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Are You a Booster?

You are considered a “representative of athletics interests”(commonly called a “booster”) if ANY of the following is true:

� You have ever made a donation to the University or toour athletics booster organization;

� You are or have been a member of any organization oragency promoting Marquette University athletics;

� You have ever helped to arrange or have providedemployment for an enrolled student-athlete;

� You have ever participated in varsity athletics or if youare an alumnus of Marquette;

� You have ever been a season ticket holder in any sport;

� You have otherwise promoted Marquette’s athleticsprogram in ANY manner.

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Introduction

A fundamental requirement of NCAA legislation is tomaintain “institutional control.”What this means specifically,is that the NCAA Constitution requires each institution toeducate those for whom it is responsible about NCAAregulations and oversee that its intercollegiate athleticsprogram is in compliance with those regulations.

Marquette University is responsible for ensuring thatmembers of the faculty, staff, coaches, student-athletes,alumni, donors, boosters, friends, and any other supporter ofMarquette Athletics comply with all applicable NCAA rulesand regulations. Marquette needs your help in complyingwith these rules and regulations for the welfare of theUniversity and most importantly, the student-athlete.

This information is intended to provide you with a generalunderstanding of NCAA rules and regulations. Theserules and regulations are complex and numerous.Unfortunately, we could not include every NCAA rule.Additional information can also be found at ncaa.org or bycontacting the Office of Athletics Compliance at Marquette.If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ourcompliance department staff.

Associate Athletics Director - ComplianceDanielle JosettiPhone: (414) 288-3983Fax: (414) 288-0375danielle.josetti@marquette.edu

Assistant Director - Complianceand OperationsJaime McGaverPhone: (414) 288-5328jaime.mcgaver@marquette.edu

Marquette Athletics’ Mailing AddressAl McGuire Center770 N. 12th StreetMilwaukeeWI 53233

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Recruiting: Any solicitation of a prospect or theprospect’s family by a Marquette staff member or by arepresentative of Marquette’s athletics interests for thepurpose of securing the prospect’s enrollment atMarquette and/or participation in the athletics program.All recruiting must be done exclusively by designatedathletics department staff members who have passed therecruiting exam. Only these individuals are permitted tobe involved in the recruiting process, including initiating orreceiving recruiting correspondence, telephone calls, orother forms of communication.

Contact: Any face-to-face encounter between a prospector the prospect’s parent, relative, or legal guardian and aninstitutional staff representative during which any dialogueoccurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting. Any suchface-to-face encounter that is prearranged or that takesplace on Marquette’s campus or at the site of an organizedcompetition/practice involving the prospect or the prospect’seducational institution shall be considered a contact,regardless of the conversation that occurs. Contacts madeby those not eligible to recruit for Marquette may render theprospect ineligible.

Evaluation: Any off-campus activity designed to assessthe academic qualifications or athletics ability of a prospect,including any visit to a prospect’s educational institution(during which no contact occurs) or the observation ofa prospect participating in any practice or competition atany site.

Remember…only coaches and athletics staff members are permitted tobe involved in the recruiting process. No one else is permit-ted to recruit. Contacting one of our recruits could makehim/her permanently ineligible to attend Marquette.

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Once You Are a Booster,You Are One Forever

AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF MARQUETTE’SATHLETICS INTEREST, YOU ARE FOREVERBOUND BY NCAA, BIG EAST, ANDMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY RULES.

PLEASE REMEMBER, MARQUETTE ISRESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS!

Definitions YouShould KnowProspective Student-Athlete: A prospectivestudent-athlete is a person who has started classes forthe ninth grade, regardless of his/her athletics ability.A prospect is also any student who is enrolled at atwo-year college or at a four-year institution other thatMarquette University.

Please note, a prospective student-athlete remains aprospect even after he/she has signed a National Letter ofIntent or accepts an offer of financial aid to attendMarquette University until he/she reports for the first day ofclasses for a regular term (fall or spring) or beginsofficial practice immediately prior to the start of classes.Marquette University requests that you treat ALL studentsas prospects.

