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16.2.2.2 Payment to Third Party. Individuals designated by the student-athlete to receive complimentaryadmissions are not permitted to receive any type of payment for the admissions or to exchange or assign themfor any item of value. Receipt of payment for complimentary admissions by such designated individuals is prohibitedand considered an extra benefit. [R]16.2.2.3 Student-Athlete Ticket Purchases. An institution may not provide a special arrangement to sell astudent-athlete ticket(s) to an athletics event. Tickets shall be available for purchase by student-athletes accordingto the same purchasing procedures used for other students. [R]16.2.2.4 Sale Above Face Value. A student-athlete may not purchase tickets for an intercollegiate athleticsevent from the institution and then sell the tickets at a price greater than their face value. [R]16.2.2.5 Professional Sports Tickets. An institution or any representative of its athletics interests may notpurchase or otherwise obtain tickets to a professional sports event and make these tickets available to studentathletesenrolled in an NCAA member institution. Such a gift of tickets would represent an unacceptable extrabenefit. Professional sports tickets may be provided as entertainment in conjunction with practice or competition.[R] (Revised: 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13)16.3 Academic and Other Support Services.16.3.1 Mandatory.16.3.1.1 Academic Counseling/Support Services. Member institutions shall make general academiccounseling and tutoring services available to all student-athletes. Such counseling and tutoring services may beprovided by the department of athletics or the institution’s nonathletics student support services. In addition, aninstitution, conference or the NCAA may finance other academic support, career counseling or personal developmentservices that support the success of student-athletes. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, Revised: 4/25/02effective 8/1/02, 5/9/06, 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13)16.3.1.2 Life Skills Programs. An institution shall be required to conduct a life skills program on its campus.(Adopted: 4/27/00 effective 8/1/00, Revised: 10/7/10)16.3.2 Expenses Related to Legal and Other Proceedings. An institution may provide actual andnecessary expenses to attend proceedings conducted by the institution, its athletics conference or the NCAA thatrelate to the student-athlete’s eligibility to participate in intercollegiate athletics or legal proceedings that resultfrom the student-athlete’s involvement in athletics practice or competitive events. The cost of legal representationin such proceedings also may be provided by the institution (or a representative of its athletics interests). [R](Revised: 5/9/06)16.3.3 Expenses Related to Initial or Transfer-Eligibility Requirements. An institution shall notprovide academic expenses or services (e.g., tutoring, test preparation) to assist a prospective student-athlete orenrolled student-athlete in completing initial-eligibility or transfer-eligibility requirements or in improving his orher academic profile in conjunction with a waiver request. [R] (Adopted: 4/23/08)16.4 Medical Expenses.An institution, conference or the NCAA may provide medical and related expenses and services to a studentathlete.(Revised: 1/11/89, 9/6/00, 4/29/04, 8/4/08, 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13)16.5 Housing and Meals.16.5.1 General Rule. An institution is required to apply the same housing policies to student-athletes as itapplies to the student body in general. During the academic year, the institution may not house student-athletesin athletics dormitories or athletics blocks within institutional or privately owned dormitories or apartment buildings(when the institution arranges for the housing) on those days when institutional dormitories are open to thegeneral student body. [R] (Adopted: 10/1/01 effective 8/1/02)16.5.1.1 Athletics Dormitories. Athletics dormitories shall be defined as institutional dormitories in whichat least 50 percent of the residents are student-athletes. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/96, Revised: 11/1/01 effective8/1/02)16.5.1.2 Athletics Blocks. Athletics blocks shall be defined as individual blocks, wings or floors within institutionaldormitories or privately owned dormitories or apartment buildings in which at least 50 percent ofthe residents are student-athletes. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/96, Revised: 1/10/92, 11/1/01 effective 8/1/02)16.5.1.3 Exception—Nondiscriminatory Housing Policies. The prohibition against the use of athleticsdormitories or blocks does not apply when the institution demonstrates that its housing assignment policiesdo not differentiate between student-athletes and students generally. (Adopted: 1/16/93 effective 8/1/96, Revised:11/1/01 effective 8/1/02)16.5.2 Permissible. Identified housing and meal benefits incidental to a student’s participation in intercollegiateathletics that may be financed by the institution are: [R]218