Fall Compliance Meeting

1. Fall Compliance Meeting 2018-19

2. Agenda • Introduction • The NCAA • Compliance Mission Statement • NCAA Rules/Requirements • In Closing….

3. Compliance Staff • Heath Senour – Associate Athletic Director for Compliance • Mindy DeBruce– Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance / Title IX Coordinator/SWA • Jacob Higgs – Compliance Coordinator • We are on Twitter - follow us @OwlsCompliance • We are located in the Convocation Center Main Athletic Suite

4. Compliance Staff POP QUIZ!! and Case Studies throughout – be ready, there may be something in it for you!!

5. The NCAA The NCAA is not a rule making body. It is a volunteer membership organization. The member institutions make our own rules via committees and the NCAA’s legislative process.

6. Compliance Office Mission Statement The Kennesaw State University Compliance Office strives to provide a comprehensive compliance program with a focus on four general elements: rules education, policies and procedures, monitoring and self-reporting. This focus allows us to protect the integrity of the University, while fostering a culture of compliance and institutional control as required by the NCAA. Our visibility and availability are important aspects of providing a proactive approach as we assist the University, our student-athletes, institutional staff and donors in understanding the complex nature of NCAA rules.

7. Required compliance forms All NCAA and KSU forms are required before any student-athlete is eligible for practice or competition. These forms were sent to you via JumpForward. Are there any questions regarding these forms?

8. ncaayear round drug testing If you test positive for a banned substance during a NCAA administered drug test, you: • will be declared INELIGIBLE to compete during the regular season and postseason competition for ONE CALENDAR YEAR (i.e. 365 days) after your positive test, and • will be charged with the loss of a minimum of one season of competition in all sports. If you test positive a second time for a banned substance during a NCAA administered drug test, you: • will lose all remaining regular-season and post season eligibility in all sports.

9. ncaayear round drug testing • Review the 2018-19 List of Banned Substances that was part of your 2018-19 NCAA Drug Testing Consent Form • Notify your Athletic Trainer of any medications or supplements • It is your responsibility to check with your Athletic Trainer before using any medications (including prescription medications) and supplements

10. Pop Quiz!! As you have probably read recently, many states are now in the process of legalizing sports betting – Nevada is no longer the only state where it is legal. As a result of this, which of the following statements is true? A. Haley Swift may place a bet on any college athletic sporting event. B. Lukie may place a bet on any NFL game. • Kyle Clarke may place a bet in a college football fantasy league. • Jessica Cantrell may participate in the ESPN March Madness Bracket Challenge. E. All of the above are true.

11. Pop Quiz!! ANSWER: D. Jessica Cantrell may participate in the ESPN March Madness Bracket Challenge. While some state laws have changed, NCAA GAMBLING RULES have not!!!! Why may Kaitlin participate in the ESPN March Madness Bracket Challenge?

12. Gambling RISK+ REWARD= VIOLATION Violations Include: • Accepting a bet or placing a bet for anything of value (money, food, etc.) • Providing inside information Examples include Fantasy Leagues, Drafts, Squares, Super Bowl and NCAA Tournament Pools/Brackets. DraftKings/FanDueland the like are also impermissible. Richmond baseball players suspended for betting on sporting events

13. Seasons of Eligibility • 5 Years to Play 4 • Any amount of time in a contest counts as a season of competition • One second in a basketball game, one drive in a golf tournament, one pitch in a softball game • Exceptions • Soccer and Volleyball – Spring competition does not count as a used season, provided SA was eligible during Fall season • Baseball, Lacrosse and Softball – Fall competition does not count as a used season, provided SA remains eligible during the Spring season

14. Seasons of Eligibility • In basketball, soccer and volleyball, student-athletes may compete in exhibition contests and preseason practice scrimmages without using a season of competition

