CAMPS AND CLINICS
NCAA GOVERNING BY-LAWS

Definitions

13.02.1.1	Diversified Sports Camp.  A diversified sports camp is a camp that offers a balanced camping experience, including participation in seasonal summer sports and recreational activities, without emphasis on instruction, practice or competition in any particular sport.

13.02.1.2	Specialized Sports Camp.  A specialized sports camp is a camp that places special emphasis on a particular sport or sports and provided specialized instruction in the sport(s).

13.13.1	Institution’s Sports Camps and Clinics.  An institution’s sports camp or instructional clinic shall be any camp or clinic that is owned or operated by a member institution or an employee of the member institution’s athletics department, either on or off its campus and for Division I only, in which prospects participate.

13.12.3.1	Developmental Clinics.  Developmental clinics (including competition conducted in conjunction with the clinic) involving prospects shall not be considered tryouts, provided:

(a)	They are designed to develop fundamental skills in a sport (rather than to refine the abilities of skilled participants in the sport);

(b)	They are open to the general public (except for restrictions in age or number of participants;

(c)	They are conducted by and subject to the control of the host member institution;

(d)	They are conducted primarily for educational purposes and do not include material benefits for the participants (e.g., awards, prizes, merchandise gifts);

(e)	Clinic participants do not receive a recruiting presentation;

(f)	Clinic participants reside in the state in which the host institution is located, or within 100 miles of the host institution.

Purposes

13.13.1.1.1	An institution’s sports camp or clinic shall be one that:

(a)	Places special emphasis on a particular sport or sports and provides specialized instruction, practice or competition;

(b)	Involves activities designed to improve overall skills and general knowledge in the sport; or

(c)	Offers a diversified experience without emphasis on instruction, practice or competition in any particular sport.

Attendance, Recruiting Calendar, Advertisements

13.13.1.2	Attendance Restriction.  A member institution’s sports camp or clinic shall be open to any and all entrants (limited only by number and age).

13.13.1.3	Recruiting Calendar Exceptions.  The interaction during sports camps and sports clinics between prospects and those coaches employed by the camp or clinic is not subject to the recruiting calendar restrictions.  However, other coaches wishing to attend the camp as observers must comply with appropriate recruiting contact and evaluation periods.

13.13.1.4	Advertisements.  Restrictions relating to advertisements of an institution’s sports camps and clinics in recruiting publications are set forth in 13.4.  Such restrictions do not apply to sports camp and clinic advertisements in non-recruiting publications (e.g., a member institution’s game program).

Employment

13.13.1.5.1	Prospects/No Fee or Reduced Admission Privileges.  An institution, members of its staff or representatives of its athletics interest shall not employ or give free or reduced admission privileges to a high school, preparatory school, or two-year college athletics award winner.  For purposes of this rule, a high school includes the ninth-grade level, regardless of whether the ninth grade is part of a junior high school system.

13.13.1.5.3	Payment of Expenses.  A representative of an institution’s athletics interests may not pay a prospect’s expenses to attend a member institution’s sports camp or clinic.

13.13.2.1.1	Student-Athletes.  A student-athlete who is employed in any sports camp or clinic must meet the following requirements:

(a)	The student-athlete must perform duties that are of a general supervisory character and any coaching or officiating assignments shall represent not more than one-half of the student-athlete’s work time.

(b)	Compensation provided to the student-athlete shall be commensurate with the going rate for camp or clinic counselors of like teaching ability and camp or clinic experience and may not be paid on the basis of the value that the student-athlete may have for the employer because of the athletics reputation or fame the student-athlete has achieved.  It is not permissible to establish varying levels of compensation for a student-athlete employed in a sports camp or clinic based on the level of athletics skills of the student-athlete.

(c)	A student-athlete who only lectures or demonstrates at a camp/clinic may not receive compensation for his or her appearance at the camp/clinic.

13.13.2.1.1	Self-employment.  A student-athlete with remaining eligibility is not permitted to conduct his or her own camp or clinic.

13.13.2.1.2	Provision of Travel Expenses to All Employees.  A student-athlete may receive actual travel expenses (including lodging and meals in transit and prepaid plane tickets or cash advances) only if such travel expenses are paid and procedures for reimbursement of expenses are used for all employees of the camp/clinic.  Credit cards may not be provided to a student-athlete to pay such expenses.

