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The NCAA has established strict guidelines concerning student-athletes'
involvement in gambling and bribery. Student-athletes shall
not knowingly participate in any gambling activity that
involves intercollegiate athletics or professional athletics,
through a bookmaker, parlay card, or any other method employed
by organized gambling.
Gambling is a serious problem and can have tragic consequences
for the student-athlete who may be tempted to engage in
such activities. Gambling and bribery pose a significant
threat to the integrity of intercollegiate athletics. NCAA
Bylaw 10.3 states that student-athletes and staff members
of the athletic department shall not knowingly:
- Provide information to individuals involved in organized
gambling activities concerning intercollegiate athletics
competition;
- Solicit a bet on any intercollegiate or professional
team;
- Accept a bet on any team representing the institution;
or
- Participate in any gambling activity that involves intercollegiate
athletics or professional athletics, through a bookmaker,
parlay card, or any other method employed by organized
gambling.
Student-athletes are also responsible for the following:
- Reporting to the coach or assistant athletic director
for student services any offers of gifts, money, or favors
in exchange for supplying team information or for attempting
to alter the outcome of any contest;
- Maintaining a clear understanding of what constitutes
gambling and bribery activities and reporting any suspected
infractions;
- Contacting the coach or other department personnel (e.g.,
sports information office staff) when questions concerning
appropriate release of team information occur; and
- Recognizing that participation in gambling or bribery
activities will result in disciplinary action by the NCAA
as well as local, state, and/or federal prosecution of
the involved individual(s).
Direct Negotiations with a Professional
Sports Team back to
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NCAA rules were changed in 1992 to allow you and your parents
or legal guardian(s) to negotiate directly with a major
league team. If you are currently attending an NCAA school,
you are also permitted to have your institution's Professional
Sports Counseling Panel negotiate on your behalf. You may
contact Purdue's Professional Sports Panel through Julie
Hutchins, compliance advisor, at treiter@purdue.edu
or 494-3208.
Contract Agreements
with a Major League Team back
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You will jeopardize your eligibility at a NCAA school if
you reach any kind of agreement, written or verbal, for
any portion of the terms of a professional contract with
a major league team. No matter how vigorously someone may
try to persuade you that you may reach a verbal agreement
for the terms of a contract, be assured that NCAA regulations
do not permit this.
Accepting
Items of Value back
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You will jeopardize your eligibility at an NCAA school
if you receive any items of value from the major league
team that drafted you.
Entertainment
Provided by a Major League Team back
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To retain your NCAA eligibility, you must not receive any
kind of entertainment expenses from a professional team.
This includes a representative from the professional team
purchasing a meal for you or your parents and paying expenses
(transportation, lodging, etc.) for you or your parents
to visit the city of the major league team for any reason.
Expense-Paid
Tryouts with a Major League Team back
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You may receive an expense-paid tryout to the city of a
major league team only if you have not yet enrolled in a
collegiate institution (including a two-year college). In
this regard, NCAA rules do permit, before enrollment in
a college, a student-athlete to receive an expense-paid
tryout with a major league team, provided such a visit does
not exceed 48 hours and any payment or compensation in connection
with the visit was not in excess of actual and necessary
expenses. Thus, you may receive an expense-paid visit from
a professional team provided you participate in tryout activities
that allow the club to evaluate you. You may receive such
a visit either prior to or subsequent to a major league
baseball draft. Additionally, you may try out, at your own
expense, with that team for any length of time provided
the tryout terminates when you become a full-time student
at any college.
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