1)Â Do NOT Provide Extra Benefits to Prospects or Student-Athletes.
Special arrangements or involvement by an Akron employee or a Booster to provide you or your relatives or friends with a benefit not authorized by the NCAA legislation.
Permissible Benefits:
- Meals provided by an Akron staff member (e.g. community outreach, Akron fundraiser, media projects)
- Bona-fide employment
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- Cash, Loans, in any amount,
- 3rd Party Co-signing or arranging of a loan/disability insurance,
- Gifts or Free/Reduced Services (concert/movie tickets, meals, haircuts, rent, automobiles, clothing discounts, storage, tattoos, etc…)
- Arrangement in falsifying academic credit
2)Â Do NOT Recruit Prospects.
Writing, emailing, texting, calling or contacting prospects or their friends or family for recruiting purposes by any means is not permitted (including social media). Initiating off-campus contact with prospects for the purposes of recruitment is not permitted.
- You MAY notify outstanding prospects to the attention of the Akron Athletics coaching and administrative staff.
- You MAY meet with prospects on-campus.
3)Â Do NOT Publicize Recruiting Activity.
You may NOT publicize a prospective student-athlete's visit to campus.
- Tweets, Retweets, Favorites
4)Â Do NOT Use Student-Athletes for Promotional Purposes.
Using a current student-athlete's name, appearance, picture or likeness for promotional purposes is not permitted.
- You MAY use current student-athletes for institutional, educational, or charitable purposes upon approval from Compliance.
5)Â Report Any Known Or Suspected NCAA Rules Violations to the Office of Athletics Compliance
It is the institution's obligation to proactively monitor it's athletic program.
- The NCAA takes kind to institutions that identify, cooperate, and report violations.
- Reporting violations is a good thing. It demonstrates that Stony Brook has proper controls in place.
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