COACHES MEETING

1. COACHES MEETING Boston College Compliance Office April 14, 2009

2. TODAY’S TOPICS • Florida State Case - Jerome • Camps and Clinics • Local Sports Clubs • Private Lessons • Social Networking Sites • CyberSports Website Update

3. CAMPS AND CLINICS • Brochures: • Not restricted by content or design • NCAA reversed interpretation about advertising – may advertise in any way as long as advertisement stipulates camp is open to any and all entrants. • Camp open to all entrants – only limited by: • Number; • Age; • Grade Level; and/or • Gender. • Restricted to single sheet of paper (max size 17x22 inches) • Pictures of student-athletes with eligibility remaining can only appear in camp counselor section

4. CAMPS AND CLINICS • Employment: • Student-Athletes: • Must perform duties that are of a general supervisory character in addition to any coaching or officiating assignments. • Compensation shall be commensurate with the going rate. • A student-athlete who only lectures or demonstrates at a may not receive compensation • High School, Preparatory-School or Two-Year College Coaches: • The coach receives compensation that is commensurate with the going rate for camp counselors of like teaching ability and camp experience; and • The coach is not paid on the basis of the value the coach may have for the employer because of the coach's reputation or contact with prospects. • A member institution may not compensate or reimburse a high school, preparatory school or two-year college coach based on the number of campers the coach sends to the camp. • Prospects (high school, prep school, two-year, or four-year): • An institution, members of its staff or representatives of its athletics interests shall not employ or give free or reduced admission privileges to a high school, preparatory school, two-year or four-year college athletics award winner or any individual being recruited by the institution. • It is permissible for an institution to have a policy that permits free admission only to the children of athletics department staff members to attend the institution's camps or clinics.

5. CAMPS AND CLINICS • Recent NCAA Interpretations • Advertising an Institutional Camp or Clinic (I) • Date Published: January 15, 2009 • Official Interpretation • The Legislative Council determined that an institution may advertise or promote an institutional camp or clinic in any way, provided any camp or clinic advertisement or promotion (e.g., camp brochure, Web site, newspaper or magazine advertisement) stipulates that the camp or clinic is open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).  • Calls Regarding Institutional Camp and Clinic Logistical Issues (I) • Date Published: April 2, 2009 • Official Interpretation • The committee determined that a telephone call to an individual (or his or her parents, guardians, relatives or coach) that relates solely to institutional camp and clinic logistical issues (e.g., missing registration information) is not subject to the restrictions on telephone calls, provided no recruiting conversation or solicitation of particular individuals to attend a camp or clinic occurs.

6. LOCAL SPORTS CLUBS • In sports other than basketball, a coach may be involved in any capacity (e.g., as a participant, administrator or in instructional or coaching activities) in the same sport for a local sports club or organization provided all prospects participating are within a 50-mile radius of campus.  • A prospect who relocates to an area within a 50-mile radius of campus on a temporary basis (e.g., to participate on a club team or attend an institution while maintaining a permanent residence outside of the 50-mile radius) is not a legal resident of the area regardless of whether the prospect meets legal standards of state or local residency for governmental purposes. • In club teams involving multiple teams or multiple sports, the 50-mile radius is applicable only to the team with which the institution's coach is involved; however, it is not permissible for the coach to assign a prospect who lives outside the 50-mile area to another coach of the club. • Exception - The 50-mile radius restriction shall not apply to a prospect who resides outside a 50-mile radius of the institution, provided the institution documents that the local sports club is the closest opportunity for the prospect to participate in the sport. • A coach also may be involved in activities with individuals who are not of prospect age (i.e., before the ninth grade), regardless of where such individuals reside.

7. PRIVATE LESSONS • The only sports permitted to conduct private lessons to prospect aged individuals are Women’s Golf and Equestrian. • An institution's women's golf and equestrian coachesmay teach private lessons to a prospect in their respective sports, provided the following conditions are met:  (Revised:  4/28/05 effective 8/1/05) • (a) The prospect resides within a 50-mile radius of the institution's main campus; • (b) The coach makes lessons available to the general public; • (c) In women's golf, lessons are only provided to female prospects andthe coach is a teaching professional certified pursuant to the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and/or Professional Golf Association (PGA) certification program; (Revised:  4/28/05 effective 8/1/05) • (d) Fees charged to the prospect are at a rate commensurate with fees charged to all individuals; • (e) Fees charged to the prospect are not paid by individuals or entities other than the prospect or her parent or legal guardian; and • (f) The institution keeps on file in the office of the director of athletics documentation of the fee charged for the lessons and the name of any individual receiving any portion of the fee.

8. SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES • Excerpts from an NCAA Ed Column – 8/13/08 • Institutions should note that e-mail is not limited to a traditional e-mail service provided by an institution, Web site or Internet service provider.  Therefore, it is permissible for an athletics department staff member to send electronically transmitted correspondence to a prospect using a social networking Web site's (e.g., MySpace, Facebook) e-mail feature.  • All other electronically transmitted correspondence including, but not limited to, text messaging, Instant Messenger, chat rooms or message boards (e.g., a user's wall) within a social networking Web site or through other services or applications remain impermissible. • For example, a coaching staff member with a MySpace or Facebook account may send electronically transmitted correspondence to a prospect's MySpace or Facebook account using the e-mail inbox feature located on that user's profile page.  However, a coaching staff member may not send electronic correspondence to a prospect via the comments feature on MySpace or the wall-to-wall feature on Facebook. • It is permissible for a prospect's name and/or picture to appear on an athletics department staff member's profile page of a social networking Web site to identify the prospect as a "friend" of the athletics department staff member.  Institutions should note that the identification of the prospect as a "friend" on an athletics staff members profile page confirms only the institution's potential recruitment of that individual.  • Institutions are reminded they may not make any public comments about the prospect's ability, the contribution that the prospect might make to the institution's team or the likelihood of the prospect's signing with that institution.

9. SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES • Twitter • Email from NCAA staff member: • “Ultimately, “Twitter” appears to be another version of a social networking site and we have to apply the current rules to the functions that are available on that site.  A user is able to post updates to their account on the Web site and other users can choose whether and how to follow those postings.  If a coach has an account, anyone, including prospects, may choose whether to follow what the coach posts to his or her account.  When a coach posts an update to his or her site, he or she is not, per se, sending a text message to anyone.  However, a coach would not be permitted to direct updates toward prospects, just as it would be impermissible to post such material on an institution’s Web site.”

10. CYBERSPORTS • Look of 5.5 • Official Visit changes • Monthly Log changes