Compliance
Meeting
2015-16
Agenda
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Introduction
The NCAA
Who We Are
Compliance Mission Statement
NCAA Rules/Requirements
KSU Rules/Requirements
COMPLIANC
E STAFF
Heath Senour – Associate Athletics Director for
Compliance
Mindy Mager
– Assistant Director for Compliance
 We are on Twitter
@OwlsCompliance
- follow us
 We are located in the Convocation Center Main Athletic
Suite
 Compliance Web Site:
ksuowls.com/compliance
COMPLIANC
E STAFF
Who is Heath?
 Born in Dayton, Ohio, but grew up just outside of Oklahoma City
 Oldest of 3 siblings – have one sister and one brother
 Graduated from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA
• BSBA in Sport Management
 Earned MBA from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls,
TX
• Graduate Assistant in the athletic department (Division II)
 Other stops include Oakland, Oregon State, Stony Brook and
Minnesota
 Started at Kennesaw State on September 1, 2011
COMPLIANCE
STAFF
Who is Mindy?
 Born in Lake Jackson, Texas, grew up in Danbury, Texas a small
town south of Houston
 Oldest of 3 siblings – have two sisters
 Wife and mom to a monster named Blakely who is 16 months old
 Graduated from Albany State University in Albany, Georgia
 Former student athlete (softball)
 Coached/Compliance for four years at Albany State prior to
coming to KSU
 Started at Kennesaw State on March 1, 2013
COMPLIANCE
STAFF
POP QUIZ!! Questions Throughout – be ready, there
may be something in it for you?!?!
POP
QUIZ!!
Name the state that Stony Brook University is
located:
POP
QUIZ!
ANSWER:
NEW YORK
THE
NCAA
The NCAA is not a rule making body.
volunteer membership organization.
It is a
The member institutions make our own rules via
committees and the NCAA’s legislative process.
Dr. Daniel Papp Vaughn Williams Brittney Reed -
NCAA’s Board of Directors
NCAA’s Legislative Council
National SAAC Committee
COMPLIANCE
OFFICE MISSION
STATEMENT
The Kennesaw State University Compliance Office
strives to provide a comprehensive compliance
program with a focus on four general elements:
rules education, policies and procedures,
monitoring and self-reporting. This focus
allows us to protect the integrity of the
University, while fostering a culture of
compliance and institutional control as
required by the NCAA. Our visibility and
availability are important aspects of providing
a proactive approach as we assist the
University, our student-athletes, institutional
staff and donors/boosters in understanding the
complex nature of NCAA rules.
REQUIRED
COMPLIANCE
FORMS
All NCAA and KSU forms are required before any
student-athlete is eligible for practice or
competition.
These forms were sent to you via JumpForward.
Are there any questions regarding these forms?
NCAA YEAR
ROUND DRUG
TESTING
If you test positive for a banned
substance during a NCAA administered
drug test, you:
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will be declared INELIGIBLE to compete during the
regular season and postseason competition for ONE
CALENDAR YEAR (i.e. 365 days) after your positive
test, and
will be charged with the loss of a minimum of one
season of competition in all sports.
If you test positive a second time for
a banned substance during a NCAA
administered drug test, you:
will lose all remaining regular-season and post
season eligibility
in all sports.
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ROUND
DRUG
TESTING
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Review the 2015-16 List of Banned Substances that
was part
of your 2015-16 NCAA Drug Testing
Consent Form
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Notify your Athletic Trainer of any medications or
supplements
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It is your responsibility to check with your
Athletic Trainer before using any medications
(including prescription medications) and
supplements
Pop Quiz!!
Jasmine McAllister is a member of the KSU women’s
basketball team. Her dad runs a March Madness
office pool and it costs $20 to join. Which answer
below is correct?
A. Jasmine may participate because her dad is running the
office pool
B. Jasmine may not participate because she is a studentathlete
C. Jasmine may participate in the free ESPN Bracket
Challenge because
it does not cost anything.
D. Both B & C are correct
E. None of the above are correct
Pop Quiz!
ANSWER:
D.
Both B & C are
correct
Jasmine McAlister is a member of the KSU women’s
basketball team. Her dad runs a March Madness
office pool and it costs $20 to join. Which answer
below is correct?
B. Jasmine may not participate because she is a studentathlete
C. Jasmine may participate in the free ESPN Bracket
Challenge because
it does not cost anything.
Gambling
RISK + REWARD = VIOLATION
Violations Include:
 Accepting a bet or placing a bet for anything
of value (money, food, etc.)
 Providing inside information
Examples include Fantasy Leagues, Drafts,
Squares, Super Bowl and NCAA Tournament
Pools/Brackets. DraftKings/FanDuel and the
like are also impermissible.
