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Section 2.

Non-athletic aid may be awarded to any student-athlete reported on an NJCAA Eligibility Form for participation under the
following guidelines:
1. May not receive a paid athletic recruiting visit,
2. Must be available to the entire student population,
3. Must not be awarded based on athletic capabilities,
4. Must be officially recorded in and administered by the college's office of financial aid and business,
5. Must be awarded either as need based verified by the college's office of financial aid or for outstanding academic
achievement with a cumulative 3.00 GPA (on a 4.00 scale) as one of the criteria published in the college catalog, office of
financial aid, and/or foundation scholarship materials, and
6. Is not considered counters under Article V, Section 20.
An institution may provide four complimentary admissions per home intercollegiate athletics event to each student-athlete in the
sport in which the individual participates (either practices or competes), regardless of whether the student-athlete competes in the
contest. This is an exception to Article VIII, Section 1.E.2.

RECRUITMENT
A. Recruiting is any solicitation of a prospect or a prospect’s relatives (or legal guardians) by an institutional staff member or by a
representative of the institution’s athletics interests for the purpose of securing the prospect’s enrollment and ultimate
participation in the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program.
B. No institution shall permit a prospective student-athlete to be solicited to attend such institutions by the promise of gift or any aid
or inducement other than that of a Grant-in-Aid permitted by these rules.
C. On Campus Recruiting and Official Visits:
An institution may pay for one visit to its campus by direct route of a prospective student-athlete for a stay not to exceed two (2)
days and two (2) nights. The paid visit must be limited to the campus and local community where the college is located. A
student-athlete must have completed his/her junior year in high school in order to receive an official recruiting visit by a member
NJCAA college.
1. Transportation:
a. An institution may not provide transportation to a prospect other than on the official paid visit.
b. An institution may pay the prospect's actual round-trip transportation costs for his/her official visit to its campus,
provided a direct route between the prospect's home and institution's campus is used.
c. When a prospect travels by automobile on an official paid visit, the institution may pay round-trip expenses at the same
mileage rate it allows its own personnel.
d. The air fare for commercial transportation for the official visit may not exceed coach class. Private air charters and/or
transport may not be utilized.
e. During the official visit, any member of an institution's athletics staff may provide transportation for the prospect
between the campus and the bus or train station or major airport nearest the campus.
f. Any member of an institution's athletics department may provide automobile transportation for the prospect between
the prospect's home or educational institution and the member institution.
2. Meals:
While recruiting a potential student-athlete (prospect), a college representative may purchase meals for the potential studentathlete (prospect). The value of such meals may not exceed the amount provided a college employee while traveling on
college business.
3. Entertainment:
a. It is permissible for an institution to pay a prospect's actual costs for reasonable expenses (e.g. meals, lodging) incurred
while traveling to and from campus on the official visit.
b. An institution may entertain a prospect at a scale comparable to that of normal student life, only on campus or the local
community.
c. A member institution may not arrange or permit excessive entertainment of a prospect on the campus or elsewhere.
d. An institution may only provide the prospect with admission to the institution’s games, during the official visit.
e. Admission to professional sports contests may not be provided to prospects.
4.
Use of an Automobile by a Prospective Student-Athlete:
The institution or representative of its athletics interests shall not provide an automobile for use by the prospect or the
student host.
D. Off Campus Recruiting
1. All funds utilized for recruitment purposes must be authorized by a college official.
2. A member institution's athletics department staff member may visit a prospect at any location for recruiting purposes.
However, on any such visit, the staff member may not expend any funds other than the amount necessary for his/her own
personal expenses.
3. An institution shall not permit any outside organization, agency or group of individuals to utilize, administer or expend
funds for recruiting prospects, including the transportation and entertainment of, and the giving of gifts or services to,
prospects or their relatives or friends.
E.

RECRUITABLE ATHLETE
1. Staff and member colleges
An athletics staff member or other representative of the institution’s athletics interests shall not make contact, for any reason,
a. With any student-athlete that is in season or enrolled in the term which the sport season ends at an NJCAA member college;
or,
b. With a student-athlete who is signed to a NJCAA Letter of Intent

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