UMass Compliance Office • Coaches & Administrative Staff - University of Massachusetts Athletics

NCAA legislation does mandate that strict protocol be followed when the employment of a current student-athlete or prospective student-athlete becomes a possibility.

Currently Enrolled Student-Athletes (12.4.1)

Compensation may be paid to a student-athlete:
- Only for work actually performed; and
- At a rate comparable with the going rate in that position for similar services.
- Representatives of athletics interest are allowed to employ or assist in securing the employment of current student-athlete provided
- Student-athlete MUST consult and complete the appropriate paperwork with the Compliance Office before the initial employment date.

Prospective Student-Athletes (13.2.3)

Prior to Completion of Senior Year-Non-Athletics Award Winners (12.2.3.1)

An institution's athletics department may employ a prospective student-athlete who is not an athletics award winner and not recruited by the institution, provided the employment is arranged through normal institutional employment procedures (e.g., local newspaper, bulletin board listings). Any compensation received by the prospective student-athlete must be for work actually performed and comparable with the going rate for such services in the locale.

Prior to Completions of Senior Year-Athletics Award Winners (13.2.3.2)

An institution may employ a prospective student-athlete who is an athletics award winner in any department outside intercollegiate athletics, provided the employment is arranged through normal institutional employment procedures (e.g., local newspaper, bulletin board listings) and without the intervention of any member of the institution's coaching staff.
- Any compensation received by the prospective student-athlete must be for work actually performed and comparable with the going rate for such services in the locale.
- For purposes of this bylaw, institutional recreation programs, even if reporting to the athletics director, may be considered outside the intercollegiate athletics department.
- An institution may hire a prospective student-athlete, who is an athletics award winner, in its recreation programs, only if recreation and facility managers and no intercollegiate coaches are involved with the hiring and supervision of these employees.

After Completion of Senior Year (13.2.3.3)

An institution may arrange for employment of employ any prospective student-athlete (regardless of athletics award winner status), provided the employment does not begin prior to the completion of the prospective student-athlete's senior year of high school.

Two-Year College Prospective Student-Athletes (13.2.3.3.1)

Once a prospective student-athlete has enrolled as a full-time student in a two-year college, the arrangement of employment by an institution for such a prospective student-athlete shall be permitted, provided that the employment does not begin prior to the time period I which the prospective student-athlete has officially withdrawn from or has completed requirements for graduation at the two-year college.

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