The Compliance Corner
The Compliance Corner JANUARY 2016 | Volume 8, Issue 5
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Compliance Office Monthly Newsletter Recruiting Calender Baseball 1/1-1/6: Quiet Period 1/7-1/10: Dead Period 1/11-1/31: Quiet Period ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Men’s Basketball 1/1-1/31: Recruiting Period
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Women’s Basketball 1/1-1/31: Evaluation Period
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Cross Country & Track/Field 1/1-1/2: Quiet Period 1/3-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Golf 1/1-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soccer 1/1-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Softball 1/1: Quiet Period 1/2-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis 1/1-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Volleyball 1/1-1/15: Quiet Period 1/16-1/31: Contact Period
Reminder #1: Transfer Rules The end of the semester is a busy time for transfers, so here are a few helpful reminders when you are considering bringing in a transfer, or if you have student-athletes who are considering a transfer. Additionally, please remember to fill out the proper ACS paperwork when adding or deleting a student-athlete to the roster. 2-4 TRANSFERS As a Qualifier a PSA must: Attend the two-year college full-time for at least one semester or quarter; achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.5; and complete an average of at least 12 transferable credit hours per full-time term at the two-year college. As a Non-Qualifier a PSA must: Attend the two-year college full-time for at least three semesters or four quarters; achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5; graduate from the two-year college; and have at least 48 transferable credit hours at a semester school or 72 transferable credit hours at a quarter school, including six semester hours or eight quarter hours of English and three semester hours or four quarter hours of math.
4-2-4 TRANSFERS A 4-2-4 transfer must meet the following standards: Complete an average of 12 hours of transferable degree credit per term of full-time attendance at the junior college; earn at least a 2.5 GPA in those transferrable courses; have at least one calendar year elapse since leaving the original four-year school; and graduate from the junior college. MBA, MBB and WBB midyear transfers may not be eligible to compete in the same academic year as their transfer. 4-4 TRANSFERS A 4-4 transfer will need to request Permission to Contact from the initial institution. After that, ask the compliance office to complete a tracer on the transfer to obtain all necessary information about their potential eligibility. Bylaw 13.6.2.3.1 states that a transfer student that is not a qualifier who is enrolled at a 2-year college may not be provided an expense paid visit until they have completed one academic year at the two-year college. Bylaw 13.6.2.3.2 states that once permission to contact is received for a 4-year transfer, a school may provide for one official visit.
In The News: Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim Loses Appeal To Have Nine Game Suspension Reduced By NCAA December 5, 2015 The NCAA on Thursday denied Syracuse Orange coach Jim Boeheim’s appeal to eliminate his nine-game suspension for NCAA infractions, but it agreed to move the ban to the nonconference season. The Hall of Fame coach will begin serving the suspension effective at midnight before the Orange’s game Saturday against rival Georgetown. The NCAA upheld Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim’s nine-game ban. But to change the timetable at the last minute is unfathomable. And the only explanation, says Jeff Goodman: That’s the NCAA for you. Boeheim told ESPN on Thursday that in his appeal, he had cited other similar cases -- such as that of SMU coach Larry Brown -- and asked to serve his suspension before the ACC season started. Boeheim, however, was less than pleased with the short notice, saying he was alerted of the change after the Orange’s game against Wisconsin on Wednesday night. He said he didn’t even have time to meet with his team before the NCAA released its statement about the changes. “They gave us two days’ notice,” Boeheim told ESPN on Thursday. “If they were going to do this, why not six weeks ago? We’d been preparing to use the next few games and practices to prepare the coaching staff for what was going to happen. Now we have less than two days. It’s less than ideal. The players are in class. I can’t pull them out of class. They’re going to know from the public before they hear it from me.” Jim Boeheim’s nine-game suspension wasn’t reduced via appeal, but he can start to serve it immediately rather than wait for ACC play to begin. AP Photo/Nell Redmond Under the rules of the suspension, Boeheim can’t have contact with his team -- no practice, phone calls or travel. He will not even do his contractual TV and radio shows, nor to his knowledge can he even work in his office. Consequently, Thursday and Friday will be his last official duties until Syracuse hosts North Carolina on Jan. 9. Associate head coach Mike Hopkins will coach the team in Boeheim’s absence. “It’ll be difficult, very difficult,” Boeheim said of being away from the team. “I’ve missed three games in 40 years, and that’s when I was being treated for cancer. That’s it. It will be a very difficult process. We just have to work through it. The team will be all right. The coaches are prepared.” In addition to Saturday’s game against Georgetown, Boeheim also will miss games against Colgate, at St. John’s, Cornell, Montana State, Texas Southern, at Pitt, at Miami and vs. Clemson.
