Intercollegiate Athletics
Who is considered a Prospective Student-Athlete? A prospect, or a prospective student-athlete, is any student who has entered the 9th grade. The NCAA, however, does not have a minimum age limit. As a result, a student of any age who is contacted for recruitment purposes becomes a prospect. It is important to treat ALL athletes as prospects.
PSU Team Contact Numbers: Baseball................................................ 620-235-6550 Men’s Baseball..................................... 620-235-4648 Women’s Basketball............................. 620-235-4647 Cross Country/Track and Field............ 620-235-4659 Football................................................ 620-235-4662 Golf....................................................... 620-235-4649 Softball................................................. 620-235-6551 Volleyball.............................................. 620-235-4674
Who is considered a Student-Athlete? A student becomes a student-athlete when the student reports to the University and participates in any practice activities, competition activities, or attends classes at the University. The studentathlete does not have to receive a scholarship or have been recruited in order to be considered a student-athlete. If a student participates (practice or competition) in a NCAA sponsored sport at any institution, he or she is considered a studentathlete.
PSU Athletic Personnel Contact Numbers: Athletics Department........................... 620-235-4646 Athletics Director.................................. 620-235-4389 Athletics Operations............................. 620-235-4486 Finance................................................. 620-235-4066 Media Relations & Promotions............ 620-235-4138 Sports Medicine................................... 620-235-4650 Tickets.................................................. 620-235-4796
What is an Extra Benefit? An extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution’s athletics interest (”Booster”) to provide a student-athlete or his/her relatives or friends a benefit that is not expressly authorized by the NCAA. Be careful about what you do for a prospect or student-athlete. A student-athlete who accepts a non-permissible benefit could be rendered ineligible for athletic participation. Please be sure to check with the Athletics Compliance Office for any questions regarding prospects.
Pittsburg State University is ultimately responsible for your actions as a representative of athletics interest (“Booster”). If you violate NCAA rules, the University will be penalized by the NCAA. This publication only includes the most frequently raised questions and issues. The NCAA has many regulations that are not addressed in this publication and changes, in the form of legislative interpretations, are frequently made to these rules. Therefore, this guide should not be relied upon exclusively.
For more information, contact: Natalie Cullen, Associate Athletic Director Office: 620-235-4067 Fax: 620-235-4631 [email protected]
Pittsburg State University Intercollegiate Athletics Dept. 1701 S. Broadway Pittsburg, KS 66762
www.pittstategorillas.com
Pittsburg State University
Intercollegiate Athletics A guide to NCAA Rules and Regulations for Boosters, Alumni and Friends of Athletics
You.... have received this guide because you
have been identified as a “friend” of the Pitt State Athletic Program. Thanks to your unending support, the Gorilla family of student-athletes and coaches continue to flourish both on and off the field. In order to maintain and improve upon the level of success that the Gorillas have attained, PSU needs your help. Please take a few moments to look over this guide to help with some questions you may have in connection with our student-athletes, our prospective student-athletes, and our coaches. It should act as a basic reminder of NCAA, MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association, and PSU rules and regulations. Always remember to ask before you act! The most important quality an intercollegiate athletic program can display is its integrity. Your actions can inadvertently have an adverse effect on the eligibility of our prospective student-athletes, current student-athletes, and the athletics program. Any questions can be directed to the Pittsburg State University Intercollegiate Athletics Compliance Office at 620-235-4067.
As a representative of PSU’s athletics interests, you may NOT do the following for a student-athlete: • Give them cash or other tangible items (i.e., clothes, cars, jewelry, electronics/stereo equipment, etc.); • Co-Sign a loan of any kind; • Provide the use of an automobile; • Employ relatives or friends of a prospect; • Arrange for free services or reduced charges for professional or personal services, purchases, or charges; • Promise employment after college graduation; • Provide transportation; • Provide clothing, equipment, or any other tangible item; • Provide free or reduced-cost services, rentals, purchases, or housing; • Provide free tickets to a prospect or his/her family to either home or away PSU games or to any athletics or non-athletics event;
You are considered a “Representative of PSU’s athletics interests” or a “Booster” if you:
• Use the name, picture, or appearance of an enrolled student-athlete to directly advertise, recommend, or promote sales or use of a commercial product or service of any kind. (*Procedures are in place to allow these activities in certain instances. Contact the Compliance Office for prior approval.)