Student-Athlete: A student-athlete is a student whoseenrollment was solicited by a member of the athletics staffor other representative of athletics interests with aview toward the student’s ultimate participation in theintercollegiate athletics program. Any other studentbecomes a student-athlete only when the student reportsfor an intercollegiate squad that is under the jurisdiction ofthe athletics department. A student is not deemed astudent-athlete solely on the basis of prior high schoolathletics participation.

Basic RulesAbout ProspectiveStudent-Athletes

What Do You Need To KnowAbout Recruiting?

As a representative of Marquette’s athletics interests or“booster,” you may not take any of the following actions:

� Contact a prospect, his/her family, relatives, or legalguardians on or off the Marquette campus.

� Contact a prospect, his/her family, relatives, or legalguardians by telephone, letter, fax or e-mail.

� Contact a prospect, his/her family, relatives, or legalguardians through any social media websites. (i.e.,Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.)

� Contact a prospect’s coach, principal, or counselor in aneffort to evaluate a prospect’s athletics ability.

� Visit the prospect’s institution to pick up film ortranscripts pertaining to the evaluation of theprospect’s academic eligibility or athletic ability.

� Make special arrangements for entertainment forrecruiting purposes.

� Entertain or provide tickets at reduced cost toMarquette home or away athletic or non-athletic eventsto a prospect, the prospect’s family, or the prospect’sfriends.

� Pay in whole or in part a prospect’s registration feesassociated with Marquette’s sports camps.

� Directly or indirectly become involved in makingarrangements for a prospect, the prospect’s family, orthe prospect’s friends to receive money, financial aid, orother inducements even if similar aid or inducementsare available to prospective students in general.

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As A Representative of Marquette’sAthletics Interests,You May:

� Inform Marquette coaches of prospects in your area bycontacting Marquette coaches and sending themnewspaper clippings with the names of particularprospects.

� Attend a high school or junior college athletics event;however, if you do so, you must avoid contact andconversations with prospects, their families, relatives,or legal guardians.

� If you have an “established” relationship with aprospect, his/her parents, relatives, or legal guardians,you may continue normal contacts with theunderstanding that such contacts are NOT made forrecruiting purposes and are not arranged by membersof Marquette’s coaching staff.

A relationship is “established” if:

� The relationship predates the individual’s status as aprospective student-athlete;

� The relationship predates the athlete’s status achievedas a result of his/her athletics ability or reputation; and

� The relationship did not develop as a result of theathlete’s participation in athletics or his/her notorietyrelated thereto.

Please contact the Office of Athletics Compliance beforemaking contact with a prospect if you are unsure as towhether you have an “established” relationship with thatprospect.

Social Media

The NCAA rules that regulate contact with prospectivestudent-athletes include not only face-to-face contacts,emails, phone calls, but also any and all contacts throughsocial media websites. This includes, but is not limited to,websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.

Boosters or other representatives of Marquette’s athleticsinterests are prohibited from contacting recruits throughthese and similar websites. Despite these new applicationsof the internet, NCAA rules regarding how thesetechnologies can be used have not changed. For instance,many years ago NCAA rules made it impermissible foranyone other than a Marquette coach to write a letter to aprospect encouraging that individual to come to Marquette.As the internet developed the rule was applied the same

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way to email, so that only a Marquette coach could email aprospect in an attempt to recruit the individual to Marquette.Now, with new methods for broader communication overthese social networking sites, it is necessary to rememberthat it is still permissible only for Marquette coachesto use these sites to recruit prospects to come toMarquette. Even then, there are significant limitations andregulations on how that communication can take place.

Fans may not initiate or accept “friend” requests ofprospects on Facebook, but they can “follow” recruits onTwitter. Fans should NEVER post to a recruit’s “wall,”reply to a “tweet,” send them any type of directmessage, or take any other action that would constitutecontacting that recruit.This prohibition also includes creatingfan pages for recruits to attend Marquette.

