Rules Governing Currently Enrolled Student-Athletes

1.  DO NOT give money to any student-athlete, even if it is for the purpose of paying expenses to amateur athletic competitions. All expense funds must be provided through the University or officially registered amateur sport clubs. For example, alumni cannot sponsor a golfer or tennis player who competes in pro-am competition over the summer.

2. DO NOT provide employment to a student-athlete during the regular academic year unless you have checked with the athletic department regarding his or her financial aid status. It's better to check first than to risk loss of a student-athlete’s eligibility.

3. DO NOT provide "extra benefits" to student-athletes. The NCAA considers extra benefits to be: taking a student-athlete out to dinner, providing any gift of material value (including cash loans, free use of an automobile, Christmas presents or consigning a loan), not charging for professional services another student has to pay for (haircuts, dental work, etc.) or any other benefit not available to non-athlete students on the same basis.

4. DO NOT buy athletic event tickets from student-athletes. The NCAA prohibits a student-athlete from receiving and selling game tickets.

5. DO provide employment at regular rates of pay for similarly situated non-athlete employees. University of Portland welcomes the positive involvement and support of alumni in obtaining jobs and internships related to all students' degree programs and career interests.

6. DO feel free to call a University of Portland coach or athletic administrator to ask questions about the permissibility of any activity involving a student-athlete.

7. DO feel free to invite a team to meet with alumni or friends in a city where they travel to play. Student-athletes may participate in many events and are allowed to receive benefits as a team which individual student-athletes may not. Always make these kinds of arrangements through the head coach or an athletic department administrator.

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