15. Seasons of Eligibility • Redshirt • No competition, except for exceptions discussed earlier • Medical Hardship • Incapacity resulting from injury or illness • No competition in second half of season • Competed in no more than 30% of scheduled/completed contests • Filed and processed through the applicable conference office

16. Amateurism You are immediately ineligible if you ever: • Use athletics skill for pay • Agree orally or in writing to compete in professional athletics • Compete on any professional athletics team • Allow your name, picture or appearance to promote a commercial product or service, or in an advertisement. • This applies to a family business as well

17. Amateurism - Promotions & Endorsements Case Study: Charlotte Charrayre enrolls in KSU MKTG 4666 (Marketing for Entrepreneurs) • For course credit, Charlotte has been asked to build a small business plan and tasked to carry out this plan’s marketing strategy. • She chooses to create a sock company for this class. • She names her business Char’s Chocks. • Throughout the term Char’s Chocks launches a website to meet her course requirement. In addition, Charlotte begins utilizing her twitter account to promote her new small business. • Can Charlotte start her own business? • Is there an issue with Charlotte choosing to name her business Char’s Chocks? • Can Charlotte use photos of student-athletes to promote her socks? • Can she utilize her personal twitter account to promote this business? • What are some permissible ways to navigate this course requirement?

18. Amateurism – Self Employment Student-athletes may establish own business, provided the student-athletes name, photograph, appearance or athletics reputation are NOT used to promote the business.

19. Amateurism: Fee- For- Lesson • You may receive compensation for teaching or coaching skills techniques in your sport on a fee-for-lesson basis, provided you: • Do not use institutional facilities, • Do not provide a playing lesson, • Do not receive payment from someone other than the recipient or the recipient’s family, • Do not market/advertise your availability for such lessons, AND • Receive written approval to conduct fee for lesson sessions from compliance office (see form on our compliance website) • We must document and keep on file, information related to this type of employment

20. Employment Student-Athlete Employment • May only be paid for work actually performed • At a rate that is comparable to the going rate for similar services • May not be compensated as a result of being a student-athlete

21. Academic Eligibility How Many Hours Must Student-Athletes Be Enrolled to be Eligible to Practice and Compete? • Be enrolled in at least 12 hours as an undergrad and 9 hours as a graduate student • Exceptions • Final semester and you are taking the courses required for you to graduate • Final semester before participation in an Experiential Learning Requirement (student-teaching, internship, capstone project) Never drop a course without first consulting with your SASS advisor

22. Academic Eligibility How many credits must be earned each semester to be eligible the following semester? • 6 credits per semester to be eligible the following term (summer courses may not be used) How many credits must be earned during the regular academic year? • 18 credits during the regular academic year (summer courses may not be used) How many credits must a freshman earn prior to the beginning of their second year? • 24 credits prior to the 2nd year (summer courses may be used)

23. Academic Eligibility FOOTBALL ONLY RULE • Must complete a minimum of 9 credit hours during the fall semester or becomes ineligible for the first four contests of the following football season • Regaining Eligibility – One-Time Exception – A football student-athlete may regain full eligibility once over the course of his five-year period provided he completes at least 27 credits before the beginning of the next fall semester • Regaining Eligibility – Two Contests – A football student-athlete may regain eligibility to compete in third and fourth contest provided he completes at least 27 credits before the beginning of the next fall semester

24. Academic Eligibility

25. Academic Eligibility Post-Season Eligibility • To be eligible for any post-season competition (ASUN Tournament, NCAA Regionals and Championships) after semester ends, you must: • Pass 6 credits • If enrolled in less than 6 credits, must pass all classes

26. Awards and Benefits – Extra Benefits You may not accept anything that is not available to the general student body or the general public. • This applies to you AND your friends and relatives. • Benefits include, but are not limited to the following: • Transportation • Food • Housing • Clothing • Course supplies • Loan of money • Drinks and Cover (Free Admission) to nightclubs and/or events

27. Awards and Benefits – Extra Benefits Discounts • Receipt of unadvertised discounts not available to the general public is considered an impermissible extra benefit. • Any discount must be advertised and available to the general public or entire student body. TO PROTECT YOUR ELIGIBILITY, ASK THESE QUESTIONS: 1. Is it available to you because you are a student-athlete? OR 2. Is it available GENERALLY TO ALL KSU STUDENTS determined on a basis unrelated to athletic participation or ability?

