Student Athletes

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Dear Football Ticket Holder: As we gear up for our first home football game of the 2020 season, we wanted to take a few minutes of your time to provide some helpful reminders on NCAA legislation, as it relates to prospective student-athletes and current student-athletes. As a ticket holder, you are considered a representative of athletics interest (i.e., booster) and as such it is extremely important for you and your guests to have a firm understanding of NCAA regulations since you may be in the same vicinity as prospective student-athletes or current student-athletes and/or their family. First, a prospective student-athlete is any individual who has started classes in the ninth (9th) grade of high school, regardless of whether they participate in a sport. An individual remains a prospective student-athlete until he/she officially enrolls and attends classes full-time at a four-year collegiate institution. Second, a current student-athlete is an individual whose enrollment was solicited by the institution with a view toward the student’s ultimate participation in an athletics program. Any other student becomes a student-athlete only when the student reports for practice/competition for an athletics team that is under the jurisdiction of the athletics department. This most commonly includes student-athletes on athletic rosters, regardless of whether the student-athlete is on an athletics scholarship. The list below, which is not an exhaustive list by any means, is meant to give you some insight to what is permissible/impermissible for you to do in regards to prospective/current student-athletes and their family: ON OR OFF-CAMPUS CONTACT A booster is not permitted to have on or-off campus contact with a prospective student-athlete or their family (the only exception to this rule is LSU former student-athletes may have on-campus contact with a prospective student-athlete and their family). Examples of what is considered “contact” with prospective student-athletes and their family includes: ? While enjoying a tailgate, you come across a prospective student-athlete and their family when striking up a conversation. ? STOP! In this instance, you should cease contact with the prospective student-athlete and their family as quickly as possible, as any conversation other than an incidental greeting is considered an NCAA violation. ? While on the sideline for pre-game warm-ups, a prospective student-athlete’s parent approaches you and begins a conversation. ? STOP! In this instance, you should cease contact with the prospective student-athlete’s parent as quickly as possible, as any conversation other than an incidental greeting is considered an NCAA violation. Although it is permissible to interact with current student-athletes and their family; such contact shall only occur on a limited basis, unless a pre-existing relationship form is on file and approved by the Compliance Office. If you wish to file a pre-existing relationship form so you can interact with a prospective or current student-athlete, please contact the compliance office. All of the above information, along with additional NCAA legislation as it applies to you, is very important for you to know and understand. Please contact our Compliance Office with any questions you have in regards to NCAA legislation. Thank you for your time and Geaux Tigers!.

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