• Are or have been a member of any organization promoting PSU Athletics.
…you MAY:
• Have ever made a donation to the Athletic Department or any booster organization.
• Extend invitations into your home for an occasional or special occasion meal on an infrequent basis provided the meal is in the home and served only to student-athlete(s), with prior approval from the PSU Compliance Office. Please contact the Compliance Office to complete the appropriate paperwork prior to the meal;
Are You a Representative of PSU’s Athletics Interests?
• Have ever assisted in evaluating or recruiting prospects. • Have ever provided benefits to current student-athletes or their families. • Participated in the PSU athletics program. Once you become a Representative of Athletics Interests, YOU retain this status FOREVER!
• Provide summer employment for enrolled studentathletes at the going rate for similar positions; • Provide housing for enrolled student-athletes, provided student-athletes pay market rate.
As a representative of PSU’s athletics interests, you may NOT do the following for a propective student-athlete: • Be involved in the recruiting process, only coaches and authorized PSU staff may recruit; • Make any contact in person or by telephone with a prospect or the prospect’s family for the purpose of recruiting for PSU Athletics; • Contact a prospect to congratulate the signing of a National Letter of Intent or scholarship offer at PSU; • Employ/arrange employment of a prospect before completion of his/her senior year in high school or withdrawal/graduation from junior college or prep school;
…you MAY: • Forward information about prospects to the appropriate coaching staff member as long as you were not asked to do so by a staff member; • Speak to a prospect on the telephone ONLY if the prospect initiates the call, but you may not have a recruiting conversation. Refer any and all questions about the athletics program to the coaching staff. • Continue relationships with prospects or relatives provided the relationship pre-dates the prospect entering the 9th grade; •
Continue involvement with local youth sports that may include prospecitve student-athletes, provided you do not solicit any prospect’s participation in PSU athletics.
PSU Team Contact Numbers: Baseball................................................ 620-235-6550 Men’s Baseball..................................... 620-235-4648 Women’s Basketball............................. 620-235-4647 Cross Country/Track and Field............ 620-235-4659 Football................................................ 620-235-4662 Golf....................................................... 620-235-4649 Softball................................................. 620-235-6551 Volleyball.............................................. 620-235-4674
Who is considered a Student-Athlete? A student becomes a student-athlete when the student reports to the University and participates in any practice activities, competition activities, or attends classes at the University. The studentathlete does not have to receive a scholarship or have been recruited in order to be considered a student-athlete. If a student participates (practice or competition) in a NCAA sponsored sport at any institution, he or she is considered a studentathlete.
PSU Athletic Personnel Contact Numbers: Athletics Department........................... 620-235-4646 Athletics Director.................................. 620-235-4389 Athletics Operations............................. 620-235-4486 Finance................................................. 620-235-4066 Media Relations & Promotions............ 620-235-4138 Sports Medicine................................... 620-235-4650 Tickets.................................................. 620-235-4796
What is an Extra Benefit? An extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution’s athletics interest (”Booster”) to provide a student-athlete or his/her relatives or friends a benefit that is not expressly authorized by the NCAA. Be careful about what you do for a prospect or student-athlete. A student-athlete who accepts a non-permissible benefit could be rendered ineligible for athletic participation. Please be sure to check with the Athletics Compliance Office for any questions regarding prospects.
Pittsburg State University is ultimately responsible for your actions as a representative of athletics interest (“Booster”). If you violate NCAA rules, the University will be penalized by the NCAA. This publication only includes the most frequently raised questions and issues. The NCAA has many regulations that are not addressed in this publication and changes, in the form of legislative interpretations, are frequently made to these rules. Therefore, this guide should not be relied upon exclusively.
