Summer jobs; Fiesta Bowl stays in BCS
May 12, 2011
SLT is pleased to again welcome Alison Fitzgerald to share her perspective on compliance issues and matters related to the NCAA. Ms. Fitzgerald is the assistant athletic director for compliance,
With the school year winding down and summer fast
approaching, it's a good time to look at how the NCAA
views student-athletes summer employment.
During the summer months when many student-athletes leave campus,
there are still NCAA guidelines that they have to follow. However, their
absence from campus can make it more difficult to monitor compliance
with these rules.
Student-athlete’s summer employment has to be evaluated based on three criteria; compensation can only be paid for 1) work actually performed; 2) at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services; and 3) an employer shall not use the athletics reputation of a student-athlete to promote the sale of the employer’s product or service (NCAA Bylaw 12.4.1).
As a general rule, a student-athlete may be employed at a camp or clinic by his or her institution, another institution, or by a private organization. Newly adopted legislation that was passed during the 2011 NCAA National Convention restricts this rule by only allowing student-athletes who have signed a National Letter of Intent to work at the institution’s camp or clinic where they signed. This rule applies to family members of an institutional staff member (i.e., son of a basketball coach who has signed an NLI at a different institution). A student-athlete who has not signed a National Letter of Intent can be employed at any institution’s summer camp or clinic.
Fiesta Bowl stays in BCS, but fined $ 1 million
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