Ask Before You Act!
Thank You for Supporting THE WARHAWKS Fans, friends and family of AUM Athletics, The Department of Athletics appreciates your support of its nearly 200 students-athletes and 11 sport programs. Your commitment and contributions are helping our student-athletes succeed in the classroom, excel on the playing field and make a difference in the community. As we continue toward full NCAA membership, we need your help now, more than ever. The NCAA has guidelines and expectations of each of its member institution’s to monitor and comply with all NCAA legislation. Please carefully read this brochure and familiarize yourself with the information regarding permissible and impermissible actions of fans, friends and family of AUM Athletics. It is our job to assist you whenever you have questions about NCAA legislation, and we are more than happy to do so. We know how much you care about AUM Athletics and your desire to avoid any situation that might damage the reputation of the Department of Athletics, our programs, or our young men and women that compete for AUM. If you have any questions, please contact the Athletic Compliance Office. Go Warhawks,
Andree’ P. Houston Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance 334-244-3152 [email protected] @AUM_compliance
Compliance Education 101 • ALWAYS ASK BEFORE YOU ACT! Breaking NCAA rules can render prospects and student-athletes ineligible for competition. The NCAA holds the university accountable for the actions of its fans and friends. • The NCAA expects the compliance office to “monitor” major areas such as: ethical conduct, athletics personnel, amateurism, recruiting, eligibility, financial aid, awards and benefits, and playing and practice seasons. We do not necessarily “DO” all the work in these areas, but we are responsible for understanding, knowing how, and making sure it is all done within the rules. • We all have a shared responsibility to monitor, report and comply with NCAA guidelines. • Boosters cannot recruit prospects, either directly or through prospects’ friends or families. • Boosters cannot give anything to a current or prospective studentathlete, or their friends or familes, that is not authorized under NCAA rules. • You MAY NOT use a photo or name of a student-athlete for commercial purposes or sell student-athlete memorabilia.
Ask Before You Act! Andree’ P. Houston Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance 334-244-3152 [email protected] @AUM_compliance
Guidelines for Fans, Boosters and Friends of AUM Athletics National Collegiate Athletic Association rules indicate that all students, fans, donors, alumni, friends and employees of the University are categorized as representatives of athletic interests (boosters). The NCAA stipulates that once an individual has been identified as a booster of the university’s athletic program, he/she retains this status forever, even if the individual is no longer associated with the athletic program. Furthermore, the NCAA states that it is possible to be a booster at more than one university or college at the same time. Auburn University at Montgomery believes in the concept of shared compliance responsibilities. Members of the athletics department, other institutional staff members, student-athletes as well as all individuals and groups representing AUM’s athletics interests are responsible for ensuring our commitment to integrity and rules compliance. All situations cannot be addressed in this brochure, so please contact us with any questions. Innappropriate actions by boosters can jeorpardize the eligibility of prospective and enrolled student-athletes, as well as the integrity of AUM.
Who is a REPRESENTATIVE OF ATHLETIC INTEREST? A representative of athletic interests is anyone who has ever: • Made any type of contribution to the Department of Athletics or Warhawk Athletic Club • Been a PARENT of an AUM student-athlete • Provided benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families (i.e. job placement, occasional meal, etc.) • Assisted in any manner in the recruitment of prospective studentathletes • Purchased season tickets from the university • Promoted the institution’s athletic program in any manner • Been an employee of Auburn University at Montgomery • Arranged or provided employment for an enrolled student-athlete • Been involved with the Auburn University at Montgomery athletic program in any capacity • Been the spouse of an AUM athletic department employee
What is an EXTRA BENEFIT? The NCAA defines an “extra benefit” as any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution’s athletic interests to provide a student-athlete (or a student-athlete’s relative or friend) a benefit that is not generally available to other Auburn University at Montgomery students and their relatives and/or friends. Examples include, but are not limited to: • cash or loan in any amount • gifts of any kind • cosign or arrange a loan
• meals • special discounts • transportation
Who is a PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE (PSA)? NCAA rules stipulate that a prospective student-athlete is a person who has started classes for the ninth grade, regardless of his/her athletic ability and/or participation. In addition, student-athletes enrolled in prep schools or two-year colleges are considered prospects. A PSA remains a prospect until enrollment at a four-year institution.
