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Compliance Tip of the Week (March 1)
Can NKU Athletics employ local students that are prospect aged? 
 
Ocean State University is hosting the play-in game for its Men's Basketball Conference Championship.  They would like to hire some local students to help sell programs.  If any of the students are prospect aged, is that ok? Yes with conditions.

NCAA Official Interpretation 2.22.22- Employment of Prospective Student-Athletes – Employment of Groups of Prospective Student-Athletes by the Athletics Department in Accordance with Institutional Employment Procedures and Without the Intervention of a Sport-Specific Staff Member- states that an institution’s athletics department may employ a group of prospective student-athletes provided the employment is arranged through normal institutional employment procedures and without the intervention of a sport-specific staff member. Further, the opportunity for employment must be available to other groups in general, the group may not be selected for a recruiting purpose and compensation must be for work performed and commensurate with the going rate for such services in the locale. Compensation must be provided in accordance with the employment arrangements and may not be a fundraiser for a high school athletics program.   

[Reference: NCAA Division I Bylaws 13.2.4.1 (prior to completion of senior year), 13.15.1.2 (fundraising for high school athletics program).]
 
 
March Madness 
NCAA student-athletes and athletics staff members are not allowed to gamble on sports that are sponsored by the NCAA.  If you put something at risk for the chance to win something of value based on a sporting event in a sport that the NCAA sponsors you will be ineligible for competition.  Don't risk it.  This includes NCAA basketball tournament pools.  If you are doing these among your friends for fun only that is fine but if there is any sort of buy-in with the chance to win a pool of money or other tangible item, then you are not permitted to participate.  Please reach out to Jonathan Pyke at pykej1@nku.edu if you have any questions.