Gambling
Seasons of
Eligibility
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5 Years to Play 4
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Any amount of time in a contest counts as a
season used
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One second in a basketball game, one serve in a
tennis match, one pitch in a baseball game
Exceptions
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Soccer and Volleyball – Spring competition
does not count as a used season, provided
SA was eligible during Fall season
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During initial year of enrollment, SA may
compete in exhibition contests and
preseason practice scrimmages (as
permitted in specific sport) without using
a season of competition
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Applicable in basketball and soccer only
Seasons of
Eligibility
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Redshirt
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No competition, except for exceptions
discussed earlier
Medical Hardship
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Incapacity resulting from injury or illness
No competition in second half of season
Competed in no more than 30% of
scheduled/completed contests
Filed and processed through the Atlantic Sun
Conference
Amateurism
– Agents and
Runners
You are ineligible if you or a family
member ever:
 Accept money, transportation or other benefits from an
agent or runner;
 Agree orally or in writing to be represented by an
agent; OR
 Allow an agent to market your athletics ability or
reputation.
Amateuri
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You are immediately ineligible if you
ever:
 Use athletics skill for pay
 Agree orally or in writing to compete in
professional athletics
 Compete on any professional athletics team
 Allow your name, picture or appearance to
promote a commercial product or service, or in
an advertisement.
Amateurism –
Self
Employment
Student-athletes may establish own business,
provided the student-athletes name, photograph,
appearance or athletics reputation are NOT used to
promote the business.
Amateurism –
Fee-ForLesson
 You may receive compensation for
teaching or coaching skills
techniques in your sport on a feefor-lesson basis, provided you:
Do not use institutional facilities,
Do not provide a playing lesson,
Do not receive payment from someone other
than the recipient or the recipient’s family,
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Do not market/advertise your availability for
such lessons, AND
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Receive written approval to conduct fee for
lesson sessions from compliance office (see
form on our compliance website)
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We must document and keep on file,
information related to this type of employment
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Amateurism –
Adidas
Following Criteria Must Be Met:
 Official uniform and warm-ups, and all other items
(socks, t-shirts, hats, towels, etc.) can only
bear a single label or trademark
 Label or trademark may not be larger than 2 and ¼
square inches
 This applies to all apparel worn by studentathletes during competition, which includes any
pregame or postgame activities (warm-ups, postgame press conference, etc.)
 These rules do not apply to practice apparel
Amateurism –
Adidas
What’s wrong with these pictures?
Employm
ent
Student-Athlete Employment
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May only be paid for work actually performed
At a rate that is comparable to the going rate for
similar services
May not be compensated as a result of being a
student-athlete
Academic
Eligibility
All Student-Athletes must:
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Be enrolled in 12 hours (for practice and
competition)
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See your SASS advisor before changing classes
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Never drop a course without first consulting with
your SASS advisor
Academic
Eligibility
Exception to Full Time
Enrollment
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If you require less than 12 hours to
graduate in your last semester
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Requires certification from Registrar’s Office
Work with your SASS advisor
Academic
Eligibility
All Student-Athletes must
complete:
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6 credits per semester to be eligible the
following term
18 credits during the regular academic year
(summer courses may not be used)
24 credits prior to the 2nd year (summer
courses may be used) AND
Declare a major prior to 3rd year
Academics
Eligibility
Academics
Eligibility
Post-Season Eligibility
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To be eligible for any post-season
competition (A-Sun tournament, NCAA
Regionals and Championships) after
semester ends, you must:
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Pass 6 credits
If enrolled in less than 6 credits, must
pass all classes
Awards and
Benefits –
Extra Benefits
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You may not accept anything that is
not available to the general student
body or the general public.
This applies to you AND your friends
and relatives.
Benefits include, but are not limited
to the following:
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Transportation
Food
Clothing
Course supplies
Financial loan
Drinks and Cover (Admission) to Nightclubs
and/or Events
Awards and
Benefits –
Extra Benefits
Discounts
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Receipt of unadvertised discounts not available to
the general public is considered an impermissible
extra benefit.
Any discount must be advertised and available to the
general public.
TO PROTECT YOUR ELIGIBILITY, ASK THESE
QUESTIONS:
1. Is it available to you because you are a
student-athlete?
OR
2. Is it available GENERALLY TO ALL KSU STUDENTS
determined on a basis unrelated to athletic
participation or ability?
POP
QUIZ!!
Taylor Allum and Justin Motley are members of the
KSU Baseball team. Four days after winning the
conference championship, Taylor and Justin are
having dinner at California Dreaming. A KSU
baseball season ticket holder is also having
dinner with his family at California Dreaming.
He and his wife come over to congratulate Taylor
and Justin on a fantastic season and wish them
well in the upcoming NCAA tournament. The wife
offers to pick up Taylor and Justin’s dinner tab.
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Is this permissible?
Why or why not?
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How should this be handled?
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How many people remember the Todd Gurley issue
last year?
Awards and
Benefits –
Extra Benefits
It is not permissible to sell or
exchange items that you have received
as a result of your participation in
intercollegiate athletics.
 Examples include, but are not limited
to:
 Apparel
 Equipment
 Championship Rings
Awards and
Benefits –
Extra Benefits
A Student-Athlete may not:
 Receive payment from any source for
your complimentary admissions and may
not exchange or assign them for any
item of value.
 Sell or exchange your complimentary
admissions for money or any item of
value to anyone, including teammates or
other student-athletes.
 We had an issue of this nature when I
was at Oregon State.
