NCAA Division I Camps, Clinics and Tryouts

1. NCAA Division I Camps, Clinics and Tryouts Andy Cardamone and Abbie Renaker

2. Overview • Definition of camps and clinics. • General guidelines. • Employment. • Definition of recruited prospective student- athlete (PSA). • Tryouts. • Case studies.

3. Definition of camps and clinics

4. Institutional Camps/clinics • Owned and operated by a member institution or its athletics department staff members. • PSAs participate. • May occur on or off an institution’s campus. • In basketball, must be conducted on campus or within a 100-mile radius of campus. • In football, must be conducted within the state or, if outside of the state, within a 50-mile radius of campus. NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.12.1.1 2/1/90 Official Interpretation

5. Institutional Camps/clinics(continued) • Bears the name of a member institution or a current athletics department staff member. • If multiple institutions constitute majority ownership (e.g., 51 percent). Bylaw 13.12.1.1 2/11/10 and 2/26/10 Staff Interpretations

6. Purpose of institutional camps/clinics • Special emphasis on instruction/practice. • In a particular sport or sports. • May include competition. • Designed to improve skills and knowledge. • Diversified experience. • No emphasis on a particular sport. • Does not focus on instruction, practice or competition. Bylaw 13.12.1.1.2

7. Noninstitutional Camps/Clinics • Not owned or operated by the institution or employee of the institution’s athletics department. • May be held at any location, including institution’s campus.

8. General Guidelines

9. Attendance • Must be open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).  • Not permissible to provide free or reduced admission to high school, preparatory school, two-year college athletics award winner or a PSA being recruited by your institution. • May invite specific PSA provided the institution legitimately advertises the camp. • May operate a team camp provide the institution legitimately advertises the camp. Bylaw 13.12.1.3 4/9/2009 Educational Column

10. Apparel and awards • PSAs may receive apparel, merchandise or an award provided the cost of the apparel, merchandise or award is included in the admissions fees for the camp or clinic. Bylaw 13.12.1.6.4 4/09/2009 Education Column

11. Recruiting at camps/clinics • Interaction between PSAs and coaches employed by camp/clinic is not subject to recruiting calendar restrictions. • Coaches are prohibited from recruiting during the time period of the camp or clinic. • Written or verbal offer of financial aid. • Making recruiting presentations. • Setting up official or unofficial visits. Bylaws 13.12.1.4 and 13.1.7.2.4 4/2/09 and 10/2/09 Official Interpretations

12. Recruiting at camps/clinics(Continued) • Men’s basketball coaches may engage in recruiting conversations with PSAs during institution’s men’s basketball camp/clinic. NCAA Bylaw 13.12.1.4.1 NCAA Proposal No. 2009-101

13. Permissible Time Periods • Basketball. • Football. • All other sports.

14. Basketball Time Period • Institutional camps and clinics can be conducted during the following months: • June; • July; • August; or • Any calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that includes days of those months. Bylaw 13.12.1.1.4

15. Football Time Period Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) • Two 15-consecutive day periods in the months of June and July; • Or any calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that includes days of those months. • Example May 30, 2010, through June 5, 2010. Bylaw 13.12.1.1.3

16. Football Time Period (continued) Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) • In championship subdivision football, an institution's camp or clinic may be conducted only during the months of June, July and August or any calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that includes days of those months. • Example May 30, 2010, through June 5, 2010. Bylaw 13.12.1.1.3

17. All other sportsTime Period • Any time during the year. • Never during a dead period. Bylaw 13.12.1.4

18. Employment at camps and clinics

19. Athletics department Staff Employment at Camps/Clinics • Basketball. • Coaches and noncoaching personnel with basketball specific duties. • May only work at his or her own institution's camps/clinics. Bylaw 13.12.2.3.2

20. Men’s basketball Camp/clinic employment legislation • Shall not employ (salaried or voluntary) a speaker at any institutional basketball camp/clinic who: • Is involved in coaching PSAs. • Is associated with a PSA as a result of the PSA’s participation in basketball. • Prohibition also includes, but not limited to: • Coaches’ clinics. • Camps/clinics involving only non-PSAs. • Any athletics activity. Bylaw 13.12.2.2.2 Proposal No. 2008-30-B

