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COMPLIANCE
NCAA COMPLIANCE: ASK BEFORE YOU ACT!
This brief NCAA rules education is aimed at outlining basic rules to help potential student-athletes, parents, alumni, and boosters better understand the regulations that they must abide by in regards to DBU Patriot Athletics. Dallas Baptist University is committed to recruiting and conducting our athletic program with the highest level of integrity. If you have questions about NCAA rules or regulations, contact DBU compliance staff at patriotcompliance@dbu. edu, or review information on our web site (dbupatriots.com).
Are You an Alumni or Booster?
The NCAA definition of a “representative of athletics interest” generally encompasses most individuals who regularly attend DBU sporting events (reminder-once a representative, always a representative). Specifically, an alumni/booster or “representative of athletics interests” is any individual, independent agency, corporate entity, or other organization that is presently or has ever:
• Participated in promoting the institution’s athletic program (such as buying season tickets to sporting events).
• Assisted in providing benefits (such as a summer employment) to enrolled student-athletes.
•Assisted or been requested by the department of athletics staff to assist in the recruitment of prospective student athletes.
• Attended Dallas Baptist University.
• Contributed to the DBU Department of Athletics.
• Participated or been a member a DBU Athletics Program.
• Been otherwise involved in the DBU Athletics Program.
Ask Before You Act
• Prospective student-athletes may ...
• Identify outstanding potential student-athletes in your area and forward information, such as newspaper articles, to the coach of that sport at Dallas Baptist.
• Continue to establish friendships with f riends and neighbors, even those with prospect-aged children. However contact for recruiting purposes is still prohibited.
• Attend, on your own initiative, events such as games and banquets where prospective student-athletes are present as long as you do not contact the prospects(s) or their family for recruiting purposes.
• Answer a call from a prospective student-athlete (you may not initiate the call) regarding only Dallas Baptist University in general, but not about Patriot Athletics. Please promptly inform the Dallas Baptist compliance staff or the appropriate DBU Coach should this situation arise.
• Make donations to a high school if it is located in your community, the donation is not made at the request of Dallas Baptist or DBU coaches, and the funds are distributed through established channels and not directed towards a specific student-athlete.
Current student-athletes may ...
• Continue to come out and support student-athletes at DBU athletic events.
• Provide summer employment to student-athletes, but only if you contact the DBU Office of Compliance (patriotcompliance@dbu. edu) first, and the student- athlete is compensated for work actually performed at a rate commensurate with the going rate in the locality for similar services.
What Every Alumni/Booster Should Know
• Extra Benefit-Any special arrangement by a DBU employee, booster, or alumni to provide a prospective or enrolled student-athlete or their families and friends with a benefit not permitted by NCAA legislation. Examples of prohibited benefits include (but are not limited to):
• Arranging employment for family and friends of the student-athlete.
• Free or reduced housing agreements.
• Gifts of money, awards, food/drinks, or other tangible items.
• Loans of money or automobiles.
• Professional services without charge or at a discount.
• Promises of employment or loans following college graduation.
• Providing transportation for the student-athlete or their friends and family.
school administrators in order to gain information on prospective student-athletes.
• Make contact with a prospective student-athlete or the prospect’s family during official or unofficial visits.
• Provide any other extra benefits to prospective student- athlete, family, friends or their coaches.
• Provide prospective student-athletes or their family and friends with transportation or financial assistance.
Activities that will harm Prospective Student- Athletes
You may not ...
• Generally provide benefits that are not available to other
members of the Dallas Baptist student body.
• Provide extra benefits to student-athletes or their family and friends.
Examples of prohibited benefits include (but not limited to):
• Gifts of money, awards, food/drinks, or other tangible items.
• Free or reduced housing agreements.
• Loans of money or automobiles.
• Occasional meals.
• Professional services without charge or at a discount.
• Promises of employment or loans following college graduation.
• Providing transportation for the student-athlete or their friends and family.
• Sending student-athletes items to be autographed and returned or using autographed items to raise funds for high schools.
• Use of ATM, credit or other types of gift cards.
• Use the name or image of a current student-athlete to advertise, recommend, or promote products or services.
Consequences
Violations of these NCAA, Heartland Conference, and University policies can result in severe penalties, including:
• Disassociation-Dallas Baptist University may permanently disassociate itself with an athletic booster. You could lose the privilege of purchasing season tickets or any other DBU athletic-related benefit deemed inappropriate.
• Harm to the Enrolled Student-Athlete-violations can also result in the enrolled student-athlete or entire team being unable to compete for Dallas Baptist University.
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Use of ATM, credit or other types of gift cards
Institutional Control-A central principle of the NCAA bylaws. Institutional control requires that Dallas Baptist University conducts its intercollegiate athletics program in compliance with NCAA rules and regulations. This includes alumni/booster activities.
Prospective Student-Athletes-A student, regardless of their athletic ability, who has started classes for the seventh grade or any student enrolled at another two or four-year institution.
Recruiting-Any solicitation of a prospect or a prospect’s family by DBU coaches or representatives of athletic interest for the purposes of securing the prospective student-athlete’s ultimate enrollment and participation in athletics at DBU. Only designated DBU Athletics Department staff members may recruit.
Student-Athlete-A student whose enrollment was solicited by a member of the DBU Athletic Department staff or other representative or athletics interest with a goal of the student’s ultimate participation in Dallas Baptist intercollegiate athletics. Student-athletes are not just those who were recruited or receive athletic scholarships, they are also those who participate in intercollegiate athletics.
Activities that will harm Prospective Student- Athletes
You may not ...
• Contact (including phone calls, texts, and e-mail) or
interact with a prospective student-athlete or their family for the purpose of persuading them to attend Dallas Baptist.
• Contact coaches, guidance counselors, or other
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