Northeastern University Athletics

2014-15 Student-Athlete Handbook (PDF)

NCAA Rules Governing Agents and Amateurism

A student-athlete shall lose his/her amateur status and shall not be eligible for intercollegiate competition in a particular sport if:

• The student-athlete or family member negotiates, signs or enters into any written or oral agreement with an agent.

• The student-athlete signs a contract or commitment of any kind to play professional athletics, regardless of its legal enforceability.

• The student-athlete or family member accepts or receives any extra benefits from an agent or anyone who wishes to represent the student-athlete.

• The student-athlete competes with a professional sports team or competes as a professional in an individual sport and receives any compensation for participation.

• The student-athlete uses his/her athletic skills for pay or promise of pay.

 
What is an Extra Benefit?

The NCAA defines an extra benefit as any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution's athletics interest ("booster") to provide a student-athlete (or a student-athlete's relative or friend) a benefit that is not generally available to other Northeastern students and his/her relatives and/or friends. Some extra benefits are but not limited to:

• Free or reduced-cost housing

• Transportation, an automobile or use of an automobile

• Services (e.g., movie tickets, dinners, use of a car) from commercial agencies (e.g., movie theaters, restaurants, car dealers) without charge or at reduced rates

• Cash, gift certificates or other items with value.

Information for:
Prospective Student-Athletes
Boosters
Coaches Forms
Compliance Policies & Procedures Handbook (Word document)
Northeastern University Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity (Title IX Coordinator, Mary Ann Phillips, m.phillips@neu.edu)

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