Who is considered a STUDENT-ATHLETE? An individual is considered a “student-athlete” when he/she has enrolled full-time at a four-year institution with the intent to participate in intercollegiate athletics. Being considered a student-athlete applies throughout his/her entire enrollment at Auburn University at Montgomery (including winter and summer breaks).
For PSA’s, a booster may NOT:
For Student-Athletes, a booster may NOT:
• Contact a PSA’s coach, principal or counselor in an effort to evaluate a prospect • Visit the PSA’s institution to pick up film or transcripts pertaining to the evaluation of the prospect’s academic eligibility or athletic ability • Contact a PSA, his/her parents, legal guardians, or spouse (on or off campus) • Contact a PSA by phone, text, email, social media, or chat rooms, etc. • Make special entertainment or transportation arrangements for recruiting purposes • Provide funding for a PSA to attend any camp or clinic • Provide, or arrange, employment for a PSA, relative or friend in an effort to solicit enrollment and athletics participation at AUM • Provide “extra benefits” to a PSA or to the parents, family and/or guardians of the prospect
• Pay for or arrange payment of room, board, or any type of transportation at any time for student-athletes, their relatives or their friends • Provide awards or gifts to student-athletes for any reason • Provide a benefit unavailable to the general student population • Offer payment arrangements, credits on purchases, or services at a free or reduced rate • Entertain student-athletes or their families and friends • Allow student-athletes to use your phone to make free calls • Allow a student-athlete to use personal property for summer storage • Provide “extra benefits” to a student-athlete or to their family and friends
For PSA’s, a booster MAY:
• Make contributions to the Warhawk Athletic Club or individual athletic programs • Establish gift-in-kind arrangements with the Office of Advancement • Employ a student-athlete at your place of business as long as the student-athlete receives prior approval from the AUM Athletic Department, and receives the same rate of pay as employees with similar responsibilities • Request a student-athlete or team to participate in certain charitable, educational, or non-profit promotional activities with prior approval from the Athletic Compliance Office • Invite a current student-athlete or team to your home for an occasional meal with prior approval from the Athletic Compliance Office
• Notify university coaching staff members about noteworthy PSA’s in the area • Provide information about recruits to Auburn Montgomery coaches by sending newspaper clippings, online articles or calling a coach • Continue relationships with a PSA or his family as long as the relationship was established prior to the prospect’s freshman year of high school • Attend high school or two-year college athletic contests or other events where PSA’s may compete, provided no contact occurs
For Student-Athletes, a booster MAY:
Andree’ P. Houston Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance 334-244-3152 [email protected] @AUM_compliance
Compliance Education 101 • ALWAYS ASK BEFORE YOU ACT! Breaking NCAA rules can render prospects and student-athletes ineligible for competition. The NCAA holds the university accountable for the actions of its fans and friends. • The NCAA expects the compliance office to “monitor” major areas such as: ethical conduct, athletics personnel, amateurism, recruiting, eligibility, financial aid, awards and benefits, and playing and practice seasons. We do not necessarily “DO” all the work in these areas, but we are responsible for understanding, knowing how, and making sure it is all done within the rules. • We all have a shared responsibility to monitor, report and comply with NCAA guidelines. • Boosters cannot recruit prospects, either directly or through prospects’ friends or families. • Boosters cannot give anything to a current or prospective studentathlete, or their friends or familes, that is not authorized under NCAA rules. • You MAY NOT use a photo or name of a student-athlete for commercial purposes or sell student-athlete memorabilia.
Ask Before You Act! Andree’ P. Houston Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance 334-244-3152 [email protected] @AUM_compliance
Guidelines for Fans, Boosters and Friends of AUM Athletics National Collegiate Athletic Association rules indicate that all students, fans, donors, alumni, friends and employees of the University are categorized as representatives of athletic interests (boosters). The NCAA stipulates that once an individual has been identified as a booster of the university’s athletic program, he/she retains this status forever, even if the individual is no longer associated with the athletic program. Furthermore, the NCAA states that it is possible to be a booster at more than one university or college at the same time. Auburn University at Montgomery believes in the concept of shared compliance responsibilities. Members of the athletics department, other institutional staff members, student-athletes as well as all individuals and groups representing AUM’s athletics interests are responsible for ensuring our commitment to integrity and rules compliance. All situations cannot be addressed in this brochure, so please contact us with any questions. Innappropriate actions by boosters can jeorpardize the eligibility of prospective and enrolled student-athletes, as well as the integrity of AUM.
