NCAA Rules Regarding Academic Support
ACADEMIC AND SUPPORT SERVICES
NCAA bylaws specify that Division I institutions shall make available general academic counseling services to all recruited student-athletes. The following academic and other support services MAY be permissibly financed by RMU:
- Tutor expenses;
- Counseling expenses related to the treatment of eating disorders;
- Career counseling;
- Future professional athletics career counseling;
- Use of institutionally owned computers and typewriters on a check-out and retrieval basis.
- However, typing/word processing/editing services or costs may not be provided, even if typed reports and other papers are a requirement of a course in which a student-athlete is enrolled;
- Use of copy machines, fax machines, and the Internet, including related long distance charge, provided the use is for purposes related to the completion of required academic course work;
- Course supplies (e.g., calculators, art supplies, computer disks, subscriptions),
- Provided such course supplies are required of all students in the course and specified in the institution's catalog or course syllabus or the course instructor indicates in writing that the supplies are required;
- Cost of a field trip, provided the field trip is required of all students in the course and the fee for such trips is specified in the institution's catalog; and
- Nonelectronic day planners
NONPERMISSIBLE BENEFITS, GIFTS, AND SERVICES
NCAA bylaws specify that student-athletes shall not receive any extra benefits. The term “extra benefit” refers to any special arrangement by an institutional employee or representative of the institution’s athletics interests (booster) to provide the student-athlete or his or her family or friends with a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.
Examples of extra benefits not allowed by NCAA rules include, but are not limited to the following:
- It is not permissible for a student-athlete to receive a special discount for goods and services (e.g., airline tickets, movie tickets, car repair, rental car, clothing, meals)
- It is not permissible for a student-athlete to receive free or reduced cost professional services (e.g., legal or medical)
- It is not permissible to allow a student-athlete to use an automobile, telephone, or credit card for personal reasons at no charge or at a reduced rate.
ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY
COOPERATION, CONSCIENCE, COMPLIANCE... COLONIALS!
