The National Letter of Intent and Offer of Athletics Grant-in-Aid signing begins with following the Standard Operating Procedure for completion of a National Letter of Intent and Offer of Grant-in-Aid. Once the NLI and GIA are signed by the prospect, they are returned to the Compliance Office and logged onto the log sheet as "Signed and Returned". The coach keeps a photocopy of the NLI and the Gold Copy of the GIA. Compliance then forwards the Yellow Copy of the GIA to the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid and uses the Pink Copy attached to a photocopy of the NLI to begin the "Student-Athlete File". The Compliance Office types a letter to the ACC requesting consideration for the conference to file the NLI. The original of the NLI, a photocopy of the GIA, and the request letter are then forwarded to the ACC office in Greensboro via a trackable form of mailing (Certified USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc.). Unless otherwise contacted, the Letters are then filed with the conference office. After they are filed with the ACC office, and once the tuition rates are set for the corresponding school year, an Athletic Scholarship Authorization (ASA) is created and sent to the coach to be reviewed and forwarded per ASA instructions.