- The actions of its staff members;
- The actions of any other individual, booster or organization engaged in activities promoting the athletic interests of the institution; and
- The protection and enhancement of the physical, educational, and personal well-being of its student-athletes.
Who is a Booster/Athletics Representative? Boosters, referred to by the NCAA as “representatives of the institution’s athletic interests,” include anyone who has:
- Provided a donation in order to obtain season tickets for any sport at the university.
- Participated in or has been a member of an organization promoting the university’s athletics programs.
- Made financial contributions to the athletic department or to a university booster organization.
- Arranged for or provided employment for enrolled student-athletes.
- Assisted or has been requested by university staff to assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes.
- Assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student athletes or their families.
- Been involved otherwise in promoting university athletics.
As a Booster/Athletics Representative of Kansas State University, what can I do?
If you know a high school or junior college student-athlete who is interested in attending Kansas State, the only permissible activity for a Booster/Athletics Representative is to call the appropriate K-State coach.
What is an "Extra Benefit?"
An extra benefit is any special arrangement made to provide student-athletes, their relatives or friends with a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation. Such benefits include, but are not limited to the provision of any transportation, meals, clothes, entertainment, preferential loan terms, wages not commensurate with duties, or other benefits offered to a prospect or current student-athlete which is unavailable to the general student population.
Who is a Prospect?
A prospective student-athlete ("prospect") is a student who has started classes for the ninth grade (or in Men's Basketball the seventh grade). Additionally, a student who has not started classes for the ninth grade becomes a prospective student-athlete if the institution provides such an individual (or the individual's relatives or friends) any financial assistance or other benefits that the institution does not generally provide to prospective students.
How long is a prospective student-athlete considered a prospect?
A prospective student-athlete remains a prospect even after signing a National Letter of Intent to attend Kansas State University. Consequently, both K-State and the prospective student-athlete continue to be governed by NCAA recruiting legislation until:
a) the individual officially registers and enrolls in a minimum full-time program of studies and attends classes in any term of a four-year collegiate institution's regular academic year (excluding summer);
b) the individual participates in a regular squad practice or competition at a four-year collegiate institution that occurs before the beginning of any term; or
c) the individual officially registers, enrolls and attends classes during the summer prior to initial enrollment.
What can an Athletics Representative do with prospects?
An athletics representative may attend a prospective student-athlete's athletics contest (i.e., high school or two-year college) on his or her own initiative. However, it should be understood that the athletics representative may not have contact with the prospect (or his or her family members) on such occasions. If you are ever put in a position where a prospect or their parents begin raising questions about K-State Athletics, please explain that NCAA legislation prohibits you from discussing athletics with them. Please direct their inquiries to the K-State Athletics.
You may continue pre-established family relationships with friends and neighbors. Contact with sons and daughters of these families are permitted as long as they are not made for recruiting purposes and are not prompted by K-State coaching staff. You are permitted to engage in your normal activities with prospects and their parents, who are family friends.
Feel free to attend a public event (i.e. awards dinner) at which prospects are in attendance. No attempt should be made to contact or recruit the prospect at these events.
Please note that it is permissible to notify K-State coaching staff members regarding any prospective student-athletes of whom you are aware.
May I have contact with prospects?
No. Contact with prospective student-athletes for recruiting purposes is prohibited. Contact includes emails, phone calls, letters, face-to-face contact and social media websites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.). You may not have contact with a prospect's coach, principal or counselor in an attempt to evaluate the prospect.
What can I do for current K-State athletes?
As outlined below, feel free to invite a student-athlete to your home for an occasional meal. However, before you provide the meal at your home, you must first complete the Occasional Meal Request Form, which can be found below. Please complete the form and submit it to the K-State Compliance Office at compliance@kstatesports.com for approval at least two weeks prior to the date fo the meal.
How can I assist with summer employment?
You may pay student-athletes, who are employed by you, for work actually performed and at a rate commensurate for similar services in the community and your business. You may and are encouraged to notify the head coaches or the athletic department of job possibilities for student-athletes. Student-athletes are required to fill out an employment for before the start of employment.
