Lets say a travel team wants a player to play for them. The travel team is funding all aspects. Does the player run the risk of violating any NCAA rule? Cleering House ?
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Clearing house if for grades. It has nothing to do with amateur status. Thats a good question, but I don't think it will effect their eligibility.
No expert here, but you may want to expand upon "all aspects" to get more definitive feedback. Many items are probably fine, but the extent to which the program gets funded may work its way into a grey area. For example, is individual training and/or instruction being provided by a paid professional with the tab getting picked up by the "team" and specifically who is paying the expenses.
Lets say it includes...
Tourney Fees
Uniforms Cleats Turfs
Bats, Bags, Gloves
Hotel, Food, Fuel
Originally Posted by bacdorslider:
Lets say a travel team wants a player to play for them. The travel team is funding all aspects. Does the player run the risk of violating any NCAA rule? Cleering House ?
Go to the eligibility center (http://web3.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/NCAA_EMS.html#) .
Also
http://www.ncaa.org/amateurism
Amateurism
Amateur competition is a bedrock principle of college athletics and the NCAA. Maintaining amateurism is crucial to preserving an academic environment in which acquiring a quality education is the first priority. In the collegiate model of sports, the young men and women competing on the field or court are students first, athletes second.
The NCAA membership has adopted amateurism rules to ensure the students’ priority remains on obtaining a quality educational experience and that all of student-athletes are competing equitably.
All incoming student-athletes must be certified as amateurs. With global recruiting becoming more common, determining the amateur status of prospective student-athletes can be challenging. All student-athletes, including international students, are required to adhere to NCAA amateurism requirements to remain eligible for intercollegiate competition.
In general, amateurism requirements do not allow:
- Contracts with professional teams
- Salary for participating in athletics
- Prize money above actual and necessary expenses
- Play with professionals
- Tryouts, practice or competition with a professional team
- Benefits from an agent or prospective agent
- Agreement to be represented by an agent
- Delayed initial full-time collegiate enrollment to participate in organized sports competition
Additional information regarding NCAA amateurism rules is available on the NCAA Eligibility Center’s website by clicking on the “Resources” link at the top of the page. Another resource is the Guide for the College Bound Student-Athlete.
Also check:
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligib...tion_Process_FAQ.pdf
Only sports played from 9th grade (HS) on are considered. They do not look at teams prior to that.
If I have been participating in events related to my sport for a significant period of time, what events do I need to list on the amateurism re
gistration form?
You should include all events in which you participated, beginning with the ninth grade and thereafter
FWIW - my son played American Legion and for a travel team. The Legion team was fully funded and the travel team raised funds via fund raisers. As long as the individual player has not received money for playing (services) or signed a contract, they maintain their amateur status. We did list those teams when filling out the information for his college eligibility. Note - NJCAA (Junior College) does not require you to register with the NCAA eligibility center, but it's good idea to do so.
Hope that helps.
bacdorslider - I had the same Q when I looked over the application. Q's like: did anyone beside you or your parents pay for anything. That line of questioning leads one to believe that it may be a disqualifier. There are teams out there that fly in pitchers and put them up in hotels to pitch a game so I'm not sure if that sort of thing is frowned upon, but I guess that if it was an issue then some of the best players in the country would have issues.
Yes mine has been flown around some , so all this was making me wonder
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Does it matter how the program gets funded? Are these type programs getting funding from equipment manufacturers? Are they getting funded by local sponsors? Are they getting funded by the majority of players while some payers (i.e. pitchers) get a free ride? Does the source of funds or their "equitable" distribution make any difference? At some point can you exceed the "actual and necessary" expenses threshold? Any know of any horror stories where a player accepted what appeared to be a necessary expense only to have their eligiblity questioned?