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16.10.1.4 Student-Teaching. A student-athlete may accept actual and necessary travel expenses from a highschool if he or she is student-teaching (even if teaching or coaching a sport) if the high school is located in a cityother than the one in which the collegiate institution is located. In order for the student-athlete to accept suchexpenses: [R](a) Receipt of the expenses must be permitted by the established guidelines of the institution for otherstudent-teacher trainees;(b) The assigned coaching responsibilities must be a part of the supervised, evaluated teacher-training programin which the student-athlete is enrolled; and(c) The high school must provide such expenses for all of its student-teacher trainees.16.10.1.5 Luncheon Meeting Expenses. A student-athlete may accept transportation and meal expensesin conjunction with participation in a luncheon meeting of a booster club or civic organization, provided themeeting occurs within a 30-mile radius of the institution’s main campus and no tangible award is provided tothe student-athlete. [R]16.10.1.6 Charitable, Educational or Nonprofit Activities. A student-athlete may accept legitimate andnormal expenses from a charitable or educational agency for participation in activities set forth in Bylaw 12.5.(Revised: 1/11/89, 4/28/05)16.10.1.7 Recognition by Professional Sports Organization. A student-athlete may accept complimentaryadmission to a professional sports contest during which the student-athlete and/or intercollegiate teamis being recognized by the professional sports organization for extraordinary achievements. Further, it shall bepermissible for the professional sports organization to promote this event to the general public. [R] (Adopted:1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)16.10.1.8 Draft Combine—Basketball. In basketball, an enrolled student-athlete using the draft exceptionset forth in Bylaw 12.2.4.2.1 may accept expenses from a professional sports organization to attend thatorganization’s draft combine.16.10.2 Nonpermissible.16.10.2.1 Unitemized Expenses. A student-athlete may not accept money for unspecified or unitemizedexpenses from any organization or individual. [R]16.10.2.2 Prohibited Expenses. A student-athlete may not accept money for expenses that are prohibitedby the rules governing an amateur noncollegiate event in which the individual participates. [R]16.10.2.3 Sponsors. An individual who is not representing an educational institution during participationin athletics competition may not accept any expenses, or any other form of compensation, to participate in thecompetition from any sponsor other than an individual upon whom the athlete is naturally or legally dependentor the organization (other than a professional sports organization) that is sponsoring the competition. [R]16.10.2.4 Expenses Based on Place Finish. Receipt of expenses is prohibited if the amount received isbased on the individual’s place finish achieved in the competition (e.g., tennis, golf, track and field).16.11 Benefits, Gifts and Services.16.11.1 Permissible.16.11.1.1 General Rule. Receipt of a benefit (including otherwise prohibited extra benefits per Bylaw16.11.2) by student-athletes, their family members or friends is not a violation of NCAA rules if it is demonstratedthat the same benefit is generally available to the institution’s students and their family members orfriends. (Revised: 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13)16.11.1.2 Deferred Pay-Back Loan. A student-athlete may receive a loan on a deferred pay-back basiswithout jeopardizing his or her eligibility, provided: [R] (Adopted: 1/11/94)(a) The loan arrangements are not contrary to the extra-benefit rule; and(b) The student-athlete’s athletics reputation, skill or pay-back potential as a future professional athlete is notconsidered by the lending agency in its decision to provide the loan.16.11.1.3 Loan From Established Family Friend. A student-athlete may receive a loan from an establishedfamily friend without such arrangement constituting an extra benefit, provided: [R] (Adopted: 1/11/94)(a) The loan is not offered to the student-athlete based in any degree on his or her athletics ability or reputation;(b) The individual providing the loan is not considered a representative of the institution’s athletics interests;and(c) The relationship between the individual providing the loan and the student-athlete existed prior to theinitiation of the student-athlete’s recruitment by the member institution.16.11.1.4 Disabling-Injury Insurance. A student-athlete may borrow against his or her future earningspotential from an established, accredited commercial lending institution, exclusively for the purpose of purchasinginsurance (with no cash surrender value) against a disabling injury that would prevent the individual from222