Athletics Volunteers

• Are or ever have been a member of a particular sports support group at Fairfield
• Have ever donated to Fairfield University’s athletic programs or athletics booster organizations
• Have ever assisted in the recruitment of prospects
• Have ever assisted in providing any benefit to enrolled student-athletes or their families
• Have ever been involved otherwise in promoting Fairfield University’s athletic programs
• Once you have become a booster, you will retain that identity forever, even if you no longer contribute to the athletic programs.

• Prospective Student-Athlete (PSA): A student who has started classes in the ninth grade. In addition, a student who has not started classes for the ninth grade becomes a prospective student-athlete if the institution provides such an individual any financial assistance or other benefits that the institution does not provide to prospective students generally.
• Student-Athlete: A student whose enrollment was solicited by a member of the athletics staff or other representative of Fairfield athletics interest with a view toward the student’s participation in the intercollegiate athletic team.
• Contact: A face-to-face encounter between a prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete’s parents, relatives, or legal guardian(s) and an institutional staff member or athletics representative during which any dialogue occurs more than an exchange or a greeting.
• Recruiting: Any solicitation of a PSA or PSA’s relatives by an institutional staff member or by a representative of the institution’s athletics interests to secure the prospective student-athlete's enrollment and participation in the institution’s intercollegiate athletic program.
• Extra Benefit: Any special arrangement by an institutional employee or representative of the institution’s athletic interest to provide a student-athlete or student-athlete’s relative or friends a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.

No. Any such contact could result in the prospect being declared ineligible to participate in Fairfield athletics. Recruiting contact must be made by countable coaches.

Yes, as long as they do not make contact with the prospect or his/her families nor attempt to recruit the prospect.

Prohibited benefits include (and are not limited to) the following:

• Cash or loans
• Promise of employment after graduation
• Special discounts
• Employment of relatives or friends of prospects
• Use of an automobile
• Providing transportation to and from a summer job or other site
• Co-signing a loan
• A loan or gift or money or other tangible items (clothing, jewelry, etc.)
• Free or reduced-cost housing arrangements
• Entertainment costs on or off campus
• Educational expenses
• Summer camp registration

No. This would be an improper benefit and may not be provided.

No. This is an improper benefit and would jeopardize the prospect’s eligibility.