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Interpretations

Aug 28, 2006 1:01:01 AM

Conference Call No. 9

July 20, 2006

Acting for the Division I Management Council, the Division I Legislative Review/Interpretations Committee issued the following interpretations:

Prize Money Before Full-Time Collegiate Enrollment — Coaching and Instruction as Actual and Necessary Expenses

1. Prize Money Before Initial Full-Time Collegiate Enrollment and Coach’s Expenses or Fees. The committee determined that for the purpose of calculating a prospective student-athlete’s actual and necessary expenses related to participation in an open athletics event, the calculation may not include the expenses or fees of anyone other than the prospective student-athlete (for example, coach’s fee or expenses, parent’s expenses). [Reference: NCAA Bylaw 12.1.1.4.1 (exception for prize money before full-time collegiate enrollment).]

Amateurism — Student-Athlete
Establishing a Business

2. Student-Athlete Establishing His or Her Own Business. The committee determined that a student-athlete may establish his or her own business, provided the student-athlete’s name, photograph, appearance or athletics reputation are not used to promote such a business. [References: Bylaws 12.4.1.1 (athletics reputation), 12.5.2.1 (advertisements and promotions after enrollment), an 2/4/81 official interpretation, Item o, and a 2/13/91 staff interpretation, Item b, which has been archived.]

Conference Call No. 10

July 27, 2006

Timing of a Foreign Tour

1. Timing of Foreign Tour. The committee confirmed that an institution may not engage in a foreign tour during the period beginning 30 days before the first permissible practice date until the institution’s first scheduled contest or date of competition, as opposed to the first permissible date for a contest or date of competition. [Reference: NCAA Division I Bylaw 30.7.8 (Timing of Tour).]

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NCAA News Archive - 2006