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CLEMSON NEWS
Happy New Year!!
Welcome
back! Hope everyone had a joyous holiday
season. For those of you that have new
student-athletes joining the team this semester,
please contact compliance services and schedule a time for the students to
complete their compliance paperwork.
A
special welcome to our new football coaches: Marion Hobby (defense), Vic
Koenning (defensive coordinator) and Rob Spence (offensive coordinator).
We
need your help! Some student-athletes
are paying miscellaneous fines with a credit card. There is a $45 charge applied when using a
credit card. A $10 fine becomes a $55
cost. Please advise student-athletes to
pay with cash!
COMPLIANCE
UPDATES
The
ACC office has asked that we remind non-coaching personnel (e.g., directors of
operation, managers) that they may not be involved in any activities during
practice and competitions that could be considered coaching (See NCAA Bylaw
11.7.1.1.1.1). This is not an issue at
Clemson thanks to our staff members serving in those positions who honor
legislation.
The
signing period for football and men’s and women’s soccer is
Heads
up to teams in “nontraditional” season!
Your first time to apply the required two-days off per week begins.
Dates
and times for the remaining rules education sessions have been distributed.
Please return to compliance services by Friday, January 14.
Please
note the dates and times available for January.
All sessions will be held in the McFadden team room.
Monday, January 24:
Wednesday. January 26:
Thursday, January 27:
RECENT MAJOR
INFRACTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY
Involved
Sport(s): Men’s
Basketball
Violations: Ethical conduct, recruiting, impermissible
telephone contact, impermissible extra benefits, failure to monitor.
Penalties: Public reprimand and censure, three years of
probation, one year ban of off-campus recruiting, reduction of financial awards
from 13 to12 in 2005-06 and 13 to 11 for 2006-07, reduction of official expense
paid visits from 12 to 9 for the next three academic years.
Lessons
Learned: Providing
benefits to any individual involved in teaching or directing prospects is
impermissible. Coaches must have
permission to speak before contacting 4-year college prospects. Athletic staff members and their spouses are
prohibited from providing gifts to prospects.
It is not permissible to post bail for prospects.
Involved
Sport(s): Football
Violations:
Improper recruiting contacts and inducements and unethical
conduct.
Penalties:
Public reprimand and censure, four years probation, postseason
ban, limit of 81 total grants for 2005-06 and 2006-07, official expense paid
visits limited to 45 for 2004-05 and 2005-06 with no “banking” of unused visits
and two assistant coaches receiving a two-year show cause provision.
Lessons
Learned: Student-athletes serving as host that they can
not give cash to prospects on an official visit. Free lodging on unofficial visits is
impermissible on- or off-campus.
Involved
Sport(s): Women’s
Tennis
Violations:
Recruiting, extra benefits and unethical conduct.
Penalties:
Public reprimand and censure, extension of one year to the probation period
imposed from 2002, head coach given option to resign or be dismissed (head
coach resigned), team required to decreased its practice time by one week and
head coach given a five-year show cause provision.
Lessons
Learned: You must educate coaches on the
rules! It
is unethical to provide false and misleading information during an
investigation. Prospects on official
visits may not travel with a team to an away-from-home contest. Prospects can not try-out for Division I
teams.
Involved
Sport(s): Football
Violations:
Gambling, recruiting and failure to monitor.
Penalties:
Public reprimand and censure, extension of probationary period until 2007,
official expense paid visits limited to 48 for both 2004-05 and 2005-06 and
university prohibited from using water craft as transportation or entertainment
for recruits during 2004-05 and 2005-06
Lessons
Learned: Gambling
is not just an issue with student-athletes.
Gambling legislation applies to all athletic department staff members.
Prospects can’t mingle with boosters on unofficial or official visits. Rental costs should be deducted from
entertainment money for prospects entertained with boats or jet skis. Official
visit activities need approval!
RECENT
INTERPRETATIONS
Q:
May student-athletes receive gifts (e.g. Christmas, birthday, graduation, etc.)
from coaches or athletic department staff members?
A:
NO. NCAA Bylaw 16.02.3 does not permit
staff members or their spouses to give student-athletes gifts that are not
expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.
[Interpretation,
Q:
What is the ticket arrangement for prospects and high school coaches when our
men’s basketball team plays at the
A:
It is permissible to provide complimentary tickets for any prospect on an
official or unofficial visit because the
Q:
Is it permissible to hold official visits during a quiet period?
A: YES.
It also is permissible to have off-campus meals during the official
visit as long as it is within a 30-mile radius of campus. [NCAA Bylaw
13.02.4.3].
Q:
How many off-days are required during football spring practice activities?
A:
During the period of 29 consecutive calendar days of spring football practice,
all countable athletically related activities are prohibited during ONE
calendar day per week. Outside the
playing season and spring practice period during the academic year, all
countable athletically related activities are prohibited during TWO calendar
days per week. [NCAA Staff Interpretation,
Q:
Is it permissible to place the prospect’s photo taken during their official
visit in the coaches’ office for the prospect to see when they meet with the
coach?
A: NO.
Personalized recruiting aids are prohibited during an official or
unofficial visit. This includes any decorative items and special additions to
any location the prospect visits.
Everywhere a prospect visits should be maintained in the same manner as
they normally appear. [NCAA Staff Interpretation,
