nli guidelines
October 2016
Announcements National Letter of Intent Financial Aid Initial Eligibility In The News
Week 8 Tutor Sessions - No Show/No Reschedule Tutors get paid for an hour when a student does not show Student is not permitted to reschedule appointment when he/she does not show
Spring 2017 Enrollees Give full names to Kris by next week for Admissions Updates
Faculty/Tutors Build strong relationships with faculty Do not discuss academic progress of individual students with faculty or tutors Herbst Academic Center staff will communicate with faculty and tutors
Honor Code Already three violations this semester! Please discuss “making good choices” with your students
•
May begin to submit NLI requests – will review process later in presentation
•
Please continue to update the Google Docs
•
Doing a great job letting me know when you are having official visits, please continue to do so
NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT
NLI GUIDELINES Any NLI sent to a PSA must be accompanied
by a multi-year financial aid agreement.
The parents of the PSA must sign the NLI, if
the PSA is under the age of 21.
Walk-ons cannot sign a NLI, fake NLI or
anything else created by CU for them to sign. Walk-ons can ‘sign’ their confirmation of their intent to enroll or anything else that they’ve created on their own. CU can only announce them if they’ve submitted their enrollment deposit.
NLI GUIDELINES PSA must be registered with the NCAA
Eligibility Center in order to receive a NLI.
PSA must receive sport supervisor
approval to be issued a NLI (have core eval completed, CCHE index, admissions).
Rick George signs each NLI and the
financial aid office signs each financial aid agreement PRIOR to the PSA signing.
NLI GUIDELINES
The initial signing date for the November period is
November 9-16, 2016.
A PSA has seven days to sign their NLI.
If a NLI is issued on the 9th, they must sign by the 15th. If a NLI is issued on the 15th, they must sign by the 16th.
PSAs not receiving an NLI (FAA only) may only sign
during the NLI signing periods (Nov or April). Example: 4 year Transfers
CU then has 14 days from the date of signing to
submit the NLI to the Eligibility Center.
NLI GUIDELINES Once a PSA signs a NLI, the recruiting ban
is in effect. CU cannot contact a PSA who has signed with another institution.
You may provide a note to congratulate the PSA
but it must be timely and only congratulatory in nature.
Once a PSA enrolls at another institution,
the recruiting ban is lifted, but you must have permission to contact.
NLI GUIDELINES How to satisfy the provisions of the NLI: Attend the signing institution for one year. Attend and graduate from a 2-year
institution.
NLI GUIDELINES What happens if the PSA does not satisfy the provisions of the NLI: Must serve one year in residence at the
second NLI institution (can still practice and receive aid), AND
Will lose one season of competition in ALL
sports.
NLI GUIDELINES Can a PSA appeal the penalty? Yes—PSA can request a NLI release from
the institution. This is an online form that the PSA must complete.
The institution can then lift the recruiting
ban and give a ‘complete’ or ‘no release’. The institution has 30 days to respond to the request.
NLI GUIDELINES If the institution does not grant the release,
the student-athlete can appeal to the NLI committee. This must be done within 30 days.
There must be extenuating circumstances to
request the release. A coaching change is not an extenuating circumstance.
The institution can still lift the recruiting ban
if they are not granting the complete release.
NLI GUIDELINES When a PSA is signing, CU cannot offer
any type of written ‘release agreement’ such as promising a complete release if there is a coaching change.
No additions to or deletions from the NLI,
but you can put reasonable nonathletically related conditions on the financial aid agreement (i.e., must meet academic standards).
NLI GUIDELINES Example 1: PSA signs NLI with CSU. PSA attends CSU
for the fall, but decides to transfer to CU and wants to be immediately eligible.
What has to happen for this to be possible?
NLI GUIDELINES Example 1: CU should have permission to contact prior to
talking to the PSA.
PSA must request a release from their NLI and
it must be granted.
PSA must meet all other NCAA, Pac-12 and CU
transfer regulations (one-time transfer, PTD, etc.)
NLI GUIDELINES Example 2: PSA signs financial aid agreement with
Nebraska November 2016. PSA then signs NLI and financial aid agreement with CU in April 2017.
Which signing is valid?
NLI GUIDELINES Example 2: The NLI and FAA with CU is valid. A financial aid agreement is not binding to
the student, but is binding for the institution.
NLI GUIDELINES Example 3: PSA signs NLI with Texas A&M, attends
summer school and receives financial aid. PSA wants to transfer to CU for the fall semester.
Is the NLI still valid?
