Compliance
Services
Newsletter
February 2014
PRE-EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
PROSPECTIVE OR CURRENT
STUDENT-ATHLETES
The Compliance Services Office is often posed with the
following situations from coaches and staff:
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“This recruit is the son/daughter of a former
teammate.”
“This recruit is a friend of my son/daughter and I’m
friends with his/her parents.”
“I’ve known this student-athlete since before they
could walk.”
Given these situations you may often wonder:
How does the Compliance Services Office determine
if you have a pre-existing relationship with a recruit,
student-athlete and their family?
Do any of the recruiting or extra benefit rules change if
you do have a pre-existing relationship with a recruit,
student-athlete or their family?
The NCAA has some guidelines to help us determine
what constitues a pre-existing relationship. In almost
all cases, Stanford must be able to document that a
pre-existing relationship occurred with no connection to
athletic participation.
In an effort to streamline and document any preexisting relationships we are excited to announce
we’ve created...wait for it... a new form which will
assist with approval!
As a coach or DAPER staff member, please contact
our office if you believe you (or a Stanford donor, fan,
or alum) may have a pre-existing relationship with
any recruits or current student-athletes and we can
determine what benefits may still be possible given
those relationships.
TRACK YOUR
MULTI-SPORT
STUDENT-ATHLETES
Q: My team is out-of-season, but the other sport is inseason. What are the hour limits for the studentathlete participating in both sports?
A: The maximum hours for a student-athlete is 20
hours per week, for any and all sports the studentathlete participates in. For example, if a studentathlete uses all eight hours of out-of-season work,
then he/she would only have 12 hours left with the
in-season sport.
Q:
Can a student-athlete practice with one team in
the afternoon and, subsequently, sit on the bench
during his second team’s game that same night?
A: Yes - only if the student-athlete practices no more
than one hour with the first team in the afternoon.
Competitions count for 3 hours and when combined,
the daily maximum cannot exceed four hours.
Q: If a team has an afternoon contest, can a studentathlete participate in a practice with her other team
after the competition?
A:
No, even for multi-sport student-athletes, there can
be no participationg in countable activities after a
competition.
Just Axe!
compliance question of the month
Jane is a volleyball student-athlete at Ocean State
University (OSU). Jane earned All-America honors
this fall and will be honored during the home men’s
basketball game this weekend. Jane would like her
parents and grandparents to attend the game and
see the halftime ceremony. Is it permissible for OSU
to provide Jane’s parents and grandparents with
complimentary tickets to the game, so they can see
their daughter be honored at halftime?
Check your answer on page 2!