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New Legislation
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JumpForward
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Recent Interps
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Compliance in the
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Multi-year
Financial Aid
Agreements
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2015-16 NLI
Signing Dates
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August Reminders
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Training
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Saint Mary’s College Coaches & Athletic Administration Newsletter · August 2015
KNOW THE RULES….
New Legislation
Each of the following proposals will become effective August 1, 2015. Please keep this in mind until we receive our new 2015-­‐16 NCAA Manuals. Bylaw 11.1.4 Use of Tobacco Products – The use of tobacco products is prohibited by all game personnel (e.g., coaches, trainers, managers and game officials) in all sports during practice and competition. Uniform penalties (as determined by the applicable rules-­‐making committees and sports committees with rules-­‐making responsibilities) shall be established for such use. Bylaw 11.1.5 Strength & Conditioning Coach Certification – A strength and conditioning coach shall be certified and maintain current certification through a nationally recognized strength and conditioning certification program. Bylaw 12.1.2.1.4.3 Incentive Programs for International Athletes – An international prospective student-­‐athlete or international student-­‐athlete may accept funds from his or her country’s national Olympic governing body (equivalent to the U.S. Olympic Committee) based on place finish in one event per year that is designated at the highest level of international competition for the year by the governing body. 15.02.5 Full Grant-­‐in-­‐Aid – A full grant-­‐in-­‐aid is financial aid that consists of tuition and fees, room and board, books, and other expenses related to attendance at the institution up to the cost of attendance established pursuant to Bylaws 15.02.2 and 15.02.2.1. 1
JumpForward Training for Coaches & Staff
Our JumpForward training representative Jordan Heighway will be on-­‐campus Tuesday, September 8th! All institutional coaching staff members are required to meet with Jordan for a formal training/information session on that day. Sometime in August, you will receive an email to request a preferred time slot for our staff. For the 2015-­‐16 academic year, all recruiting logs, roster management and CARA/Playing Season tracking will be completed via JumpForward. In addition, completion of forms and eventually financial aid will be completed via JumpForward. Specialized training for other department members will be set up as needed. Please contact Compliance! PRACTICE ACTIVITIES INTERPS
When Can a PSA Observe Practice Activities? A PSA shall not engage in any practice activities (e.g., review of playbook, chalk talk, film review) with a coaching staff m ember prior to his or her enrollment. A PSA who has signed a NLI or the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid, or has submitted a financial deposit to the institution in response to the institution’s offer of admission shall not observe an institution’s off-­‐field or off-­‐court practice session (e.g., meeting, film review) that is closed to the general public. A PSA may observe an institution’s on-­‐field or on-­‐court practice session (including a session that is closed to the general public), regardless of whether he or she has signed a NLI or the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid, or has submitted a financial deposit to the institution in response to the institution’s offer of admission. Is Film/Video Considered as Part of Skill-­‐Related Instruction? In sports other than football, the individual skill-­‐related instruction permitted outside the institution’s declared playing and practice season may include the observation or review of a film/videotape, provided the film/videotape is used as part of the actual instruction process. What Activities Can Take Place Prior to the First P ermissible Practice Date for Fall Sports? It is permissible for an institution to begin provided preseason practice lodging expenses to student-­‐athletes participating in fall sports on the evening prior to the first permissible practice date and may provide meals, snacks, and entertainment incidental to participation the day before the first permissible practice date. An institution may conduct non-­‐athletically related m eetings (e.g., to sign compliance forms, to administer medical examinations) at any time prior to the first permissible date of preseason practice, provided student-­‐athletes do not receive lodging expenses prior to the evening before the first permissible date of practice or meals or entertainment prior to the day before the first permissible practice date. Finally, it is permissible for an institution to issue equipment and apparel to an individual at any point after he or she becomes a student-­‐
athlete. What is a Permissible Conditioning Drill for Outside of the Playing Season? Conditioning drills per Bylaw 17.1.7.2 that may simulate game activities are permissible, provided no offensive or defensive alignments are set up and no equipment related to the sport is used. In ice hockey, a student-­‐athlete may be involved in on-­‐ice conditioning activities, provided no equipment other than skates is used. In swimming and diving, a student-­‐athlete may be involved in in-­‐pool conditioning activities and swim-­‐specific equipment (e.g., starting blocks, kickboards, pull buoys) may be used. 4
Compliance in the News: Agent/Runner Funneled Thousands
to UNC Athletes
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) - Newly unsealed documents in the case of a former college football player charged with violating North Carolina's
sports agent law suggest he funneled money to multiple Tar Heels players and set up meetings with agents and financial advisers trying to sign
them to contracts.
