University of North Texas Mean Green Athletics

1. University of North TexasMean Green Athletics COMPLIANCE

2. The University • Complying with the rules and regulations of the NCAA is the responsibility of the entire University. A system of accountability for the University is provided by educating staff members regarding regulations and informing them of expected conduct to comply.

3. The Athletics Compliance Office • The Athletics Compliance Office was created to assist student-athletes, coaches, Athletics Department staff, University personnel, and friends of UNT to comply with regulations of the NCAA, the Sun Belt Conference and the University.

4. The Athletics Compliance Office • A premium is placed on rules education, providing interpretative responses to University personnel, and monitoring of Athletics Department activities. Communication between the Compliance Office and UNT employees and friends is the highest priority.

5. The Athletics Compliance Office • The principle objectives of the Compliance Office will be positive and proactive in nature, rather than negative or corrective (although it will fulfill its role in self-reporting or investigating any violations, as well, when necessary).

6. The Athletics Compliance Office • The Department of Athletics is committed to upholding the integrity of the University. Therefore, our goal is 100% compliance with NCAA, Sun Belt Conference, and University regulations.

7. New Orleans, LouisianaCommissioner, Wright WatersExecutive President, Dr. Sidney McPhee Middle Tennessee State University

8. Arkansas State University Jonesboro, Arkansas

9. Middle Tennessee State Murfreesboro, Tennessee

10. University of Louisiana - Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana

11. University of Denver Denver, Colorado

12. Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Kentucky

13. University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

14. Florida International Miami, Florida

15. University of Arkansas-Little Rock Little Rock, Arkansas

16. University of South Alabama Mobile, Alabama

17. University of Troy Troy, Alabama

18. University Louisiana - Monroe Monroe, Louisiana

19. Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida

20. AskBefore You ActWhen you have the LEAST bit of doubt, ask the compliance office.

21. Ethical Conduct • NCAA bylaw 10.1 mandates certain actions

22. Unethical conduct by a prospective or enrolled student-athlete or a current or former institutional staff member (e.g., coach, professor, tutor, teaching assistant, student manager, student trainer) may include, but is not limited to, the following: (Revised: 1/10/90, 1/9/96, 2/22/01)

23. Refusal to furnish information relevant to an investigation of a possible violation of an NCAA regulation when requested to do so by the NCAA, the Sun Belt Conference or the individual’s institution

24. Knowing involvement in arranging for fraudulent academic credit or false transcripts for a prospective or an enrolled student-athlete

25. Knowing involvement in offering or providing a prospective or an enrolled student-athlete an improper inducement or extra benefit or improper financial aid

26. Knowingly furnishing the NCAA or the individual’s institution false or misleading information concerning the individual’s involvement in or knowledge of matters relevant to a possible violation of an NCAA regulation; or

27. Receipt of benefits by an institutional staff member for facilitating or arranging a meeting between a student-athlete and an agent, financial advisor or a representative of an agent or advisor

28. Representative of Athletics Interests 13.02.11 • A “representative of the institution’s athletics interests” is an individual, independent agency, corporate entity or other organization who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the institution’s executive or athletics administration

29. (a) Have participated in, has been or is a member of an agency or organization promoting the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program (b) Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution; (c) Have assisted or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospects; (d) Have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; (e) Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution’s athletics program.

30. Representative of Athletics Interests 13.02.11.1 • Once an individual, independent agency, corporate entity or other organization is identified as such a representative, the person, independent agency, corporate entity or other organization retains that identity indefinitely. (Revised: 2/16/00)

31. General Rule 13.1.2.1 • All in-person, on- and off-campus recruiting contacts with a prospect or the prospect’s relatives or legal guardians shall be made only by authorized institutional staff members. Such contact, as well as correspondence and telephone calls, by representatives of an institution’s athletics interests is prohibited except as otherwise permitted in this section.

