| Compliance Tips for GCU Staff |
Five Rules to Remember: 1) Do NOT Provide Extra Benefits to Prospects or Student-Athletes. Special arrangements or involvement by a GCU employee or a Booster to provide you or your relatives or friends with a benefit not authorized by the NCAA legislation.
Permissible Benefits:- Meals provided by a GCU staff member (e.g. community outreach, GCU fundraiser, media projects)
- Bona-fide employment
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Impermissible Benefits:- Cash, Loans, in any amount,
- 3rd Party Co-signing or arranging of a loan/disability insurance,
- Gifts or Free/Reduced Services (concert/movie tickets, meals, haircuts, rent, automobiles, clothing discounts, storage, tatoos, etc…)
- Arrangement in falsifying academic credit
2) Do NOT Recruit Prospects.Writing, emailing, texting, calling or contacting prospects or their friends or family for recruiting purposes by any means is not permitted (including social media). Initiating off-campus contact with prospects for the purposes of recruitment is not permitted.
- You MAY notify outstanding prospects to the attention of the GCU Athletic coaching and administrative staff.
- You MAY meet with prospects on-campus.
3) Do NOT Publicize Recruiting Activity. You may NOT publicize a prospective student-athlete’s visit to campus.
- Tweets, Retweets, Favorites
You may NOT comment on prospective student-athlete to the media or other entities.
4) Do NOT Use Student-Athletes for Promotional Purposes. Using a current student-athlete’s name, appearance, picture or likeness for promotional purposes is not permitted.
- You MAY use current student-athletes for institutional, educational, or charitable purposes upon approval from Compliance.
5) Report Any Known Or Suspected NCAA Rules Violations to the Office of Athletics ComplianceIt is the institution’s obligation to proactively monitor it’s athletic program.
- The NCAA takes kind to institutions that identify, cooperate, and report violations.
- Reporting violations is a good thing. It demonstrates that GCU has proper controls in place.
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