DIVISION I ENFORCEMENT:
BASKETBALL TRENDS AND
ISSUES
Angie Cretors
Abby Grantstein
INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
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Purpose
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The enforcement basketball staff will discuss current
trends and cases involving agents/advisors and other
basketball enforcement-related issues.
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The staff will also highlight recent legislation,
interpretations and outreach initiatives that will assist
institutions in approaching basketball and agent related
issues on-campus.
ENFORCEMENT MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF
LuAnn Humphrey
lhumphrey@ncaa.org
Ken Huber
khuber@ncaa.org
Angie Cretors
Abby Grantstein
acretors@ncaa.org
agrantstein@ncaa.org
Jason Singleton
Frank Smith
jsingleton@ncaa.org
fsmith@ncaa.org
ENFORCEMENT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF
LuAnn Humphrey
Elizabeth Ramsey
Cindi Merrill
lhumphrey@ncaa.org
eramsey@ncaa.org
cmerrill@ncaa.org
ENFORCEMENT BASKETBALL STAFF:
FOCUS
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Development of Information.
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Outreach Initiatives.
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Investigations and processing of violations.
CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES
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Agents/Advisors.
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Third Parties.
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Nontraditional Boosters.
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Parent/Coach Relocations.
AGENTS AND ADVISORS
AGENTS/ADVISORS
BYLAWS 12.02.1 AND 12.02.1.1
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NCAA Bylaw 12.02.1 *NEW* (Adopted: 1/14/12)
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An agent is any individual who, directly or indirectly:
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Represents or attempts to represent an individual for the
purpose of marketing his or her athletics ability or
reputation for financial gain; or
Seeks to obtain any type of financial gain or benefit from
securing a prospective student-athlete’s enrollment at an
educational institution or from a student-athlete’s potential
earnings as a professional athlete.
AGENTS/ADVISORS
BYLAWS 12.02.1 AND 12.02.1.1
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NCAA Bylaw 12.02.1.1 *NEW* (Adopted:
01/14/12)
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An agent may include, but is not limited to, a
certified contract advisor, financial advisor,
marketing representative, brand manager or any one
who is employed or associated with such persons.
AGENTS/ADVISORS
BYLAWS 12.02.1 AND 12.02.1.1
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The definition is not intended to include:
Parents or legal guardians,
 Athletics department staff members,
 Former teammates or
 Those individuals who have the best interest of the
prospective student-athlete or student-athlete in
mind in providing assistance or information,
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Provided
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They do not intend to receiving financial gain for
their assistance.
AGENTS/ADVISORS
CURRENT ISSUES AND TRENDS
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Involvement with nonscholastic teams
Funding
 Team administrators
 Coaches
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Relationships with former student-athletes, head
and assistant coaches.
Best practice: Communicate with coaches,
student-athletes and prospects regarding
relationships with agents and advisors.
AGENTS/ADVISORS
CURRENT ISSUES AND TRENDS
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Suggested Monitoring Efforts:
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Complimentary admissions records.
Individuals receiving coaches’ discretionary tickets.
Individuals given access to practice, locker rooms,
etc.
Men’s basketball staff telephone records.
Tracking representation of former student-athletes.
Individuals consistently present around studentathletes.
THIRD PARTIES
THIRD PARTIES – ISSUES AND TRENDS
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Includes financial advisors, marketing
representatives and brand managers. (See NCAA
Bylaw 12.02.1.1)
Individuals insert themselves into the prospect’s
recruiting process offering assistance and
guidance to the family as well as connections to
college coaches.
Development of relationships with nonscholastic
teams, student-athletes, prospects and their
family members.
THIRD PARTIES – ISSUES AND TRENDS
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Provision of impermissible benefits including:
Payment for visits to campus
 Employment/relocation arrangements
 Cash, loans, gifts
 Automobiles
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Often an agent is also involved with these
relationships and the provision of benefits is
funneled through the third party.
THIRD PARTIES – BEST PRACTICES
Communicate with men’s basketball staff – they
know who is involved with prospects and studentathletes.
 Review complimentary admissions requests.
 Automobile record review.
 Unofficial visit documentation.
 Prospect lists/recruiting files.
 Social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
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NONTRADITIONAL BOOSTERS
NONTRADITIONAL BOOSTERS
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Generally, individuals known to the coaching
staff to have:
Provided benefits to a student-athlete; or
 Promoted the institution or the men’s basketball
program to prospects.
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Coaching staff cannot accept indirectly what
cannot be done directly.
Institutional control risk for failing to monitor
the activities of nontraditional boosters with
significant ties to sports programs.
NONTRADITIONAL BOOSTERS
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Best Practices:
Communicate with men’s basketball staff regarding
individuals involved with student-athletes who are
promoting the program to the prospects.
 Monitor recruiting lists – track patterns of same
individuals being involved with multiple recruited
prospects.
 Educate men’s basketball staff on red flags related to
individuals involved in recruitment with no logical tie
to the prospect.
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No family or coach/player relationship.
 Different geographic locations.
 Relationship does not pre-date the prospect’s recruitment.
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PARENT/COACH/HANDLER
RELOCATIONS
PARENT/COACH/HANDLER RELOCATION
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An increase in parents, high school and nonscholastic
coaches, and “handlers” relocating to the locale of the
institution.
NCAA Bylaw 13.2.1 prohibits institutional staff members
and representatives of the institution’s athletics interests
from being involved directly or indirectly in making
arrangements for or giving or offering to give:
An employment arrangement for a prospective studentathlete’s relatives; and
 Free or reduced-cost housing.
