Douglas Archie

Employment Overview

Campus

The Ohio State University, Division I-AUniversity of Utah, Division I-AUniversity of North Dakota, Division II

National Office

NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement NCAA Membership Services

Presentation Overview

NCAA Structure

Amateurism Principle

Recruiting Regulations

Initial Eligibility Regulations

Case Study

Questions

NCAA

NCAA is a voluntary organization comprised of over 1200 institutions, conferences and organizations committed to the educational and athletic participation of student-athletes

Approximately 326 DI InstitutionsApproximately 280 DII InstitutionsApproximately 421 DIII InstitutionsApproximately 350,000 Student-Athletes

NCAA

Mission is to assist the NCAA Membership in understanding the rules and legislation adopted annually

One myth is that the NCAA national office creates the rules

Rules and legislation are adopted by the membership, conference offices and committees- grass roots organization

National office is not a legislative body

Amateurism Principle

A key principle within the NCAA is Amateurism. The Olympic movement has shifted from an amateur model to professional model that permits athletes to sign contracts and receive endorsement money. The NCAA has held to its core values:

Amateurism Principle: Student-Athletes should be amateurs and participation should be motivated by education and the physical, mental and social benefits derived from such participation

Amateurism Principle

Student-athletes should be protected from exploitation by professional and commercial enterprises.

Pay-for-play rule: Student-athletes may not use their athletic skills for pay in any form- Including revenue from commercial endorsements

May not enter into verbal or written agreement with a professional team or a sports agent

Overview of Key

Recruiting Regulations

Recruiting Activities

Any solicitation of a prospect, or the prospect’s relatives, by an institutional staff member, or a booster, for the purpose of securing the prospect’s enrollment and participation in the institution’s athletics program.

Prospective Student-Athlete

A prospect is:

A student who has started classes for the 9th grade; OR

A student who has not yet started classes for the 9th grade, but to whom the institution provides any financial assistance or other benefits that it does not provide to prospective students generally.

Prospective Student-Athlete

An individual remains a prospect until he/she:

Officially registers and enrolls full-time and attends classes at a four-year institution; or

Participates in a regular squad practice or competes at a four-year institution; or

Officially registers, enrolls, and attends classes during the summer prior to initial enrollment and receives institutional athletics aid.

Contact Period

In-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations are permissible.

Face-to-face encounter and dialogue in excess of an exchange of a greeting.

Prearranged, face-to-face encounter even if no conversation occurs.

Face-to-face encounter at prospect’s educational institution or site of organized competition

Evaluation Period

The following activities are permissible during an evaluation period:

Off-campus assessments of the academic qualifications of prospects

Observing a prospect participating in a practice or competition at any site.

Off-campus contact is not permissible during an evaluation period

Quiet Period

In-person recruiting contact may occur only on the member institution’s campus.

No off-campus contacts or evaluations

Dead Period

No in-person on- or off-campus recruiting activities

No complimentary tickets

Phone calls and correspondence are permissible

What Triggers Recruitment?

Provide a prospect with an official visit.

Arrange an in-person, off-campus encounter with prospect or relative.

Initiate or arrange a telephone contact with prospect or relatives on more than one occasion.

Issue a National Letter of Intent or the institution’s written offer of athletically related financial aid.

Official Visits

Attempt to provide the prospect with a glimpse of the campus experience.

Consistent with efforts of other departments on campus in the recruitment of prospective students.

Transportation, meals and lodging permitted.

Recruiting Visits

Official VisitCampus visit financed in part or whole by the institution

Unofficial VisitCampus visit financed by the prospect or the prospect’s parents

Official Visits

May begin visits with the opening day of classes of the prospect’s senior year.

EXCEPTION: no visits during a dead period.

Maximum of five visits per prospect to NCAA DI and DII institutions.

Official Visits

Prospect must present the following items prior to the visit:

Transcript

Standardized Test Score- SAT ACT

Prospect must register with NCAA Clearinghouse

Official Visits

Not more than one official visit per institution

Visit may not exceed 48 hours

48 hour period begins when the prospect arrives on campus.

