Student-athlete preseason Compliance Meeting

Goldey-Beacom College Athletics

• Ensure College, Athletic Department staff, student-athletes, and the Goldey-Beacom College Communality are aware of and abide by rule and regulations set forth by the NCAA

• Promote the health and well-being of GBC student-athletes

• Assist in the effort to ensure GBC student-athletes are eligible for practice and competition

Compliance Office Mission

Kelly McBryan, Compliance Specialist

mcbryan@gbc.edu

Office (302) 225-6213

Cell (724) 992-9723

Ask Before You Act!

Compliance Contact

• Ethical Conduct

• Amateurism

• Financial Aid

• Playing and Practice Seasons

• Student-athlete Support Services and Policies

Purpose of Meeting

• Act with honesty and sportsmanship at all times

• You represent you team AND your institution

• Failure to provide information related to potential NCAA rules violations is unethical and carries harsh penalties, including permanent loss of eligibility

Ethical Conduct

• NCAA prohibits athletic department staff members, nonathletic department staff members with responsibilities in the athletic department, student-athletes and staff members of a Conference Office from gambling on any NCAA sponsored sport at the collegiate or professional level.

• Gambling activities such as placing bets on horse racing or poker/slot machines are not prohibited by NCAA legislation because such activities are not sponsored by the NCAA

Sports Wagering (Gambling)

AMATEURISM

• Taken pay or promise of pay for competing in that sport

• Agreed (orally or in writing) to compete in professional athletics in that sport

• Played on any professional athletics team as defined by the NCAA in that sport

• Used your athletics skill for pay in any form in that sport

• Enter into any verbal or written agreement with an agent and/or accept anything of value from an agent

You lose your amateur status and are not eligible for participation in an NCAA sponsored sport if you have ever:

• NCAA rules prohibit you from promoting any commercial produce, service or enterprise by lending your name, picture, or appearance to that entity

• Non-profit/charitable or educational promotions may be OK but you must receive prior approval from Compliance Office in order to participate

Promotional Activities

ELIGIBILITY

• You have 10 full-time semesters to participate in four seasons of competition which begins at the time of initial full-time enrollment at ANY collegiate institution

• You use one year of eligibility even if you only compete for one second of one contest, or just a single play the entire year

• Medical hardship waiver may be used – please see Compliance Office

Time Clock to Participate

• You must be certified by the NCAA EC as an academic and amateur qualifier

• 2-year and 4-year college transfers must also be certified amateurs by EC

Initial Eligibility

• You must be enrolled in 12 credits in order to practice and/or compete

• Exception for final semester of enrollment

• You must pass a minimum of 18 credit hours between Fall and Spring semesters to be eligible the following semester

• Must pass a minimum of 24 credit hours during the previous academic year (Fall, Spring, and possible 6 credits during the summer

• PLEASE SEE COMPLIANCE BEFORE DROPING A CLASS!!!

Continuing Eligibility

You must declare a major by the start of your Junior year

Pass 40% of your declared major upon entering 3rd year of collegiate enrollment

Pass 60% of your declared major upon entering 4th year of collegiate enrollment

Pass 80% of your declared major upon entering 5th year of collegiate enrollment

Continuing Eligibility

• GBC requires student-athletes to maintain a 2.0 GPA in order to be in good academic standing

GPA

2.0

FINANCIAL AID

• You are not eligible if you receive financial aid other than financial aid that GBC distributes; however it is permissible to receive:•Money from parents/legal guardians• Financial aid awarded to you on a basis other than athletics ability• Financial aid from an entity outside GBC must be reported to Compliance (listed on student-athlete information packet)

Financial Aid

• Only employed for work actually performed

• You must be compensated at a rate commensurate with the going rate for similar services

• You must report your employment to Compliance Office (listed on student-athlete information packet)

Employment

• Special arrangement by an institutional employee or a booster to provide a student-athlete or their relatives or friends a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation. Examples include:• Special discounts and credit• Free or reduced cost service• Use of telephone or credit card• Entertainment (e.g. free movie tickets)• Loans of money• Use of an automobile•Gifts of any kind

Extra Benefits

PLAYING/PRACTICE SEASON

• CARA is any required activity with athletics purpose at the direction of, or supervised by, one or more of GBC’s coaching staff

• CARA does not include travel or time spent with Athletic Training (or compliance meetings)

Countable Athletically Related Activities (CARA)

• In Season • 4 hours of CARA a day (golf exception)• 20 hours of CARA per week• 1 day off per week• Competition days count as 3 hours• No practice activities following a competition (except tournaments and double headers• No classes missed for practice activities

• Out of Season• 8 hours of CARA per week (skill instruction limited to 2 hours)• 2 days off per week• Prohibited one week prior to the beginning of final examination period through conclusion of final exams

CARA Hour Limitations

• A SA becomes ineligible for intercollegiate competition in his or her sport if, after enrollment in college and during any year in which the student-athlete is a member of an intercollegiate squad or team, he or she competes or has competed as a member of any outside team in any noncollegiate, amateur competition during the institution's intercollegiate season in the sport.

