Agenda

• Tryouts ▫ Medical Examination.

▫ Timing.

▫ Evaluation.

▫ Enrolled Student-athletes.

▫ Length of a tryout.

▫ Equipment/clothing.

• Camps and Clinics ▫ Institutional vs. noninstitutional.

▫ Athletics staff members.

▫ Student-athletes.

▫ Prospective student-athletes.

▫ Advertising.

▫ Permissible Activities.

The Basics

• Tryouts permissible beginning June 15 immediately preceding the PSA’s junior year in high school.

• May only occur on campus or at a site where the institution normally conducts practice or competition.

Bylaw 13.11.2.1

One Tryout Limitation

• One tryout per PSA per institution per sport.

• One tryout while SA is in high school and one tryout after September 1 following high school graduation. Bylaw 13.11.2.1-(a)

Timing – High School or Prep School PSA

Outside PSA’s high school's or preparatory school's traditional season in the sport.

▫ Begins - first official team practice; and ▫ Concludes - team's final competition. Bylaw 13.11.2.1-(b)

Timing, High School or Prep School PSA

The tryout legislation is sport specific.

▫ Example: A basketball prospective student-athlete would be permitted to participate in a basketball tryout after the season has ended even if he is in season for track and field.

Bylaw 13.11.2.1-(b) ~January 15, 2014, Educational Column

Timing, High School or Prep School PSA

• Not permissible to conduct a tryout of a PSA who is required to repeat the sophomore year of high school.

• If a PSA is still competing June 15 immediately preceding his or her junior year in high school, the earliest the PSA may participate in a tryout in that sport is after the PSA’s season is complete.

Bylaw 13.11.2.1-(b) ~January 15, 2014, Educational Column

Scenario

High school student participates on the high school team.

High school student's institution offers the sport, but PSA does not participate.

     

Permissible Timing of Tryout

In the summer.

Prior to high school team’s first official team practice.

After high school team’s final contest during the traditional season.

In the summer.

Prior to high school team’s first official team practice.

After high school team’s final contest during the traditional season.

High school student's institution does not sponsor the sport.

 At any time after June 15 preceding the junior year in high school.

PSA is attending a preparatory school.

   In the summer.

Prior to preparatory school team’s first official team practice.

After preparatory school team’s final contest during the traditional season.

Medical Examination

• Prior to participation in a tryout, a PSA/SA must undergo a medical examination administered or supervised by a physician. The exam must include a sickle cell solubility test (SST).

• A PSA may use a medical exam conducted within six months of his/her participation in practice/competition at his/her high school, prep school or collegiate institution. Bylaw 13.11.2.1-(c-1)

Evaluation

• The tryout may include tests to evaluate the PSA’s strength, speed, agility and sport skills.

• Except in the sports of football, ice hockey, men’s lacrosse and wrestling, the tryout may include competition.

• Note: In the port of football a PSA may not wear helmets or pads.

Bylaw 13.11.2.1-(d)

Enrolled Student-Athlete Participation

• Competition against current student-athletes is permissible. • The tryout must occur during the academic year.

• Student-athlete participation in a tryout is considered a countable athletically related activity.

Bylaw 13.11.2.1-(e)

Enrolled Student-Athlete Participation

• SAs may not participate in a tryout during the 14 day period following the end of their championship segment.

• During the 14 day break, SAs who have exhausted eligibility may participate in tryouts with prospective student-athletes. Bylaw 17.1.6.2.1-(e)

Length of the Tryout

• A tryout with a PSA shall be limited to the length of the institution’s normal practice period in the sport but may not exceed two hours.

• Note: Two hour practice period does not include the medical examination. Bylaw 13.11.2.1-(f)

Use of Equipment

• An institution may provide equipment/clothing on an issuance-and-retrieval basis to PSAs during a tryout. Bylaw 13.11.2.1-(g)

Camps and Clinics

Operations

• Must be open to any and all entrants.

▫ Permissible to limit by number or age.

• Cannot occur during a dead period.

▫ NOTE: Football and basketball camps and clinics may only be held during the institution’s summer vacation period.

