 29-30, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period Quiet Period
Field Hockey April 1-30, 2013
Contact Period
Volleyball April 1-14, 19-30, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Men’s Lacrosse April 1-14, 19-30, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Women’s Lacrosse April 1-14, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Mens & Women’s Soccer April 1-30, 2013
Contact Period
Women’s Rowing April 1-14, 19-30, 2013 April 15-18, 2013
Contact Period Dead Period
Syracuse University Office of Athletic Compliance Manley Field House Syracuse, NY 13244-5020 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
OAC Staff Directory (315) 443-1265
Erlease Wagner, Director [email protected] Dan Isaf, Assistant Director of Compliance [email protected] Chris James, Compliance Coordinator [email protected] Roberta Nestico, Compliance Assistant [email protected] Shana Segbers, Compliance Intern The OAC Newsletter is published by Syracuse University’s Office of Athletic Compliance for use by SU’s coaching staff, studentathletes, support staff, administrators and SU support organizations. This newsletter is not a substitute for the NCAA Manual as rules change periodically. Comments, suggestions and submissions are welcome and should be directed to Chris James, Compliance Coordinator
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