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.
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
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.
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).
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.