If anyone other than Marquette coaches contact recruitsor encourage prospects to enroll at Marquette, the NCAAwill deem that to be a violation and we will be subjectto penalties and recruiting limitations, potentially evenjeopardizing the eligibility of the prospect. This is true evenif the prospect is unaware of such recruiting efforts. Further,those individuals who participate in impermissible recruitingcould face penalties, including being banned from obtainingtickets to athletic events.

Please remember, that while new technology hasrevolutionized the college recruiting world, the basic rulesregarding recruitment of student-athletes remains the same.Please leave all recruiting activities to the permissibleathletics staff members. Know that our coaches are atthe forefront of these efforts and are doing everythingthey legally can to recruit outstanding student-athletes toMarquette. If you have any questions regarding whatconstitutes a social media website, what types of actionsare prohibited, or any other technology and recruitingquestions, please contact the Office of Athletics ComplianceBEFORE taking any actions.

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What Do I Do If A ProspectInitiates Contact With Me?

If a prospective student-athlete initiates contact with youeither in person, by telephone, or by mail, you are obligatedto refer all questions regarding Marquette and its athleticsprograms to the athletics department staff. You shouldalso inform the prospective student-athlete that NCAAprohibit recruiting contacts with anyone other than theathletics department staff. You cannot have a recruitingconversation with the prospect but you may exhibit normalcivility to explain that you are not permitted to discussrecruiting. Should a prospect contact you, please politelyrefer any questions about Marquette’s athletics programs tothe athletics department staff.

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What About Employmentof Prospects?

An athletics department staff member may help arrangefor summer employment of a prospect with an athleticsrepresentative provided that:

� The employment does not begin prior to the completionof the prospect’s senior year in high school.

� In the case of a two-year college prospect, theemployment of the prospect may not begin prior to thetime which the prospect has officially withdrawn fromthe two-year college or has completed therequirements for graduation at the two-year college.

� Any compensation paid to the prospect by theemployer must be for work actually performed andat a rate commensurate with the going rate in thelocality for services of like character.

� Any compensation does not include any remunerationfor value or utility that the student-athlete may havefor the employer because of the publicity, reputation,fame, or personal following that he or she has obtainedbecause of athletics ability.

� Any employment benefits (e.g., transportation,insurance, etc.) provided to the prospect must beprovided to all other employees performing similarservices for the employer.

� Any employment of any Marquette student-athleterequires the prior approval of the Office of AthleticsCompliance. If you are interested in providingemployment for prospective or current Marquettestudent-athletes, please contact the Office of AthleticsCompliance first.

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Basic Rules About EnrolledStudent-Athletes

What Is An Extra Benefit?

NCAA legislation expressly prohibits Marquette supportersfrom providing “extra benefits” to enrolled student-athletes.An extra benefit is any special arrangement to provide astudent-athlete, his/her family, relatives, legal guardians, andfriends a benefit not authorized by NCAA legislation. Ingeneral, you may not provide anything or make specialarrangements for student-athlete’s that are not available tothe general student population.

If you are unsure whether any particular item or activityconstitutes a prohibited “extra benefit,” please contact theOffice of Athletics Compliance.

Examples of “extra benefits” include,but are not limited to:

� Providing cash or loans in any amount, or signing orco-signing for a loan or guarantee of bond.

� The use of an automobile or other personal property.� Gifts of any kind, including birthday cards, flowers,

holiday gifts, and gifts of clothing or equipment.� Providing loans to student-athlete’s friends or relatives.� Any tangible items, including merchandise.� Free or reduced-cost services, rentals, or purchases

of any type.� Free or reduced-cost housing.� Gift of cash or like items.� Providing special discounts for goods and services.� Purchasing complimentary admissions from a

student-athlete.� Providing an honorarium to a student-athlete for a

speaking engagement.� Providing typing services or other costs associated

with school projects or reports.

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What Kinds of Benefits/Inducements for Prospectsare Prohibited?