*Coaches, please refer to the NCAA manual for specific recruiting regulations for your sport.
The sanctions were imposed in March after a long-term investigation of the athletic department found violations of academic misconduct, extra benefits and the university’s drug testing policy. As a result, the Orange have lost eight scholarships over four years and have had to vacate all men’s basketball wins in which an ineligible player participated from 2004 through 2012. “The Appeals Committee determined that the NCAA Committee on Infractions ‘abused its discretion’ by directing the suspension be served during conference play, because Coach Boeheim was not directly involved in the underlying violations of the case,” Syracuse senior vice president Kevin Quinn said in a statement. “The University is pleased the Appeals Committee recognized that the initial sanction imposed on Coach Boeheim was too harsh. Nevertheless, we supported Coach Boeheim’s argument made during his hearing that any nine-game suspension would be too severe based on previous cases, and his lack of involvement in the underlying conduct, which the Appeals Committee recognized.” Source: ESPN.COM; Story By: Dana O’Neil
Welcome Back!!
Ask First! On Compliance Rules & Regulations Brian Maxey-Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance/ 361-825-2858/ [email protected] Josh King-Compliance & Student-Athlete Services Coordinator/ 361-825-6388/ [email protected]
The Compliance Corner | Page 1
Reminder #2: Noncoaching Staff Member Activities
Compliance Tips!
Below are a few examples of activities that are and are not permissible (NCAA Bylaw 11.7.3). Permissible: -Observing practice -Running the practice clock -Sitting on the bench/deck/sideline/dugout -Keeping play chart and chart statistics -Splicing game film and coordinating filming and exchange -Assigning equipment -Tracking compliance information -Making or receiving phone calls from NLI signees NON-Permissible: -Observing practice for evaluation purposes -Running or participating in drills -Coaching on or off field/court ----------------------------------------------------------Providing an analysis of practice -Analyzing or evaluating game film • Tip 2: Student-Athletes Performing Field or -Scouting opponents Facility Preparation or Maintenance: Field or facility -Making or receiving phone calls from prospective student athletes , their parents, or high school/junior college coaches preparation or maintenance that is performed by a -Observing voluntary workouts student-athlete, related to practice or competition and -Attending local high school games
• Tip 1: CARA Reminder: First Day of Spring Classes is January 20th. For out-of-season sports, no countable athletically related activities (i.e., CARA) may take place prior to the start of classes on January 20th. As a reminder, student-athletes that are out-ofseason may only participate in up to 8 hours of CARA a week (provided that no more than 2 hours are individual skill-related instruction), and they must have at least 2 days off from required activities per week.
required, supervised or monitored by a coaching staff member is not a countable athletically related activity.
