Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 1 RULES EDUCATION SEMINAR March 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 2 Agenda IQ Test Admissions Monthly Reminders Winter Sports Reminders Recent NCAA Educational Columns, Interpretations and Infractions Cases Spring Break Vacation Period Rule Reminders C-USA Actions on Autonomy Proposals Rules Education JumpForward Tip of the Month How can we help you? Other Business
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 3 IQ Test 1. Cross Country 2. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts 3. Short shift 4. Free for all 5. Head in the sand 6. Hot under the collar 7. Forked tongue or tongue twister 8. Son of a gun 9. Nowhere in sight 10. Little Big Horn 11. High income brackets 12. Down in the dumps 13. It s below me 14. See you in the morning 15. The gag s on you 16. Last but not least
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 4 ADMISSIONS Chenise Ryan and Justin Lampley
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 5 Monthly Reminders Head Coach Responsibility Documentation Non-Athletics Office Contact Prohibition Contact and Evaluation Logs in JumpForward Official and Unofficial Visit Forms Initial Eligibility and Transfer Review Forms CARA (Practice) Logs Institutional Request List (IRL) Updates Declaration of Coaches Form Updates Recruiting and Scouting Services Approval Tryout Approval Camps and Clinics Forms Squad Change Forms Recruiting Calendar Compliance Office on Twitter @BlazerBylaws
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 6 Winter Sports Reminders Medical Hardship Waiver Candidates Physician letter Contemporaneous medical documentation Student-athlete statement Participation records Team competition schedule Team Awards Submit team award requests via JumpForward Must be approved prior to ordering the awards Policies and procedures document online
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 7 Recent NCAA Educational Columns, Interpretations and Infractions Cases Contact and Evaluation of Committed Prospective Student-Athletes Complimentary Admissions for Home Contests to Coaches or Others Involved with Prospective Student- Athletes Accommodations on Official Visit -- Meals, Lodging, and/or Entertainment of Prospect-Aged Siblings
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 8 Spring Break Vacation Period Rule Reminders Vacation Period Expenses Eligibility Entertainment Expenses for Practice Foreign Tours Scouting of Opponents Use of High School Facilities for Practice or Competition
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 9 C-USA ACTIONS ON AUTONOMY PROPOSALS
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 10 2016-128 Professional Sports Counseling Panel Intent To eliminate the limitation on the number of athletics department staff members who may serve on an institution's professional sports counseling panel. Effective Date August 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 11 2016-129 Media Activities Intent To establish consistent regulations governing student-athlete participation in media activities both during and outside the playing season, as specified. A student-athlete may participate in media activities, including but not limited to, radio, television and internet-based programs (e.g., coaches shows), and writing projects when the student-athlete s appearance or participation is related in any way to his or her status as a student-athlete. The student-athlete shall not receive any remuneration for participation in the activity. The student-athlete shall not make any endorsement, expressed or implied, of any commercial product or service. The student-athlete may, however, receive actual and necessary expenses directly related to the appearance or participation in the activity. A student-athlete participating in such media activities may not miss class, except for class time missed in conjunction with away-from-home competition or to participate in an NCAA or conference-sponsored media activity. Effective Date August 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 12 2016-130 Retroactive Financial Aid Intent To specify that institutional financial aid awarded to an enrolled student-athlete after the first day of classes in any term may be made retroactive to the beginning of that academic year. Effective Date August 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 13 2016-131 Meals for Away Games Intent To specify that on each day associated with an away-from-home competition (from the time the team is required to report on call for team travel until the team returns to campus) an institution may choose to provide student-athletes with regular meals (or allowances) or meals at the institution's discretion. Effective Date August 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 14 2016-132 Nutritional Supplements - Protein Intent To add protein supplements as a permissible class of nutritional supplements. Effective Date Immediate
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 15 2016-133 Entertainment Intent To permit an institution, conference or the NCAA to provide reasonable entertainment to student-athletes during the playing season, outside the playing season during the academic year when classes are in session and during the period in which they are required to participate in required summer athletic activities. Effective Date August 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 16 2016-134 Practice and Competition Expenses Intent To permit an institution to provide, during an academic year in which a student-athlete is eligible to represent an institution in athletics competition (or in the following summer), actual and necessary expenses related to a student-athlete's participation in: The Olympic Games, Pan American Games, World Championships, World Cup, World University Games, World University Championships, established national championship events, or the junior-level equivalent of such events (e.g., Youth Olympic Games, Junior World Championships, U19 World University Games); and Established regional championship events (e.g., North American Championships, European Championships). Effective Date Immediate
