2013-2014 Stanford CS Newsletter October 2013 | Page 2

Just Axe!
compliance question of the month

Prince and Wilson are two prospective student-athletes interested
in playing tennis at Ocean State University (OSU). Prince will
be visiting OSU’s campus this weekend on an expense paid visit
(official visit). Wilson will also be visiting OSU’s campus this
weekend, but she will be paying her own expenses (unofficial
visit).
Which of the following is true?
A. OSU can personalize the hotel room for Prince with signs and
posters and can allow her to walk on the court with the team prior
to a home contest this weekend.
B. OSU can personalize the hotel room for Wilson with signs and
posters and can allow her to walk on the court with the team prior
to a home contest this weekend.
C. Neither A or B are permissible
D. Both A and B are permissible
See page 4 to check your answer!

TH E NE W S TA NFO RD
O C CA SI O NA L M EA L PO LICY
If you missed the StanfordCS meeting for DAPER staff
on September 24, you missed some breaking news!
The Stanford occasional meal policy has been updated
to now allow 3 occasional meals per quarter, including
the summer quarter. This maximum of three meals per
quarter includes any meals provided outside of team
travel by a Stanford staff member, donor, DAPER
Development Office, or alum.
Combining an Occasional Meal with Official Visit Meals
If you would like to combine a team occasional meal
with an official visit meal to allow a recruit to interact
with your student-athletes, please remember the
meal must take place on the Stanford campus. It is
not permissible to provide an occasional meal off of
campus in conjunction with a meal with recruits. The
one exception: If the occasional meal is taking place in
a Stanford coaches’ home, a recruit meal and a team
occasional meal can be combined.

MULTI-SPORT
STUDENT-ATHLETES
PRACTICE LIMITS
If you have a student-athlete on your roster who is also a
member of another Stanford varsity team, please make sure
to know the multi-sport student-athlete practice limitations
(e.g, combined hours fit within limits). Pleas e work with the
other team’s coaching staff and sports performance staff to
ensure the student-athlete does not exceed the maximum
hours. Below are a few questions that come up each year
regarding Stanford multi-sport student-athletes:
Q: My team is out-of-season, but the other sport is inseason. What are the hour limits for the student-athlete
participating in both sports?
A: The maximum hours for a student-athlete is 20 hours per
week, and no more than four hours per day. The out-ofseason sport would be allowed no more than eight hours
of practice activities, and those hours would need to be
in combination with the in-season sport to ensure the
student-athlete does not exceed 20 hours. For example,
if a student-athlete uses all eight hours of out-of-season
work, then he/she would only have 12 hours left with
the in-season sport. Similarly, if a student-athlete uses
20 hours with the in-season sport, he/she could not
participate in any countable activity with the other team.
Additionally, for the in-season sport, the student-athlete
must have one day off, but in the out-of-season sport,
he/she would need two days off (you may use a common
day off in both sports to count as one of the two).
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 as three hours, regardless of whether
a student-athlete actually gets into the competition or
sits on the bench. When combined, the daily maximum
cannot exceed four hours.
Q: If a team has an afternoon contest, can a student-athlete
participate in a practice with her other team after the
competition?
A: No, following a competition, a multi-sport studentathlete cannot participate in countable activities in
either sport.