13.13.2.1.3	Cash Advances Based on Anticipated Earnings.  In the case where all employees do not receive travel expenses, a cash advance based on anticipated earnings may be provided to a student-athlete only if such advance does not exceed the estimated actual and necessary cost of travel or the student-athlete’s estimated employment earnings, whichever is less, and such a benefit is available to all camp employees.

13.13.2.1.4	Transportation from Coach or Representatives of Athletics Interest.
Actual transportation from an institution’s coach or representative of its athletics interests may be provided to a student-athlete only if travel expenses are paid for all employees of the camp/clinic.

13.13.2.1	Employment in Own Institution’s Camp or Clinic.  In sports other than Division I football, a member institution (or employees of its athletics department) may employ its student-athletes as counselors in camps or clinics, subject to the following conditions:

(a)	The student-athlete shall not participate in organized practice activities other than during the institution’s playing season in the sport, and

(b)	The member institution’s director of athletics must give prior approval to the student-athlete’s employment arrangement.

13.13.2.2	High School, Preparatory School, or Two-Year Coaches.  A member institution (or employees of its athletics department) may employ a high school, preparatory school, or two-year college coach at its camp or clinic, provided:

(a)	The coach receives compensation that is commensurate with the going rate for camp counselors of like teaching ability and camp experience, and

(b)	The coach is not paid on the basis of the value the coach may have for the employer because of the coach’s reputation or contact with prospects.

13.13.2.2.1	Prohibited Compensation.  The member institution may not compensate or reimburse a high school, preparatory school, or two-year college coach based on the number of campers the coach sends to the camp.

13.13.2.3	Athletics Staff Members.  A member institution’s athletics staff member may be involved in sports camps or clinics unless otherwise prohibited in this section.

13.13.2.3.1	Camp/Clinic Providing Recruiting or Scouting Service.  No athletics department staff member may be employed (either on a salaried or a volunteer basis) by a camp or clinic established, sponsored, or conducted by an individual or organization that provides recruiting or scouting services concerning prospects.  This provision does not prohibit an athletics department staff member from participating in an officiating camp where participants officiate, but are not otherwise involved in, a scouting services camp.

13.13.3	FCA Camps and Conferences.  Camps and conferences conducted by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes are exempt from NCAA restrictions on camps and clinics.

13.13.4	Privately Owned Camp.  An institution’s athletics department personnel may not serve in any capacity (e.g., guest lecturer, consultant) in a privately owned camp, clinic, or coaching school in which a high school, preparatory school, or two-year college athletics award winner is employed.

Basketball Only

13.13.2.3.2	Employment in Non-Institutional Camp.  A member institution’s coaching staff members in the sports of Division I football and basketball may not be employed by (either on a salaried or a volunteer basis) or lecture at a non-institutional (i.e., privately owned) football or basketball camp or clinic in which prospects of either gender participate.

13.13.5	Division I Coaches’ Attendance at Basketball Events.  A member of an institution’s basketball coaching staff may attend only institutional basketball camps per Bylaw 13.13.1.1 and non-institutional organized events (e.g., camps, leagues, tournaments and festivals) that are certified per Bylaw 30.16.

Playing and Practice Seasons

Camps and Clinics.  The Association’s legislation may prescribe limits on the number of student-athletes in a particular sport who may be employed (e.g., as counselors or lecturers) or otherwise participate in camps and clinics, consistent with the Association’s intent to limit out-of-season practice opportunities.

Material Benefits

13.9.2.1	Material Benefits.  An institution may not provide gifts to high school, preparatory school, or two-year college coaches in conjunction with its coaches’ clinic or other events.  This specifically prohibits the provision of a door prize to the coach, even if the cost of the prize in included in the cumulative admission fee (i.e., the admission fee charged to each person, when combined, would cover the cost of the prize).  Materials (e.g., clipboards, file folders) may be provided to each person attending the clinic, provided the items are included in the registration or admission fee.

Specific Sports Camps and Clinics References

Baseball:		17.4.7			Wrestling:		17.28.8
Basketball:		17.5.7			Softball:		17.19.7
Cross Country:	17.7.7			Tennis:		17.24.7
Fencing:		17.8.8			Track:			17.25.8
Gymnastics:		17.12.8		Soccer:		17.18.7
						Volleyball:		17.26.23