October 17, 2003
EMPLOYMENT RULE SHEET
12.4 EMPLOYMENT
12.4.1 Criteria Governing Compensation to Student-Athletes.
All compensation received by a student-athlete must be consistent with the limitations on financial aid set forth in Bylaw 15. Compensation may be paid to a student-athlete:
(a) Only for work actually performed; and
(b) At a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services.
12.4.1.1 Athletics Reputation.
Such compensation may not include any remuneration for value or utility that the student-athlete may have for the employer because of the publicity, reputation, fame or personal following that he or she has obtained because of athletics ability.
12.4.1.2 Employment on a Commission Basis.
An employer, other than the student-athlete's institution, may employ a student-athlete on a commission basis only if:
(a) The cost of any preliminary training program for such employees is borne by the student-athlete (i.e., such costs may not be paid by a member institution or a representative of its athletics interests);
(b) The personnel so employed consist of both student-athletes and
non-athletes;
(c) The employment of student-athletes does not result in the company's use of athletics reputations of such individuals to promote the sale of the company's products; and
(d) The company is able to document that employees who are non-athletes receive earnings from sales commissions at a rate generally equivalent to the commission rate realized by the student-athletes employed by the company.
12.4.2 Specific Athletically Related Employment Activities
12.4.2.1 Fee-for-Lesson Instruction.
A student-athlete may receive compensation for teaching or coaching sport skills or techniques in his or her sport on a fee-for-lesson basis, provided: ( R e v i s e d :1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02, 4/12/03)
(a) Institutional facilities are not used; (Adopted: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02 )
(b) Playing lessons shall not be permitted; (Adopted: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02 )
(c) The institution obtains and keeps on file documentation of the recipient of the lesson(s) and the fee
for the lesson(s) provided during any time of the year; and (Adopted: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02 )
(d) The compensation is paid by the lesson recipient (or the recipient's family) and not another individual
or entity. (Adopted: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02 )
(e) Instruction to each individual is comparable to the instruction that would be provided during a
private lesson when the instruction involves more than one individual at a time. (A d o p t e d :
4/2/03 effective 8/1/03 )
(f) The student-athlete does not use his or her name, picture or appearance to promote or advertise
the availability of fee-for-lesson sessions. (Adopted: 4/2/03 effective 8/1/03)
12.4.2.2 Broken-Time Payments.
An individual may not receive "broken-time" payments except as authorized and administered by the United States Olympic Committee during the period immediately preceding and including actual Olympic competition. A permitted broken-time payment may cover financial loss as a result of absence from employment to prepare for or participate in the Olympic Games. Such compensation during any other period and payments administered independently of the USOC by other sports governing bodies (e.g., the United States Ski Association) are prohibited.
12.4.2.2.1 Exception When Individual Not Enrolled in Regular Term. An individual may receive broken-time payments administered by the United States Olympic Committee or the national governing body in the sport during a period when the individual is not enrolled (full or part time) in a regular term to cover financial loss as a result of absence from employment as a direct result of practicing and competing on a national team (defined in Bylaw 14.02.7), provided the amounts are consistent with the principles set forth in Bylaw 12.4.1 and do not exceed $300 per week, and the
77 payment period covers no more than the period from the date the individual begins practice with the national team following selection to that team to one week after the conclusion of the competition.
(Adopted: 1/10/90, Revised: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)
12.4.2.3 Athletics Equipment Sales.
A student-athlete may not be employed to sell equipment related to the student-athlete's sport if his or her name, picture or athletics reputation is used to advertise or promote the product, the job or the employer. If the student-athlete's name, picture or athletics reputation is not used for advertising or promotion, the student-athlete may be employed in a legitimate sales position, provided he or she is reimbursed at an hourly rate or set salary in the same manner as any non-athlete salesperson.
12.4.2.4 Goodwill Tour Commissions.
A student-athlete representing the institution in a goodwill tour during summer months, in conjunction with the tour, may sell such items as jackets, blazers or similar institutional promotional items to booster groups or other friends of the institution on a salary, but not a commission, basis.
12.4.3 Camp/Clinic Employment, General Rule.
A student-athlete may be employed by his or her institution, by another institution, or by a private organization to work in a camp or clinic as a counselor, unless otherwise restricted by NCAA legislation (see Bylaw 13.13 for regulations relating to camps and clinics). Out-of-season playing and practice limitations may restrict the number of players from the same institution who may be employed in that institution's camp (see the specific sport in Bylaw 17 for these employment restrictions and Bylaw 13.13).
Manager, Trainer And Equipment Policies And Procedures
Guidelines for student managers, trainers and equipment personnel.
STUDENT AND/OR GRADUATE MANAGER STUDENT AND/OR GRADUATE ATHLETIC TRAINER STUDENT AND/OR ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL
As a student or graduate support staff member (team manager, athletic trainer, equipment staff) for the UNLV Athletics Department, there are specific department responsibilities and NCAA rules that you need to be aware of to ensure athletic and NCAA compliance.
