The Ocean State University (OSU) volleyball team will be participating in Ocean Eleven’s Conference tournament next weekend.  Because the girls will not be able to go home for Thanksgiving, one of the local student-athlete’s parents would like to host the team for an early Thanksgiving dinner this Sunday.

Is it permissible for the parents to host a dinner for the OSU team at their house?

Yes.

Does the answer remain the same for James River Institute and Country Roads College?

Yes.

Division I NCAA Bylaw 16.11.1.7 states that an institution may provide or arrange for the following benefits for a student-athlete: [R] (Adopted: 4/26/01, 4/24/03 effective 8/1/03, 4/13/09, 4/26/12, 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13, 8/7/14)

(a) The use of a return ticket at any time after the conclusion of a foreign tour;

(b) Receipt of frequent flier points and/or miles earned while traveling to and from intercollegiate practice and/or competition;

(c) Participation in receptions and festivities associated with championships, conference tournaments or all-star events hosted by and conducted on the institution’s campus;

(d) Occasional meals to team members provided by a student-athlete’s family member at any location;

(e) Telephone calls in emergency situations as approved by the director of athletics (or his or her designee);

(f) Reasonable tokens of support and transportation, housing and meal expenses in the event of injury, illness, or death of a family member or another student-athlete;

(g) Fundraisers for student-athletes (or their family members) under the following extreme circumstances:

(1) Extreme circumstances should be extraordinary in the result of events beyond the student- athlete’s control (e.g., life-threatening illness, natural disaster);

(2) The proceeds must be designated for a specific purpose (e.g., payment of medical bills, purchase of medical equipment, replacement of items lost in a fire, etc.)

(3) The proceeds may be given directly to the beneficiaries, with receipt kept on file by the institution, which must include the amount of expenses incurred and the total amount received; and

(4) The excess proceeds must be given to a not-for-profit organization with the receipt kept on file by the institution.

(h) The payment of admission costs or a meal for any student-athlete being honored at a nonathletics awards ceremony.

Division II NCAA Bylaw 16.5.1 states that identified housing and meal benefits incidental to a student’s participation in intercollegiate athletics that may be financed by the institution are: [R] (Revised: 6/22/11)
(a) Summer-Dormitory Rentals. An institution may rent, at the regular institutional rate, dormitory space to a prospective or enrolled student-athlete during the summer months if it is the institution’s policy to make dormitory space available on the same basis to all prospective or enrolled students (see Bylaw 15.3.3.2.4 for permissible housing benefits for student-athletes eligible to receive financial aid while attending summer school).

(b) Preseason Practice Expenses. The institution may provide the cost of room and board to student-athletes who report for preseason practice before the start of the academic year, it being understood that the student-athletes have been accepted for admission to the institution at the time such benefits are received. The institution may provide an evening meal and lodging on the evening prior to the first scheduled practice or the designated equipment and squad picture day. (Revised: 1/12/04 effective 8/1/04, 1/17/15 effective 8/1/15, 7/28/15)

(c) Meals and Snacks Incidental to Participation. An institution may provide meals and snacks to student-athletes as a benefit incidental to participation in intercollegiate athletics. (Revised: 1/8/01, 1/17/15 effective 8/1/15)

(1) Cash for Missed Meal Due to Practice Activities. An institution may provide to a student-athlete the cash equivalent of a meal missed due to practice activities only if he or she has previously paid for the meal (either individually or through the board element of a scholarship). An institution shall not provide student-athletes with a meal and cash for the same meal. (Revised: 1/17/15 effective 8/1/15)

(2) Meals or Snacks in Conjunction With Competition. For both home and away-from-home competitions, all student-athletes are permitted to receive a pregame meal as a benefit incidental to participation and all student-athletes are permitted to receive a meal(s) or snack(s) [or cash in the amount equal to the cost of a meal(s) or snack(s)] at the institution’s discretion from the time the student-athlete reports on call (at the direction of the student-athlete’s coach or comparable authority) and becomes involved in competition-related activities to the end of competition and the release by the appropriate institutional authority, as a benefit incidental to participation. An institution shall not provide student-athletes with a meal or snack and cash for the same meal or snack. (Revised: 1/17/15 effective 8/1/15)

(d) Vacation-Period Expenses. The institution may provide the cost of room and board to student-athletes during official institutional vacation periods in the following circumstances: (Revised: 1/14/97, 1/11/00 effective 8/1/00, 7/24/07)

(1) Student-athletes who are required to remain on or return to the institution’s campus for organized practice sessions or competition during the institution’s official vacation period. If the student-athlete lives at home during the vacation period, the cost of room and board may not be provided by the institution, other than to permit the student-athlete to participate in team meals incidental to practice sessions. If an institution does not provide a meal to its student-athletes, a cash allowance may be provided, not to exceed the amount provided by the institution to institutional staff members on away-from-campus trips. The institution may provide an evening meal and lodging on the evening prior to the first scheduled practice or the designated equipment and squad picture day. (Revised: 10/21/08, 7/23/13, 7/28/15)

(i) Winter Break Expenses. It is permissible for an institution to provide a student-athlete an evening meal and lodging in the locale of the institution on the final day of the seven-day legislated winter break when the student-athlete must return to campus for organized practice or competition occurring on the first day following the legislated winter break. (Adopted: 7/28/15)
(2) Student-athletes who return to campus during the institution’s official vacation period occurring during a regular academic term (e.g., not including vacation periods between terms) from competition. Under such circumstances, room and board expenses may be provided beginning with the student-athlete’s arrival on campus until the institution’s regular dormitories and dining facilities reopen. If the student-athlete lives at home during the vacation period, the cost of room and board may not be provided by the institution.

(3) Student-athletes who return to campus during the institution’s official vacation period between regular academic terms (e.g., summer-vacation period) from competition. Under such circumstances, room and board expenses may be provided for not more than a 48-hour period, beginning with the student-athlete’s return to campus. If the student-athlete lives at home during the vacation period, the cost of room and board may not be provided by the institution.

(e) Nutritional Supplements. An institution may provide permissible nutritional supplements to a student-athlete for the purpose of providing additional calories and electrolytes. Permissible nutritional supplements do not contain any NCAA banned substances and are identified according to the following classes: carbohydrate/electrolytes drinks, energy bars, carbohydrate boosters, vitamins and minerals and protein. (Adopted: 1/12/04, Revised: 1/10/05 effective 8/1/05, 7/19/16)
(f) Occasional Meals. (Adopted: 1/17/15 effective 8/1/15)

(1) Institutional Staff Member. A student-athlete or the entire team in a sport may receive an occasional meal in the locale of the institution on infrequent and special occasions from an institutional staff member. An institutional staff member may provide reasonable local transportation to student-athletes to attend such meals.

(2) Representative of Athletics Interests. A student-athlete or the entire team in a sport may receive an occasional family home meal from a representative of the institution’s athletics interests provided the meal is in the individual’s home, on campus or at a facility that is regularly used for home competition and may be catered. The representative of the institution’s athletics interests or an institutional staff member may provide reasonable local transportation to student-athletes to attend such meals.

 (3) Occasional Meals to Team Members Provided by Relatives or Legal Guardians. Occasional meals to team members provided by the relatives or legal guardians of a student-athlete are permissible and may be provided at any location (e.g., tailgating).

Division III NCAA Bylaw 16.11.1.6 states that a student-athlete or a team may receive an occasional meal provided by the relative of a student-athlete at any location. (Adopted: 7/21/09)

 

 

 

 

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