NLI GUIDELINES Example 3: The NLI is still valid and the PSA must
request a release from Texas A&M.
Again, CU must have permission to contact
because the PSA triggered SA status.
We can check the EC to see if they have that
release.
NLI GUIDELINES Example 4: PSA signs NLI with CU. PSA then decides to
defer enrollment for 2 years. The NLI will remain valid for this time.
What has to happen for this to be possible?
NLI GUIDELINES Example 4: PSA must apply and be accepted to CU. PSA must choose to defer enrollment on own
accord.
One-Year Absence Request – if the PSA does not enroll after one year they can apply for the One-Year absence to null and void their NLI. Must have participated in active military or official church mission for up to 12 months and AD must sign off that their original amount of aid is no longer available.
We are all digital this year! You will receive a PDF copy of a PSA’s NLI emailed to you once it has been signed and
approved.
Please send this NLI to the PSA via email. We are encouraging all PSAs to sign using DocuSign (a very easy app) to sign their
NLI. This app allows you to sign your smart phone screen and add it to the PDF. {They
may also use any other similar app if they have it: SignNow, SignEasy, etc.}
PSAs will then email their NLI back to coaches & compliance! No more faxing or printing or envelope mailing
FINANCIAL AID
Offers cannot be put in writing to a PSA until
August 1 of their senior year.
All new scholarships for incoming students have
to be multi-year offers.
Any new scholarship for a continuing student,
after 1 year of attendance, can be for just one year.
Nonrenewal/reduction process goes through your
sport supervisor and Rick.
If nonrenewal or cancellation is approved, coach
AND sport supervisor must sit down with student for a meeting. Compliance does not tell the student their aid has been nonrenewed or reduced.
SAs must be given the opportunity to appeal.
Sitting down with coach and sport supervisor does not waive opportunity to appeal.
Scholarships that include 0% during one (or more) years. It is permissible to have a PSA sign a financial aid agreement that has a year of 0%, provided it is not the first or last year of the deal. Year 1: 50% Year 2: 20%
Year 3: 0%
Year 4: 100%
Could also be a five-year deal, with 0% in year 2, 3 and/or 4. *There is an autonomy proposal to disallow the 0% years – stay tuned.
Increases are always permitted.
Adjustment in deals are permitted, provided there is an overall
increase (and sport supervisor approval). Original Offer
Adjustment
Y1
50%
50%
Y2
50%
50%
Y3
50%
25%
Y4
50%
76%
TOTAL
200%
201%
Disbursement of aid during the academic year: Books first. Tuition and Fees second. Any additional aid will then go to the student via stipend(s).
Financial Aid at CU Processing FAFSA Checking Bills
Free Application for Federal Student Aid ◦ www.fafsa.gov ◦ www.pin.ed.gov
Must be done every year
Already available for 2017-2018 Year!
Necessary to determine eligibility for Pell ◦ Used to be considered for other state/institutional aid
FAFSA
Students may see other aid on portal before athletic aid is applied ◦ Can only have Pell on top of Full FGIA
Academic scholarships may be used to replace “Athletic Department” funds ◦ Still only have aid up to COA
Other Institutional Aid
Account should always be at $0.00 ◦ If there is a number there, come see me!
Billing emails sent out monthly ◦ 2nd Wednesday of every month
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask. I can also help with the FAFSA process
Pay attention to bills!
INITIAL ELIGIBILITY
Three possible outcomes: Qualifier
Academic Redshirt
NonQualifier
Qualifier – Eligible for Practice, Athletics Aid and Competition HS Graduate, Earns 16 core courses in four years of high school, 10 of the 16 core must be earned prior to senior year (7 of the 10 much be Eng/Math/Sci), Corresponding GPA and Test Score on Sliding Scale, AND Minimum 2.30 GPA
NonQualifier – Not eligible to enroll at a Pac-12 Institution Does not earns 16 core courses in four years of high school, Does not graduate HS, Does not meet corresponding GPA and Test Score on Sliding Scale OR Less than 2.00 GPA.
Academic Redshirt– Eligible for Athletics Aid. Can practice during first term, but must earn 9 credit hours in fall to be eligible to practice in spring. Cannot compete for CU Athletics, CU Club teams or outside competition. Intramurals is permissible provided a CU Athletics Staff Member is not the coach. HS Graduate. 16 core courses. Corresponding GPA and Test Score on Sliding Scale. Minimum 2.00 GPA.
