Manhattan College
MANHATTAN COLLEGE COMPLIANCE Booster Education NCAA legislation specifically defines and categorizes different types of impermissible benefits (e.g., extra benefits, recruiting inducements, and preferential treatment). Regardless of the type of impermissible benefit, however, the prohibition is generally the same: under most circumstances, prospective and enrolled student-athletes (along with their friends and families) cannot receive goods or services based on their status as athletes. The following are categories of benefits that NCAA legislation prohibits boosters and other athletics stakeholders from providing to prospective and enrolled student-athletes:
Cash and cost-free goods and services; Special discounts, payment arrangements, or credit options for products or services if the same are not available to all Manhattan College students; Preferential treatment, benefits, or services based on a student-athlete’s athletics reputation, skill, or pay-back potential as a future professional athlete; Payment for work not performed or at unreasonable levels; and The purchase of items or services from student-athletes or their relatives at inflated prices.
Prospective and enrolled student-athletes who receive such benefits jeopardize their eligibility to compete in intercollegiate athletics. Additionally, Manhattan College may face institutional penalties if a Manhattan College booster provides impermissible benefits to prospective or enrolled student-athletes. Boosters who provide impermissible benefits to prospective student-athletes or student-athletes may be subject to disciplinary measures such as loss of booster benefits or dissociation from Manhattan College. What boosters CAN do for or with Manhattan College student-athletes:
Speak with student-athletes at games, events, banquets, etc.; Host an occasional home meal for a student-athlete or an entire team, but only if: o The booster receives prior approval by the Compliance Office and head coach; Send a birthday, graduation, or holiday greeting so long as the greeting does not include any money, gift cards, or presents; Accompany a student-athlete to a movie, play, sporting event, or other form of entertainment. The studentathlete must, however, pay his/her own expenses, including the cost of transportation, admission, food, etc.; Employ a student-athlete so long as all of the steps outlined here are followed.
What boosters CANNOT do for or with Manhattan College prospects or student-athletes:
Provide transportation to a prospect or student-athlete or loan an automobile to a student-athlete host for a prospect’s use during an official paid visit; Provide or cosign for a loan; Allow the use of a telephone or other personal property (e.g., boat, home, car, computer, iPad); Give cash or allow the use of a credit card; Provide free or reduced cost entertainment, services, or products; Provide free or reduced cost lodging; Provide academic assistance; Give a gift of any kind for any reason, including birthdays and holidays; Purchase items or services from prospects, student-athletes, or their relatives at inflated prices.
Cash and cost-free goods and services; Special discounts, payment arrangements, or credit options for products or services if the same are not available to all Manhattan College students; Preferential treatment, benefits, or services based on a student-athlete’s athletics reputation, skill, or pay-back potential as a future professional athlete; Payment for work not performed or at unreasonable levels; and The purchase of items or services from student-athletes or their relatives at inflated prices.
Prospective and enrolled student-athletes who receive such benefits jeopardize their eligibility to compete in intercollegiate athletics. Additionally, Manhattan College may face institutional penalties if a Manhattan College booster provides impermissible benefits to prospective or enrolled student-athletes. Boosters who provide impermissible benefits to prospective student-athletes or student-athletes may be subject to disciplinary measures such as loss of booster benefits or dissociation from Manhattan College. What boosters CAN do for or with Manhattan College student-athletes:
Speak with student-athletes at games, events, banquets, etc.; Host an occasional home meal for a student-athlete or an entire team, but only if: o The booster receives prior approval by the Compliance Office and head coach; Send a birthday, graduation, or holiday greeting so long as the greeting does not include any money, gift cards, or presents; Accompany a student-athlete to a movie, play, sporting event, or other form of entertainment. The studentathlete must, however, pay his/her own expenses, including the cost of transportation, admission, food, etc.; Employ a student-athlete so long as all of the steps outlined here are followed.
What boosters CANNOT do for or with Manhattan College prospects or student-athletes:
Provide transportation to a prospect or student-athlete or loan an automobile to a student-athlete host for a prospect’s use during an official paid visit; Provide or cosign for a loan; Allow the use of a telephone or other personal property (e.g., boat, home, car, computer, iPad); Give cash or allow the use of a credit card; Provide free or reduced cost entertainment, services, or products; Provide free or reduced cost lodging; Provide academic assistance; Give a gift of any kind for any reason, including birthdays and holidays; Purchase items or services from prospects, student-athletes, or their relatives at inflated prices.