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 17 2016-135 8-Hour Period Between 9 P.M. & 6 A.M. Intent To specify that required athletically related activities other than competition (and associated activities) shall be prohibited during a continuous eight-hour period between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.; further, to specify that required athletically related activities shall be prohibited during an eight-hour period after release following a home contest that concludes after 9 p.m. (with an exception for travel) and upon return to campus from away-from-home competition after 9 p.m. Effective Date August 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 18 2016-136 Days Off During Academic Year Intent To specify that required athletically related activities shall be prohibited for a seven-day period beginning the day after a studentathlete's or a team's last contest of the championship segment; further, to specify that an institution shall provide a student-athlete with 14 additional days off during or outside the playing and practice season during the regular academic year when classes are in session. Effective Date August 1, 2017 Rescind C-USA rule regarding the 2 week required break after the championship segment.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 19 2016-137 Time Management Plan Intent To specify that an institution shall develop a student-athlete time management plan for each varsity intercollegiate sport in which the Association sponsors a championship or is an emerging sport for women; further, to specify that the institution shall conduct an annual end-of-year review of each sport's student-athlete time management plan and that the findings of each review shall be reviewed by the institution's president or chancellor. Effective Date August 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 20 2016-138 Preseason Practice and Vacation Periods Intent To specify that an institution shall provide student-athletes with one day off per week during a preseason practice period and during a vacation period when classes are not in session. Effective Date August 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 21 2016-139 Off-Campus Practice During Vacation Period Outside the Season Intent To specify that an off-campus practice (other than practice at an institution's regularly used off-campus practice facilities and other than the winter-training trip in women's rowing) unrelated to an away-from-home competition shall be prohibited during an institutional vacation period outside the institution's championship playing season. Effective Date August 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 22 SPORTS WAGERING Rules Education
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 23 Sports Wagering Bylaw 10.3 Sports Wagering Activities The following individuals shall not knowingly participate in sports wagering activities or provide information to individuals involved in or associated with any type of sports wagering activities concerning intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics competition: Staff members of an institution's athletics department; Nonathletics department staff members who have responsibilities within or over the athletics department (e.g., chancellor or president, faculty athletics representative, individual to whom athletics reports); Staff members of a conference office; and Student-athletes.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 24 Sports Wagering Bylaw 10.3.1 Scope of Application The prohibition against sports wagering applies to any institutional practice or any competition (intercollegiate, amateur [e.g., youth sports] or professional) in a sport in which the NCAA conducts championship competition, in bowl subdivision football and in emerging sports for women. Does not apply to (for example): Dog racing Horse racing Car racing Boxing/UFC Poker
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 25 Sports Wagering Fall Sports Cross Country Field Hockey Football Soccer Women s Volleyball Men s Water Polo Emerging Sports for Women Equestrian Rugby Triathlon Winter Sports Basketball Bowling Fencing Gymnastics Hockey Rifle Skiing Swimming & Diving Indoor Track & Field Wrestling Spring Sports Baseball Golf Lacrosse Rowing Softball Tennis Outdoor Track & Field Men s Volleyball Women s Water Polo Beach Volleyball
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 26 Sports Wagering Bylaw 10.3.2 Sanctions A student-athlete who engages in activities designed to influence the outcome of an intercollegiate contest or in an effort to affect win-loss margins ("point shaving") or who participates in any sports wagering activity involving the student-athlete's institution shall permanently lose all remaining regular-season and postseason eligibility in all sports. A student-athlete who participates in any sports wagering activity through the Internet, a bookmaker or a parlay card shall be ineligible for all regular-season and postseason competition for a minimum period of one year from the date of the institution's determination that a violation occurred and shall be charged with the loss of a minimum of one season of eligibility. If the student-athlete is determined to have been involved in a later violation of any portion of Bylaw 10.3, the student-athlete shall permanently lose all remaining regular-season and postseason eligibility in all sports.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 27 Sports Wagering Sanctions for coaches and administrators vary depending on the severity of the violation: Competition suspensions Letter of reprimand or admonishment Rules education Attendance at NCAA regional rules seminar Termination of employment
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 28 JumpForward Tip of the Month Financial Aid Renewal/Nonrenewal Process Click on Form Library under the Compliance tab.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 29 JumpForward Tip of the Month Click on the tab for the related form, and then click on the form. Click on Submit Form.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 30 JumpForward Tip of the Month Fill Out the Form. Upon completion of the form, click Submit or Save in the bottom right hand corner depending on whether you are prepared to submit the form.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 31 HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Ask Before You Act! 32 OTHER BUSINESS & QUESTIONS? NCAA BYLAW 19.01.5 EXEMPLARY CONDUCT Individuals employed by or associated with member institutions for the administration, the conduct or the coaching of intercollegiate athletics are, in the final analysis, teachers of young people. Their responsibility is an affirmative one, and they must do more than avoid improper conduct or questionable acts. Their own moral values must be so certain and positive that those younger and more pliable will be influenced by a fine example. Much more is expected of them than of the less critically placed citizen.
