Compliance

  The Ocean State University and James River Institute women’s basketball teams have lost a few players to injuries during the off-season, so the coaches would like to conduct tryouts.  Is it permissible to conduct tryouts?  If so, are there any limitations? Yes it is permissible to conduct tryouts. Yes Read more…

  Richie Rich is a booster & alum of Ocean State University (OSU).  Richie also works as a sports reporter for the local newspaper.  In his weekly feature of local athletes, Richie would like to interview Wide Out, a highly touted senior football prospect.  If OSU is recruiting Wide, is Read more…

  The men’s basketball coaches at Ocean State University (OSU) are planning out the pre-season schedule.  A couple of the student-athletes have a lab during the scheduled practice time on Wednesday.  If those student-athletes practice on a different day, will that day count against OSU’s 30 practice dates? Yes.  NCAA Read more…

  Splash is a diving student-athlete at Ocean State University (OSU) that exhausted her eligibility at the conclusion of the 2017-18 academic year.  Splash will graduate with a baccalaureate degree in Accounting in the spring of 2019.  The OSU coaches would like her to serve as an undergraduate student coach Read more…

Back Field is a freshman football student-athlete at Ocean State University.  Back has played in 4 games so far this season, but the coaches are still undecided as to whether they want Back to red-shirt this season. Is it permissible for Back to red-shirt since he has participated in 4 Read more…

The softball coaches at Ocean State University (OSU) have planned out the practice schedule for the entire fall semester.  OSU’s non-championship segment concludes on November 10th.  For the remainder of the semester, the student-athletes will participate in conditioning and skill instruction activities (CARA).  Which of the following is true? A. Read more…

  TRUE OR FALSE? The head coach has an obligation to promote a culture of compliance among the entire team, including assistant coaches, other staff and student-athletes. The head coach must monitor the activities of assistant coaches and staff to determine if they are acting in compliance with NCAA rules. Read more…

    The below is the DCI from August 23rd.  Recently posted on NCAA LSDBi is a Division I Educational Column that should provide further clarification on this issue and assist with answering questions on the application of the legislation. Division I NCAA Educational Column- 9/20/18- Special Seating During an Official Read more…

  Ocean State University (OSU) has a home football game this weekend.  During the game, OSU would like to recognize Can N. Ball, a diving student-athlete at OSU, for being a 3 meter diving NCAA champion last spring.  Can’s parents would like to attend the game to see their son Read more…

  DID YOU KNOW…  There is a difference in the standards of “conducted in privacy” and “conducted in view of a general public audience”  To satisfy the standard of “conducted in privacy” an institution must ensure that no one from the general public can view the scrimmages. The facility where Read more…