Early Academic Qualifier Earns 14 core courses in six semesters with a 3.00 GPA. Of the 14: 3 English, 2 Math, 2 Natural/Physical Science, 2 additional Eng/Math/Sci, 5
additional core. Minimum ACT sum of 75. Minimum SAT combined score 900 (prior to March 2016). Minimum SAT combined score 980 (after March 2016)
This is per the concordance table, may change when NCAA updates sliding scale.
Early academic qualifiers must submit final HS transcript by February 1 of their first year
in a four-year institution.
IN THE NEWS
O’BANNON V. NCAA Ed O’Bannon (UCLA MBB) filed federal lawsuit against NCAA over whether D1 MBB and FB players should be paid for the commercial use of their names, images, and likenesses
October 3rd= SCOTUS denied petitions by both
O’Bannon and NCAA to review the case Leaves in place 2015 lower court ruling in favor of O’Bannon (NCAA amateurism rules violated federal antitrust laws) Full cost of attendance scholarships “cure” antitrust harms No additional changes required of NCAA, conferences or institutions
OLE MISS INFRACTION CASE
WBB assistant coach, DOBO and 2 student-athletes acted
unethically when they committed academic fraud to ensure the SAs were eligible to enroll at University (online coursework) Provided false and misleading info during investigation Former head coach failed to monitor staff members
WTO former head and assistant coach acted unethically when
they provided false and misleading info during investigation into impermissible recruiting tryouts and contacts Head coach failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance in
his program by not reporting assistant coach’s recruiting activities to the university
OLE MISS INFRACTION CASE NCAA Penalties 3 years of probation Show-cause orders for a number of involved individuals During the show-cause period, if hired by an NCAA school, that school must follow the terms of the order Order follows the individual
University Self-Imposed Penalties WBB and WTO recruiting restrictions WBB scholarship reductions, postseason ban and
prohibition of two-year college transfers
LEGISLATIVE RELIEF WAIVER: SA SELFEMPLOYMENT
Bylaw 12.4.4: SA may establish his/her own business, provided
the SA’s name, photograph appearance or athletics reputation are not used to promote the business
File waiver to allow SA to use their name, image and likeness to
promote non-athletically related personal business ventures
Instead of legislation, NCAA agreed to “process waivers
expeditiously”
SA must provide documentation related to the business Services provided or products produced Going rate for the services/products
No staff or booster involvement in the business Cannot use athletic reputation or involvement to promote business
Announcements National Letter of Intent Financial Aid Initial Eligibility In The News
Week 8 Tutor Sessions - No Show/No Reschedule Tutors get paid for an hour when a student does not show Student is not permitted to reschedule appointment when he/she does not show
Spring 2017 Enrollees Give full names to Kris by next week for Admissions Updates
Faculty/Tutors Build strong relationships with faculty Do not discuss academic progress of individual students with faculty or tutors Herbst Academic Center staff will communicate with faculty and tutors
Honor Code Already three violations this semester! Please discuss “making good choices” with your students
•
May begin to submit NLI requests – will review process later in presentation
•
Please continue to update the Google Docs
•
Doing a great job letting me know when you are having official visits, please continue to do so
NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT
NLI GUIDELINES Any NLI sent to a PSA must be accompanied
by a multi-year financial aid agreement.
The parents of the PSA must sign the NLI, if
the PSA is under the age of 21.
Walk-ons cannot sign a NLI, fake NLI or
anything else created by CU for them to sign. Walk-ons can ‘sign’ their confirmation of their intent to enroll or anything else that they’ve created on their own. CU can only announce them if they’ve submitted their enrollment deposit.
NLI GUIDELINES PSA must be registered with the NCAA
Eligibility Center in order to receive a NLI.
PSA must receive sport supervisor
approval to be issued a NLI (have core eval completed, CCHE index, admissions).
Rick George signs each NLI and the
financial aid office signs each financial aid agreement PRIOR to the PSA signing.
NLI GUIDELINES
The initial signing date for the November period is
November 9-16, 2016.
A PSA has seven days to sign their NLI.
If a NLI is issued on the 9th, they must sign by the 15th. If a NLI is issued on the 15th, they must sign by the 16th.
PSAs not receiving an NLI (FAA only) may only sign
during the NLI signing periods (Nov or April). Example: 4 year Transfers
CU then has 14 days from the date of signing to
submit the NLI to the Eligibility Center.
NLI GUIDELINES Once a PSA signs a NLI, the recruiting ban
is in effect. CU cannot contact a PSA who has signed with another institution.
You may provide a note to congratulate the PSA
but it must be timely and only congratulatory in nature.
Once a PSA enrolls at another institution,
the recruiting ban is lifted, but you must have permission to contact.