For more information, contact: Natalie Cullen, Associate Athletic Director Office: 620-235-4067 Fax: 620-235-4631 [email protected]
Pittsburg State University Intercollegiate Athletics Dept. 1701 S. Broadway Pittsburg, KS 66762
www.pittstategorillas.com
Pittsburg State University
Intercollegiate Athletics A guide to NCAA Rules and Regulations for Boosters, Alumni and Friends of Athletics
You.... have received this guide because you
have been identified as a “friend” of the Pitt State Athletic Program. Thanks to your unending support, the Gorilla family of student-athletes and coaches continue to flourish both on and off the field. In order to maintain and improve upon the level of success that the Gorillas have attained, PSU needs your help. Please take a few moments to look over this guide to help with some questions you may have in connection with our student-athletes, our prospective student-athletes, and our coaches. It should act as a basic reminder of NCAA, MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association, and PSU rules and regulations. Always remember to ask before you act! The most important quality an intercollegiate athletic program can display is its integrity. Your actions can inadvertently have an adverse effect on the eligibility of our prospective student-athletes, current student-athletes, and the athletics program. Any questions can be directed to the Pittsburg State University Intercollegiate Athletics Compliance Office at 620-235-4067.
As a representative of PSU’s athletics interests, you may NOT do the following for a student-athlete: • Give them cash or other tangible items (i.e., clothes, cars, jewelry, electronics/stereo equipment, etc.); • Co-Sign a loan of any kind; • Provide the use of an automobile; • Employ relatives or friends of a prospect; • Arrange for free services or reduced charges for professional or personal services, purchases, or charges; • Promise employment after college graduation; • Provide transportation; • Provide clothing, equipment, or any other tangible item; • Provide free or reduced-cost services, rentals, purchases, or housing; • Provide free tickets to a prospect or his/her family to either home or away PSU games or to any athletics or non-athletics event;
You are considered a “Representative of PSU’s athletics interests” or a “Booster” if you:
• Use the name, picture, or appearance of an enrolled student-athlete to directly advertise, recommend, or promote sales or use of a commercial product or service of any kind. (*Procedures are in place to allow these activities in certain instances. Contact the Compliance Office for prior approval.)
• Are or have been a member of any organization promoting PSU Athletics.
…you MAY:
• Have ever made a donation to the Athletic Department or any booster organization.
• Extend invitations into your home for an occasional or special occasion meal on an infrequent basis provided the meal is in the home and served only to student-athlete(s), with prior approval from the PSU Compliance Office. Please contact the Compliance Office to complete the appropriate paperwork prior to the meal;
Are You a Representative of PSU’s Athletics Interests?
• Have ever assisted in evaluating or recruiting prospects. • Have ever provided benefits to current student-athletes or their families. • Participated in the PSU athletics program. Once you become a Representative of Athletics Interests, YOU retain this status FOREVER!
• Provide summer employment for enrolled studentathletes at the going rate for similar positions; • Provide housing for enrolled student-athletes, provided student-athletes pay market rate.
As a representative of PSU’s athletics interests, you may NOT do the following for a propective student-athlete: • Be involved in the recruiting process, only coaches and authorized PSU staff may recruit; • Make any contact in person or by telephone with a prospect or the prospect’s family for the purpose of recruiting for PSU Athletics; • Contact a prospect to congratulate the signing of a National Letter of Intent or scholarship offer at PSU; • Employ/arrange employment of a prospect before completion of his/her senior year in high school or withdrawal/graduation from junior college or prep school;
…you MAY: • Forward information about prospects to the appropriate coaching staff member as long as you were not asked to do so by a staff member; • Speak to a prospect on the telephone ONLY if the prospect initiates the call, but you may not have a recruiting conversation. Refer any and all questions about the athletics program to the coaching staff. • Continue relationships with prospects or relatives provided the relationship pre-dates the prospect entering the 9th grade; •
Continue involvement with local youth sports that may include prospecitve student-athletes, provided you do not solicit any prospect’s participation in PSU athletics.