32. General Exceptions13.1.22 .

33. Admissions Program Off-campus recruiting contacts made by an institution’s regular admissions program representative and directed at all prospective students including nonathletes

34. Established Family Friend/Neighbor. Contacts made with a prospect by an established family friend or neighbor, it being understood that such contacts are not made for recruiting purposes and are not initiated by a member of an institution’s coaching staff.

35. Interpreter • An interpreter present during an institution’s in-person, off-campus contact with a prospect or the prospect’s parent(s)[or legal guardian(s)], provided that if the institution is involved in making the arrangements for the use of the interpreter, the interpreter must be a faculty member or a professional interpreter. It is not permissible for the interpreter to be an enrolled student-athlete, a family member of an enrolled student-athlete or a representative of the institution’s athletics interests. (Adopted: 1/11/97)

36. Unavoidable Incidental Contact • An unavoidable incidental contact made with a prospect by representatives of the institution’s athletics interests, provided the contact is not prearranged by the representative or an athletics department staff member, does not take place on the grounds of the prospect’s educational institution or at the sites of organized competition and practice involving the prospect or the prospect’s team (i.e., high-school, preparatory school, two-year college or all-star team), is not made for the purpose of recruitment of the prospect, and involves only normal civility.

37. Other Restrictions, Athletics Representatives13.1.2.4

38. Telephone Conversation • An athletics representative of a member institution may speak to a prospective student-athlete via the telephone only if the prospect initiates the telephone conversation and the call is not for recruiting purposes. Under such circumstances, the representative must refer questions about the institution’s athletics program to the athletics department staff

39. Observing Prospect’s Contest • An athletics representative may view a prospect’s athletics contest on his or her own initiative, subject to the understanding that the athletics representative may not contact the prospect on such occasions;

40. Evaluation of Prospect • An athletics representative may not contact a prospect’s coach, principal or counselor in an attempt to evaluate the prospect

41. Visiting Prospect’s Institution • An athletics representative may not visit a prospect’s educational institution to pick up film/videotape or transcripts pertaining to the evaluation of the prospect’s academic eligibility or athletics ability.

42. 16.02.3 Extra Benefits • An extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution’s athletics interests to provide a student-athlete or the student-athlete’s relative or friend a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.

43. Receipt of a benefit by student-athletes or their relatives or friends is not a violation of NCAA legislation if it is demonstrated that the same benefit is generally available to the institution’s students or their relatives or friends or to a particular segment of the student body (e.g., foreign students, minority students) determined on a basis unrelated to athletics ability. (Revised: 1/10/91)

44. Discounts / Credits 16.12.2.2 • A student-athlete may not receive a special discount, payment arrangement or credit on a purchase (e.g., airline ticket, clothing) or a service (e.g., laundry, dry cleaning) from an institutional employee or a representative of its athletics interests.

45. Free or Reduced Cost Services 16.12.22.1 • An athletics representative may not provide a student-athlete with professional services (for which a fee normally would be charged) without charge or at a reduced cost except as permitted elsewhere in this bylaw. Professional services provided at less than the normal rate or at no expense to a student-athlete are considered an extra benefit unless they are available on the same basis to the general student body.

46. Telephones & Credit Cards12.2.2.2 • It is not permissible to allow a student-athlete to use a telephone or credit card for personal reasons without charge or at a reduced cost.

47. Other Prohibited Benefits 12.2.3 • An institutional employee or representative of the institution’s athletics interests may not provide a student-athlete with extra benefits or services, including, but not limited to:

48. (a) A loan of money; • (b) A guarantee of bond; • (c) Signing or cosigning a note with an outside agency to arrange a loan. • (d) An automobile or the use of an automobile; • (e) Transportation (e.g., a ride home with a coach), except as permitted in 16.10.1-(f), even if the student-athlete reimburses the institution or the staff member for the appropriate amount of the gas or expense.

49. AskBefore You ActWhen you have the LEAST bit of doubt, ask the compliance office.