NLI GUIDELINES How to satisfy the provisions of the NLI: Attend the signing institution for one year. Attend and graduate from a 2-year
institution.
NLI GUIDELINES What happens if the PSA does not satisfy the provisions of the NLI: Must serve one year in residence at the
second NLI institution (can still practice and receive aid), AND
Will lose one season of competition in ALL
sports.
NLI GUIDELINES Can a PSA appeal the penalty? Yes—PSA can request a NLI release from
the institution. This is an online form that the PSA must complete.
The institution can then lift the recruiting
ban and give a ‘complete’ or ‘no release’. The institution has 30 days to respond to the request.
NLI GUIDELINES If the institution does not grant the release,
the student-athlete can appeal to the NLI committee. This must be done within 30 days.
There must be extenuating circumstances to
request the release. A coaching change is not an extenuating circumstance.
The institution can still lift the recruiting ban
if they are not granting the complete release.
NLI GUIDELINES When a PSA is signing, CU cannot offer
any type of written ‘release agreement’ such as promising a complete release if there is a coaching change.
No additions to or deletions from the NLI,
but you can put reasonable nonathletically related conditions on the financial aid agreement (i.e., must meet academic standards).
NLI GUIDELINES Example 1: PSA signs NLI with CSU. PSA attends CSU
for the fall, but decides to transfer to CU and wants to be immediately eligible.
What has to happen for this to be possible?
NLI GUIDELINES Example 1: CU should have permission to contact prior to
talking to the PSA.
PSA must request a release from their NLI and
it must be granted.
PSA must meet all other NCAA, Pac-12 and CU
transfer regulations (one-time transfer, PTD, etc.)
NLI GUIDELINES Example 2: PSA signs financial aid agreement with
Nebraska November 2016. PSA then signs NLI and financial aid agreement with CU in April 2017.
Which signing is valid?
NLI GUIDELINES Example 2: The NLI and FAA with CU is valid. A financial aid agreement is not binding to
the student, but is binding for the institution.
NLI GUIDELINES Example 3: PSA signs NLI with Texas A&M, attends
summer school and receives financial aid. PSA wants to transfer to CU for the fall semester.
Is the NLI still valid?
NLI GUIDELINES Example 3: The NLI is still valid and the PSA must
request a release from Texas A&M.
Again, CU must have permission to contact
because the PSA triggered SA status.
We can check the EC to see if they have that
release.
NLI GUIDELINES Example 4: PSA signs NLI with CU. PSA then decides to
defer enrollment for 2 years. The NLI will remain valid for this time.
What has to happen for this to be possible?
NLI GUIDELINES Example 4: PSA must apply and be accepted to CU. PSA must choose to defer enrollment on own
accord.
One-Year Absence Request – if the PSA does not enroll after one year they can apply for the One-Year absence to null and void their NLI. Must have participated in active military or official church mission for up to 12 months and AD must sign off that their original amount of aid is no longer available.
We are all digital this year! You will receive a PDF copy of a PSA’s NLI emailed to you once it has been signed and
approved.
Please send this NLI to the PSA via email. We are encouraging all PSAs to sign using DocuSign (a very easy app) to sign their
NLI. This app allows you to sign your smart phone screen and add it to the PDF. {They
may also use any other similar app if they have it: SignNow, SignEasy, etc.}
PSAs will then email their NLI back to coaches & compliance! No more faxing or printing or envelope mailing
FINANCIAL AID
Offers cannot be put in writing to a PSA until
August 1 of their senior year.
All new scholarships for incoming students have
to be multi-year offers.
Any new scholarship for a continuing student,
after 1 year of attendance, can be for just one year.
Nonrenewal/reduction process goes through your
sport supervisor and Rick.
If nonrenewal or cancellation is approved, coach
AND sport supervisor must sit down with student for a meeting. Compliance does not tell the student their aid has been nonrenewed or reduced.
SAs must be given the opportunity to appeal.
Sitting down with coach and sport supervisor does not waive opportunity to appeal.
Scholarships that include 0% during one (or more) years. It is permissible to have a PSA sign a financial aid agreement that has a year of 0%, provided it is not the first or last year of the deal. Year 1: 50% Year 2: 20%
Year 3: 0%
Year 4: 100%
Could also be a five-year deal, with 0% in year 2, 3 and/or 4. *There is an autonomy proposal to disallow the 0% years – stay tuned.
Increases are always permitted.