• Not permissible to provide free or reduced admissions to PSAs.

▫ Exceptions: Children of institutional staff members (5/24/11 staff interpretation) or objective criteria unrelated to athletics ability (8/27/09 staff interpretation).

Bylaws 13.12.1.2, 13.12.1.3 and 13.12.1.5

Who participates in a camp or clinic?

• In order for NCAA Bylaw 13 to apply, prospective student-athletes must participate.

• Prospective student-athlete (PSA) = a student who has started classes for the ninth grade.

• If PSAs are not involved, NCAA legislation does not apply.

Bylaw 13.02.9

What is a camp or clinic?

• 1.

A camp or clinic serves one of three purposes:  Places special emphasis on a particular sport(s) and provides specialized instruction, practice or competition.

Examples: Bob Smith Basketball Camp, State University Soccer Camp.

2.

 Involves activities designed to improve overall skills and knowledge in the sport.

Examples: City College Kicking Camp, Suzie Green Hitting Clinic.

3.

 Offers a diversified experience without emphasis on instruction, practice or competition in any particular sport.

Example: West Tech All-Sports Camp.

Bylaw 13.12.1.1.1

Case Study – Bob Smith Basketball Camp

• State University’s head basketball coach, Bob Smith, wants to hold a summer-long team camp.

• June, July and August 2015, teams will play every week on Tuesdays in a round-robin format.

• At the end of the summer, a camp champion will be crowned.

• No instruction will be provided to the teams. • Admission cost will be $500 per team.

Case Study – Bob Smith Basketball Camp

• Is this a permissible camp?

• Does the camp have to include an instructional component?

▫ No. A May 7, 2012, official interpretation determined that a camp or clinic may be competition only.

• May the camp run all summer as opposed to a continuous timeframe?

▫ Yes.

Institutional Camps and Clinics

• Any camp or clinic that is owned or operated by the institution or an employee of the athletics department.

• Regardless of whether the camp or clinic is held on or off the institution’s campus.

Bylaw 13.12.1.1

Owned or Operated

• Owned = the individual is at least a majority owner of the camp or clinic (51 percent or more).

• Operated = the individual is directly responsible for the management and operation of the camp or clinic.

• Individual does not need to both own and operate the camp or clinic - just one will trigger an institutional camp or clinic.

2/1/90 Official Interpretation

Case Study – Owned or Operated

• Central Tech and Green State are located in the same city, 10 miles apart.

• A third party camp operator, Camps R Us, has approached the two head softball coaches about running a joint softball camp. • Camps R Us will handle all operations. • The coaches will each receive 30 percent of ownership of the camp. Camps R Us will own the remaining 40 percent.

Case Study – Owned or Operated

• Is the softball camp considered an institutional or noninstitutional camp?

• Institutional.

• Since Central Tech and Green State will own 60 percent of the camp, it is an institutional camp.

2/11/10 Staff Interpretation

Case Study – Owned or Operated

• What if Central Tech owns 55 percent, Green State owns five percent and Camps R Us owns 40 percent?

• Still an institutional camp for both institutions.

2/11/10 Staff Interpretation

Timing and Format

• May provide an institutional camp or clinic brochure to a PSA at any time.

• May provide an institutional camp or clinic brochure in electronic format.

Bylaw 13.4.1.1

Student-Athlete Photographs

• Institutional camps and clinics: ▫ A student-athlete’s name or picture may be used to promote an institutional camp or clinic, regardless of whether the student-athlete will be serving as a camp counselor.

• Noninstitutional camps and clinics: ▫ A student-athlete’s name or picture may only be used to promote a noninstitutional camp or clinic if the student athlete is employed as a camp counselor.

Bylaws 12.5.1.5.1 and 12.5.1.5.2

Prospective Student-Athlete Photographs

• A PSA’s photograph may be used to promote an institutional camp or clinic provided: ▫ ▫ ▫ The photos are part of an action shot (e.g., candid); There is not focus on one PSA; and The photos are not staged.