Christopher Hawkins was arrested in May for providing former player Robert Quinn thousands of dollars and helping him sell game-used equipment
in 2010, along with improperly contacting a UNC player in 2013 to talk about representation.
According to five search warrants unsealed Friday and reviewed by The Associated Press, Hawkins acted as "an agent/runner" by befriending other
athletes, providing illegal improper benefits and brokering meetings with agents and advisers despite not being registered as required by law.
The search warrants from the past year sought records for financial and online accounts for the former UNC and Marshall player in a 5-year-old
Secretary of State's investigation, which began amid a 2010 NCAA probe into UNC's football program. Hawkins was barred from school athletes
and facilities that year and is one of five charged.
Fourteen Tar Heels missed at least one game in 2010 and seven were forced to sit all season in a case that led to NCAA sanctions in March 2012.
Both probes focused largely on ex-players Quinn, Marvin Austin and Greg Little. But roughly 75 pages of unsealed documents include other
examples, including ex-player Kendric Burney telling investigators in October 2013 that he received monthly payments from Hawkins while an
eligible athlete.
Burney, who missed six games in 2010 for improper benefits from Hawkins connected to trips, said Hawkins paid him and other players for agent
meetings, the documents state.
Burney said Hawkins arranged and attended his meetings with financial adviser Marty Blazer and agent Peter Schaffer - two people who exchanged
hundreds of calls with Hawkins, according to phone records cited in the warrants.
In a phone interview Sunday with the AP, Burney, now Schaffer's client, said he didn't know exactly how much money Hawkins gave him.
"He was just helping me at that point find a good agent," Burney said. "Now as far as all the money situation, we never, never knew who it was
coming from and never did I ever say, 'Hey, let's go get money from this agent."
Burney said Schaffer never provided improper benefits, saying the agent "always was by the book with me."
Schaffer told the AP he didn't provide improper benefits to any UNC players. He said Hawkins spoke to him about Burney but most communication
would've been about ex-UNC and NFL running back Willie Parker, a client who called Hawkins his "manager."
Schaffer represents Austin and Little, both of whom previously hired other agents.
"Come out to my office, you can look through my bank records and you will not see one check wired, cash, anything to Marty Blazer, to Chris
Hawkins, to Kendric Burney, to anybody," Schaffer said. "Because it doesn't happen."
Blazer, Hawkins and Hawkins attorney Natasha Adams didn't return emails Saturday from the AP.
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The investigative documents listed different ways money allegedly changed hands for players long since departed from UNC.
The documents state Burney told investigators Hawkins summoned athletes to the house he shared with Parker to find "envelopes with their names
on them lined up on a table." Burney also said Hawkins paid him for signed memorabilia.
In February 2013, Quinn told investigators Hawkins provided $13,700 to steer him to Schaffer and Blazer, and called Schaffer "his guy," the
documents state. Quinn said Blazer wired him money under the name of a teammate's girlfriend to avoid detection.
That May, Quinn's ex-girlfriend - identified as an athlete whose name matches a former UNC softball player - told investigators Quinn received
transfers through her account and said Hawkins was giving him money, the documents state.
Little also told investigators in 2013 he had received payments from Blazer through the account of former teammate and NFL receiver Hakeem
Nicks, a client of both Blazer and Schaffer, according to the documents.
Quinn, now with the St. Louis Rams, and Little didn't play in 2010 and were declared permanently ineligible by the NCAA.
The documents mention "numerous" emails between Hawkins and Blazer discussing payments made or pending to Quinn, Burney and former
player Deunta Williams. Online chats between Hawkins and another person discuss teammates Bruce Carter and Quan Sturdivant.
