Statement of Institutional
Control
Control of the intercollegiate athletics program at Cal State
Fullerton lies in the office of the President. As Chief Executive
Officer he/she is responsible for the administration of all
aspects of the athletics program, including approval of the
budget and audit of all expenditures.
Through the Director of Athletics, the Athletics
Council, and the Faculty Athletics Representative, the President
delegates responsibility for the conduct of the intercollegiate
athletics program. This includes responsibility for the action
of athletics department staff members and for the actions
of any other individuals or organizations engaged in activities
promoting the athletics interests of the institution.
Under this structure, the Director of Athletics
is charged by the President with developing and administering
the university's intercollegiate athletics program, including
enforcing all NCAA rules and regulations and demonstrating
a commitment to the academic achievement of all student-athletes.
In addition, the Athletics Council is charged
by the President with establishing policy for the intercollegiate
athletics program, including ensuring that the program is
conducted ethically and consistent with the standards of conduct
established by the NCAA and the Big West Conference. To further
ensure institutional control, the Faculty Athletics Representative
(a member of the faculty who is designated by the Chief Executive
Officer) represents CSUF and its faculty in the institution's
relationship with the NCAA and its conferences.
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Compliance Statement
Compliance Policy Statement
The Associate Director of Athletics/Senior
Woman Administrator shall administer, through the Director
of Compliance, all NCAA and Big West Conference rules and
regulation. The Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman
Administrator is responsible to the Director of Athletics.
The Director of Compliance and/or the Associate
Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator are the individuals
authorized to make calls to the NCAA and Big West Conference
offices for official interpretations and clarifications. Coaches
are not authorized to make such calls.
Compliance Policy
A. Each head coach is issued an NCAA
manual and must take responsibility for compliance issues
related to his/her staff and student-athletes. The manual
should be studied thoroughly.
B. Coaches are encouraged to ask questions
of the Director of Compliance, Associate Director of Athletics/Senior
Woman Administrator, or Director of Athletics. If the
Faculty Athletics Representative is to be involved in
policy questions, it should be done through the Associate
Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator or the
Director of Compliance, not through a coach. In general,
when in doubt, check before acting.
C. It is department policy to adhere
to applicable rules and regulations to the letter.
D. Should a violation occur, it is department
policy to report the occurrence to the Director of Athletics,
Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator,
or Director of Compliance for appropriate self-report
action. Violations of the rules will not be tolerated
in any form. Ignorance of the rules is not an acceptable
excuse.
E. Should a self-report action be necessary,
the Compliance Committee, made up of the Director of Athletics,
Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator,
Faculty Athletics Representative, Director of Compliance,
and three faculty members from university departments
outside of athletics shall take action to report to the
Big West Conference and/or NCAA and to administer any
necessary disciplinary action.
F. Compliance is the responsibility of
the entire athletics department, as well as all individuals
and organizations that promote the athletics interests
at Cal State Fullerton.
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Ethical Expectations
General Principle
Individuals employed by (or associated with)
a NCAA Division I member institution to administer, conduct,
or coach intercollegiate athletics, and all participating
student-athletes, shall deport themselves with honesty and
sportsmanship at all times, so that intercollegiate athletics
as a whole, their institutions, and they, as individuals,
shall represent the honor and dignity of fair play and the
generally recognized high standards associated with wholesome
competitive sports.
Unethical Conduct
Unethical conduct by a prospective or enrolled
student-athlete or a current or former institutional staff
member may include, but is not limited to, the following:
A. Refusal to furnish information relevant
to an investigation of a possible violation of an NCAA
regulation when requested to do so by the NCAA or the
individual’s institution.
B. Knowing involvement in arranging for
fraudulent academic credit or false transcripts for a
prospective or an enrolled student-athlete.
C. Knowing involvement in offering or
providing a prospective or an enrolled student-athlete
an improper inducement or extra benefit or improper financial
aid.
D. Knowingly furnishing the NCAA or the
individual’s institution false or misleading information
concerning an individual’s involvement in or knowledge
of matters relevant to a possible violation of an NCAA
regulation.