Prior to accepting a position, it is mandatory that the head coach or direct supervisor to discuss with you the responsibilities outlined below. In addition, it is mandatory for each person to attend all NCAA compliance rules education programs.
Upon accepting this position, You should be provided a list of job responsibilities so that you have a clear understanding of your role within your respective department.
As defined by NCAA or University policy, it is permissible for you to:
To work in the office and provide clerical or office support as deemed necessary by the head coach or department head.
Assist coaches and full-time support staff members in practice preparation activities.
Videotape practices and/or games and assist with film exchange.
Assist with "preparation" (game management or game operations) for home games and or team travel responsibilities.
Work summer camps and/or clinics as needed.
Receive pre or post game meal expenses
Surgical and medical expenses incurred as a result of UNLV athletic involvement
Practice and competition expenses
Away from home contest entertainment
Lodging in conjunction with competition
Specified employment arrangements (See Assistant AD for Compliance for prior approval)
It is not permissible for you to:
Be involved with any countable athletically related activity. Countable athletically related activity is defined as:
1. Practice, which is defined as any meeting, activity or instruction involving sports-related information and having an athletics purpose, held for one or more student-athletes at the direction, of, or supervised by, any member or members of an institution's coaching staff.
Practice is considered to have occurred if one or more coaches and one or more student-athletes engages in any of the following activities:
Field, floor or on-court activity
Setting up offensive or defensive alignment
Chalk talk
Lecture on or discussion of strategy related to the sport
Activities using equipment related to the sport
Discussions or review of game films, motion pictures or videotapes related to the sport, except for the observation of an officiating clinic related to playing rules that is conducted by a video conference and does not require student-athletes to miss any class time to observe the clinic.
Activities conducted under the guise of physical education class work composed of or including primarily members of an intercollegiate team on a required attendance basis or where the class utilizes equipment for the sport.
2. Supervision and/or instruction in weight training and conditioning activities held at the direction of or supervised by an institutional staff member. (Student and/or graduate student athletic trainers are permitted to work directly with student-athletes in reconditioning or rehabilitation programs for injured student-athletes or may assist the strength and conditioning coach in program development and conditioning protocols as part of the education process for NATA certification).
3. Attend and assist in individual workouts required or supervised by a member of the coaching staff.
Be involved with any extra benefit to a student-athlete. An extra benefit is defined as any special arrangement by an institutional staff member, employee or a representative of athletics interest (i.e.booster) to provide a student-athlete or student-athlete's relatives and/or friends a benefit not expressly authorized by the NCAA. Receipt of the 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 institutions students or their relatives or friends or to a particular segment of the student body. Therefore, it would not be permissible for you to:
1. Provide rides to and from work for any student-athlete for summer employment or employment during the academic year.
2. Provide student-athletes with access or free use of long distance telephone service
3. Provide indirect or direct use of credit cards
4. Provide any gift certificates, loans of money to student-athletes
5. Provide frequent meals or unauthorized meals to student-athletes
6. Provide free tickets to a professional sport contest to student-athletes
7. Provide free or reduced typing or computer costs to student-athletes
8. Provide or purchase school supplies for student-athletes
9. Provide free or reduced lodging in hotels for student-athletes and/or their relatives
10. Provide free use of institutional copy or fax machines to student-athletes
11. Provide the use of automobiles to student-athletes
12. Coaches or boosters may not direct you to arrange special employment arrangements for any student-athlete.
13. Provide or pay for airline transportation for student athletes
14. Provide to student-athletes free clothing
15. Provide any deferred pay back loans or guarantee any bonds or financial arrangements for student-athletes
16. You cannot co-sign a loan for a student-athlete
17. You cannot provide birthday or wedding gifts to student-athletes
18. Provide free or reduced entertainment for a student-athlete
19. Assist with payment for any bills for student-athletes
20. Purchase groceries or household goods for any student-athletes
21. Arrange to manage money for a student-athlete.
You are required to abide by all of the UNLV policy and procedures, have received and read the Student-Athletes Services Handbook, and abide by all Mountain West Conference and NCAA rules. Refusal to furnish information to NCAA or UNLV administration/coaches about a possible violation or an actual violation when requested to do so is considered an unethical conduct violation and will result in severe disciplinary actions. Unethical conduct violations are involvement in arranging false academic transcripts or credits, offering or providing recruiting inducements to prospective student-athletes, providing false or misleading information to the NCAA or UNLV, receiving benefits not authorized, arranging a meeting between a student-athlete and sports agent or serving as a runner or bird dog for a sports agent.
It is not permissible for your to provide information to individuals involved in organized gambling concerning intercollegiate athletic events, solicit a bet on any intercollegiate team, accept a bet on any team representing UNLV, solicit a or accept a bet on any intercollegiate competition for any item (cash, shirt, dinner etc.) or participate in any gambling activity involving intercollegiate athletics or professional athletics, through a bookmaker, a parlay card or any other method employed by organized gambling.
As a member of the institutional staff, it is your responsibility to strictly adhere to all of the aforementioned responsibilities and rules. In addition, it is your responsibility to report to any NCAA rules violations to the UNLV Athletics Department Administrative Staff.