------------------------------------------------------------• Tip 3: Movies in Conjunction with a Home Contest. The institution may rent a film or movie, provide pay-per-view movies in the student-athletes’ hotel rooms or take its intercollegiate team to the movies the night before a home contest without the film or movie being considered an extra benefit. ------------------------------------------------------------• Tip 4: Sports Wagering-As football bowl season continues and NFL post-season play begins, it is important to remember that the NCAA prohibits student athletes, coaches, and all athletic department staff members from wagering on college or professional athletic events. Examples of impermissible sports wagering: * Entering a pool at work or at any other location * Placing an internet bet on any college or pro team * Entering online pools that require an entry fee * Placing a $5 bet with your co-workers, family members, or friends * Participating in bowl game “money squares” * Purposely affecting the outcome of a game or contest in which you are involved * Providing information about your team, teammates, or other student-athletes to anyone who places bets
Reminder #3: Administering Complimentary Admissions Under NCAA Bylaw 16.2.1.1, an institution may provide four (4) complimentary admissions per intercollegiate contest (home/away) to a student-athlete in the sport in which he or she participates. Participation includes practice or competition in a sport and student managers qualify for four complimentary tickets as well. Student-athletes or family members of student-athletes who need additional tickets must purchase such tickets in the same manner as the general public. It would not be permissible to provide a student-athlete or a student-athlete’s friend or family member any special purchasing benefits, including but not limited to early ticket sales (pre-sale) [NCAA Bylaws 16.02.3, 16.2.2.3] Under the TAMUCC Complimentary Ticket Policy, tickets should be provided to a student-athlete’s family members or friends. The following groups of people may not receive complimentary admissions from a student-athlete: • Agents • Representatives of Athletics Interests • Prospects/Recruits • Members of the Media • Public Officials • Athletics Department Staff Members • Professors • High School Coaches
Q and A: Institutional Publications Q: An institution posts its media guide on its website. In addition, the institution creates a multimedia presentation to provide general information regarding its athletics program (or specific sport), and posts the presentation to its website. The multimedia presentation is available on the main page of the athletics portion of the institutional website (or specific sport subpage) and is accessible to any viewer of the site. May an institution’s head coach send a hyperlink of the media guide and the multimedia presentation to a prospective student-athlete? A: If the multimedia presentation was not created for a recruiting purpose, then the coach may send a hyperlink of each to the prospective student-athlete. If created to be used in the recruiting process, however, then the multimedia presentation would be an impermissible second athletics recruiting publication and could not be provided to the prospective student-athlete. Creation for use in the recruiting process may be evidenced by institutional labeling of the program, regardless of its access to the general public, or by placement on a separate recruiting page of the institution’s Web site, regardless of how the program is labeled.
Rules Education Calender Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Date: 1/TBA Time: TBA Location: DWC 200
Date: 1/TBA Time: TBA Location: DWC 200
Olympic Sports
Date: TBA Time: 11:00am Location: DWC 200 The Compliance Corner | Page 2
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Compliance Office Monthly Newsletter Recruiting Calender Baseball 1/1-1/6: Quiet Period 1/7-1/10: Dead Period 1/11-1/31: Quiet Period ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Men’s Basketball 1/1-1/31: Recruiting Period
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Women’s Basketball 1/1-1/31: Evaluation Period
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cross Country & Track/Field 1/1-1/2: Quiet Period 1/3-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Golf 1/1-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soccer 1/1-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Softball 1/1: Quiet Period 1/2-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis 1/1-1/31: Contact Period ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Volleyball 1/1-1/15: Quiet Period 1/16-1/31: Contact Period
Reminder #1: Transfer Rules The end of the semester is a busy time for transfers, so here are a few helpful reminders when you are considering bringing in a transfer, or if you have student-athletes who are considering a transfer. Additionally, please remember to fill out the proper ACS paperwork when adding or deleting a student-athlete to the roster. 2-4 TRANSFERS As a Qualifier a PSA must: Attend the two-year college full-time for at least one semester or quarter; achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.5; and complete an average of at least 12 transferable credit hours per full-time term at the two-year college. As a Non-Qualifier a PSA must: Attend the two-year college full-time for at least three semesters or four quarters; achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5; graduate from the two-year college; and have at least 48 transferable credit hours at a semester school or 72 transferable credit hours at a quarter school, including six semester hours or eight quarter hours of English and three semester hours or four quarter hours of math.
4-2-4 TRANSFERS A 4-2-4 transfer must meet the following standards: Complete an average of 12 hours of transferable degree credit per term of full-time attendance at the junior college; earn at least a 2.5 GPA in those transferrable courses; have at least one calendar year elapse since leaving the original four-year school; and graduate from the junior college. MBA, MBB and WBB midyear transfers may not be eligible to compete in the same academic year as their transfer. 4-4 TRANSFERS A 4-4 transfer will need to request Permission to Contact from the initial institution. After that, ask the compliance office to complete a tracer on the transfer to obtain all necessary information about their potential eligibility. Bylaw 13.6.2.3.1 states that a transfer student that is not a qualifier who is enrolled at a 2-year college may not be provided an expense paid visit until they have completed one academic year at the two-year college. Bylaw 13.6.2.3.2 states that once permission to contact is received for a 4-year transfer, a school may provide for one official visit.
