 Local Sports Club  A volunteer coach (other than basketball coaches) may be involved with a local sports club that is located in our area, provided all PSA’s live within a 50 mile radius of the institution and VU does not sponsor the club.  If a PSA lives outside the 50 mile radius, we must be the closest club to the PSA and that must be on file.  A PSA may not “temporarily relocate” within 50 miles to be involved in the club team.

 Private Lessons  It is not permissible for a volunteer coach to conduct any physical activity at which one or more prospective student-athletes reveal, demonstrate or display their athletics ability.  A volunteer coach is prohibited from teaching private lessons to any prospective student-athlete in the coach's sport, except women's golf and equestrian.

 We know the local sports club rules:  Any coach (except basketball)  50 mile radius  Further, the local sports club legislation permits an institution's coach to perform legitimate duties that are consistent with his or her responsibilities with the local sports club, provided he or she is not engaged in any recruiting activities on behalf of the member institution in connection with those duties.

No. For example, the institution does not use an evaluation for any PSA participating in competition against the local sports club team that the institution's coach is coaching. Further, any other contests that involve prospective student-athletes and are observed by the coaching staff member (e.g., scouting the club team's future opponents) would not count as an evaluation, provided observing the activity is a legitimate duty consistent with his or her responsibilities with the local sports club and is not evaluating on behalf of the institution.

No. An institution's coach who is receiving expenses from a local sports club for activities related to his or her duties with the local sports club may not engage in any recruiting activities on behalf of the member institution. It is not permissible for any outside organization, agency or group of individuals to expend funds for the institution's recruitment of prospective student- athletes.

No. A member institution may not pay a coach's expenses to attend a contest in which the coach's local sports club is participating. Providing such expenses constitutes financial support of the local sports club by the institution, which is not permitted.

Yes. Provided the club is an established, on-going club that is engaged in competitive activities and is not formed only to provide instruction to prospective student-athletes. Further, an institution's coach must use his or her own funds, independent of the institution, to establish and operate the club.

Yes. An institution's coach who is employed by a local sports club may provide individual instruction to prospective student-athletes who are participating in the local sports club where the coach is employed, provided the club is an established, on-going club, and all prospects participating in such activities are legal residents of the area (within a 50-mile radius of the institution).

In individual sports and water polo, if the institution's coach is the coach of an outside sports team during the summer, he or she may be involved with student- athletes with eligibility remaining from the institution's team. In team sports (other than water polo), a coach may not be involved in any capacity at any time with an outside team that includes any student-athlete from his or her institution.

The student-athlete's employment does not, in and of itself, constitute a countable athletically related activity. Therefore, it is permissible for an institution's coach who owns or operates a local sports club to employ a student-athlete, who is a member of his or her team, in the club outside the institution's playing season, provided no countable athletically related activities occur as a result of the employment.

Yes. Non-coaching staff members may be involved with a local sports club located in the institution's home community that includes prospective student-athletes participating in any sport, regardless of whether those prospective student-athletes live within a 50- mile radius of the institution

No. The institution's athletics department or athletics staff may not be involved with that club team. Such involvement would be considered sponsorship by the athletics department, which is not permissible. Participation by the institution's athletics department or athletics staff in the club's fundraising activities is also prohibited.

No. It is not permissible for a member institution's booster club to sponsor or make a donation, directly or indirectly, to an outside sports club that involves prospective student-athletes or any student-athlete from the institution.

It would be permissible for a representative of an institution's athletics interests to participate in activities involving a local sports club (e.g., serving on the board, soliciting funds, employment, etc.), provided the representative acts independently of the institution and does not engage in any recruiting activities.

COMPLIANCE CUP CHALLENGE Winner will be determined by percentage of points earned out of each team's individual possible points. The following point system will be used for paperwork that needs to be complete by each team: Practice Logs, Competition Reports, etc. 3 Points for turning in the week it is due 2 Points for turning in the week after the due date 1 Point for turning in the second week after the due date 0 Points for any date after 3 rd week (still needs to be turned in) The following will be the point system for paperwork that varies by sport: Visits & Student Host Forms Points are scored Based on number of visits each team has If a team has no visits, their score will reflect no visits