DO NOT provide any of the following inducements orbenefits to prospective student-athlete’s, their families,relatives, legal guardians, or coaches:

� Cash or loans.� The promise of employment after college graduation.� Special discounts or payment arrangements on loans.� Employment of relatives, friends, or legal guardians

of prospects.� Involvement in arranging for free or reduced charges for

professional services, purchases, or charges.� Use of an automobile.� Providing transportation to or from a summer job or to

any other site.� Signing or co-signing a note for a loan.� The loan or gift of money or other tangible items (i.e.

clothes, jewelry, cars, tickets, etc.)� Guarantees of bond.� Purchase of items or services from a prospect or the

prospect’s family, relatives, or legal guardians atinflated prices.

� Providing directly or indirectly transportation for theprospect or his/her family, relatives, or legal guardiansto Marquette’s campus.

� The promise of financial aid for post-graduateeducation.

� Free or reduced-cost housing arrangements.� Arrangements for payment of transportation costs

incurred by relatives or friends of a prospectivestudent-athlete’s.

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Occasional Meals

As a booster, you may provide an occasional meal oninfrequent and special occasions provided the meal isprovided in an individual’s home, on campus, or at a facilityregularly used for Marquette’s home competitions.Additionally, you may provide only reasonable localtransportation for student-athletes if the meal is at yourhome. The Marquette Office of Compliance must grantprior approval before you can provide a meal for student-athletes. Please contact Danielle Josetti for the appropriatepaperwork.

WHAT ABOUT STUDENT-ATHLETEAPPEARANCES & PROMOTIONS?Please feel free to contact Marquette’s marketing andpromotions department to inquire about promotingMarquette Athletics. While Marquette appreciates andwelcomes your interest in supporting its athleticsdepartment, please avoid doing ANY of the following:

DO NOT use the name or picture of an enrolled student-athlete to directly or indirectly advertise, recommend, orpromote the sale or use of a commercial product or serviceof any kind. Doing so will render the student-athleteineligible for competition.

All charitable, educational, and nonprofit promotionalactivities involving student-athlete must have priorapproval from the athletics department. All student-athlete appearances for such events are coordinatedthrough the Marquette Athletics Department and requirethe department’s prior approval.

DO NOT provide an honorarium to a student-athlete for anyspeaking engagement. Student-athletes may receive onlynecessary travel expenses when speaking to educational orcharitable groups. All speaking engagements must beapproved in advance and coordinated by the athleticsdepartment.

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DO NOT mail items to student-athlete for them to sign andreturn to you. All student-athlete autographs must beobtained on fan days or after athletic events.

DO NOT use any item signed by a Marquette coach,student-athlete, or staff member in an auction, raffle, or anyother type of fundraising activity to raise money for any highschool project.

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What are the RulesGoverning Gambling?

NCAA rules prohibit “sports wagering,” which includesplacing, accepting, or soliciting a wager (on a staff member'sor student-athlete's own behalf or on the behalf of others)of any type with any individual or organization on anyintercollegiate, amateur or professional team or contest.

Examples of sports wagering include, but are not limitedto, the use of a bookmaker or parlay card; internet sportswagering; auctions in which bids are placed on teams,individuals or contests; and pools or fantasy leagues inwhich an entry fee is required and there is an opportunity towin a prize.

In accordance with the gambling rules, Marquette Universitystudent-athletes, coaches, and employees may not:

� Provide information to individuals involved in organizedgambling activities concerning intercollegiate athletics;

� Solicit a bet on any intercollegiate team;

� Accept a bet on any team representing Marquette;

� Solicit or accept a bet on any intercollegiatecompetition for any team that has tangible value; or

� Participate in any gambling activity that involvesintercollegiate athletics or professional athletics,through a bookmaker, a parlay card, or any othermethod employed by organized gambling.

While NCAA rules, strictly speaking, do not prohibit abooster from participating in sports wagering activities,please understand that your activities reflect uponMarquette Athletics, its student-athletes, and the largerMarquette community. The Marquette community kindlyasks for your cooperation in maintaining the integrity andcredibility of the University.

For more information on the NCAA rules governingsports wagering and gambling, please visit its new website:dontbetonit.org.

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What About RelationshipsWith Marquette Coaches?

