Day 17 - Violations

The morning seemed to start a bit rough with Ben having to report a violation regarding logos on uniform. The uniforms were gifted to an athletics team that had two Adidas logos. One logo was the small patch of three stripes that formed a triangle with the brand name beneath the strips located on the back beneath the collar of the polo. The other was the former three stripes that exceeded the size limitations and extended from the armpit to the end of the long-sleeved shirt.

According to Bylaw 12.5.4 Use of logos on equipment, uniforms and apparel:

A student-athlete may use athletics equipment or wear athletics apparel that bears the trademark or logo of an athletics equipment or apparel manufacturer or distributor in athletics competition and pre- and postgame activities (e.g., celebrations on the court, pre- or postgame press conferences), provided the applicable sports playing rules are satisfied and the following criteria are met. [D] (Revised: 1/11/94, 1/10/95, 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, 6/22/11, 11/3/15)

(a) Athletics equipment (e.g., shoes, helmets, baseball bats and gloves, batting or golf gloves, hockey and lacrosse sticks, goggles and skis) shall bear only the manufacturer's normal label or trademark, as it is used on all such items for sale to the general public; and (Revised: 1/10/95)

(b) The student-athlete's institution's official uniform (including numbered racing bibs and warm-ups) and all other items of apparel (e.g., socks, head bands, T-shirts, wrist bands, visors or hats, swim caps and towels) shall bear only a single manufacturer's or distributor's normal label or trademark (regardless of the visibility of the label or trademark), not to exceed 2 1/4 square inches in area (i.e., rectangle, square, parallelogram) including any additional material (e.g., patch) surrounding the normal trademark or logo. (Revised: 1/11/94, 1/10/95)

I continued to write the proposal for Ben regarding the computers that the department is asking for its student-athletes for the use in their academic center. The finalized document can be found in the project section.

One of the assistant coaches on campus plays soccer for a national league that receives participation from many teams around the country. The coach has participated in this league for several years but is new to the campus and the soccer program at Stan State. The head coach poses some concerns regarding the assistant coach playing in a “professional” league alongside current athletes of the sport who may or may not be playing on the same team as the assistant or against the assistant. As long as the coach or athlete(s) is not being paid to play in this league and no recruiting occurs on behalf of the coach, there is no reason that neither could participate.

According to bylaw 13.11.3.2 – state, regional, national or international training programs:

Participation by an institution's athletics department staff member in recognized state, regional, national or international training programs or competition organized and administered by the applicable governing body or athletics authority shall not be considered tryouts. A member institution's coaching staff member may not participate in noncoaching activities (e.g., consultant, on-site coordinator, participant selection) except as permitted in

Bylaws 13.11.3.2.1 and 13.11.3.2.2. [D] (Revised: 1/9/96, 4/22/98)

13.11.3.2.1 – It is permissible for an institution's coach to participate with or against prospective student-athletes in recognized regional, national or international training programs or competition, provided the competition is regularly scheduled under the authority of an outside sports organization and both the coach and the prospective student-athlete are eligible to enter the competition. [D]

13.11.3.2.2 – A member institution serving as the site of "state games" is permitted to involve its staff members in the administration of the event but may not be involved in the selection or assignment of participants and coaches participating in the event. [D] (Adopted: 1/10/91)

Towards the end of the day, Ben and I received college transcripts from a coach looking at a PSA. According to the community college transcripts, the individual had below a 2.0 GPA, was only enrolled full time during one semester, and used no semesters of eligibility towards their sport. The coach also gave us the PSAs high school transcripts and said he was working on getting his AP scores from a few tests that he took. The high school transcript and the college one had major differences; one may have thought they belonged to two different students. Puzzled at the high SAT/ACT scores, we looked up the student in the system and it appeared the PSA had the status of final qualifier graduating from high school but was never recruited. Under NCAA rules the PSA is a two-year transfer who had never attended a four-year institution.

Bylaw 14.5.4.2 Eligibility for Competition, Practice and Athletics Aid—Qualifier with no four-year college attendance and only one term of attendance at a two-year college.

A transfer student from a two-year college who was a qualifier (per Bylaw 14.3.1.1), has not previously attended a four-year collegiate institution and has only attended a two-year college for one academic term (semester or quarter), is eligible for competition, practice and athletics aid during the first academic year in residence at the certifying institution, provided: (Adopted: 1/18/14 effective 8/1/16, for student-athletes initially enrolling in a Division II institution on or after 8/1/16)

(a) The student-athlete has attended the two-year college as a full-time student for only one semester or one quarter (excluding summer sessions);

(b) The student-athlete has satisfactorily completed at least 12-semester or 12-quarter hours of transferable credit acceptable toward any baccalaureate degree program at the certifying institution for the full-time academic term of attendance at the two-year college; and

(c) The student-athlete has presented a cumulative minimum grade-point average of 2.200 (see Bylaw 14.5.4.5.3.2).