BOOSTERS, FRIENDS & FANS
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Key
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Athletics Boosters--Did You Know? |
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The
following information is provided by the Lewis University Athletics Department
for representatives of athletic interests (boosters).
Information for Boosters in printable format
Exhibit 5.4
The
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) declares that each institution (Lewis
University) 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 athletic interests of Lewis University.
Representatives of
Lewis
University
's athletics interests are strictly prohibited from off-campus recruiting
activities involving personal contact with potential student athletes.
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| 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schools and junior colleges, and individuals who have officially withdrawn from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 Lewis 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
Lewis 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 Lewis University intercollegiate athletics program.
Extra
Benefit:
An extra benefit is any special arrangement by a Lewis
University employee or a representative of athletics interest 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 Lewis
University, to establish the commitment of a prospective student-athlete to attend a
particular institution.
NCAA
Eligibility Center:
A central clearinghouse that certifies academic and amateurism eligibility for Division I and
II student-athletes. The NCAA Eligibility Center uses high school courses and test scores
(ACT/SAT) to determine freshman academic eligibility for intercollegiate athletics. It also used amateurism information provided by the prospective student to evaluate the prospective student's amateur status within NCAA rules and regulations.
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A
"representative of the institution's athletics interests" or booster is an
individual who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the
institution's executive or athletics administration to:
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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;
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Have
made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics
booster organization of that institution;
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Be
assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to
assist in the recruitment of prospects;
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Be
assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled
student-athletes or their families; or
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Have
been involved otherwise in promoting the institution's athletics program.
Once
an individual is identified as a booster, that person retains the distinction indefinitely.
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| LEWIS
ATHLETICS BOOSTERS--DID YOU KNOW? |
You
may
provide information about recruits to Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis
University
and his/her opportunities with Lewis
University athletics.
Have
more questions?
Contact the Lewis University Compliance Office:
Lewis
University
Athletics Compliance
One University Parkway
Romeoville, IL
60446
(815)
836-5612
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