Institution can pay for meals and transportation

Cannot pay transportation expenses for parents or legal guardian

Athletic Scholarship

One myth is that a student-athlete has a 4-year scholarship

Scholarship may only be granted on a yearly basis

Student-athlete may receive 5-years of athletic aid

Most student-athletes receive a partial athletic scholarship

NCAA Initial Eligibility

Eligibility Center Guidelines

General rule for International Students

The Eligibility Center evaluates academic records from secondary school

Terminal certificates (e.g., leaving certificates, senior certificates)

In rare instances, the Eligibility Center will also review transcripts

The guide is only available online at www.ncaa.org

Guidelines For Ontario

The Eligibility Center calculates the grade-point average based on the grades on the Ontario Secondary School Diploma issued by the Ministry of Education.

The Eligibility Center does not provide foreign student-athletes with a preliminary certification report.

Evaluation is performed on the coursework or grades that appear on the graduation document.

Eligibility Center Guidelines

Foreign academic documents, as listed in the guide:

Category One: Document satisfies the high school graduation and core-curriculum requirements.

Category Two: Document satisfies high school graduation, but not core-curriculum requirements; Eligibility Center evaluates documents to determine if the 16 core-course requirement is satisfied.

Eligibility Center Guidelines

Category Three: Documents do not, by themselves, satisfy high school graduation; may be combined with Category One or Two documents to determine if the core curriculum was satisfied.

Category Four: Documents indicate that the foreign student-athlete is a transfer and must meet those requirements instead of initial-eligibility regulations;

Eligibility Center Guidelines For Ontario

Category Two Document.

Grade-point average is calculated based on the 16 core-course distribution (i.e., English, math, science, social science, additional)

Only passing grades are used. Non-core courses are not counted in the grade-point average

Qualifier

A qualifier is a prospective student-athlete who graduates with 16 core courses and the requisite grade-point average that corresponds with his or her standardized test score.

A qualifier is eligible to receive an athletic scholarship and participate in intercollegiate competition during their initial year of collegiate enrollment.

Division I Academic Requirements16 Core Courses

4 years of English                             3 years of mathematics (Algebra I or higher)                             2 years of natural/physical science (one must be a lab science)                             1 year of additional English, math or science                             2 years of social studies                             4 years of additional core courses (from any area listed above, or from foreign language, nondoctrinal religion or philosophy)

Core-Course Time Limitation

Only courses completed in grades 9-12 are used in the calculation

A student who graduates from an international educational system within the prescribed timeframe may use one core course completed in the year after graduation (summer or academic year), but not later than the end of the academic year immediately after the high school graduation of the student's class.

An international prospective student-athlete may complete the one core course at a location other than the high school from which the prospect graduated.

Case Study – Ontario, Canada

Case Study

Hillary presents the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).

The OSSD is a Category Two document – meets high school graduation, but must be evaluated for core-curriculum requirements.

Only core courses on the OSSD with passing grades are used to calculate the grade-point average.

A student will achieve the OSSD within four years of the onset of the secondary school.

Course Title

Grade U.S.Equivalent

Quality

Points

Course Title

Grade

U.S.Equivalent

Quality Points

World History

64 C 2 Science 9 55 D 1

American

History56 D 1 Science 10 54 D 1

English 9 51 D 1 Biology 52 D 1

English 10

65 C 2 Canadian History

66 C 2

English 11

50 D 1 Civics

(.5 units)

50 D .5

Math 10 58 D 1 Geography 65 C 2

Grade Scale U.S. Equivalent

Quality Points

80-100 A 4

70-79 B 3

60-69 C 2

50-59 D 1

0-49 F 0

Grade Conversion

Grade-Point-Average Calculation: 2+1+1+2+1+1+1+1+1+2+.5+2 = 15.5

15.5 divided by 11.5 (number of core courses ) = 1.348 GPA

In Division I, Hillary would be a nonqualifier since she is deficient 4.5 core course units (one unit in English, two units in math and 1.5 units in the additional core courses area).

Courses completed after June 2006 cannot be used since Hillary's class was supposed to graduate in June 2006 but she did not graduate until February 2007.

Core GPA SAT Sum ACT

3.550 & above 400 37

3.525 410 38

3.5 420 39

3.475 430 40

3.45 440 41

3.425 450 41

3.4 460 42

3.375 470 42

3.35 480 43

3.325 490 44

3.3 500 44

3.275 510 45

Lower End of the Sliding Scale

2.05 990 84

2.025 1000 85

2 1010 86

Initial-Eligibility Index

Questions

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