Division ICamps and

Clinics Presented to at All Staff meeting on

January 7, 2009:Freemont Room of DuBois Center

By Lynn Newson

I know Camps are painful, but it could be worse!

Overview Institutional Camps and Clinics

Employment

Camp Admissions

Camp Brochures

Additional Considerations

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Camps and Clinics

Two types of camps and clinics regulated by NCAA legislation.

– Institutional.

– Non-institutional.

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Institutional Camps and ClinicsNCAA Bylaw 13.12.1

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Institutional Camps and Clinics

Definition Owned or operated by a member institution or

its athletics department staff members.

In which prospective student-athlete’s participate.

May occur on or off an institution’s campus.

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Institutional Camps and Clinics

Definition Football Exception:

– On institution’s campus, within state in which the institution is located or, if outside the state, within a 50-mile radius of the institution’s campus.

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Institutional Camps and Clinics

Purpose Exception to the tryout rule.

Provides specialized instruction, practice or competition.

Places special emphasis on a particular sport.

Designed to improve overall skills and general knowledge in a sport.

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Institutional Camps and Clinics

Basketball Educational Session

Required Educational Session: – May be in person or video format.

Must detail the following:– NCAA initial-eligibility standards; – Gambling, agents and drug use regulations.

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Institutional Camps and Clinics

Time Period Football: During two periods of 15-consecutive days

during the months of June and July or any calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that includes days of those months (e.g., May 28 through June 3).

Basketball: During the months of June, July and August.

Sports other than Football and Basketball: Anytime during the year.

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Institutional Camps and ClinicsAttendance Requirements

Open to any and all entrants (limited only by number and age).– May also be limited by grade and/or gender.

Student-athletes may not enroll in own institution’s camp or clinic.

Not permissible to limit the attendance based on skill level of the participants (e.g. elite athletes, letter award winners, high school varsity athletes).

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Football - Senior prospective student-athletes may not enroll, participate or be employed.

Football. Impermissible for two-year or four-year college prospective student-athletes to participate in another institution’s camp or clinic.

– If the student-athlete has asked for his permission to contact - treated as “senior prospect.”

Institutional Camps and Clinics

Attendance Requirements

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Selected prospective student-athletes canbe invited to attend an institution’s camp or clinic provided:– The camp or clinic is legitimately

advertised making it open to all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade and/or gender).

Institutional Camps and Clinics

Attendance Requirements

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Sports other than Football: Permissible for two-year and four-year college prospective student-athletes to participate in another institution’s camp or clinic provided:– Open to all entrants (limited only by number, age,

grade and/or gender).– Participant pays the established fee to attend.– Participant’s coach is not on camp staff.

Institutional Camps and ClinicsAttendance Requirements

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Employment

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Employment Athletics Staff Members

Athletics staff members may be involved in their own or other institutional camps or clinics.

– Basketball Exception: Coaches and non-coaching staff members with basketball specific responsibilities may be employed only at his or her own institution’s camps or clinics.

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EmploymentStudent-Athletes

Student-Athletes may do the following:– Perform general supervisory duties;– Must be paid the going rate;– May not be paid based on skill level;– May not be compensated if only lecturing or

demonstrating;– May not conduct own camp or clinic; and– May receive travel expenses, only if expenses are

provided for all employees.

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EmploymentStudent-Athletes

Other Considerations:

– Other than Football Bowl Subdivision, there is no limit on the number of student-athletes in a given sport who may be employed.

– No practice activities outside of season.

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Employment High School, Prep-School and Two-Year

College Coaches

Must be paid going rate (e.g., teaching ability and camp experience).

May not be paid based on reputation or contact with prospective student-athletes.

May not be paid based on the number of campers the coach sends to the camp.

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EmploymentProspective Student-Athletes May not employ:

– Athletics award winner; or– A prospect being recruited by your institution,

even if not an athletics award winner. – Four-year college transfer student-athletes may

not be employed.– Exception: Children of athletics staff members.

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Camps Admissions

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Camps AdmissionsFree or Reduced Admissions

It is impermissible to provide free or reduced admission privileges to an athletics award winner or a prospect being recruited by your institution.

– Exceptions:– Children of coaches employed at camp and

children of institutional staff members.

– Group discounts.

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Camp Brochures

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Camp BrochuresMailings

Camp brochures may be sent to prospective student-athletes anytime, including prior to the permissible recruiting materials date for a particular sport.

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Camp BrochuresContents

Not restricted in content or design. Brochures are restricted to a single, two-sided

sheet, not to exceed 17” x 22” when opened in full.

Student-athlete’s name, picture and institutional affiliation may appear only in the camp counselor section to identify the student-athlete as a camp counselor. (Bylaw 12.5.1.7)– Rule applies to both institutional and noninstitutional

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Camp BrochuresAdvertisement

The brochure may not advertise the camp as an “elite” camp.

The brochure cannot promote a camp in any way that implies a participant should possess a certain level of experience, skill or ability to attend the camp.

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Camp BrochuresAdvertisement

The camp may be advertised as a position camp provided no level or experience, skill or ability is explicitly or implicitly required or preferred. Example: A basketball camp may be

advertised as a “guard camp” but not an “elite guard camp” or “advanced guard camp.”

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Additional Considerations

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Now that it’s over, we can joke about it.

Additional Considerations

Recruiting:– Coaches are prohibited from recruiting (e.g.,

offering of financial aid) during the time period of camp.

Awards (prizes or apparel):– For institutional camps, must be included in

participants’ admission fees.

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Additional Considerations

Summer-Camp Advertisements:– Institutions may not buy or arrange to have

its camp or clinic advertisements in game programs or other printed materials published to provide information concerning the athletics participation or evaluation of prospective student-athletes (i.e., recruiting publications).

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Additional Considerations Exceptions:

– Advertisements may be placed in recruiting publications if placed in a periodical (other than a high school, two-year college or nonscholastic game program) that includes a camp directory.– Size (not to exceed one-half page) and format

of advertisements are identical; – Camp directory must include multiple listings

of summer camps on each page.

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Q U E S T I O N S