ncaa-manual

13.8 Entertainment, Reimbursement and Employment of High School/College-Preparatory School/Two-Year College Coaches and OtherIndividuals Associated With Prospective Student-Athletes.13.8.1 Entertainment Restrictions. Entertainment of a high school, preparatory school or two-year collegecoach or any other individual responsible for teaching or directing an activity in which a prospective student-athleteis involved shall be limited to providing a maximum of two complimentary admissions (issued onlythrough a pass list) to home intercollegiate athletics events at any facility within a 30-mile radius of the institution’smain campus, which must be issued on an individual-game basis. Such entertainment shall not include foodand refreshments, room expenses, or the cost of transportation to and from the campus or the athletics event. Itis not permissible to provide complimentary admissions to any postseason competition (e.g., NCAA championship,conference tournament, bowl game). An institutional coaching staff member is expressly prohibited fromspending funds to entertain the prospective student-athlete’s coach on or off the member institution’s campus. [R](Revised: 4/3/02, 8/5/04, 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)13.8.1.1 Exception—Nonathletics Personnel. An institutional department outside the athletics department(e.g., president’s office, admissions) may host nonathletics high school, preparatory school or two-year collegepersonnel (e.g., guidance counselors, principals) in conjunction with a home intercollegiate athletics eventand may provide such individuals reasonable expenses (e.g., food, refreshments, parking, room) and a nominalgift, provided the visit is not related to athletics recruiting and there is no involvement by the institution’s athleticsrecruiting and there is no involvement by the institution’s athletics department in the arrangements forthe visit, other than providing (in accordance with established policy) free admissions to an athletics event. [R](Adopted: 3/8/12)13.8.1.2 Transportation Reimbursement. An institution shall not reimburse a high school, preparatoryschool or two-year college coach for expenses incurred in transporting a prospective student-athlete to visit thecampus. [R]13.8.1.3 Transportation to Off-Campus Contest. If a high school, preparatory school or two-year collegecoach transports members of his or her athletics squad to an off-campus site to watch NCAA member institutionscompete, an institution may not reimburse the coach for the transportation costs or provide complimentarytickets for the coach or any of the team members. [R]13.8.1.4 Purchase of Game Tickets. An institution may not reserve tickets (in addition to the permissiblecomplimentary admissions) to be purchased by high school, preparatory or two-year college coaches (or individualsaccompanying them) to attend an institution’s athletics contest. Tickets may be purchased only in thesame manner as any other member of the general public. [R] (Adopted: 1/10/92)13.8.1.5 Noncoaching-Related Organization. If a high school, preparatory school or two-year collegecoach is a member of a noncoaching-related organization (e.g., state high school principals association, collegefraternity alumni organization, institution’s alumni association), an institution may entertain the group, providedthere is no direct involvement by the institution’s athletics department. [R]13.8.2 Material Benefits. Arrangements by an institution that involve a material benefit for a high school,preparatory school or two-year college coach, or for any other individual responsible for teaching or directing anactivity in which a prospective student-athlete is involved, (e.g., the provision of a gift such as a tangible itembearing the institution’s insignia, the offer to pay a portion of the coach’s or other individual’s personal expenses,compensation based on the number of campers sent to an institution’s camp, or an arrangement to provide transportationfor the coach or other individual) are prohibited. [R] (Revised: 8/5/04)13.8.2.1 Gifts at Coaches’ Clinic. An institution may not provide gifts to high school, preparatory schoolor two-year college coaches in conjunction with its coaches’ clinic or other events. This specifically prohibits theprovision of a door prize to the coach, even if the cost of the prize is included in the cumulative admission fee(the admission fee charged to each person, when combined, would cover the cost of the prize). Materials (e.g.,clipboards, file folders) may be provided to each person attending the clinic, provided the items are included inthe registration or admission fee. [R] (Revised: 1/16/93, 1/11/94)13.8.3 Employment Conditions.13.8.3.1 Employment in Athletically Related Institutional Activities—Basketball. An institutionshall not employ (either on a salaried or a volunteer basis) an individual as a speaker or presenter at any athleticallyrelated institutional event or activity (e.g., booster club function, outside consultant) if that individual isinvolved in coaching prospective student-athletes or is associated with a prospective student-athlete as a result ofthe prospective student-athlete’s participation in basketball. (Adopted: 1/17/09)13.8.3.2 Individual Associated with a Prospective Student-Athlete—Men’s Basketball. In men’sbasketball, during a two-year period before a prospective student-athlete’s anticipated enrollment and a two-yearperiod after the prospective student-athlete’s actual enrollment, an institution shall not employ (or enter into acontract for future employment with) an individual associated with the prospective student-athlete in any athleticsdepartment noncoaching staff position or in a strength and conditioning staff position. (Adopted: 1/16/10; acontract signed before 10/29/09 may be honored, Revised: 6/13/11)108