Student-athletes are permitted to earn income through legitimate employment opportunities.
A student-athlete may receive employment compensation:
• Only for work that is actually performed and useful in nature;
• Only for the number of hours actually worked;
• At a rate commensurate with the going rate for similar services in the area.
A student-athlete may NOT receive:
• Payment for value that he or she brings the employer because of publicity, reputation, fame or personal following because of his or her athletics ability;
• Transportation to work or other benefits, unless the same benefits are available equally to all employees.
Fee-for-lesson Employment
• NCAA rules permit student-athletes to be employed on a fee-for-lesson basis under the following prescribed conditions:
• Fee-for-lesson employment may NOT take place in an institutional facility;
• A student-athlete must actually provide skill instruction; "playing lessons" are not permissible;
• Compensation must be paid by the lesson recipient or the recipient's family and not another outside individual or entity;
• Payment must be at the going rate for such services in the area;
• A student-athlete may not use his or her name in promoting or advertising the lesson.
Who is a booster?
Academic Eligibility Standards
Agents and Maintaining Amateur Status
Student-Athlete Employment
Extra Benefits
Outside Competition
Gambling
Drug Policy
Consequences of a Positive NCAA Drug Test
Charitable & Promotional Activities
Financial Aid
Reduction/Cancellation of Institutional Financial Aid
Countable Athletically Related Activites
Complimentary Admissions
Student Assistance Fund
Social Media Guidelines
Student-Athlete Employment