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Institutional staff members cannot directly or indirectly
assist in finding or securing local housing or employment
opportunities.
PARENT/COACH/HANDLER RELOCATION
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Best Practices:
Educate men’s basketball staff and representatives of
the institution’s athletics interests on Bylaw 13.2.1
limits in assisting individuals moving to the locale of
the institution.
 Document discussions about potential relocation
during recruitment process.
 Ensure men’s basketball staff and boosters have no
involvement in obtaining housing or employment.
 Follow up on red flags regarding:
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Changes in standard of living;
 Qualifications for employment positions; and
 Hiring procedures.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
RECRUITING AND SCOUTING SERVICES
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NCAA Bylaw 13.14.3.2 (Adopted: 03/14/12)
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In basketball and football, an institution shall not
subscribe to a recruiting or scouting service unless
the service has been approved by the NCAA pursuant
to an annual approval process.
(Effective June 1, 2012)
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
RECRUITING AND SCOUTING SERVICES
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2012-2013 Scouting Service Approval Cycle:
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June 1, 2012 – May 31, 2013
Mandatory Submission Period:
April 1, 2012 – May 31, 2012
 A scouting service must submit an application for
approval through NCAA scouting service system
during this time period in order for a member
institution to subscribe to the service after May 31,
2012.
 If the scouting service’s application is approved, the
approval will be valid until May 31, 2013.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
RECRUITING AND SCOUTING SERVICES
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The list of approved scouting services can be accessed
at: http://web1.ncaa.org/scouting/school_search
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An ncaa.org account is required in order to access the list.
Continued institutional responsibility to verify:
The product received is consistent with to the sample that
was submitted with the scouting service online application.
 The institution received information from the scouting
service (e.g., reports, profiles) about prospective studentathletes at least four times per annual cycle.
 The fee rate charged to the institution is the same as the
fee rate listed on the NCAA approved scouting services list.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
CAMP OPERATIONS – BYLAW 13.12.1.4
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In men’s basketball, an institution’s basketball
camp or clinic shall not offer a different
participation, registration procedure, fee
structure, advertisement and/or logistical
experience (e.g., lodging, meals, transportation,
awards/mementos) than other institutional
men’s/boys’ basketball camps or clinics.
Interpreted to mean that the experiences for all
camps must be similar.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
TEAM CAMPS
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Instructional component
All camps and clinics must offer a similar proportion
of instruction related to other activities.
 Team camps cannot consist of only competition.
There must be an instructional component similar in
proportion to that in other camps.
 Especially important when nonscholastic teams are
attending the camp to avoid hosting a nonscholastic
practice or competition on campus.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
TEAM CAMPS
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Registration
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Common Issues:
Filtering registration applications.
 Special invitations to attend camp.
 Payment of registration fees by third parties.
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Enforcement Monitoring (all camps)
Advertising and registration.
 On-site monitoring.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
NONSCHOLASTIC EVENTS
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NCAA Bylaw 13.11.1.8
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An institution shall not host, sponsor or conduct a
nonscholastic basketball practice or competition in
which men’s basketball prospective student-athletes
participate on its campus or at an off-campus facility
regularly used by the institution for practice and/or
competition by any of the institution’s sports
programs.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
NONSCHOLASTIC EVENTS
The determination of whether an event is
considered scholastic or nonscholastic is based
both on the status of the individual or entity
conducting the event as well as the nature of the
individuals or teams that participate in the
event.
 To be considered a scholastic activity, the event
must be conducted by a scholastic entity.
 Even if the event is being conducted by a
scholastic entity, the event is not a scholastic
event if nonscholastic teams participate.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
NONSCHOLASTIC EVENTS – BEST PRACTICES
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Determine:
Who or what organization contacted the institution
or contest facility to schedule the event?
 Who or what organization will be signing the facility
rental agreement?
 Who or what organization will be responsible for
insuring the event?
 Who or what organization will be advertising or
promoting the event?
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Work closely with facility managers in reviewing
all facility rental agreements prior to signing.
 Contact the enforcement basketball staff.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
NONCOACHING STAFF HIRES
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NCAA Bylaws 11.4.2 and 13.8.3.2
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In men’s basketball, during a two-year period before
a prospective student-athlete’s anticipated
enrollment and a two-year period after the
prospective student-athlete’s actual enrollment, an
institution shall not employ (or enter into a contract
for future employment with) an individual associated
with the prospective student-athlete in any athletics
department noncoaching staff position or in a
strength and conditioning staff position.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
NONCOACHING STAFF HIRES
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Trigger dates:
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Date the IAWP is hired, or given an agreement for
future hire, in a noncoaching staff position.
Date the prospective student-athlete is expected to or
actually enrolls full-time.
Application to current NCAA, two-year and NAIA
coaches – see NCAA Bylaw 13.11.1.8 Advisory.
NCAA Bylaw 13.02.17 -Duration of IAWP status:
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An individual who meets the definition of an IAWP
retains such status during the enrollment of the
prospective student-athlete at the institution.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
TRANSFER OF INTERPRETIVE AUTHORITY
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October 2009 – Board of Directors provided
enforcement staff with interpretive authority for
certain issues in men’s basketball (Educational
Column 10/27/2011)
April 2012 – Board approved transfer of
authority to AMA.
Effective: June 15, 2012.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
TRANSFER OF INTERPRETIVE AUTHORITY
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In order to ensure consistency, AMA will:
Apply rationale supporting Board’s October 2009
actions;
 Adhere to established case precedent; and
 Confer with enforcement on cases of first impression.
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DIVISION I ENFORCEMENT:
BASKETBALL TRENDS AND ISSUES
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