Who is a REPRESENTATIVE OF ATHLETIC INTEREST? A representative of athletic interests is anyone who has ever: • Made any type of contribution to the Department of Athletics or Warhawk Athletic Club • Been a PARENT of an AUM student-athlete • Provided benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families (i.e. job placement, occasional meal, etc.) • Assisted in any manner in the recruitment of prospective studentathletes • Purchased season tickets from the university • Promoted the institution’s athletic program in any manner • Been an employee of Auburn University at Montgomery • Arranged or provided employment for an enrolled student-athlete • Been involved with the Auburn University at Montgomery athletic program in any capacity • Been the spouse of an AUM athletic department employee
What is an EXTRA BENEFIT? The NCAA defines an “extra benefit” as any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution’s athletic interests to provide a student-athlete (or a student-athlete’s relative or friend) a benefit that is not generally available to other Auburn University at Montgomery students and their relatives and/or friends. Examples include, but are not limited to: • cash or loan in any amount • gifts of any kind • cosign or arrange a loan
• meals • special discounts • transportation
Who is a PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE (PSA)? NCAA rules stipulate that a prospective student-athlete is a person who has started classes for the ninth grade, regardless of his/her athletic ability and/or participation. In addition, student-athletes enrolled in prep schools or two-year colleges are considered prospects. A PSA remains a prospect until enrollment at a four-year institution.
Who is considered a STUDENT-ATHLETE? An individual is considered a “student-athlete” when he/she has enrolled full-time at a four-year institution with the intent to participate in intercollegiate athletics. Being considered a student-athlete applies throughout his/her entire enrollment at Auburn University at Montgomery (including winter and summer breaks).
For PSA’s, a booster may NOT:
For Student-Athletes, a booster may NOT:
• Contact a PSA’s coach, principal or counselor in an effort to evaluate a prospect • Visit the PSA’s institution to pick up film or transcripts pertaining to the evaluation of the prospect’s academic eligibility or athletic ability • Contact a PSA, his/her parents, legal guardians, or spouse (on or off campus) • Contact a PSA by phone, text, email, social media, or chat rooms, etc. • Make special entertainment or transportation arrangements for recruiting purposes • Provide funding for a PSA to attend any camp or clinic • Provide, or arrange, employment for a PSA, relative or friend in an effort to solicit enrollment and athletics participation at AUM • Provide “extra benefits” to a PSA or to the parents, family and/or guardians of the prospect
• Pay for or arrange payment of room, board, or any type of transportation at any time for student-athletes, their relatives or their friends • Provide awards or gifts to student-athletes for any reason • Provide a benefit unavailable to the general student population • Offer payment arrangements, credits on purchases, or services at a free or reduced rate • Entertain student-athletes or their families and friends • Allow student-athletes to use your phone to make free calls • Allow a student-athlete to use personal property for summer storage • Provide “extra benefits” to a student-athlete or to their family and friends
For PSA’s, a booster MAY:
• Make contributions to the Warhawk Athletic Club or individual athletic programs • Establish gift-in-kind arrangements with the Office of Advancement • Employ a student-athlete at your place of business as long as the student-athlete receives prior approval from the AUM Athletic Department, and receives the same rate of pay as employees with similar responsibilities • Request a student-athlete or team to participate in certain charitable, educational, or non-profit promotional activities with prior approval from the Athletic Compliance Office • Invite a current student-athlete or team to your home for an occasional meal with prior approval from the Athletic Compliance Office
• Notify university coaching staff members about noteworthy PSA’s in the area • Provide information about recruits to Auburn Montgomery coaches by sending newspaper clippings, online articles or calling a coach • Continue relationships with a PSA or his family as long as the relationship was established prior to the prospect’s freshman year of high school • Attend high school or two-year college athletic contests or other events where PSA’s may compete, provided no contact occurs
For Student-Athletes, a booster MAY:
