Things You Should Known Concerning NYIT Athletics

Are you a booster?

• You are if you have participated in or are a member of an agency or organization which promotes New York Institute of Technology’s (NYIT) intercollegiate athletics program.
• You are if you have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletic booster organization that promotes New York Institute of Technology.
• You are if you are assisting or have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families.
• You are if you have been involved in any way in the promotion of New York Institute of Technology Athletics.
• If you have been identified as a booster, you retain that identity indefinitely.

NCAA Rules Regarding Contacts with New York Institute of Technology Athletes

• DO NOT provide a student-athlete or friend any benefit or special arrangement. The NCAA considers these as an "extra benefit" and they are specifically prohibited.
• DO NOT provide preferential treatment or discounted professional services because of a student-athlete's athletic reputation or pay-back potential as a professional athlete.
• DO NOT provide room and/or board or any type of transportation during the summer for a student-athlete with eligibility remaining.
• DO NOT provide room, board, or transportation costs incurred by friends or family of an enrolled student-athlete to visit campus or attend an away athletic contest.
• DO NOT expend funds to entertain student-athletes, their friends, or relatives. You are not even permitted to buy a soda or a cup of coffee for them.
• DO NOT use the name or picture of an enrolled student-athlete to directly advertise, recommend or promote sales of use of a commercial product or service of any kind.
• DO NOT provide any payment of expense or loan of any automobiles for a student-athlete to return home or to any other location for ANY reason.
• DO NOT provide awards or gifts to a student-athlete for his or her athletic performance. All awards must conform to NCAA regulations and must be approved by NYIT.
• DO NOT allow a student-athlete, his or her friends or relatives to use your telephone to make free long distance calls.

• DO feel free to invite a student-athlete to your home for a home cooked meal but only for a special occasion. It is permissible to provide a student-athlete transportation to a meal, provided the meal is at your home and no other location.
• DO feel free to invite a team for dinner or to meet with a group of alumni in a city where they are competing. The NCAA permits student-athletes AS A TEAM to receive special benefits not permitted to individuals. Arrangements for such events must be made in advance with the athletic department's compliance office.
• DO feel free to employ a student-athlete during the summer, regardless of any financial aid they may be receiving. However, please contact the athletics department before employing any student-athlete during the academic year.
• DO feel free to contribute funds to finance a scholarship for a particular sport or position. However, it is not permissible to finance a scholarship for a particular prospect or student-athlete.
• DO feel free to have student-athletes speak at charitable or educational functions, if approved in advance and coordinated through the athletics department. However, it is not permissible to provide an honorarium to a student-athlete from this type of speaking arrangement.

NCAA RULES REGARDING CONTACTS WITH PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES

• DO NOT telephone, write, or make in-person contact with a prospect for the purpose of soliciting his/her enrollment at New York Institute of Technology or participating in the NYIT athletics program.
• DO NOT be involved in making arrangements for a prospect, a member of a prospect's family, a prospect's legal guardian or friend to receive money or financial aid of any kind.
• DO NOT provide any transportation to prospects, including transportation to campus to attend athletic events.
• DO NOT contact a prospect's coach, principal, or guidance counselor in an attempt to evaluate the prospect, nor may you visit the prospect's educational institution to pick up films/videos or transcripts.
• DO feel free to attend high school and community college athletic events. You simply cannot have any contact with the prospective student-athlete or their relatives. Should a parent or legal guardian of a prospect ask you questions; please direct their inquiries to the appropriate NYIT coach.
• DO feel free to invite NYIT athletics department staff members to speak at an alumni function. Be sure to inform them in advance of any prospects that will be in attendance. There are certain time periods when coaches are prohibited from any contact with a prospect away from campus.

RULES GOVERNING RECRUITING

• DO NOT provide prospects, prospect's family, legal guardian or friend any special benefits or arrangements, including, but not limited to: cash or loans, co-signing or arranging a loan, gift of any kind (clothing, airline ticket, etc.), special discounts for goods and services, and/or use of an automobile.
• DO NOT entertain high school, prep school, or junior college coaches or provide them with tickets to any NYIT contest.
• DO inform NYIT coaches of prospects in your area by contacting a coach via phone or e-mail.
• DO continue pre-established relationships with prospects, prospect's family or legal guardian with the understanding that such contacts are not made for recruiting purposes and are not arranged by NYIT athletics department staff members.