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NCAA Rules Extra Benefits

What is an "Extra Benefit"?

The NCAA defines an extra benefit as any special arrangement by an institution employee or a representative of the institution’s athletic interest (“Booster”) to provide a student-athlete (or a student-athlete’s relative or friend) a benefit that is not generally available to other Niagara University students and their relatives and/or friends, or, is not expressly authorized by the NCAA legislation. Therefore, please be aware of the following:

A student-athlete cannot accept anything from an employee of NU or a Niagara athletics booster (e.g., use of a car, hair cut, clothing, gifts, money, tickets for any kind of entertainment, payment of long distance telephone calls).

A student-athlete cannot accept free or reduced cost room and/or board from any NU employee or booster of NU’s athletics programs. This includes Lewiston, in the student-athlete’s home city or in any other location.

A student-athlete cannot accept free or reduced merchandise or services from any merchant unless that free or reduced costs item is also available to the general public.

A student-athlete cannot eat at a restaurant as the guest of an athletic booster or any employee of NU.

On infrequent special occasions (e.g., a birthday, Thanksgiving, etc.) a student-athlete may accept an invitation to the home of an employee of NU or an athletic booster for a meal.

A student-athlete cannot use a Department of Athletics copy machine, fax machine, or make a long distance telephone call using department equipment or the long distance access code of an employee of NU or athletic booster, unless it is for academic purposes and approved through the athletic compliance or academic services office.

Members of the Department of Athletics staff or an athletic booster are not permitted to type reports, papers, letters, etc., for a student-athlete.

A student-athlete cannot receive a special discount, payment arrangement, or credit on a purchase (e.g., airline ticket, clothing), or service (e.g., laundry, dry cleaning) from an employee of NU or an athletic booster.

A NU employee or booster cannot provide a student-athlete with a loan of money, a guarantee of bond, the use of an automobile or the signing or the co-signing of a note to arrange a loan.

A NU employee may provide a student-athlete only reasonable and occasional local (i.e., within the Lewiston/Niagara Falls/Buffalo area) transportation.

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