Week # 2: EPS 199 AutobiographiesAnd Compliance Overview

Daily Quiz Question Week #2: What is your sport and how many hours of study hall are you required to have each week? What Room/Building is study hall located in? When are “Green Sheets” due to your academic coordinator?

Answers: What is your sport and how many hours of study hall are you required to have each week? –Soccer: 8 hrs. –WBB: 7 hrs. –MBB: 9 hrs. –All other sports: 6 hrs. What Room/Building is study hall located in? –SPS; Rm 102 When are “Green Sheets” due to your academic coordinator? –Thursday before 5 PM.

Autobiography time!

NCAA Compliance- Never heard of it! Presented by: Jared Bruggeman or Pam Lowie

Areas to discuss: NCAA Membership, Organization, Legislative Process, Institutional Control, Ethical Conduct & Amateurism (Articles #1-12) Recruiting (Article 13) Eligibility (Article 14) Awards, Benefits & Expenses for S-A (Article 16) Playing/Practice Seasons (Article 17)

Will all the players, raise their hands! The people who you should know: –The 5 designees; FAR (Faculty Athletic Representative)-Dr. Wayne Sjoberg Director of Athletics; Jim Fallis SWA (Senior Woman Administrator); Maria Bruggeman Compliance Director; Jared Bruggeman –Supported by Lynn Newson CEO/President; John Haeger –Academic Coordinators: Pam Lowie (supported by Jeana F.) Diana Ulrey (supported by NoEl L.) –Front Office Assistants: Dorene Gilbert & Katie Kolva –SAAC Reps from each team

Recruiting: Contacts and Evaluations Who is a Recruit? Recruits are anyone in 9 th grade or above (although certain contacts can only take place after some later date)

Recruiting: Visits Unofficial (Nonpaid) Visit –Unlimited number –Game tickets(3), nothing special allowed Official Visit (O-visit) –5 total per prospect, 1 visit per institution –Meals, travel, room and entertainment is paid (although limits on food, tickets, length of visit, and requirements prior to arrival are necessary) –In some sports there is a limit on how many O-Visits we can give per year –NO Inducements/ extra benefits allowed

Academic Eligibility Some important numbers: –2.0 –5 –6 –12 –18 –24 –40 –60 –80

Progress towards degree Need to be enrolled full time to practice or compete Need to pass 6 credits towards your degree each semester to be eligible the following semester GPA rules: –1-14 credits 1.80 –15-29 credits 1.90 –30+ credits 2.0 Need to pass 18 credits hours towards your degree to be eligible the following year Have to declare a major prior to 5 th semester Have to hit 40%, 60% and 80% of degree after 4 th, 6 th and 8 th semester THE KEY TO THIS; IF YOU ARE ONLY GETTING C’S IN 12 CREDITS PER SEMESTER, YOU ARE JEOPARDIZING YOUR ELIGIBILITY!

Seasons of Eligibility You have 5 years to compete for 4 seasons per sport: –Exceptions to this; Extension waivers- (getting a 6 th year) missed two seasons of competition due to injury Athletics activity waiver: Elite USOC equiv. athletes Hardship waiver- injured for remainder of season while only playing in 30% of contests and in first half of season ALWAYS TALK TO COMPLIANCE FOR OPTIONS BEFORE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS!!!

Other Eligibility Issues Everyone’s clock starts at the age of 21 –Some exceptions in sports like tennis; Redshirt simply means you didn’t compete for that season; it isn’t recognized as definition by the NCAA –If you step on the competition field for one second of action, one of your four seasons is used

Awards and Benefits Complimentary Tickets (4) Practice/Game Allowances: (meals, room, etc.) Banquets, Special Awards Academic/Support Services Medical Expenses Team Entertainment/Foreign Tours Other Travel Expenses: (family death/etc.) Benefits (apparel, shoes, polo’s, sweats, snacks), Gifts(all conference, Golden Eagle, etc.) and Services (early enrollment, tutoring, laundry for practice gear, etc.)

Playing Seasons: Each Sport must declare a championship season Different rules per sport for length of season, however same rules govern each sport on “Countable Hours” Each week a coach must turn in a sheet declaring their “Countable Hours” At the beginning of each academic year they need to declare the seasons with all limitations applied(ie. # of Competitions, dates, etc.) Some sports have non-championship season where they are able to compete (VB, Tennis, Golf, Soc) 20 hours of practice per week in season, Off-season 8 per week, but only 2 on instruction

Let’s finish those autobiographies!

The End Have a great week!