Compliance

Terms to Know

Kansas Athletics Compliance Guidelines & NCAA Rules
• Please contact the Compliance department at (785) 864-4200 for more information.

PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE

(PSA or “recruit”)
Any student who has started classes for the ninth grade and has not enrolled in a four-year institution.

RECRUITING

Any solicitation of a prospect or the prospect’s family for the purpose of securing the prospect’s enrollment and participation in athletics.

STUDENT-ATHLETE

A student who presently is participating in intercollegiate athletics or has participated in intercollegiate athletics and is still receiving athletics aid.

EXTRA BENEFIT

An extra benefit is any special gift or arrangement provided to a student-athlete, or student-athlete’s friend or family member, which is not available to the general KU student body or the general population. Impermissible Extra Benefits include, but are not limited to, free or discounted meals, services, transportation and any financial assistance. Please contact the Compliance department prior to providing any gift or benefit to a student-athlete.

SOCIAL MEDIA REMINDER

Boosters may not initiate or “accept” friend requests of prospects on Facebook, but they can “follow” recruits on Twitter. Boosters should never post on a recruit’s “wall,” reply to a “tweet,” send them any kind of direct message, or take any other action that would constitute contacting any recruit.

PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES

NCAA rules prohibit boosters from engaging in recruiting activities designed to secure a prospect’s enrollment at the University of Kansas.

PERMISSIBLE BOOSTER ACTIVITIESAS BOOSTERS YOU MAY NOT
Continuing to have contact with an established family friend or neighbor who is a prospect (contact Compliance for pre-existing relationship form- must submit to ensure eligibility of student-athlete)Contact or call a prospect that you have not had a long-standing relationship with (the relationship must pre-date the ninth grade)
Viewing a prospect’s game on your own initiativeContact or call a prospect’s parent, coach, principal or counselor
Receiving a call from a prospect only if the prospect initiates the call and it is not for recruiting purposeAssist with the actual evaluation of talent at the direction of the coaching staff
Notifying the Kansas coaching staff of prospectsPromote and/or encourage a prospect to attend the University of Kansas or conduct in any communication that has a recruiting theme
Provide any inducement or extra benefit to a prospective student-athlete, current student-athlete or their family