E. Receipt of benefits by an institutional
staff member for facilitating or arranging a meeting between
a student-athlete and an agent, financial advisor or a
representative of an agent or advisor (e.g. “runner”).
Knowledge of Use of Banned Drugs
A member institution’s athletics department
staff or others employed by the intercollegiate athletics
program who have knowledge of a student-athlete’s use,
at any time, of a substance on the list of banned drugs shall
follow institutional procedures dealing with drug abuse or
shall be subject to disciplinary or corrective action.
Gambling Activities
Staff members of the athletics department
of a member institution and its student-athletes shall not
knowingly:
A. Provide information to individuals
in organized gambling activities concerning intercollegiate
athletics competition.
B. Solicit a bet on any intercollegiate
team.
C. Accept a bet on any team representing
the institution.
D. Participate in any gambling activity
that involves intercollegiate athletics or professional
athletics, through a bookmaker, a parlay card, or any
other method employed by a gambling organization.
(Source: 1997-98 NCAA Manual)
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Reporting NCAA Violations
CAL STATE FULLERTON
In accordance with NCAA regulations, all
suspected NCAA violations shall be investigated. If the Director
of Athletics determines that a violation has occurred, the
he/she will report the violation to the Big West Conference
office.
A. Who May Report a Violation
- Any individual (e.g., athletics department staff
member, student-athlete, university employee, member
of the community) may report an alleged, rumored,
or suspected violation.
- An individual may report the alleged, rumored,
or suspected violation verbally or in writing. He/she
may submit an alleged-violation report anonymously.
B. To Whom Shall an Alleged Violation be Reported
- If an alleged or rumored violation is conveyed
to any athletics department staff member, the staff
member is required by NCAA regulations to report the
violation immediately.
- Alleged or rumored violations may be reported to
any or all of the following persons:
a. Director of Athletics
b. Associate Director of Athletics
c. Director of Compliance
d. Faculty Athletics Representative
C. Conduct of Investigation of Violation
- The Director of Athletics is responsible for conducting
all investigations. The director may assign a designee
(Associate Director of Athletics, Director of Compliance,
or Faculty Athletics Representative) to conduct or
assist in conducting an alleged-violation investigation.
- All violations will be reported to and/or discussed
by the university compliance committee. Minor, secondary
violations may be processed immediately and reported
to the compliance committee at their next meeting.
More serious or major violations will be reported
to this committee for which the responsibility of
the committee will be to exact both corrective and
punitive actions.
- A written record of all alleged-violations shall
be maintained in the athletics office. The record
shall consist of the following:
a. Date that the alleged violation
was reported to the Director of Athletics and by
whom the violation was reported, if not by an anonymous
source.
b. Detailed summary of the nature
of the alleged violation, including the names of
all persons involved.
c. Chronology of all actions taken
by the Director of Athletics or his/her designee
in the investigation of the alleged violation.
d. Rationale for concluding whether
the allegation was or was not a violation of NCAA
regulations (cite NCAA regulation).
e. If a violation has occurred, the
Director of Athletics will keep on file a copy of
the report of the violations and subsequent correspondence
with the Big West Conference/NCAA office. Copies
of the self-report will be sent to the following:
Faculty Athletics Representative, Conference Commissioner,
involved staff member, Director of Compliance, Associate/Assistant
Director of Athletics and President of the University.
D. Information to be included in report
to the Big West Conference/NCAA Enforcement Division:
- The date and location of the alleged violation.
- The identities of involved student-athletes, prospective
student-athletes, athletics representatives, and athletics
department staff members.
- The means by which the institution became aware of
this information. (If a newspaper alerted the institution,
a copy of the article should be included.)
- A detailed summary of the nature of the alleged violations
including the rule citation.
- After the investigation, state the institution's
position. (Has a violation occurred? Which specific
legislation, if any has been violated?)
- Also stated should be the reasons the violation occurred
(e.g., lack of knowledge, poor monitoring, etc.) and
the justification for these reasons.
- A list of corrective or punitive actions taken by
the institution.