DO NOT provide any monetary resources to a Marquettecoach as a supplement to his/her salary. NCAA rulesprohibit outside groups (i.e. individuals or organizations)from paying or regularly supplementing the salary of anathletics staff member. Thisincludes the donation ofcash from outside sources toMarquette earmarked forthe staff member’s salary orsupplemental income.

DO NOT establish any fundfor the purpose of recruitingprospective student-athlete’s.All funds used for recruitingmust be administered byMarquette University.

If you desire to contribute tosuch efforts, make a directcontribution to MarquetteUniversity’s Blue & Gold Fundor coaches’ discretionaryfunds through the athleticsdepartment and indicatewhich sport program youwould like your donation tobe used for.

It is permissible for an individual or outside organization todonate funds to Marquette to be used as determinedby Marquette. If you would like to make a donation toMarquette, please contact the Blue & Gold Fund at(414) 288-3988.

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received by that individual from Marquette. An individualmay lose the privilege of purchasing season tickets, lose theprivilege of being a member of a donor program and/or abooster club, or lose the privilege of purchasing otherathletically related benefits or privileges as deemedappropriate by Marquette University.

Prospect or Student-Athlete Ineligibility:If you or a member of the athletics department staff violatesa rule involving a prospective student-athlete or an enrolledstudent-athlete, that prospect or student-athlete could loseall eligibility for intercollegiate athletics participation atMarquette University. Therefore, we ask that you leave therecruitment of prospects to Marquette coaches and that youdo not do anything that would jeopardize the eligibility ofeither a prospect or an enrolled student-athlete.

Loss of Scholarships, Championships,and Vacating of Wins:A violation of NCAA rules can result in Marquette sportslosing a certain number of the athletic scholarships itprovides to its student-athletes.This not only makes it harderfor Marquette to compete, but it also drastically affectsstudents who come to Marquette to receive an education.Violations of NCAA rules can also result in a loss ofpreviously won championships or games in those sports inwhich the violations occurred.

Death Penalty:In certain, albeit rare situations, violations of NCAA rules andregulations can be found to be so severe as to result in theelimination of an institution’s athletics department.

These are only some of the various sanctions that can occurif the NCAA rules and regulations are not followed. Whilethese sanctions can be exceptionally severe, the MarquetteAthletics Department believes that if the staff, student-athletes, prospects, coaches, family members, and thosewho represent Marquette’s athletics interests all worktogether, we can achieve compliance with NCAA rules andregulations and insure the integrity of Marquette Athletics.

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What are the Consequencesfor Booster Involvement inNCAA Violations?There are significant consequences for violations of NCAArules and regulations that severely impact the athleticsdepartment, its student-athletes, and the larger Marquettecommunity. The following are examples of what can occurwhen NCAA rules and regulations are not followed.

Disassociation:Any individual who has engaged in conduct that isdetermined, either by Marquette, BIG EAST, or the NCAA, tobe a violation of any NCAA or BIG EAST legislation, rule, orimposition of sanctions, shall be subject to the revocation orwithholding of any athletically related benefit or privilege

The Golden Rulefor Supporters!

While we appreciate and encourage your continued supportof Marquette athletics, please always check with the Officeof Athletics Compliance before you make arrangements forany activity that involves prospective student-athletes,enrolled student-athletes, their families, relatives, or theirlegal guardians.

When it comes to intercollegiate athletics, the rule ofthumb is

….PLEASE, ASKBEFORE YOU ACT!

Danielle JosettiAssociate Athletics Director - Compliancedanielle.josetti@marquette.eduPhone: (414) 288-3983Fax: (414) 288-0375

Jaime McGaverAssistant Director - Compliance and Operationsjaime.mcgaver@marquette.eduPhone: (414) 288-5328

Marquette AthleticsAl McGuire Center770 N. 12th StreetMilwaukee, WI 53233

Department Intercollegiate Athletics: (414) 288-6303Athletics Compliance Office: (414) 288-3983Athletics Ticket Office: (414) 288-4668Blue & Gold Fund: (414) 288-3988

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