November 13th: Selling Tickets to Student-Athlete

A football student-athlete at Ocean State University (OSU) would like to buy two tickets to Saturday’s Men’s Basketball game for his parents.  The game is sold out, but OSU has a few tickets set aside for donors.  Can OSU sell any of those tickets to the football student-athlete?

No, unless members of the general student body are permitted to purchase the tickets.

Does the answer remain the same if the football student-athlete was enrolled at James River Institute or Country Roads College?

Yes.

Division I NCAA Bylaw 16.2.2.3 states that an institution may not provide a special arrangement to sell a student-athlete ticket(s) to an athletics event, other than a postseason event as permitted in Bylaw 16.2.1.4. Tickets (other than for a postseason event) shall be available for purchase by student-athletes according to the same purchasing procedures used for other students. [R] (Revised: 8/7/14, 1/15/16)

Division II NCAA Bylaw 16.2.2.3 states that an institution may not provide a special arrangement to sell a student-athlete ticket(s) to an athletics event. Tickets shall be available for purchase by student-athletes according to the same purchasing procedures used for other students. [R] (Revised: 6/22/11)

Division III NCAA Bylaw 16.2.2.3 states that an institution may not provide a special arrangement to sell a student-athlete ticket(s) to an athletics event. Tickets shall be available for purchase by student-athletes according to the same purchasing procedures used for other students. [R]