28. Case Study Kosta is receiving an off-campus housing scholarship/check. Unfortunately, Kosta can’t find an off-campus apartment to rent so he starts asking teammates if they know of anything. Tyler and Isaac, who live on-campus, let him know that one of the rooms in their apartment is empty and he can live with them until he finds his own place. Kosta never finds a place and ends up staying with Tyler and Isaac for the entire semester, free of charge. Are there any issues here? If so, what is the issue? Would this be considered an extra benefit? How does this impact eligibility? What if Tyler and Isaac live off-campus?

29. Awards and Benefits – Extra Benefits It is not permissible to sell or exchange items that you have received as a result of your participation in intercollegiate athletics. • Examples include, but are not limited to: • Apparel • Equipment • Championship Rings “Multiple football players from the University of North Carolina could be suspended one game or more this football season following self-reported NCAA violations of those athletes selling university-issued shoes and athletic gear.”

30. Awards and Benefits – Extra Benefits A Student-Athlete may not: • Receive payment from any source for your complimentary admissions and may not exchange or assign them for any item of value. • Sell or exchange your complimentary admissions for money or any item of value to anyone, including teammates or other student-athletes. • Do not ask coaches or staff members for additional complimentary admissions – it is a NCAA violation if they give their complimentary admissions to you.

31. Crowdfunding Websites like GoFundMe.com are not generally permissible for student-athletes to utilize • Student-athletes may NOT utilize your name, picture or status as a student athlete to generate a profit from a crowdfunding site. • Student-athletes may NOT solicit funds to buy items like laptops, cars, food, school related supplies, athletics equipment or pay for tuition. • Student-athletes MAY utilize crowdfunding sites to pay for practice or competition for participation on an approved outside team. Profits must only amount to actual and necessary expenses and may not turn a profit for the student-athlete(If you are interested in this please notify the Compliance office so we can assist you and protect your eligibility).

32. Countable Athletically Related Activities (CARA) In Season CARA • 20 Hours a week (week is declared by your coach) • Limited to 4 hours a day • Day of competition counts as 3 hours regardless of time spent • Required to provide one day off per week • Hour, weekly and day off requirements don’t apply during institutional vacation periods (Summer, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring Break)

33. Countable Athletically Related Activities (CARA) Out of Season (CARA) • Limited to 8 hours a week • 4hours of strength and conditioning • 4hours of skill instruction • 2 days off per week • No required workouts beginning one week prior to final exams through conclusion of each student-athlete’s final exams. • No required workouts during vacation periods (Christmas, Spring Break)

34. required Athletically Related Activities (rARA) What is RARA? • Compliance meetings, organized team promotional activities, recruiting activities (student-host), media activities, fundraising events, community service events, team building activities, travel to and from away-from-home competition • This is not an exhaustive list • CARA and RARA may no longer occur on a day off • RARA is not counted toward your 20 hour or 8 hour limitations

35. required Athletically Related Activities (rARA) What is RARA? • Academically related activities are permitted during a day off • Health and medical activities are permitted during a day off

36. Additional Days Off Who Wants Additional Days Off? • After your championship segment, your coaches are required to give you another 7 days off beginning the day after the last contest of the championship segment – you may only participate in voluntary activities during these 7 days • Medical/health activities and academic related activities are permitted during these times