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS UPDATE Chenise Ryan Executive Director of Enrollment Operations Justin Lampley Associate Director of International Student and Scholar Services
Freshman Admission - Domestic Apply online at www.uab.edu/apply Application fee: $30 Official ACT or SAT test score sent directly from testing agency Official High School transcript Must be sent directly from the high school Electronic is far faster; trackable
Admission Requirements High School Academic Curriculum 4 years of English, 3 years of Science (including 2 lab sciences), 3 years of Math (Algebra I and higher), 3 years of Social Science, 1 year of Foreign Language GPA and Test Scores Minimum ACT of 20 or SAT of 1020 (Math + Evidence-Based Reading) Minimum overall GPA of 2.25
Transfer Admission - Domestic Apply online at www.uab.edu/apply Application fee: $30 Official transcripts from ALL colleges attended Must be sent directly from each college attended Electronic is far faster; trackable Should be sent while still in progress
Admission Requirements Overall GPA of 2.0 after completing 24 semester hours of transferable college-level work. Good academic standing at all of the other colleges or universities attended.
INTO UAB Partnership launched for Fall 2016 UAB one of 8 US partners/22 worldwide Academic English, Pathway Programs, Direct Admits Grad and Undergrad Still transitioning from Admissions to INTO UAB Center
Freshman Admission International Minimum HS GPA of 2.50 (based on high school transcript) Able to evaluate unofficial electronic transcripts; official transcripts submitted at orientation. Test Scores If English is not native language: Minimum TOEFL score of 77or minimum IELTS score 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 on each section If English is native language: Minimum ACT of 20 or SAT of 1020 (Math + Evidence-Based Reading)
Transfer Admission International Apply online at www.uab.edu/apply Application fee: $30 Official transcripts from ALL colleges attended Must be sent directly from each college attended Electronic is far faster; trackable Should be sent while still in progress I-20 should also be transferred to UAB
Admission Requirements Overall GPA of 2.0 after completing 24 semester hours of transferable college-level work. Good academic standing at all of the other colleges or universities attended.
International Admission - Transfers Test Scores If English is not native language: Minimum TOEFL score of 77or minimum IELTS score 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 on each section Minimum overall GPA of 2.00 24 semester hours of transferable coursework
Deadlines Term Deadline Fall June 1 Spring November 1 Summer March 15
Upon Admission, the student will receive a Form I-20 Required to obtain F-1 student visa Gives student permission to remain in the US as long as they re maintaining status International students should notify the ISSS office when they change majors, begin a new education level, change their address or want to transfer schools. (In some cases they will need an updated Form I-20) F-1 visa students cannot enter the US more than 30 days before the program start date on their I-20. Students cannot stay in US more for than 60 days after the Program End Date on their I-20 (unless they have applied for a work permit)
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Financials The estimated cost of attendance for international student athletes is $34,698 for one year of study (2 semesters) If the international student athlete s grant-in-aid does not fully cover that amount, they will need to provide proof of funds to cover the remaining balance (i.e. bank statement or bank letter from student or sponsor). If the remaining amount will be covered by a family member or other sponsor, an affidavit form will also need to be submitted with the financial documents.
Enrollment F-1 visa students must be enrolled full-time (12 hours for undergraduates/9 hours for Graduates) International UG students must be enrolled in at least 9 on campus hours. Internationals can enroll in online courses, but they must have registered for the 9 on campus hours first. ISSS must terminate a student s SEVIS record/i-20 if they fail to attend class, which will invalidate their I-20 If a student withdraws from their program and will not transfer to another school, they must leave the US within 15 days
International Travel International Students should stop by the ISSS office before traveling outside the U.S. during vacation periods. We check the student s SEVIS record, sign their I-20 and check the validity of their visa and passport. We also provide travel letters to show CBP in case they are stopped for secondary inspection. *An international student can continue to stay legally in the U.S. if their F-1 visa has expired as long as their I-20 is valid and they re maintaining status. However, the expired visa will need to be renewed at a US embassy or consulate if the student wishes to leave and re-enter.*
Insurance Most International Students enroll in the UAB Student Viva Plan The Student Health and Wellness Center will accept comparable outside plans with a completed waiver and outline of benefits (in English).
Employment F-1 VISA STUDENTS CAN WORK ON THE UAB CAMPUS BUT CANNOT WORK OFF-CAMPUS WITHOUT PERMISSION. Cannot work more than 20 hours per week on-campus during the semester Work no more than 37.5 hours per week on-campus during breaks and annual vacation (talk to ISSS) Full-time work in the US is 40 hours per week, but for UAB payroll/hr reasons, 37.5 is full-time here Valid employment = jobs with entities that provide direct services to UAB students Student should talk to ISSS before accepting a position. (We can also assist with SSN if needed.) International Students are eligible to obtain a work permit and work in a job related to their major under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. Often, students wait until after graduation.
Tax Returns All international athletes who receive grant-in-aid above the cost of tuition must file a tax return. The student athlete will need to apply for an ITIN number or if they have worked on campus, they will have an SSN. They should also receive a 1042S from UAB. Students should see Aston Manotai (kmanotai@uab.edu) or Daizy Walia (dwalia@uab.edu) if they need to apply for an ITIN or have questions. We have scheduled tax return sessions to help internationals file their 1040NR-EZ IRS form.
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