Documents also cite online communication between Hawkins and Blazer discussing financial transfers. There's no mention of transactions between
Schaffer and Hawkins.
In 2014, Blazer told investigators he communicated with Hawkins because of his relationships with UNC players, but denied providing improper
benefits. However, Blazer said Schaffer had done so and paying athletes was the only way to get them to talk but didn't provide details, the
documents state.
"For the Secretary of State to put that in that affidavit is slander, and this entire investigation is based on hearsay with absolutely zero credibility,"
Schaffer told the AP. "It's been a witch-hunt the whole time. The fact my name continues to come up in it is ridiculous."
The documents also describe Hawkins attempting to make contacts elsewhere: Blazer provided investigators with a November 2013 email from
Hawkins about former USC All-American Marqise Lee, the Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation's top receiver in 2012.
"I have a guy working out with him at USC," the email states. "I'm going to meet with him soon!! He's been inquiring about financial guys.. (sic) What
u think about him.. Reaching out to a few folks about him."
The documents contain no indication Lee made contact with Hawkins or3Blazer.
Multi-Year Financial Aid Agreements
Q1: How is the period of award for a multiyear agreement defined?
A: Pursuant to NCAA Bylaw 15.02.7, the period of award for a financial aid agreement begins in the academic year in which aid is first provided and
ends as of the conclusion of the period specified in the financial aid agreement even if no additional aid remains to be provided. The following
examples are intended to illustrate the period of award for various financial aid awards:
1) Scenario: Provides a 50% equivalency for the first academic year and no athletically related financial aid for the second and third academic years.
Analysis: Three academic years. The agreement is a three-year financial aid agreement beginning in the SA's first academic year at the certifying
institution and would be subject to renewal or nonrenewal after the third academic year. Note that because no athletics aid is provided in the second
and third years of enrollment, the SA would not be a counter in those years.
2) Scenario: Provides no athletically related financial aid for the first academic year and a 50% equivalency for the second and third academic years.
Analysis: Two academic years. The agreement is a two-year financial aid agreement that does not begin until the SA's second academic year of
enrollment at the certifying institution and would be subject to renewal or nonrenewal after the third academic year. Note that pursuant to NLI
policies, it would not be permissible to issue a NLI with such a scholarship offer.
3) Scenario: Provides a 50% equivalency for the first academic year, no athletically related financial aid for the second academic year and a 50%
equivalency for the third academic year.
Analysis: Three academic years. The agreement is a three-year financial aid agreement that begins with the SA’s first academic year at the
certifying institution and would be subject to renewal or nonrenewal after the third academic year. Note that because no athletics aid is provided in
the second year of enrollment, the SA would not be a counter in that year.
Q2: Is it permissible to provide a SA a temporary increase during the period of the award and return the SA to the original award during the period of
the award without the return to the original award being considered a reduction? For example, a SA is awarded a three-year financial aid agreement
for a 25% equivalency from athletics. At the start of the second term of the SA’s first academic year, additional athletically related financial aid is
available and the decision is made to award it to the SA for that term only. After that term, the SA will return to the 25% equivalency for the
remainder of the period of award.
A: Yes, a temporary increase during the period of award may occur at any time during the period of award. However, at the time of renewal, the new
financial aid agreement would be considered a reduction if it does not cover the same term (or remainder of the SA’s eligibility) and does not
average equal to or more than the average of the previous agreement, including any increases.
Q3: Is it permissible to adjust a multiyear financial aid agreement to decrease in one academic year and increase in an equal value in a later
academic year if the total equivalency provided equals or exceeds the value stated in the original financial aid agreement? For example, the original
multiyear agreement provides a 25% equivalency per academic year for five academic years. Can the institution adjust the agreement to provide a
25% equivalency for the first three academic years, a 35% equivalency for the fourth academic year and a 15% equivalency for the fifth academic
year?