In The News: Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim Loses Appeal To Have Nine Game Suspension Reduced By NCAA December 5, 2015 The NCAA on Thursday denied Syracuse Orange coach Jim Boeheim’s appeal to eliminate his nine-game suspension for NCAA infractions, but it agreed to move the ban to the nonconference season. The Hall of Fame coach will begin serving the suspension effective at midnight before the Orange’s game Saturday against rival Georgetown. The NCAA upheld Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim’s nine-game ban. But to change the timetable at the last minute is unfathomable. And the only explanation, says Jeff Goodman: That’s the NCAA for you. Boeheim told ESPN on Thursday that in his appeal, he had cited other similar cases -- such as that of SMU coach Larry Brown -- and asked to serve his suspension before the ACC season started. Boeheim, however, was less than pleased with the short notice, saying he was alerted of the change after the Orange’s game against Wisconsin on Wednesday night. He said he didn’t even have time to meet with his team before the NCAA released its statement about the changes. “They gave us two days’ notice,” Boeheim told ESPN on Thursday. “If they were going to do this, why not six weeks ago? We’d been preparing to use the next few games and practices to prepare the coaching staff for what was going to happen. Now we have less than two days. It’s less than ideal. The players are in class. I can’t pull them out of class. They’re going to know from the public before they hear it from me.” Jim Boeheim’s nine-game suspension wasn’t reduced via appeal, but he can start to serve it immediately rather than wait for ACC play to begin. AP Photo/Nell Redmond Under the rules of the suspension, Boeheim can’t have contact with his team -- no practice, phone calls or travel. He will not even do his contractual TV and radio shows, nor to his knowledge can he even work in his office. Consequently, Thursday and Friday will be his last official duties until Syracuse hosts North Carolina on Jan. 9. Associate head coach Mike Hopkins will coach the team in Boeheim’s absence. “It’ll be difficult, very difficult,” Boeheim said of being away from the team. “I’ve missed three games in 40 years, and that’s when I was being treated for cancer. That’s it. It will be a very difficult process. We just have to work through it. The team will be all right. The coaches are prepared.” In addition to Saturday’s game against Georgetown, Boeheim also will miss games against Colgate, at St. John’s, Cornell, Montana State, Texas Southern, at Pitt, at Miami and vs. Clemson.
*Coaches, please refer to the NCAA manual for specific recruiting regulations for your sport.
The sanctions were imposed in March after a long-term investigation of the athletic department found violations of academic misconduct, extra benefits and the university’s drug testing policy. As a result, the Orange have lost eight scholarships over four years and have had to vacate all men’s basketball wins in which an ineligible player participated from 2004 through 2012. “The Appeals Committee determined that the NCAA Committee on Infractions ‘abused its discretion’ by directing the suspension be served during conference play, because Coach Boeheim was not directly involved in the underlying violations of the case,” Syracuse senior vice president Kevin Quinn said in a statement. “The University is pleased the Appeals Committee recognized that the initial sanction imposed on Coach Boeheim was too harsh. Nevertheless, we supported Coach Boeheim’s argument made during his hearing that any nine-game suspension would be too severe based on previous cases, and his lack of involvement in the underlying conduct, which the Appeals Committee recognized.” Source: ESPN.COM; Story By: Dana O’Neil
Welcome Back!!
Ask First! On Compliance Rules & Regulations Brian Maxey-Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance/ 361-825-2858/ [email protected] Josh King-Compliance & Student-Athlete Services Coordinator/ 361-825-6388/ [email protected]
The Compliance Corner | Page 1
Reminder #2: Noncoaching Staff Member Activities
Compliance Tips!
