Coaches Compliance
Rules Ed
November 2008
Agenda
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Refresher
 Forms Recap
Relative Rules for Break
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48 hour rule
Meals Rules
Eligibility Center
Questions
Recent Violations
New Interpretations
Refresher- Compliance
Forms
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Unofficial Visits
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Unofficial Visit Form
Unofficial Complimentary Tickets
 Additional Guest Payment
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Additional Payment Form
Refresher- Compliance
Forms
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Official Visit Record Form
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Student Host Receipt
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Student Host
Prospect Receipt
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Record Form
Prospect Receipt
For a violation free visit.
Refresher-Compliance
Forms
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Playing & Practice Season
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Individual Instruction
Please turn in your monthly practice
log in a timely manner. 
Rules Pertinent to Break: 48 Hour
Rule
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16.8.1.2.1 Departure/Return Expense
Restrictions
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An eligible student-athlete may receive
actual and necessary travel expenses to
represent the institution in athletics
competition, provided the student-athlete
departs for the competition no earlier than 48
hours prior to the start of the actual
competition and remains no more than 36
hours following the conclusion of the actual
competition even if the student-athlete does
not return with the team.
Rules Pertinent to Break: 48
Hour Rule
48 hours starts when you leave
campus
 Exceptions:
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Hawaii and Alaska
 Regular season comp during breaks
 NCAA’s
 Foreign country once in 4 years
 Inclement weather
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NCAA Bylaw 16.5.2 Permissible
Meals
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(2) Meals in Conjunction with Home
Competition. All student-athletes are
permitted to receive meals at the institution's
discretion beginning with the evening before
competition and continuing until they are
released by institutional personnel. An
institution shall not provide cash to studentathletes in lieu of meals during this time
period. An institution, at its discretion, may
provide a meal or cash, not to exceed $15 (but
not both) to student-athletes at the time of their
release by institutional personnel.
NCAA Bylaw 16.5.2 Permissible
Meals
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(3) Meals in Conjunction with Away-from-Home
Competition. An institution may provide meals to studentathletes in conjunction with away-from-home competition
pursuant to one of the following options:
(i) All student-athletes are permitted to receive a pregame or
postgame meal as a benefit incidental to participation in
addition to regular meals (or meal allowances per Bylaw
16.8.1.2.3). An institution, at its discretion, may provide
cash, not to exceed $15, in lieu of a postgame meal; or
(ii) All student-athletes are permitted to receive meals at the
institution's discretion from the time the team is required to
report on call for team travel until the team returns to
campus. If a student-athlete does not use team travel to
return to campus, he or she may receive meals at the
institution's discretion up to the point he or she is released
from team-related activities by the appropriate institutional
authority. An institution shall not provide cash to studentathletes in lieu of meals under this option.
Eligibility Center: Preliminary
Certification Request Program
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The EC is taking requests for Preliminary Certifications for
Fall 2009 enrollees. Qualified requests should meet the
following criteria:
 Prospective student-athlete must be on an active
institutional request list (IRL) for those enrolling fall
2009;
 The registration fee must be paid;
 Prospective student-athlete must have selected a
sport(s) and filled out the amateurism questionnaire;
 Official test scores must be provided;
 A complete six-semester academic record through the
end of grade 11 must be presented. A preliminary
certification will not be performed with less than six
semesters of coursework; and
 All high schools attended must have a list of NCAAapproved core courses (48H).
Eligibility Center: Preliminary
Certification Request Program
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Does not replace normal preliminary
certification processing
Was established to help member institutions
get an early read on the prospective studentathletes who may need some extra
preparation to earn their eligibility. For
example:
• Attended multiple high schools
• Questionable in meeting initial eligibility
requirements
• Completed coursework that may not meet corecourse requirements
Eligibility Center Certification
The normal EC process prioritizes
PSA’s on IRLs (Institutional Request
List) who have sent in test scores and
six semesters of coursework.
 Spring 2009 enrollees?
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Questions
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Can a coach participate on an
intramural team/squad made up of
student athletes?
