Stanford Compliance

Compliance Services Office - Stanford University

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Student host money is survived by the continuing requirement that it may not be used for the purchase of gear; compliance staff who didn’t think student host money was something that needed to be changed; and business offices who have one more item that must be accounted for.

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First opportunity for coaches to engage in off-campus recruiting contacts with prospects:

- Baseball/FB: 7/1 after Jr. year of HS
- MBB: First day of Jr. year of HS
- Softball/Lacrosse: 9/1 of Jr. year of HS
- WBB: 9/1 of Sr. year of HS
- All other sports: 8/1 of Jr. year of HS

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An institution may permit an outside individual, group or agency to supplement an athletics staff member's salary with a direct cash payment in recognition of a "specific and extraordinary" achievement.

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Effective July 1, student-athletes may take unlimited official visits (still capped at 1 visit per institution while in HS).

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Teamworks buys ARMS.

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An incoming freshman SA whose initial academic eligibility qualification status must have been certified in order to travel on a foreign tour (though the SA may participate in practice sessions related to the foreign tour without being cleared).

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So it’s time to fill out your bracket
Picking winners, you can try to crack it
But don’t bet on it, dudes
Or any activity that includes
A ball, a net or a racquet

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When a coach realizes Compliance is around:

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New enforcement approach in cases involving NIL offers and related communications: The NCAA will presume a violation occurred if circumstantial information suggests impermissible conduct, and the burden rests on the accused party to rebut the presumption with credible evidence.

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Athletics department and student-athletes may not participate in sports wagering concerning any intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics competition in a sport that the NCAA sponsors.

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With a few exceptions (most notably in individual sports where the student-athlete initiates the request), a coach's presence at athletically-related activities means the activities must be designated as CARA and may not be considered voluntary.

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Football is permitted to conduct 15 Spring practice sessions.
- 12 of the 15 sessions may involve contact
- 8 of the 12 sessions that involve contact may also involve tackling
- 3 of the 8 sessions that involve tackling may be primarily devoted to 11-on-11 scrimmages

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Fundraising so we can go to @NAACconnect this summer!

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An institution's sports camp or clinic must be open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).

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When you double-check a bylaw before answering an e-mail even though you already know what it says.

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An athletics staff member accompanying a PSA in transit from the airport (at the beginning of an official visit) may provide a drive-thru or to-go meal to the PSA (and his/her family) without beginning the 48-hour official visit period.

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Student-athletes may not hire an agent to to pursue professional sports opportunities and/or market their athletics abilities to professional sports teams or organizations.

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It is permissible for a countable coach to provide a campus tour during a camp or clinic, provided that (for all sports other than Women’s Basketball) the format of the tour has been approved by an institutional authority outside of the athletics department.

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A sports medicine staff member (ex. trainer) who is present during voluntary conditioning activities conducted by a strength coach is empowered with the unchallengeable authority to cancel or modify the workout for health and safety reasons.