Camps and Clinics

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Camps and Clinics

• Division III
• Presented by
• Jay Jones

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Session Overview

• Privately owned camps and clinics.
• The impact of 2007 Proposal I - 2
• Institutional camps and clinics.
• Employment.
• Admissions fees.
• Brochures.

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The General Tryout Rule

• Bylaw 13.11.1
• An institution shall not conduct any physical
  activity at which prospects reveal, demonstrate
  or display athletics abilities in any sport.

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The General Tryout Rule

• Prospect
• Any individual who has started classes for the
  ninth grade and is not enrolled in the
  institution.

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Camps and Clinics

• Bylaw 13.12.
• Two types of camps and clinics regulated by NCAA
  legislation.
• Institutional.
• Privately Owned (Noninstitutional).

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Privately Owned Camps/Clinics
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Current Rule

• 13.12.4 Privately Owned Camp
• An institution's athletics department personnel
  may not serve in any capacity in a privately
  owned camp, clinic or coaching school at which
  prospects who have started the ninth grade are
  employed.
• Concept originally adopted 1991.

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What was I 2 doing?

• I-2 was an attempt to clarify some typical
  questions on this issue.
• Focused on noninstitutional camps that target
  specific attendees
• Camp being open to general public
• Admissions privileges at private camp.

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What happened to I 2?

• Interpretation originally issued on Feb. 2, 2006
• Was incorporated into manual
• Not ratified at convention
• ILC studied issue at February 2007 Meeting

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The Future of Privately Owned Camps

• Blanket Waiver for remainder of 2007.
• DIII coaches can work at camp in which prospects
  are employed.
• Must be open to general public.
• Cannot offer discounted admissions to select
  prospects.
• Waiver is from April 18, 2007 until 2008
  convention only.

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The Future of Privately Owned Camps

• Blanket Waiver
• Also allows prospects to be employed at
  institutional camps or clinics.

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The Future of Privately Owned Camps

• Management Council sponsored proposal at 2008
  Convention will mirror waiver and change
  employment restrictions of prospects for both
  privately owned camps and institutional camps.
• DIII Membership will decide future rule.

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Violations of the legislation

• April 2007 Management Council Meeting
• Decision to not require filing with national
  office.
• Must apply legislation going forward, or file
  violation reports if violations occur.

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Institutional Camps/Clinics
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Institutional Camps/Clinics

• Owned or operated by institution or
• athletics department staff members.
• 51 percent ownership or more.
• (Feb 1, 1990 Official Interp.)
• May occur on- or -off campus.

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Institutional Camps and Clinics

• Purpose
• Places special emphasis on a particular sport
• Provides specialized instruction, practice or
  competition

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Institutional Camps and Clinics

• Purpose, contd
• Designed to improve overall skills and general
  knowledge in a sport
• or,
• Offers diversified experience without emphasis on
  instruction, practice or competition in any
  particular sport.

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Competition at Institutional Camps

• Camp shall include instruction or
• practice programming.
• Can include competition, but
• cannot be solely competition.

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Proposal 2007-5 New 13.11.1.5

• Effective August 1, 2007
• Prohibits an institution from hosting or
  sponsoring a tryout camp, clinic, group workout
  or combine event at any location.
• Includes hosting on-campus combine type events.

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Proposal 2007-5 New 13.11.1.5

• Cannot host at any location.
• Staff can attend off campus only if open to all
  institutions.

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Institutional Camps and Clinics

• Time Periods
• All sports - anytime.
• 2006 proposal removed prior time period
  restrictions for football and basketball.

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Institutional Camps/Clinics

• Attendance Requirements
• Open to any and all entrants (limited only by
  number, gender, or age).
• Student-athletes may not enroll as campers at own
  institutions camp.

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Institutional Camps/Clinics

• Selected prospects can be invited if
• The camp/clinic is legitimately advertised making
  it open to all entrants.
• Staff cannot work exclusively with certain
  prospects.

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Institutional Camps/Clinics

• Can two-year or four-year college prospects
  participate in another institutions camp?
• Yes, provided
• Camp/clinic is open to all entrants.
• Participant pays going rate to attend.
• Participants coach is not on camp staff.

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Case Study

• Your basketball coach, Gordon Matthew Sumner,
  owns a camp operation.
• He wishes to conduct the camp in his hometown.
• The hometown is not in the same location as your
  school.
• Is this an institutional or privately owned camp?

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Case Study 2

• Your field hockey coach, Roberta Joan Anderson,
  is having a team camp.
• Day one of camp will feature drills and
  instruction.
• Days two through five will feature a team
  tournament format.
• Is this permissible?

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Institutional Camps/Clinics Employment
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Employment - Prospects

• May not employ any
• Individual who has started ninth grade.
• Four-year transfer who has received permission or
  issued their own release to discuss transferring.

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Employment - Prospects

• Blanket Waiver for remainder of 2007.
• Allows prospects to be employed at institutional
  camps or clinics.

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The Future of Prospects Employment

• Management Council sponsored proposal at 2008
  Convention will mirror waiver and change
  employment restrictions of prospects for both
  privately owned camps and institutional camps.
• DIII Membership will decide future rule.

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Employment - Prospects

• May employ prospect after paid acceptance of
  written offer of admissions and/or financial aid
  and the prospect's high school graduation.

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Employment Student-athletes

• Bylaw 13.12.2.1
• May be employed provided
• General supervisory duties in addition to
  coaching or officiating assignments
• Must be paid the going rate
• No compensation if only lecturing or
  demonstrating.

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Employment Student-athletes

• No limit on number employed.
• May receive travel expenses if paid for all
  employees.
• May not conduct own camp.

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Student-athletes - private lessons

• Student-athletes teaching private lessons is
  distinct from running ones own camp.
• Permissible provided student-athlete does not use
  name, picture or appearance to promote lesson
  availability.

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Employment - High School, Preparatory School and
Two-Year College Coaches

• May be employed at institution's camp.
• Must be paid going rate.
• Like teaching ability and camp experience.
• May not be paid based on reputation or contact
  with prospects.

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Case Study 3

• A prospect, Hugh Anthony Greg has signed an
  admission offer with your school.
• He will work at your baseball camp.
• Is this permissible?

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Institutional Camps/Clinics Admissions Fees
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Admission Fees

• Standard admission fee includes
• Instruction, meals and lodging.
• May receive awards or mementos (t-shirt, poster)
  if the cost is included in the admission fee.

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Admission Fees

• May not give free or reduced admission to an
  individual who has started ninth grade.
• Group discounts are permissible, provided they
  are available on an equal basis with documented
  standards.

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Camp/Clinic Admission Fees

• Children of staff members
• Permissible to have policy that permits the
  children of institutional or athletics department
  staff members to be employed or receive free or
  reduced admission.

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Camp/Clinic Admission Fees

• Children of camp instructors
• Permissible to have policy that permits the
  children of camp instructors to receive free or
  reduced admission.

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Case Study 4

• John Henry Deutschendorf wins the camper of the
  year award at your camp.
• He receives a trophy for the award.
• Is this permissible?

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Camp Brochures
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Camp Brochures

• Bylaw 12.5.1.7
• An institution may use the name or picture of any
  student-athlete to promote its camps.
• Privately owned camps may only use the name or
  picture of student-athletes employed at camp to
  promote the camp.
• May be sent to prospects anytime.

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Q U E S T I O N S
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Summary of Camps and ClinicsDivision III

• Privately owned camps and clinics.
• The impact of 2007 Proposal I - 2
• Institutional camps and clinics.
• Employment.
• Admissions fees.
• Brochures.