17.2.9.1.2.1 Involvement of Coaching Staff.
No member of the coaching staff of a member institution may be
involved in any capacity (e.g., coach, official, player or league/team
administrator) during the academic year (including vacation periods
during the academic year) with an outside team that involves any
student-athlete with eligibility remaining from the institution's team
except as provided under Bylaws 14.7.3, 17.1.1.1 and 17.32.
(Revised: 4/28/05, effective 8/1/05)
Questions
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Can a coach participate on an
intramural team/squad made up of
student athletes?
Date Issued: Jun 25, 1993
Type: Staff Interpretation
Item Ref: a
Interpretation:
a. Participation of coaching staff members on a team in the same
league in which a student-athlete competes. An institutional coaching
staff member may compete on a team in the same league in which a
student-athlete with remaining eligibility from that institution competes,
provided it is a different team in the league. [References: NCAA
Bylaws 17.02.14 (practice, out of season) and 17.___.8.1.4.1
(involvement of coaching staff)]
Questions
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When can you contact a Jr. college
PSA?
After their first year
13.1.1.2 Two-Year College Prospective Student-Athletes.
A prospective student-athlete who was not a qualifier as defined in
Bylaw 14.02.9.1 and who is enrolled in the first year of a two-year
college may not be contacted in person on or off an institution's
campus for recruiting purposes.
Recent Violations
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Tryouts – Villanova Policy mandates those
trying out must complete SAS/DTC form prior
to tryout.
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Official Visits – Must receive paperwork in a
timely manner (dead period)
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Outside Consultants
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Nutritional Supplements
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Date Published: July 26, 2000
Type: Official Interpretation
Item Ref: a
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Interpretation:
It is not permissible for an institution to provide any nutritional supplement to its studentathletes, unless the supplement is a nonmuscle-building supplement and is included in
one of the four classes identified specifically in NCAA Bylaw 16.5.2.2 (i.e.,
carbohydrate/electrolyte drinks, energy bars, carbohydrate boosters, and vitamins and
minerals). The following is a list of examples of permissible and nonpermissible
nutritional supplements/ingredients as developed by the NCAA Competitive Safeguards
and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee (CSMAS). The list below is not exhaustive but
should assist institutions in determining the types of nutritional supplements that may be
provided to student-athletes.
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Permissible
Vitamins and Minerals
Energy bars
Calorie replacement drinks (e.g., Ensure, Boost)
Electrolyte replacement drinks (e.g., Gatorade, Powerade)
)Nonpermissible
Amino Acids
Chrysin
Condroitin
Creatine/creatine-containing compounds
Ginseng
Glucosamine
Glycerol
HMB
I-carnitin
Melatonin
Pos-2
Protein powders
Tribulus
Recent Violations
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The subcommittee, at the recommendation of the CSMAS, also determined
that a supplement that contains protein may be classified as a nonmusclebuilding supplement provided it is included in one of the four permissible
categories, does not contain more than 30 percent of calories from protein
(based solely on the package label) and does not contain additional
ingredients that are designed to assist in the muscle-building process (see
examples of nonpermissible supplements/ingredients). Nutritional
supplements containing more than 30 percent of calories from protein are
classified as muscle-building supplements and may not be provided to
student-athletes.
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To assist the membership in calculating the percentage of calories from
protein contained in a particular supplement, the subcommittee noted that one
gram of protein equals four calories. Therefore, the percentage of calories
from protein contained in a nutritional supplement may be calculated by
multiplying the number of grams of protein per serving by four and dividing the
product by the total number of calories per serving. For example, a nutritional
supplement that contains 120 total calories per serving and nine grams of
protein per serving would contain 36 calories from protein (i.e., 9 grams x 4).
Therefore, the percentage of calories from protein would be 0.3 or 30 percent
(i.e., 36 calories from protein/120 total calories). [References: Bylaw 16.5.2.2
(nutritional supplements) and Proposal No. 99-72 (benefits/nutritional
supplements)]
Questions ?