21. Athletics department Staff Employment at Camps/Clinics(Continued) • Football. • Provided the camp/clinic is operated in accordance with restrictions applicable to an institutional camp/clinic. • FBS. • May work at institutional and noninstitutional camps/clinics during specific times. • Two periods of 15-consecutive days. • Months of June or July • FCS. • May work at institutional and noninstitutional camps/clinics during months of June, July or August or any calendar week including days of those months. Bylaws 13.12.2.3.3 and 13.12.2.3.4

22. Athletics department Staff Employment at Camps/Clinics (continued) • Volleyball. • May be employed at a noninstitutional, privately owned camp/clinic, provided the camp/clinic is operated in accordance with restrictions • May not be employed at an institutional camp or clinic that is conducted off the institution's campus during a quiet period. • May not be employed at a noninstitutional, privately owned camp or clinic that is conducted off the institution's campus during a quiet period. Bylaw 13.12.2.3.5(Effective 8/1/10)

23. Athletics department Staff Employment at Camps/Clinics(continued) • All other sports. • May work at noninstitutional camps/clinics provided: • Operated in accordance with institutional camp legislation. • Recruiting/scouting services’ camps/clinics. • May not be employed at a camp/clinic if a recruiting/scouting service is involved. • The camp/clinic is established, sponsored or conducted by a recruiting/scouting service. Bylaws 13.12.2.3.6 (Effective 8/1/10)

24. Student-athlete employment • Student-athletes (SA) may be employed at: • Own institution’s camps/clinics. • Other institutions’ camps/clinics. • Noninstitutional camps/clinics. • Bowl Subdivision Football exception. Bylaws 13.12.2.1 and 13.12.2.1.6

25. Student-athlete employment(Continued) • Bowl Subdivision Football. • Cannot be employed at own institution’s camps/clinics. • One SA from any one institution may be employed at each camps/clinic conducted by another institution. • One SA from institution may work at any one noninstitutional camp/clinic. Bylaw 13.12.2.1.6

26. Student-athlete employment(continued) • Employment considerations: • Must perform general supervisory duties. • Must be paid the going rate. • May not be paid based on skill level. • May not be compensated if only lecturing/demonstrating. • May not conduct own camp/clinic. Bylaw 13.12.2.1

27. Definition of RECRUITED prospective student-athlete

28. Men’s Basketball Recruited PSa Rule • New legislation. • Definition of recruited PSA in the sport of men’s basketball.   • Any solicitation of a PSA or a PSA’s relatives for purpose of securing PSA’s enrollment and participation in the institution's athletics program. Bylaw 13.12.1.1.1.1

29. Men’s Basketball Recruited Psa (Continued) Under current legislation a PSA is considered to be recruited if any of the following occur: • Provided an official visit. • Having arranged off-campus contact. •  Initiating or arranging a telephone call on more than one occasion. • Issuing a National Letter of Intent (NLI) orwritten offer of athletics aid. Bylaw 13.12.1.1.1.1

30. Men’s Basketball Recruited Psa Rule(Continued) In men’s basketball, for purposes of applying Bylaw 13.12,a PSA is considered to be recruited if any of the following additional activities occur: • Attendance at any institutional camp or clinic is solicited by the institution. • Institution provided recruiting materials. • Provided an official visit. • Any recruiting contact including electronic contact and contact initiated by PSA. • Extended a verbal offer of athletics aid. • Verbal commitment to attend institution. Bylaw 13.12.1.1.1.1

31. Tryouts

32. Prohibited Activities • Shall not conduct or have conducted on its behalf any physical activity: • That reveals, demonstrates or displays a PSA’s athletic abilities. • At any location. • In any sport. Bylaw 13.11.1

33. Prohibited Activities(Continued) • Definition of a PSA for tryout purposes. • All sports except men’s basketball. • Has started classes for the grade nine; • Is not enrolled at the institution. • Men’s basketball. • Has started classes for grade seven; • Is not enrolled at the institution. Bylaws 13.11.1.1 and 13.11.1.2

