Student-Athlete Employment

Any Student-Athlete who wishes to work must meet the following requirements:

Fill out and return approval forms to the compliance office

A student-athlete may only be compensated at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services

Such compensation may not include any remuneration for value or utility that the student-athlete may have for the employer because of the publicity, reputation, fame or personal following that he or she obtained because of athletics ability.

Employer can not use the student-athlete's name, image and/or likeness for commercial purposes.

Fee for Lessons

A student-athlete may receive compensation for teaching or coaching sport skills or techniques in his or her sport on a fee-for-lesson basis provided:

v Institutional facilities are not used;

v Playing lessons shall not be permitted;

v The institution obtains and keeps on file documentation of the recipient of the lesson(s) and the fee for the lesson(s) provided during any time of the year;

vThe compensation is paid by the lesson recipient (or recipient's family) and not another individual or entity;

v Instruction to each individual is comparable to the instruction that would be provided during a private lesson when the instruction involves more than one individual at a time; AND

v The student-athlete does not use his or her name, picture or appearance to promote or advertise the availability of fee-for-lesson sessions.

The University of Akron Athletics

Student-Athlete Employment