ONCE YOU ARE A BOOSTER, YOU ARE ONE FOREVER! AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF MARQUETTE'S ATHLETICS INTERESTS, YOU ARE BOUND BY NCAA, BIG EAST AND MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY RULES. AND, THEREFORE, MARQUETTE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS!

DEFINITIONS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Prospective Student-athlete: A prospective student-athlete is a person who has started classes for the ninth grade, regardless of his/her athletic ability. A prospect is also any student who is enrolled at a two-year college or at a four-year institution other than Marquette University. A prospective studentathlete remains a prospect even after he/she has signed a National Letter of Intent or accepts an offer of financial aid to attend Marquette University, until he/she reports for the first day of classes for a regular term (fall or spring) or begins official practice immediately prior to the start of classes. Marquette University requests that you treat ALL students as prospects.

Student-athlete: A student-athlete is a student whose enrollment was solicited by a member of the athletics staff or other representative of athletics interests with a view toward the student's ultimate participation in the intercollegiate athletics program. Any other student becomes a student-athlete only when the student reports for an intercollegiate squad that is under the jurisdiction of the athletics department. A student is not deemed a student-athlete solely on the basis of prior high school athletics participation.

Recruiting: Any solicitation of a prospect or the prospect's family by a Marquette staff member or by a representative of Marquette's athletics interests for the purpose of securing the prospect's enrollment at Marquette and/ or participation in the athletics program. All recruiting must be done exclusively by designated athletics department staff members.

Contact: Any face-to-face encounter between a prospect or the prospect's parent or legal guardian and an institutional staff representative during which any dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting. Any such face-to-face encounter that is prearranged or that takes place on the grounds of the prospect's educational institution or at the site of an organized competition/practice involving the prospect or the prospect's educational institution shall be considered a contact, regardless of the conversation that occurs.

Evaluation: Any off-campus activity designed to assess the academic qualifications or athletics ability of a prospect, including any visit to a prospect's educational institution (during which no contact occurs) or the observation of a prospect participating in any practice or competition at any site.

Remember...
Only coaches and athletic staff members are permitted to be involved in the recruiting process.

BASIC RULES ABOUT PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES

What Do You Need To Know About Recruiting?

As a representative of Marquette's athletics interests, YOU MAY NOT:

As a Representative of Marquette's Athletics Interests, YOU MAY:

Essentially, a relationship is "established" if:
1. The relationship predates the individual's status as a prospective student-athlete;
2. The relationship predates the athlete's status achieved as a result of his/her athletics ability or reputation; and
3. The relationship did not develop as a result of the athlete's participation in athletics or his/her notoriety related thereto.

WHAT DO I DO IF A PROSPECT INITIATES CONTACT WITH ME?

If a prospective student-athlete initiates contact with you either in person, by telephone or by mail, you are obligated to refer all questions regarding Marquette and its athletics programs to the athletics department staff. You should also inform the student-athlete that NCAA rules prohibit recruiting contacts with anyone other than the athletic department staff.

WHAT ABOUT EMPLOYMENT OF PROSPECTS?

An athletics department staff member may help arrange for summer employment of a prospect with an athletics representative provided that:

WHAT KINDS OF BENEFITS/INDUCEMENTS FOR PROSPECTS ARE PROHIBITED?

DO NOT provide any of the following inducements or benefits to prospective student-athletes, their families, relatives, legal guardians or coaches:

BASIC RULES ABOUT ENROLLED STUDENT-ATHLETES
What Is An Extra Benefit?

NCAA legislation expressly prohibits Marquette supporters from providing "extra benefits" to enrolled student-athletes. An extra benefit is any special arrangement to provide a student-athlete, his/her family, relatives, legal guardians and/or friends a benefit not authorized by NCAA legislation.

In general, you may not provide anything or make special arrangements for studentathlete's that are not available to the general student population.

Examples of "extra benefits" include, but are not limited to:

You MAY provide enrolled student-athlete's with an occasional home meal, provided the meal takes place at your home and not at a local restaurant establishment. The meal may be catered and must be restricted to infrequent or special occasions. You must get permission from the compliance office first.

WHAT ABOUT STUDENT-ATHLETE APPEARANCES & PROMOTIONS?

DO NOT use the name or picture of an enrolled student-athlete to directly or indirectly advertise, recommend or promote the sale or use of a commercial product or service of any kind. Doing so will render the student-athlete ineligible for competition. All charitable, educational and nonprofit promotional activities involving studentathletes must have prior approval from the athletics department. All student-athlete appearances for such events are coordinated through Marquette's athletic department.

DO NOT provide an honorarium to a student-athlete for any speaking engagement. Student-athletes may only receive necessary travel expenses when speaking to educational or charitable groups. All speaking engagements must be approved in advance and coordinated by the athletics department.

DO NOT mail items to student-athletes for them to sign and return to you. All student-athlete autographs must be obtained on fan day or after athletic events.

DO NOT use any item signed by a Marquette coach, student-athlete or staff member in an auction, raffle or any other type of fundraising activity to raise money for any high school project.

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR BOOSTER INVOLVEMENT IN NCAA VIOLATIONS?

Marquette University is required by NCAA rules and regulations to notify boosters of the potential consequences regarding rules violations.

Disassociation: Any individual who has engaged in conduct that is determined, either by Marquette, BIG EAST or the NCAA, to be a violation of any NCAA or BIG EAST legislation, rule or imposition of sanctions, shall be subject to the revocation or withholding of any athletically related benefit or privilege received by that individual from Marquette. As such, an individual may lose the privilege of purchasing season tickets, lose the privilege of being a member of a donor program and/or booster club, or lose the privilege of purchasing other athletically related benefits or privileges deemed appropriate by Marquette University.

Prospect or Student-athlete Ineligibility: If you or a member of the athletics department staff violates a rule involving a prospective student-athlete or an enrolled student-athlete, that prospect or studentathlete could lose all eligibility for intercollegiate athletics participation at Marquette University. Therefore, we ask that you leave the recruitment of prospects to Marquette coaches and that you do not do anything that would jeopardize the eligibility of either a prospect or an enrolled student-athlete.

THE GOLDEN RULE FOR BOOSTERS!

Always check with the Athletic Compliance Office before you make arrangements for any activity that involves prospective student-athletes, enrolled student-athletes, their families, relatives or their legal guardians.

When it comes to intercollegiate athletics, the rule of thumb is...PLEASE, ASK BEFORE YOU ACT!