Bylaw 13.10.6

Case Study – Camp Photographs

• Your assistant basketball coach posted the following picture of camp on his personal Facebook page. Several of the campers in the picture are prospect-aged.

Case Study – Camp Photographs

• Is this photograph permissible?

• Analysis: 1.

2.

Is the photograph a candid or action shot?

Is there a focus on a particular PSA?

3.

Is the photograph staged?

Athletics Staff Members

• Not permissible to be employed in any capacity by a camp or clinic connected to a recruiting or scouting service.

▫ Includes coaching clinics (5/28/14 official interpretation).

▫ Exception: Officiating camps.

• Permissible to be employed at a noninstitutional camp or clinic, provided the camp or clinic is operated in accordance with same restrictions applicable to institutional camps and clinics.

▫ Football and basketball: Summer vacation period only.

Bylaw 13.12.2.5

Prospective Student-Athletes

• May be employed at an institutional camp or clinic, provided: ▫ PSA has signed a NLI or written offer of admission and/or financial aid to attend your institution; OR ▫ PSA has not signed a NLI or written offer of admission and/or financial aid with any institution.

Bylaw 13.12.2.1

Prospective Student-Athletes, continued

• Conditions of PSA employment: ▫ Must be paid the going rate and only for work actually performed;  NOTE: PSA may not be paid if he or she only lectures or demonstrates at the camp or clinic.

▫ Employment does not begin until PSA has completed his or her senior year in high school and the PSA’s season is over; and ▫ PSA performs general supervisory duties in addition to any coaching or officiating responsibilities.

Bylaw 13.12.2.1

Student-Athletes

• May be employed at any institutional camp or clinic, provided: ▫ Must be paid the going rate and only for work actually performed; and  NOTE: A student-athlete may not be paid if he or she only lectures or demonstrates at the camp or clinic; and  Student-athletes may not be paid on varying levels based on the level of athletics skill.

▫ A student-athlete performs general supervisory duties in addition to any coaching or officiating responsibilities.

Bylaw 13.12.2.2.1

Student-Athletes, continued

• When may student-athletes serve as demonstrators during institutional camps and clinics?

Required Academic Year

Must count toward weekly hour limitations.

Summer

Not permissible to require countable athletically related activities during the summer.

Permissible.

Voluntary

Does not count toward weekly hour limitations.

• Football student-athletes may only be required to serve as demonstrators during the playing season.

7/29/14 Staff Interpretation

High School, College-Preparatory or Two-Year College Coaches

• May be employed at any institutional camp or clinic, provided: ▫ Must be paid the going rate based on similar teaching ability and camp experience; and ▫ Rate is not based on the coach’s reputation or contact with prospective student-athletes.

• Not permissible to compensate based on the number of attendees the coach brings to the camp or clinic.

Bylaw 13.12.2.4

Recruiting Calendar Restrictions

• Interactions with PSAs during an institutional camp or clinic are not subject to recruiting calendar restrictions.

▫ REMINDER: Institutional camps and clinics may not be conducted during a dead period.

• Noninstitutional coaches who attend, but are not employed by, an institutional camp or clinic are subject to contact and evaluation periods.

Bylaw 13.12.1.3

Recruiting Activities

• It is permissible for a coach employed at a sports camp or clinic to recruit a PSA attending such camp or clinic.

• Recruiting activities such as campus tours are permissible.

• If PSA is not yet of recruitable age (June 15 prior to junior year), it is not permissible to provide recruiting materials.

4/1/09 Official Interpretation

Official Visits in Conjunction with Camps and Clinics

• It is permissible for a PSA to participate in a camp or clinic either in advance of or after an official visit. • However, if a PSA participates in a camp or clinic in conjunction with an official visit, the institution may not pay any leg of the PSA’s transportation costs.

Bylaw 13.5.2.1.1

Awards and Benefits

• PSAs may receive awards (e.g., t-shirt, trophy) as long as the cost of the award(s) is included in the admissions fee.

• Permissible to include other activities in the camp (e.g, game tickets) provided the value of the benefit is included in the admissions fee.

Bylaws 13.2.1 and 13.12.1.5.3

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