Page 295 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

Case 6
Transportation to and from Other Events
SITUATION:
Community College A offers a full scholarship to Student-Athlete R for the academic year. May Community College A
transport Student-Athlete R to events such as, but not limited to: daily ride to the college campus, ride home after late night
games and practices, professional games, scouting trips, combines, exposure camps, etc., during the academic year?
ANSWER:
NJCAA scholarships may not include any of the above listed trips because this goes above and beyond the scholarship
allowances. The only transportation allowance for Division I scholarships is limited to one round trip provision to and from
campus.

Case 7
$250 Course Required Supplies
SITUATION:
Student-Athlete R is a scholarship volleyball player studying in the Medical Assistant program at Community College A. As
a student in the Medical Assistant program the college requires all students to wear medical scrubs to class and to clinics. Is it
permissible for Community College A to provide medical scrubs to Student-Athlete A as part of her scholarship/Letter of Intent?
ANSWER:
Yes. It is permissible for Community College A to provide course required supplies to Student-Athlete A provided the terms
are included on the student’s Letter of Intent. A limit of $250 is set for the entire academic year per student-athlete for course
required supplies. To cover the cost of such supplies the requirement must be listed in the college catalog or on the course
syllabus.
Case 8
Host Families
SITUATION:
Student-Athlete R is a student-athlete from out of the area who signs an NJCAA Letter of Intent with Community College A
for the 2019-2020 academic year. There is a host family that is interested in having Student-Athlete R live with them during the
year. Can Student-Athlete R live with a host family while also having signed an athletic scholarship at Community College A?
ANSWER:
Yes, only if all of the following conditions apply:
1. Host families are offered to all students at Community College A.
2. The host family program at the college is run by the college and not by the athletic department.
3. No one in the athletic department arranges the host family for the student-athletes.
4. If a Division I scholarship is given to the student-athlete, housing may not be a part of the athletic scholarship.

Case 9
Adopt a Player Program
SITUATION:
May Community College A, a Division II program, initiate an Adopt a Player program for their athletic department?
ANSWER:
Each college, regardless of division, may utilize the adoptive parent program stipulated in NJCAA bylaws. Pay careful
attention to the “occasional and excessive” stipulations. Within Division II and III, no housing arrangement may exist between
the “adoptive parent” and the student-athlete.

Additional Benefits

Case 1
Meal Allowance / Reimbursement outside of the academic term.
SITUATION:
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Community College A brings all volleyball players onto campus on August 1 to begin in season practice. Is Community
College A permitted to provide meals to those members of the volleyball team who are not on a board scholarship?
ANSWER:
Yes. It is permissible for member schools to provide meals to all student-athletes who are required to be on campus for
athletic reasons during periods of time outside of the official dates of the term. The meals may not exceed $15 per day or the
amount of on campus dining charges. Once the term begins, this benefit is no longer permissible to those students not on a
board scholarship.
Case 2
Meal Allowance / Reimbursement
SITUATION:
Community College A brings all basketball players onto campus on January 1 following the winter break. The school
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does not have on campus dining available. Is it permissible for Community College A to negotiate with a local establishment to
provide meals to the players at a cost of $25 per day during the time period of January 1 to January 15 when the spring term
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begins?
ANSWER:
No. It would not be permissible to negotiate with a local establishment to provide meals to the student-athletes as the per
day cost of $25 is in excess of the allowable $15 per day. Since the college does not have on-campus dining, the maximum
allowance is limited to $15 per day per student-athlete. The college may negotiate with a local establishment to provide this
service but may not exceed $15 per day.