• If an institution conducts separate fall and spring practice or playing seasons in a sport, it is permissible for a student-athlete to participate in that sport on an outside team during the period between the two seasons without affecting his or her eligibility

Outside Competition

DRUG TESTING

• You are subject to random drug testing

• A no-show = a positive drug test

• Drug Testing is managed through Athletic Training Staff

• Must disclose all prescription & nonprescription medications to Athletic Training staff

• Positive drug test may result in loss of eligibility

Drug Testing

TRANSFERRING

• Before speaking with another four-year institution you must provide that institution with permission to contact from GBC Compliance Office

• If you wish to transfer, see either your head coach or the Compliance Office

Permission to Contact

• Denial – If permission is not granted, a second four year institution shall not encourage the transfer and that institution shall not provide athletics aid to the SA for one year

• Hearing Opportunity – Any delay or denial of a request for permission to contact requires written notification from the Compliance Office to the SA of his/her opportunity for a hearing to appeal the decision

Permission to Contact, cont’d

• Generally speaking, student-athletes do not recruit prospects to attend GBC• Coaches do the recruiting!• Coaches cannot ask SA to call, write to, email, or

otherwise contact a prospect

• Two exceptions:•Official Visit• Unofficial Visit

Recruiting Prospects

• GBC pays for a prospect to visit campus for a maximum 48 hours

• Current SA may serve as host

• May entertain the prospect within 30-mile radius of campus

• Possibility of $30/day to be used to entertain the prospect (cannot purchase items that the prospect can take home with them). Never use your own money!

• Student host can receive a free meal provided the host accompanies the prospect

Official Visits

• Prospect pays their own expenses

• May entertain the prospect only on campus but my not pay any expenses

Unofficial Visit

STUDENT SERVICES AND POLICIES

• Located by Student Affairs Office

• Tutoring services available

• Time spent with a tutor counts towards your Table Studies Program hours.

Academic Resource Center

Table Studies Program OverviewWho is in the Table Studies Program?

-All first year students (freshmen and transfer students)

-All returning students who have under a 2.5 cumulative GPA.

Program Requirements:

- Complete 5 hours of academic study each week in either the ARC or Library.

- Turn in a bi-weekly progress report to Assistant Athletic Director, Bethann Burke

(see gold packet for due dates)

Questions Contact: Bethann Burke: burkeb@gbc.edu or (302) 225-6334

Missed Class Form - Filled out by ALL students (whether

you are in the Table Studies

program or not)

- Complete 2 forms for every class

you will miss for athletic

competition.

- Turn in 1 form to your professor and

1 form to Assistant Athletic Director,

Bethann Burke

- DUE BY:

Wednesday September 3rd

Table Studies Contract - All Freshmen and

Transfer Students:

complete this form & return

it to Bethann Burke (before

you depart from this

meeting)

- Make sure to fill out all

aspects of the form

including when you

tentatively plan on

completing your required 5

hours of study a week.

Progress Report Form - Must be completed and

turned in bi-weekly.

- Make sure to fill out ALL

aspects of the form.

- Place form in Table Studies

bin outside Bethann Burke’s

office (located in the Jones

Center next to the training

room)

- Do not be late!

Table Studies Sign in - Make sure to sign in and out

each time you visit the Library

or ARC.

- Meeting with a tutor does count

towards your required time!

- Ask for the Table Studies sign

sheet at the Library and ARC

front desk.

- Make sure to have AT LEAST 10

hours of academic study for

each due date.

All new student-athletes entering GBC must participate

Meetings on the first Sunday of every month:• Monday Sept 8 (All student-athletes must attend) 8 pm• Sunday, October 4 7:00 pm• Sunday, November 9 7:00 pm• Sunday, December 7 7:00 pm• Sunday, February 1 7:00 pm• Sunday, March 1 7:00 pm• Sunday, April 12 7:00 pm

Check GBC email for the location of each meeting.

Please see Compliance Office for questions!

Life skills program

• Application forms must be turned in by September 8, 2014• Please see Kelly with any questions• Some of the Activities for 14-15 academic

year:

• Fall Gatorade Pong Tournament•Make-A-Wish Softball Game• Honors Student-Athlete day breakfast• Decorating athletic department for holidays• Voting on new NCAA legislation proposals• Community service

Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

1. Student-athlete information packet

2. CACC Code of Conduct Form

3. GBC Code of Conduct Form

4. Student-athlete statement

5. Drug testing consent form

Compliance Forms