- A statement indicating whether any eligibility issues
need to be resolved, and if so, whether the institution
is requesting restoration of eligibility for any prospective
or enrolled student-athlete.
E. Types of Violations
- Violation, Secondary: A secondary violation is
one that provides only a limited recruiting or competitive
advantage and that is isolated or inadvertent in
nature. Repeated secondary violations by a member
institution also may be identified by the assistant
executive director for enforcement as a major violation.
If the committee on infractions determines that
repeated secondary violations have occurred, and
that the institution is not taking appropriate action
to prevent such violations, a penalty appropriate
for a major violation may be imposed.
- Violation, Major: All violations other than secondary
violations are major violations, specifically including
those that provide an extensive recruiting or competitive
advantage.
F. Follow-up of reported violations are
the responsibility of the Director of Compliance, by the
directive of the Director of Athletics, to monitor the
progress of the report and to bring the matter to completion,
including the supervision of all punitive and corrective
actions when necessary. Any written reports and correspondence
from the NCAA on any aspect of the resolution of the violation
will be provided to all appropriate personnel and kept
on file in the Director of Athletics’ office.
G. Alleged Violations at Other NCAA Member Institutions:
- If an individual thinks he/she knows of a violation
that has occurred at another NCAA member institution,
he/she should report the alleged violation to his/her
own Faculty Athletics Representative or Director
of Athletics.
- The Faculty Athletics Representative or Director
of Athletics should discuss the alleged violation
with the accuser and may then contact the Faculty
Athletics Representative or Director of Athletics
at the accused member institution to request that
the situation be investigated. Or the Faculty Athletics
Representative or Director of Athletics instead
may also contact the Big West Conference commissioner
and request that the commissioner or associate/assistant
commissioner investigate or request an investigation
at the accused member institution.
H. Each athletics department staff member (except clerical
personnel, 30.3.5) shall sign a yearly statement attesting
to the fact that the individual has reported any knowledge
of a involvement in any violation of NCAA legislation
involving the institution.
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Behavioral Conduct
Policies
- At periodic meetings with coaches and administrators,
emphasis will be placed on issues pertaining to the
behavior and conduct of student-athletes.
- All coaches shall establish written expectations
of conduct for their student-athletes and file them
in the Director of Athletics’ office.
- Violations of expectations will be reported to the
Director of Athletics and may result in suspensions
from athletics teams.
- The Director of Athletics will be notified by coaches
of the disposition of all violations by any student-athlete.
- No rules and regulations concerning behavior and
conduct can violate Cal State Fullerton, or NCAA bylaws
and policies.
- All rules shall be in concert with the CSUF Athletics
Code of Conduct.
Alcohol Policy
The California State University, Fullerton
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics does not condone
the illegal or otherwise irresponsible use of alcohol.
Furthermore, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
adopts the following alcohol policy which:
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Prohibits
drinking, purchasing and/or providing alcohol for
use by an underage student-athlete.
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Prohibits
consumption of alcohol in connection with any official
intercollegiate athletic function.
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Prohibits
purchasing or providing alcoholic beverages for prospective
student-athletes visiting the university regardless
of whether the prospect has reached the legal drinking
age.
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Prohibits
purchasing, providing or drinking alcoholic beverages
by student-athletes hosting prospective student-athletes
regardless of whether a student host has reached the
legal drinking age.
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Prohibits
the abuse of alcohol by any administrator, staff member,
coach or official athletic party when representing
the university.
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Holds the
student-athlete accountable and subject to all university,
department of athletics or team disciplinary action
for any alcohol related incident in which he/she is
involved.
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Holds student-athletes,
coaches, administrators and staff responsible for
knowing the risks associated with alcohol use and
abuse.
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Obligates
all student-athletes, coaches, administrators and
staff to know relevant university, department policies
and federal, state and local laws regarding the use
of alcohol.
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Obligates
all student-athletes, coaches, administrators and
staff to conduct themselves in accordance with these
laws and policies.
Any violations of this policy will result
in disciplinary action.
