The University of Akron Athletics
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Institutional CampsÂ
An institutional sports camp or clinic is owned or operated by a member institution or an employee of the member institution's athletics department, either on or off its campus in which prospects participate. In order to be considered an owner of an institution's sports camp or instructional clinic, the individual must be at least a majority owner (i.e. 51 percent of the camp or clinic). In order to be considered an operator of an institution's sports camp or instructional clinic, an individual must be personally and directly responsible for the management and operation of the camp or clinic.
- An institution's sports camp or clinic shall be open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).
- The interaction during sports camps and clinics between prospects and those coaches employed by the camp or clinic is not subject to the recruiting calendar restrictions. However, a staff member employed at the camp or clinic is prohibited from recruiting any prospects during the time period that the camp or clinic is conducted. This includes extending verbal or written offers of financial aid during attendance at a camp or clinic.
- Coaches not employed by a camp or clinic wishing to observe prospects must adhere with the appropriate recruiting contact and evaluation periods
- Institutional camps or clinics may not be conducted during a dead period.
Camp Advertisement
Coaches and/or camp directors may not place any advertisements in recruiting publications or on websites until the Compliance Office reviews and approves the layout plan prior to publication, airing or posting, to ensure that the advertisement meets the NCAA specifications.
Camp or clinic advertisements may appear in publications such as game programs. However, advertisements may not appear in high-school or two-year college game programs. Generally, recruiting publications or newsletters may contain advertisements, provided the publication includes a camp directory and if the advertisement meets the following requirements:
- The size and format of all the camp/clinic advertisements must be identical and the size may not exceed one-half page.
- The camp directory must include multiple listings of summer camps on each page (i.e., at least two summer-camp advertisements of the same size must appear on each page).
- Camp/clinic advertisements may appear on a recruiting publication website provided the website's camp directory includes multiple listings of summer camps/clinics and the size and format of all the advertisements are identical. The half-page size restriction applicable to advertisements in print publications is not applicable to website advertisements.
BrochuresÂ
Camp brochures are not restricted by content or design but must indicate that the camp or clinic is open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and gender). Brochures are restricted to a single 2-sided sheet, not to exceed 17"x 22" in size when opened in full. It is not permissible to create a brochure that folds out into a poster. Camp or clinic brochures may be mailed to a prospective student-athlete at any time.
It is permissible to use a current student-athlete's name, picture and institutional affiliation ONLY IN A CAMP COUNSELOR SECTION of a brochure to identify the student-athlete as a camp staff member. A student-athlete's name or picture may not be used in any other way to directly advertise or promote the camp. [NCAA 12.5.1.7] The picture can be an action shot, provided that other student-athletes with eligibility remaining are out of the frame.