Below are a few examples of activities that are and are not permissible (NCAA Bylaw 11.7.3). Permissible: -Observing practice -Running the practice clock -Sitting on the bench/deck/sideline/dugout -Keeping play chart and chart statistics -Splicing game film and coordinating filming and exchange -Assigning equipment -Tracking compliance information -Making or receiving phone calls from NLI signees NON-Permissible: -Observing practice for evaluation purposes -Running or participating in drills -Coaching on or off field/court ----------------------------------------------------------Providing an analysis of practice -Analyzing or evaluating game film • Tip 2: Student-Athletes Performing Field or -Scouting opponents Facility Preparation or Maintenance: Field or facility -Making or receiving phone calls from prospective student athletes , their parents, or high school/junior college coaches preparation or maintenance that is performed by a -Observing voluntary workouts student-athlete, related to practice or competition and -Attending local high school games
• Tip 1: CARA Reminder: First Day of Spring Classes is January 20th. For out-of-season sports, no countable athletically related activities (i.e., CARA) may take place prior to the start of classes on January 20th. As a reminder, student-athletes that are out-ofseason may only participate in up to 8 hours of CARA a week (provided that no more than 2 hours are individual skill-related instruction), and they must have at least 2 days off from required activities per week.
required, supervised or monitored by a coaching staff member is not a countable athletically related activity.
------------------------------------------------------------• Tip 3: Movies in Conjunction with a Home Contest. The institution may rent a film or movie, provide pay-per-view movies in the student-athletes’ hotel rooms or take its intercollegiate team to the movies the night before a home contest without the film or movie being considered an extra benefit. ------------------------------------------------------------• Tip 4: Sports Wagering-As football bowl season continues and NFL post-season play begins, it is important to remember that the NCAA prohibits student athletes, coaches, and all athletic department staff members from wagering on college or professional athletic events. Examples of impermissible sports wagering: * Entering a pool at work or at any other location * Placing an internet bet on any college or pro team * Entering online pools that require an entry fee * Placing a $5 bet with your co-workers, family members, or friends * Participating in bowl game “money squares” * Purposely affecting the outcome of a game or contest in which you are involved * Providing information about your team, teammates, or other student-athletes to anyone who places bets
Reminder #3: Administering Complimentary Admissions Under NCAA Bylaw 16.2.1.1, an institution may provide four (4) complimentary admissions per intercollegiate contest (home/away) to a student-athlete in the sport in which he or she participates. Participation includes practice or competition in a sport and student managers qualify for four complimentary tickets as well. Student-athletes or family members of student-athletes who need additional tickets must purchase such tickets in the same manner as the general public. It would not be permissible to provide a student-athlete or a student-athlete’s friend or family member any special purchasing benefits, including but not limited to early ticket sales (pre-sale) [NCAA Bylaws 16.02.3, 16.2.2.3] Under the TAMUCC Complimentary Ticket Policy, tickets should be provided to a student-athlete’s family members or friends. The following groups of people may not receive complimentary admissions from a student-athlete: • Agents • Representatives of Athletics Interests • Prospects/Recruits • Members of the Media • Public Officials • Athletics Department Staff Members • Professors • High School Coaches
Q and A: Institutional Publications Q: An institution posts its media guide on its website. In addition, the institution creates a multimedia presentation to provide general information regarding its athletics program (or specific sport), and posts the presentation to its website. The multimedia presentation is available on the main page of the athletics portion of the institutional website (or specific sport subpage) and is accessible to any viewer of the site. May an institution’s head coach send a hyperlink of the media guide and the multimedia presentation to a prospective student-athlete? A: If the multimedia presentation was not created for a recruiting purpose, then the coach may send a hyperlink of each to the prospective student-athlete. If created to be used in the recruiting process, however, then the multimedia presentation would be an impermissible second athletics recruiting publication and could not be provided to the prospective student-athlete. Creation for use in the recruiting process may be evidenced by institutional labeling of the program, regardless of its access to the general public, or by placement on a separate recruiting page of the institution’s Web site, regardless of how the program is labeled.
Rules Education Calender Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Date: 1/TBA Time: TBA Location: DWC 200
Date: 1/TBA Time: TBA Location: DWC 200
Olympic Sports
Date: TBA Time: 11:00am Location: DWC 200 The Compliance Corner | Page 2