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Policy
on Gambling Activities
General Principle:
Individuals employed by (or associated with)
California State University, Fullerton, to administer,
conduct or coach intercollegiate athletics, and all participating
student-athletes, shall deport themselves with honesty
and sportsmanship at all times. It is the intent of the
Department of Athletics as a whole, as well as the individuals
associated with it, that they shall represent California
State University, Fullerton by the honor and dignity of
fair play, and the generally recognized high standards
associated with wholesome competitive sports.
Specific Policy
Staff members of the department of athletics
and student-athletes shall not knowingly:
- Provide information to individuals involved in organized
gambling activities concerning intercollegiate athletics
competition;
- Solicit a bet on any intercollegiate team;
- Accept a bet on any team representing the institution;
- Solicit or accept a bet on any intercollegiate competition
for any item (e.g., cash, shirt, dinner) that has tangible
value; or
- Participate in any gambling activity that involves
intercollegiate athletics or professional athletics,
through a bookmaker, a parlay card, or any other method
employed by organized gambling.
Disciplinary Action
Prospective or enrolled student-athletes
found in violation of the provisions of this regulation
shall be ineligible for further intercollegiate competition,
subject to appeal to the NCAA Academics/Eligibility/Compliance
Cabinet for restoration of eligibility. Institutional
staff members found in violation of the provisions of
this regulation shall be subject to disciplinary or corrective
action as set forth in bylaw 19.6.2.2 of the NCAA enforcement
procedures, whether such violations occurred at California
State University, Fullerton or during the individual’s
previous employment at another NCAA member institution.
NCAA Position on Gambling
The NCAA opposes all forms of legal and
illegal sports wagering. Sports wagering has the potential
to undermine the integrity of sports contests, and jeopardizes
the welfare of student-athletes and the intercollegiate
atheltics community. Sports wagering demeans the competition
and competitors alike by a message that is contrary to
the purposes and meaning of "sport." Sports
competition should be appreciated for the inherent benefits
related to participation of student-athletes, coaches,
and institutions in fair contests, not the amount of money
wagered on the outcome of the competition.
Gambling/Sports
Wagering
The NCAA’s Position on Gambling
The NCAA opposes all forms of legal and illegal
sports wagering. Sports wagering has the potential to undermine
the integrity of sports contests, and jeopardizes the welfare
of student-athletes and the intercollegiate athletics community.
Sports wagering demeans the competition and competitors alike
by a message that is contrary to the purposes and meaning
of "sport." Sports competition should be appreciated
for the inherent benefits related to participation of student-athletes,
coaches and institutions in fair contests, not the amount
of money wagered on the outcome of the competition.
For these reasons, the NCAA membership adopted
NCAA Bylaw 10.3 prohibiting athletic department staff members
and student-athletes from engaging in gambling activities
as they relate to intercollegiate or professional sporting
events.
NCAA Bylaw 10.3 stipulates that staff members
of the athletics department of a member institution and student-athletes
shall not knowingly:
- Provide information to individuals involved in organized
gambling activities concerning intercollegiate athletics
competition;
- Solicit a bet on any intercollegiate team;
- Accept a bet on any team representing the institution;
or
- Participate in any gambling activity that involves intercollegiate
athletics or professional athletics, through a bookmaker,
a parlay card or any other method employed by organized
gambling. (Revised: 1/9/96, 1/14/97).
- This position includes internet gambling.
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Hazing Policy
The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics,
in conjunction with the Student Athlete Advisory Board, does
not and will not condone any form of hazing related to student
athletes on any intercollegiate athletic teams.
Hazing is defined as "any activity expected
of someone joining a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses
or endangers, or is illegal; regardless of the person’s willingness
to participate. This does not include activities such as rookies
carrying the balls and/or team equipment, team parties with
appropriate games, or going out with your teammates, unless
the atmosphere of humiliation, degradation, abuse or danger
arises."
It is expected that the coach/coaches of athletic
teams in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will
be aware of, have knowledge of, and impose sanctions over
such activities. It is further expected that no such activity
will be tolerated and that teams will abide by this department
policy.
Administrators, coaches, team captains, and
all athletes shall be expected to accept responsibility and
act with integrity and civility with regard to this issue.