A: The answer depends on the wording of the financial aid agreement. If, as in the example above, the agreement states that it provides a 25percent equivalency per academic year for five academic years, then it is not permissible to reallocate the award in such a way that would result in
the award for any academic year within the period of award to be less than a 25-percent equivalency, absent a renegotiation of the terms that
results in an overall increase to the SA. If, however, the financial aid agreement specifies that it provides an average of a 25-percent equivalency
over five academic years, then the reallocation described above would be permitted as long as the SA receives an average of at least 25-percent of
an equivalency over the five-year period of the award. As a best practice, institutions that offer awards that specify an average amount of athletics
aid to be provided over multiple academic years are encouraged to notify the SA of the specific equivalency he or she will receive for the upcoming
academic year not later than legislated date for providing SAs with renewal notifications.
Q4: May a one-year agreement be extended prior to the end of the agreement to make it a multiyear agreement?
A: Yes, but the terms of the agreement depend on whether the SA's agreement is subject to the new NCAA Bylaw 15.3.5.3. If it is not subject to the
new Bylaw 15.3.5.3, the agreement must maintain the terms of the single year agreement for that initial year, but may be for any amount for the
subsequent years. If the existing agreement is subject to the new Bylaw 15.3.5.3, the new agreement cannot average any less than the amount
received by the SA under the single-year agreement. For example, a one-year agreement for 2015-16 for a 50-percent equivalency not subject to
the new Bylaw 15.3.5.3 could be extended after it is signed to a three-year award of 50% for 2015-16, 10-percent for 2016-17 and 10% for 2017-18
(or any other terms for 2016-17 and 2017-18). If the same three-year agreement is subject to the new Bylaw 15.3.5.3, it could be extended to 50%, 4
25%, 75% or 25%, 50%, 75%, but not less than any other term combination that averages to 50% over the new three-year period of the award.
Saint Mary’s College Compliance Staff
Stephanie Shrieve-Hawkins Piper Brewster
Assistant A.D. for Compliance Director of Compliance
Nicole Vargo
Director of Compliance
Courtney Johnson
Compliance Coordinator
PHONE:
(925) 631-4952
PHONE:
(925) 631-4956
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(925) 631-4390
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2015-16 NLI SIGNING DATES
SPORT
INITIAL
SIGNING DATE
FINAL SIGNING
DATE
Basketball (Early
Period)
Basketball
(Regular Period)
Soccer & Cross
Country
All Other Sports
(Early Period)
All Other Sports
(Regular Period)
November 11, 2015
November 18, 2015
April 13, 2016
May 18, 2016
February 3, 2016
August 1, 2016
November 11, 2015
November 18, 2015
April 13, 2016
August 1, 2016
August Reminders
Beginning of the Year NCAA Forms
All BOY forms were sent to returning and incoming SAs via
the JumpForward (JF) system. All SAs had an email sent to
their SMC email address with instructions. All online forms
MUST be completed prior to the “report date” for Soccer,
Volleyball and Cross Country. All other SAs MUST complete
the forms prior to the first date of school. Failure to complete
the forms renders the SA ineligible to practice.
Summer Recruiting Calendar
(Sports Subject to Recruiting Calendar)
Baseball:
August 1-31
Contact Period
Men’s Basketball:
August 1-31
Quiet Period
Women’s Basketball:
August 1-31
Quiet Period
Softball:
August 1-31
Contact Period
Cross Country/Track:
August 1-8
August 9-31
Quiet Period
Contact Period
Volleyball:
August 1-31
Contact Period
Lacrosse:
August 1-31
Contact Period
Team Retreats
Please contact Compliance for the team retreat paperwork
that is required to be completed 3 weeks prior to departure on
a team retreat.
Common App
The Common Application is currently offline. Please remind
incoming and transfer PSAs to complete their application via
hard copy PDF until then. It can be found at
http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/undergraduate-admissions
Declaration of Playing Season
Please make sure to contact the Compliance office during
the summer to determine your 2015-16 Playing Season. All
CARA logs and Playing Season set up will be done via JF.
Saint Mary’s College Athletics Compliance Office
1928 Saint Mary’s Rd
Moraga, CA 94556
Fax: (925) 376-7049
www.SMCGaels.com
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WARNING: If you failed to take
and pass the 2015-16 NCAA
Coaches Recruiting Exam before
8/1/15 you are no longer permitted
to recruit off-campus.
Office of Athletics Compliance is
located in Madigan Gym.
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