37. Volunteer Athletically Related Activities (VARA) Voluntary Activities • Must not be required to report back to a coach or other staff member (e.g. trainer, manager, strength coach) • Must be initiated and requested solely by the student-athlete (NOT required) • Attendance and participation (or lack thereof) may not be recorded for the purpose of reporting attendance to the coach or teammates • May not be penalized/punished or rewarded for voluntary activities • In team sports, coaching staff may not be present • PUNISHMENT RUNS ARE NOT VOLUNTARY – THEY MUST COUNT AGAINST YOUR DAILY AND WEEKLY HOUR LIMITATIONS

38. 2018 New Legislation • Athletics Eligibility/Seasons of Competition – Football Only • Football student-athletes may compete in 4 contests in a season without using a season of competition

39. 2018 New Legislation Notification of Transfer • No longer need to request a “Permission to Contact” from your coach • Will transition to a “Notification of Transfer” Model • Becomes effective October 15 • Coach can no longer restrict the schools a student-athlete would like to transfer to • Complete a form/NCAA National Transfer Database

40. 2018 New Legislation • Athletics Eligibility : Five-Year Rule Waiver • A waiver of the five-year rule may be approved in a situation in which a student-athlete did not participate in his/her initial season of intercollegiate competition due to an institutional decision to redshirt a student-athlete when he/she was eligible for competition • And the student-athlete was deprived of the opportunity to participate in one other season for reasons beyond the control of the student-athlete or institution

41. 2018 New Legislation Social Media – Publicity Before Commitment • Enrolled student-athletes may comment on social media about a PSA as long as the comments are not made at the direction of an institutional staff member

42. 2018 New Legislation • Playing and Practice Seasons –Sports Other than Football • In individual sports and team sports other than football, participation in weight training, conditioning and skill-related instruction shall be limited to a maximum of eight hours per week with not more than FOUR hours spent on skill-related workouts

43. 2018 New Legislation • Three Contests in a Seven-Day Period • If a team participates in three contests or dates of competition in a seven-day period, an institution is not subject to the one-day-off-per-week requirement • As long as the student-athletes do not engage in any CARA for two days during either the preceding or the following week

44. 2018 New Legislation • Vacation Period Workouts • In individual sports, a coach may participate in an individual-workout session with a student-athlete from the coach’s team during an institutional vacation period, as long as the request is initiated by the student-athlete • This rule used to be for summer only

45. POP QUIZ!! The KSU Women’s Lacrosse teams declared week is from Sunday – Saturday. During the heart of their season, they have a game on Monday, Thursday and Saturday, three games in a week. Which of the following statements is true? • The coaches can still provide a day off during this week if they so choose. • The coaches may provide two days off the week before and not provide a day off during the week in which they have three games. • The coaches may provide two days off the week after and not provide a day off during the week in which they have three games. • All of the above statements are true. • None of the above statements are true.

46. POP QUIZ!! ANSWER: D. All of the above statements are true.

47. Outside Competition – Bylaw 17 During the academic year, student-athletes may not participate on any outside team in any noncollegiate amateur competition. Exceptions for sports other than basketball: • During any 8-hour weeks during official vacation period. • Competition as individual (“unattached”) • Cannot wear/use institutional apparel; • Cannot receive expenses from the institution; and • Cannot receive instruction from your coach.

48. Social Media/Recruiting The OwlHowl is not affiliated with Kennesaw State or Kennesaw State Athletics. • As most of you know, he discusses PSA’s and recruiting • DO NOT retweet or favorite any of his posts even if he mentions you specifically

49. JumpForward JumpForwardwill be used for the following: • Required NCAA and KSU Eligibility Forms • Complimentary Admissions Requests (Home and Away Games) • You may receive up to four (4) complimentary admissions to events within your sport • A JumpForward training session will be scheduled with the ticketing office • Approving your Practice and Competition Logs on a monthly basis (CARA) • You may receive e-mails from JumpForwardregarding your CARA logs • Please complete these in a timely fashion

50. In Closing… Are there any questions? Good luck this season!