Brief: Help requested in monitoring tickets

The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics seeks assistance with the
monitoring of complimentary admissions to UI athletic events in order to
comply with NCAA rules.

The NCAA defines a prospective student-athlete as any "student who has
started classes for 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 (or the individual's
relatives or friends) any financial assistance or other benefits that the
institution does not provide to prospective students generally."

Prospective student-athletes and their families, as well as high school,
prep school and two-year-college coaches, are not permitted to receive
"hard tickets" unless they purchase them in the same manner as members of
the general public. Complimentary admission is granted solely through a
pass-gate system, approved and controlled by the Division of
Intercollegiate Athletics.

Because many university employees and departments purchase athletic tickets
for themselves and the entertainment of guests - and some of these guests
(or their family members) could, by definition, be prospective
student-athletes - the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics asks units to:

 * Guard against personal or departmental tickets being distributed to
   prospective student-athletes and coaches.

 * Make your guests aware of these rules if they are unable to use the
   tickets, so they do not redistribute tickets to prospective
   student-athletes and their families.

 * Maintain a file or log for distribution of tickets, whether personal or
   departmental.

 * Instruct all staff members of the monitoring system in place in your unit
   and its function.

 * Keep this file in your office for possible periodic monitoring by the
   university's compliance office. For the purpose of NCAA audits, this file
   should be kept for five years.

Questions or comments should be directed to compliance coordinator Rick
Allen at 333-5731.