Athletically
Related
Activities
In Season (CARA)
 20 Hours a week (week is declared by your
coach)
 Limited to 4 hours a day
 Day of competition counts as 3 hours
regardless of time
 Required to provide one day off per week
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A travel day can be counted as the one required day off
 Hour, weekly and day off requirements don’t
apply during institutional vacation periods
(Summer, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring
Break)
Athletically
Related
Activities
Out of Season (CARA)
 Limited to 8 hours a week
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6 hours of strength and conditioning
2 hours of skill instruction
 2 days off per week
 No required workouts beginning one week
prior to final exams through conclusion of
each student-athlete’s final exams.
 No required workouts during vacation
periods (Christmas, Spring Break)
Athletically
Related
Activities
Voluntary Activities
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Must not be required to report back to a coach
or other staff member (e.g. trainer, manager,
strength coach)
Must be initiated and requested solely by the
student-athlete (NOT required)
Attendance and participation (or lack thereof)
may not be recorded for the purpose of
reporting attendance to the coach or teammates
May not be penalized/punished or rewarded for
voluntary activities
In team sports, coaching staff may not be
present
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PUNISHMENT RUNS ARE NOT VOLUNTARY – THEY
MUST COUNT AGAINST YOUR DAILY AND WEEKLY
HOUR LIMITATIONS
NOBODY IN HERE GETS IN TROUBLE, RIGHT?
Athletically
Related
Activities
Logging CARA
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Coaches are required to log your daily and
weekly practice hours on JumpForward
Your verification of these hours will occur on
JumpForward
The coaching staff cannot see your answers to
the CARA verification questions, so be truthful
If you have questions regarding your
practice hours, don’t hesitate to contact
the Compliance Office.
Outside
Competition –
Bylaw 17
During the academic year, student-athletes
may not participate on any outside team in
any noncollegiate amateur competition.
Exceptions for sports other than
basketball:
 Outside of declared playing and practice
season during any official vacation period.
 Competition as individual (“unattached”)
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Cannot wear/use institutional apparel;
Cannot receive expenses from the institution; and
Cannot receive instruction from your coach.
POP
QUIZ!!
The KSU women’s golf team competes in a 3-day
tournament at Myrtle Beach and each day lasts
from 9am to 2pm.
How many CARA hours are used and how many hours
remain for the rest of that week?
A. 15 hours used and 5 hours remain
B. 12 hours used and 8 hours remain
C. 9 hours used and 9 hours remain
D. 9 hours used and 11 hours remain
POP
QUIZ!!
ANSWER:
D. 9 hours used and 11 hours remain
The KSU women’s golf team competes in a 3-day
tournament at Myrtle Beach and each day lasts
from 9am to 2pm.
How many CARA hours are used during this
tournament and how many hours remain for the rest
of that week?
Social Media/
Recruiting
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NCAA rules prohibit student-athletes from
recruiting prospective student-athletes
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NCAA rules prohibit coaches, staff and
student-athletes from publicly commenting on
prospective student-athletes
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Twitter is a public forum, therefore any
public comment on a psa (name, nickname,
avatar, etc.) is a violation of NCAA Bylaw
13.10.2. Retweets of a PSA’s tweet is also
impermissible.
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Social Media/
Recruiting
The Owl Howl
 As most of you know, he discusses PSA’s and
recruiting
 Do not retweet or favorite any of his posts
We have held student-athletes out of
practice/workouts for impermissible Tweets
regarding prospects.
Social Media
Official Visits
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NCAA rules prohibit an institution from
publicizing a prospect’s visit to campus
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Twitter is public forum – therefore coaches,
staff and student-athletes may not publicly
mention that a prospect is on campus for an
official or unofficial visit.
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Student-hosts will initial a statement on the
Student-Host form that they will not post
anything regarding the official visit to any
social media platform.
KSU EMAIL
Your Kennesaw State E-Mail address is
the official form of communication
for all of Kennesaw State. This
includes:
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Athletics
Financial Aid
Student-Accounts
JumpForward
Etc.
It is a good idea to check your OWL EXPRESS
ACCOUNT on a regular basis (Once a week, once a
month)
You are responsible for information sent to your KSU EMail address
JumpForw
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JumpForward will be used for the
following:
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NCAA and KSU Eligibility Forms
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Complimentary Admissions Requests (Home
and Away Games)
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A JumpForward training session will be
scheduled with our ticketing office
Approving your Practice and Competition
Logs on a monthly basis (CARA)
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You may receive e-mails from JumpForward
regarding your CARA logs
Please complete these in a timely fashion
Book
Scholarships
Process for Book
Scholarships:
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Book Pick-Up
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Anytime beginning August 15th – KSU Bookstore
Have your current schedule and
Student ID
Books will be ready when you go
to bookstore
Sign off on bookstore form
Return books to KSU Bookstore at
end of semester
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Your account will be charged for books not
returned
It’s a
Wrap….
If you don’t have time to do it right, when
will you have the time to do it over? – John
Wooden
Integrity is doing the right thing, even
when no one is watching. – C. S. Lewis
It’s a
Wrap….
Any questions or thoughts?
Anything we can do better to
assist you through the academic
year?