sept 15
2015
COMPLIANCE NEWSLETTER
Important Dates:
Participation Before Certification
September 9- 6:30 PM-
If a recruited or non-recruited student-athlete
Student-Athlete Welcome Back
reports for athletics participation before the high school core curriculum grade-point average and test score have been certified, the student-
September 23- 6 PM Guest Speaker for Student-Athletes and Staff- Mr. Marco Coleman
athlete may practice, but not compete, for a maximum of 45 days, provided the student-athlete is enrolled full time or has been accepted for enrollment as a regular full-time student. After
September 21-25- Quiet Week
this 45-day period, the student shall have established minimum requirements as a qualifier (as certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center) to continue practicing or to compete, or the minimum requirements as a partial qualifier to continue practicing. ★Please be sure you keep documentation of all practices the student-athlete in question participates in.
Compliance Trivia: Social Media True or False? You can Retweet a prospective student-athlete before they have signed an NLI?
Volume 5 Issue 2
SEPTEMBER
Timing of Tryouts Specifies that following June 15 preceding a prospective studentathlete’s junior year in high school, a tryout of a high school prospective student-athlete may be conducted at any time outside the studentathlete’s high school’s traditional season in the sport. Specifies that a high school’s traditional season begins with the first official team practice for the high school in that sport and concludes with the team’s final competition.
15.3.4 REDUCTION AND/OR CANCELLATION DURING PERIOD OF AWARD REDUCTION OR CANCELLATION PERMITTED Institutional financial aid based on any degree of athletic ability may be reduced or canceled during the period of the award, if the recipient: (a) Renders himself or herself ineligible for intercollegiate competition (b) Fraudulently misrepresents any information on an application, NLI or financial aid agreement (c) Engages in serious misconduct warranting substantial disciplinary penalty (d) Voluntarily withdraws from a sport at any time for personal reasons MISCONDUCT An institution may cancel or reduce the financial aid of a student-athlete who is found to have engaged in misconduct by the university’s regular student disciplinary authority, even if the lossof-aid requirement does not apply to the student body in general.
REDUCTION OR CANCELLATION NOT PERMITTED Institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability may not be increased, decreased or canceled during the period of its award: (a) On the basis of a student’s athletics ability, performance or contribution to a team’s success (b) Because of an injury, illness or physical or mental medical condition (c) For any other athletics reason. Trivia Answer False: You can only retweet AFTER the PSA has signed an NLI.
COMPLIANCE NEWSLETTER
Important Dates:
Participation Before Certification
September 9- 6:30 PM-
If a recruited or non-recruited student-athlete
Student-Athlete Welcome Back
reports for athletics participation before the high school core curriculum grade-point average and test score have been certified, the student-
September 23- 6 PM Guest Speaker for Student-Athletes and Staff- Mr. Marco Coleman
athlete may practice, but not compete, for a maximum of 45 days, provided the student-athlete is enrolled full time or has been accepted for enrollment as a regular full-time student. After
September 21-25- Quiet Week
this 45-day period, the student shall have established minimum requirements as a qualifier (as certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center) to continue practicing or to compete, or the minimum requirements as a partial qualifier to continue practicing. ★Please be sure you keep documentation of all practices the student-athlete in question participates in.
Compliance Trivia: Social Media True or False? You can Retweet a prospective student-athlete before they have signed an NLI?
Volume 5 Issue 2
SEPTEMBER
Timing of Tryouts Specifies that following June 15 preceding a prospective studentathlete’s junior year in high school, a tryout of a high school prospective student-athlete may be conducted at any time outside the studentathlete’s high school’s traditional season in the sport. Specifies that a high school’s traditional season begins with the first official team practice for the high school in that sport and concludes with the team’s final competition.
15.3.4 REDUCTION AND/OR CANCELLATION DURING PERIOD OF AWARD REDUCTION OR CANCELLATION PERMITTED Institutional financial aid based on any degree of athletic ability may be reduced or canceled during the period of the award, if the recipient: (a) Renders himself or herself ineligible for intercollegiate competition (b) Fraudulently misrepresents any information on an application, NLI or financial aid agreement (c) Engages in serious misconduct warranting substantial disciplinary penalty (d) Voluntarily withdraws from a sport at any time for personal reasons MISCONDUCT An institution may cancel or reduce the financial aid of a student-athlete who is found to have engaged in misconduct by the university’s regular student disciplinary authority, even if the lossof-aid requirement does not apply to the student body in general.
REDUCTION OR CANCELLATION NOT PERMITTED Institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability may not be increased, decreased or canceled during the period of its award: (a) On the basis of a student’s athletics ability, performance or contribution to a team’s success (b) Because of an injury, illness or physical or mental medical condition (c) For any other athletics reason. Trivia Answer False: You can only retweet AFTER the PSA has signed an NLI.