34. Prohibited Activities(Continued) • Competition Against PSAs – Team Sports (other than football) and Individual Sports. • An institution’s varsity team may compete against a two-year institution. • An institution’s varsity team may not compete against a high school, preparatory school or outside team that includes PSAs. • May participate against an international team that includes PSAs in the United States and U.S. National Team. Bylaw 13.11.1.3

35. Prohibited Activities(continued) • Competition Against PSAs – Exception for individual sports. • An institution’s varsity team may compete against an outside team that includes PSAs in the same open event. • Event must involve no team scoring; or • Event may use team scoring as long as the institution and the outside team are in different scoring categories. Bylaw 13.11.1.3

36. Prohibited Activities(Continued) • Competition Against PSAs – FBS. • An institution’s varsity and subvarsity teams may not compete against any team that includes PSAs. Bylaw 13.11.1.4

37. Prohibited Activities(Continued) • Competition Against PSAs – FCS. • An institution’s varsity team may compete against a two-year college team; and • An institution’s subvarsity team may compete against a two-year college team, high school team or a prepatory school team, provided: • No payment or other inducement (e.g. guarantee) is provided. • No recruiting activities occur with members of team that includes PSAs. Bylaw 13.11.1.5

38. PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES • Local Sports Club • Sports other than basketball. • Coach may be involved in any capacity in same sport. • All PSAs participating must be legal residents of area (within a 50-mile radius). • All sports. • Coach may be involved in any capacity in a sport other than the coach’s sport. • All PSAs participating must be legal residents of area (within a 50-mile radius) Clubs involving multiple teams or multiple sports. • 50-mile radius only applies to team with which coach is involved. • Radius restriction does not apply to teams with non-PSAs. Bylaw 13.11.2.3

39. PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES(Continued) • Local Sports Club – Restriction. • Institution’s athletics department and athletics booster group may not sponsor a local sports club that includes PSAs. • Department outside of athletics may sponsor a local sports club that includes PSAs provided no athletics department staff is involved with the team. Bylaw 13.11.2.3.3

40. PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES(Continued) • Local Sports Club – Restriction. • Women’s Volleyball • Institutional coaching staff members may not coach a local sports club at an off-campus competition where PSAs are present during a dead or quiet period. • May coach local sports club team in practice activities during a dead or quiet period. Bylaw 13.11.2.3.4

41. PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES(Continued) • Local Sports Club. • SA employment. • An institution’s coaching staff member who owns or operates a local sports club may employ a SA on his or her team outside the institution’s playing season provided no countable athletically related activities occurs as a result of the employment. 3/10/04 Staff Interpretation

42. PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES(Continued) • Recreational Activities. • PSA visiting campus may participate in physical workouts or other recreational activities. • Not organized or observed by coaching staff members. • Not designed to test athletics ability of PSA. • May occur in a facility not open to general public during an official or unofficial visit. Bylaw 13.11.2.3 9/4/08 Staff Interpretation

43. Case STUDIES

44. CASE STUDY – JJ Jumper • JJ Jumper a junior PSA at boy’s basketball camp at State University. • Coach Barney offers a scholarship to JJ and asks him to verbally commit to State University.

45. CASE STUDY – JJ Jumper(continued) • Was Coach Barney’s recruitment at the camp permissible? • Yes • If the scenario was switched to baseball would the same be true? • No, in all other sports there is a recruiting ban during camps and clinics.

46. CASE Study - Tim • Invited by Coach Huff to attend Camp. • Camp occurs July 17-20, 2010.

48. CASE Study – Tim(Continued) • Is it permissible for a coach to invite a PSA to a camp? • Answer: Yes, provided the camp is legitimately advertised. • What additional information would you need? • Answer: the ways this camp has been advertised.

49. Case STUDY – Women's Soccer COACH • Women’s Soccer Coach turns in season declaration form along with a schedule • Two contests noted on the form pique your interest • Home contest on September 8 against a U-18 local sports club team – Indianapolis Cosmos. • Away contest on September 21 against Ivy Tech (Two-year institution)

50. Case STUDY – Women’ Soccer COACH CONT’D • Under tryout rules which of these contests would be permissible? • Answer: Contest against Ivy Tech.