Adjustment in deals are permitted, provided there is an overall
increase (and sport supervisor approval). Original Offer
Adjustment
Y1
50%
50%
Y2
50%
50%
Y3
50%
25%
Y4
50%
76%
TOTAL
200%
201%
Disbursement of aid during the academic year: Books first. Tuition and Fees second. Any additional aid will then go to the student via stipend(s).
Financial Aid at CU Processing FAFSA Checking Bills
Free Application for Federal Student Aid ◦ www.fafsa.gov ◦ www.pin.ed.gov
Must be done every year
Already available for 2017-2018 Year!
Necessary to determine eligibility for Pell ◦ Used to be considered for other state/institutional aid
FAFSA
Students may see other aid on portal before athletic aid is applied ◦ Can only have Pell on top of Full FGIA
Academic scholarships may be used to replace “Athletic Department” funds ◦ Still only have aid up to COA
Other Institutional Aid
Account should always be at $0.00 ◦ If there is a number there, come see me!
Billing emails sent out monthly ◦ 2nd Wednesday of every month
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask. I can also help with the FAFSA process
Pay attention to bills!
INITIAL ELIGIBILITY
Three possible outcomes: Qualifier
Academic Redshirt
NonQualifier
Qualifier – Eligible for Practice, Athletics Aid and Competition HS Graduate, Earns 16 core courses in four years of high school, 10 of the 16 core must be earned prior to senior year (7 of the 10 much be Eng/Math/Sci), Corresponding GPA and Test Score on Sliding Scale, AND Minimum 2.30 GPA
NonQualifier – Not eligible to enroll at a Pac-12 Institution Does not earns 16 core courses in four years of high school, Does not graduate HS, Does not meet corresponding GPA and Test Score on Sliding Scale OR Less than 2.00 GPA.
Academic Redshirt– Eligible for Athletics Aid. Can practice during first term, but must earn 9 credit hours in fall to be eligible to practice in spring. Cannot compete for CU Athletics, CU Club teams or outside competition. Intramurals is permissible provided a CU Athletics Staff Member is not the coach. HS Graduate. 16 core courses. Corresponding GPA and Test Score on Sliding Scale. Minimum 2.00 GPA.
Early Academic Qualifier Earns 14 core courses in six semesters with a 3.00 GPA. Of the 14: 3 English, 2 Math, 2 Natural/Physical Science, 2 additional Eng/Math/Sci, 5
additional core. Minimum ACT sum of 75. Minimum SAT combined score 900 (prior to March 2016). Minimum SAT combined score 980 (after March 2016)
This is per the concordance table, may change when NCAA updates sliding scale.
Early academic qualifiers must submit final HS transcript by February 1 of their first year
in a four-year institution.
IN THE NEWS
O’BANNON V. NCAA Ed O’Bannon (UCLA MBB) filed federal lawsuit against NCAA over whether D1 MBB and FB players should be paid for the commercial use of their names, images, and likenesses
October 3rd= SCOTUS denied petitions by both
O’Bannon and NCAA to review the case Leaves in place 2015 lower court ruling in favor of O’Bannon (NCAA amateurism rules violated federal antitrust laws) Full cost of attendance scholarships “cure” antitrust harms No additional changes required of NCAA, conferences or institutions
OLE MISS INFRACTION CASE
WBB assistant coach, DOBO and 2 student-athletes acted
unethically when they committed academic fraud to ensure the SAs were eligible to enroll at University (online coursework) Provided false and misleading info during investigation Former head coach failed to monitor staff members
WTO former head and assistant coach acted unethically when
they provided false and misleading info during investigation into impermissible recruiting tryouts and contacts Head coach failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance in
his program by not reporting assistant coach’s recruiting activities to the university
OLE MISS INFRACTION CASE NCAA Penalties 3 years of probation Show-cause orders for a number of involved individuals During the show-cause period, if hired by an NCAA school, that school must follow the terms of the order Order follows the individual
University Self-Imposed Penalties WBB and WTO recruiting restrictions WBB scholarship reductions, postseason ban and
prohibition of two-year college transfers
LEGISLATIVE RELIEF WAIVER: SA SELFEMPLOYMENT
Bylaw 12.4.4: SA may establish his/her own business, provided
the SA’s name, photograph appearance or athletics reputation are not used to promote the business
File waiver to allow SA to use their name, image and likeness to
promote non-athletically related personal business ventures
Instead of legislation, NCAA agreed to “process waivers
expeditiously”
SA must provide documentation related to the business Services provided or products produced Going rate for the services/products
No staff or booster involvement in the business Cannot use athletic reputation or involvement to promote business
