1. UAlbany Compliance Corner
December 2018 Student-Athlete Edition
Vacation Period Reminders
Housing
Those staying on campus during the winter break must remember to apply for recess housing. The application can be completed on the Res Life My Involvement page.
Meals
Those staying on campus for practice and competition can be provided meals or the cash equivalent.
Team Entertainment
Your coaches can provide reasonable entertainment in conjunction with practice or competition for those teams in-season.
Practice Hours
Daily and weekly practice hour limitations do not apply during vacation periods for in-season sports. Out-of-season sports are not permitted to practice during vacation periods.
Out-of-Season (8 hour segment)
All countable athletically related activities outside the playing season are prohibited during institutional vacation periods.
All countable athletically related activities outside the playing season are prohibited one week prior to the beginning of the final examination period.
In-Season (20 hour segment)
Countable athletically related activity limitations do not apply during institutional vacation periods, except they cannot take place between midnight and 5:00am.
Daily and weekly hour limitations apply to countable athletically related activities during final examination period and all official preparatory periods leading up to the final exam period.
Compliance Trivia
Minimum GPA Requirements
As the fall semester comes to an end, just a reminder of the minimum cumulative GPA requirements needed to maintain eligibility per NCAA regulations:
2nd year of enrollment – 1.800
3rd year of enrollment – 1.900
4th year or later – 2.000
The Men’s soccer team is finalizing their out-of-season conditioning and skill instruction schedule for the remainder of the fall semester. If none of the student-athletes have final exams on Wednesday of exam week, is it permissible to conduct skill instruction sessions on that day?
Answer on next page.

2. New Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance Hired:
Outside Competition Over Winter Break
During the official vacation period, if you are out-of-season, you may
compete in non-collegiate, amateur competition (e.g. club team). Please be sure to fill out the Outside Competition Form in ARMS prior to competing in any events or please contact the Office of Compliance Services.
New Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance Hired:
Dan VanDenburgh was hired as the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance in November 2018.
VanDenburgh came to UAlbany from Colgate University, where he served as the Compliance Assistant since September In addition to his role as the Compliance Assistant, Dan also worked in event management for the Red Raiders.
VanDenburgh is a licensed attorney. He worked as an Associate Attorney for more than a year following a three-year stint as a law clerk at Napierski, VanDenburgh, Napierski and O’Connor LLP in Albany, N.Y. In the summer of 2013, VanDenburgh was a Legal Intern with the New York State Gaming Commission.
VanDenburgh received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the Albany Law School in May He graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management and a minor in Economics in December Dan is currently an active member of NAAC. .
Important Dates:
December 4th- Last day of countable athletically related activities for out of seasons teams
December 10th- Last Day of Classes
December 11th- Reading Day
December 12th- Finals Exams Begin
December 18th- Final Exams End
Melissa Peach
Associate Athletics Director for Compliance
@UAlbanyBylaws
Dan VanDenburgh
Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance
Taulie Frierson
Compliance Assistant
Robert Battaglia
Compliance Intern
Compliance Trivia Answer:
No. NCAA Bylaw states that all countable related activities outside the playing season are prohibited one week prior to the beginning of the final examination period for the applicable academic term through the conclusion of each student-athlete's final exams