This includes not only refraining from engaging in hazing
activities; but also enforcing the sanctions placed on them
and reporting to the administration any knowledge of such
activities within the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Failure to comply with both the letter and spirit
of this policy may result in disciplinary action.
Reviewed 6/01
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GUIDELINES
FOR RECRUITS VISITING
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON
1. A prospect may take a maximum of five expense-paid visits,
with no more than one permitted to any single institution.
This restriction applies regardless of the number of sports
in which the prospect is involved.
2. In sports other than men's basketball, a prospect may
not be provided an expense-paid visit earlier than the opening
day of classes of the prospect's senior year in high school.
In men's basketball, a prospect may not be provided an expense-paid
visit earlier than January 1 of the prospect's junior year
in high school and no such visits may occur during the summer
between the prospect's junior and senior years in high school.
3. A prospect may not be provided with an expense-paid visit
without presenting the institution with a high-school (or
college) academic transcript and for high school prospects,
a score from a PSAT, an SAT, a PLAN or an ACT test.
4. An official visit to an institution's campus shall not
exceed 48 hours.
5. During the official visit, a maximum of three complimentary
admissions to a home athletics event may be provided to a
prospect. Such complimentary admissions are for the exclusive
use of the prospect and those persons accompanying the prospect
on the visit and must be issued only through a pass list.
6. A prospect may not be provided with complimentary admissions
for postseason conference tournaments. A prospect may purchase
tickets only in the same manner as any other member of the
general public.
7. Only current student-athletes are allowed to be a host.
Student-athletes hosting prospective student-athletes regardless
of whether a student host has reached the legal drinking age
are prohibited from purchasing, providing or drinking alcoholic
beverages during a recruiting visit.
8. An institution may entertain a prospect and his or her
parents [or legal guardians(s)] or spouse, at a scale comparable
to that of normal student life, only on the institution's
campus or, on an official visit, within 30 miles of the institution's
campus.
9. Neither student-athlete hosts, nor prospect may engage
in any activity which has not been expressly approved by the
head coach, or athletic administrator. Specifically prohibited
are the following: the use of drugs, sex as a recruiting devise,
gambling activities of any kind, use of strippers, escort
services, gentlemen's clubs or any activity which violates
criminal law.
10. A prospect may not be provided with cash, gifts (i.e.
souvenirs or clothing items), nor purchase gifts with the
entertainment money. Student hosts will receive a maximum
of $30 for each day of the visit to cover all actual costs
of entertaining the prospect (and the prospect's parents,
legal guardian or spouse), excluding the cost of meals and
admission to campus athletic events.
11. A prospect may be provided on-campus parking during an
official visit.
12. A prospect on an official visit may be provided lodging
comparable to that provided to regular students. Local commercial
facilities may be used at a scale comparable to that of normal
student life and only within a 30-mile radius of the institution's
campus. Transportation to and from campus must be on a level
of a normal student.
13. A prospect visiting a member institution may participate
in physical workouts or other recreational activities during
a visit to an institution's campus, provided such activities:
(a) are not organized or observed by members of the athletics
department coaching staff; and (b) are not designed to test
the athletics abilities of the prospect.
14. A regular team physician or other designated physician,
may conduct a medical evaluation to determine the prospect's
medical qualifications to participate in intercollegiate athletics
provided no athletics department staff member other than the
athletic trainer is present and the examination does not include
any test or procedure designed to measure the athletics agility
or skill of the prospect.
15. It is permissible to administer medical examinations
at any time to prospects who either have signed the National
Letter of Intent with California State University, Fullerton
or have been accepted for enrollment in a regular full-time
program of studies at that institution, provided the examinations
occur during an official paid visit or the prospects visit
the institution at their own expense for this purpose.
16. On any recruiting visits recruits must be returned to
the housing facility not later than midnight.
17. Any activities that do not conform to the recruiting
policies set forth in this document, and that take place during
an official visit, will result in the student host losing
the privilege of being a host for one year.
18. Any violation of this recruiting policy by the host,
recruit, or coach will be reported to the Cal State Fullerton
Compliance Committee for appropriate sanctions.
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