Employment of Student-Athletes
Each head coach or camp director is responsible for obtaining approval from the supervising Associate Athletics Director and the Director of Athletics before hiring student-athletes to work a camp/clinic. To ensure compliance in this area, a Student-Athlete Employment Request Form
must be completed for all camps that will employ student-athletes.
EMPLOYABILITY
For camps/clinics in sports other than football, an institution (or a staff member of its athletics department) may employ student-athletes to work as counselors, subject to the following conditions:
The student-athlete must perform duties that are of a general supervisory character in addition to any coaching or officiating assignments. Compensation must be commensurate with the going rate for counselors of like teaching ability and experience, and may not be paid on the basis of the value that the student-athlete may have for the employer because of his/her athletics reputation. It is not permissible to compensate a student-athlete who only lectures or demonstrates. REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES/TRANSPORTATION
A student-athlete may receive actual travel expenses (lodging/meals in transit, prepaid plane tickets, cash advances) only if such travel expenses are paid and procedures for reimbursement are used for all employees of the camp/clinic. Actual transportation from an institution's coach or representative of its athletics interests (booster) may be provided only if travel expenses are paid for all employees.
For camps/clinics in sports other than football, an institution (or a staff member of its athletics department) may employ student-athletes to work as counselors, subject to the following conditions:
- Involved student-athletes may not participate in any activities that constitute "organized practice activities" per NCAA regulations;
- The director of athletics must give prior approval to each student-athlete's employment arrangement; and,
- There are no limits on the number of student-athletes in a particular sport who may be employed.
The student-athlete must perform duties that are of a general supervisory character in addition to any coaching or officiating assignments. Compensation must be commensurate with the going rate for counselors of like teaching ability and experience, and may not be paid on the basis of the value that the student-athlete may have for the employer because of his/her athletics reputation. It is not permissible to compensate a student-athlete who only lectures or demonstrates. REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES/TRANSPORTATION
A student-athlete may receive actual travel expenses (lodging/meals in transit, prepaid plane tickets, cash advances) only if such travel expenses are paid and procedures for reimbursement are used for all employees of the camp/clinic. Actual transportation from an institution's coach or representative of its athletics interests (booster) may be provided only if travel expenses are paid for all employees.
