Information for Alumni and Boosters
The following information is provided by the Maryville University Department of Athletics for representatives of athletics interests (as defined by NCAA Bylaw 13.02.11). Representatives of athletics interests include alumni and boosters.
INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) declares that each institution is responsible for the control of its intercollegiate athletics program and compliance with the rules and regulations of the NCAA. This control includes the conduct and actions of all staff members and other individuals or agencies that promote the athletics interests of Maryville University.
KEY COMPLIANCE DEFINITIONS
Prospective Student-Athlete
A student who has started classes for the ninth grade, including students in prep schools and junior colleges and individuals who have officially withdrawn from four-year schools. Any student not yet in the ninth grade becomes a prospect if an institution provides the student with any financial assistance or other benefits that are generally not provided to prospective students.
Contact
A contact is any face-to-face encounter between a prospect or the prospect's parents, relatives or legal guardian(s) and a Maryville University staff member or athletics representative during which any dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting.
Recruiting
Any solicitation of a prospect or a prospect's relatives (or legal guardian) by a Maryville University staff member or representative of the institution's athletics interests for the purpose of securing the prospect's enrollment and ultimate participation in the Maryville University intercollegiate athletics program.
Extra Benefit
An extra benefit is any special arrangement by a Maryville University employee or a representative of athletics interests to provide a student-athlete, or the student-athlete's relative or friend, with a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.
National Letter of Intent (NLI)
An official document administered by the Collegiate Commissioners Association and utilized by subscribing member institutions, including Maryville University once active membership is approved, to establish the commitment of a prospective student-athlete to attend a particular institution.
NCAA Eligibility Center
An eligibility center that certifies athletics eligibility for Division I and II student-athletes. The eligibility center uses high school courses and test scores (ACT/SAT) to determine freshman athletics eligibility.
WHAT IS A BOOSTER?
A "representative of the institution's athletics interests" is an individual who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the institution's executive or athletics administration to:
(a) Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization, including corporate entities (e.g., apparel and equipment companies), promoting the institution's intercollegiate athletics program.
(b) Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization (including individual team's) of that institution.
(c) Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospects.
(d) Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families, or
(e) Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution's athletics program.
Once an individual is identified as such a representative, the person retains that indefinitely.
MARYVILLE ATHLETICS BOOSTERS—DID YOU KNOW?
You may provide information about recruits to Maryville University coaches by sending newspaper clippings or calling a coach.
You may employ a student-athlete at your place of business as long as the student-athlete receives prior approval from the Maryville University Department of Athletics, and receives the same rate of pay as your other employees.
You may invite a current student-athlete or team to your home for an occasional meal.
You may donate financial assistance or gifts-in-kind to the Maryville University Varsity Club or team's individual fundraising drive.
You may not provide extra benefits, including discounted items or services, free meals, use of an automobile to a current student-athlete or to a recruit.
You may not speak with recruits, or their families, about attending Maryville University and his/her opportunities with Maryville University Athletics.
Have more questions? Contact the Maryville University Compliance Office:
Maryville University
Athletics Compliance
650 Maryville University Drive
St. Louis, MO 63141
314-529-6886
