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Click here for the 2007-2008 Springfield College Student-Athlete Handbook
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THE MISSION OF SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE ATHLETICS
The mission of the Springfield College Department of Athletics is to provide and operate an athletics program that encourages participation by offering a variety of athletic opportunities with equal emphasis given to all sports. The Department of Athletics believes that building relationships and respect for others will lead to team unity, cohesiveness, confidence, and better human relations, that will ultimately help student-athletes become successful in their sport, as well as leaders in their chosen profession. The College’s humanics philosophy allows the Department of Athletics to implement a co-curricular experience that truly emphasizes the development of the whole person in spirit, mind, and body, enabling student-athletes to pursue excellence in the classroom, on the playing surfaces, and in the communities.
THE MISSION OF NCAA DIVISION III
Core Ideology
The NCAA's core ideology consists of two notions: core purpose - the organization's reason for being - and core values - essential and enduring principles that guide an organization.
Core Purpose
Our purpose is to govern competition in a fair, safe, equitable and sportsmanlike manner, and to integrate intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student-athlete is paramount.
Core Values
The Association - through its member institutions, conferences and national office staff - shares a belief in and commitment to:
-- The collegiate model of athletics in which students participate as an avocation, balancing their academic, social and athletics experiences.
-- The highest levels of integrity and sportsmanship.
-- The pursuit of excellence in both academics and athletics.
-- The supporting role that intercollegiate athletics plays in the higher education mission and in enhancing the sense of community and strengthening the identity of member institutions.
-- An inclusive culture that fosters equitable participation for student-athletes and career opportunities for coaches and administrators from diverse backgrounds.
-- Respect for institutional autonomy and philosophical differences.
-- Presidential leadership of intercollegiate athletics at the campus, conference and national levels.(NCAA.org)
STUDENT-ATHLETE EXPECTATIONS
Springfield College has established, and supports, a broad-based athletics program. The athletics program maximizes participation by offering a variety of athletics opportunities; there are twenty-six (26) varsity and nine (9) junior varsity sports. Equal emphasis is given to men's and women's sports; and the quality of competition is similar for all. The college supports student-athletes in their efforts to attain high levels of competitive performance and excellence by providing them with competent coaching, quality facilities, proper and safe protective equipment and appropriate competitive opportunities with student-athletes from similar institutions. While the college places a primary emphasis on in-season or traditional competition, it encourages exceptional teams and individuals to compete in post-season championships.
Student-athletes attend Springfield College for the primary purpose of a solid education. Nothing should interfere with this purpose. Athletics are a part of education, requiring from the student-athlete self-discipline in organizing a study schedule and work habits that will contribute to educational success.
CURRENT SC STUDENT ATHLETES
Eligibility-To be eligible to represent an institution in intercollegiate athletics competition, a student-athlete must meet all Springfield College academic policies/regulations, along with the following criteria:
Full-Time Status: At the time of competition, a student-athlete shall be enrolled in no less than 12 semester hours. Should a student-athlete fall below 12 semester hours, he/she will become immediately ineligible for practice and competition. A waiver of the minimum full-time enrollment requirement may be granted for a student enrolled in the final term of the baccalaureate program. PEAI courses do not count toward full-time status or satisfactory academic progress. A student-athlete that drops or withdraws from a class must notify his/her coach and the compliance officer immediately. Graduate student-athletes need to be enrolled for a minimum of 9 credits to be eligible.
Good Academic Standing: All students must achieve the following minimum GPA’s after attempting the completion of credits
- 0-36.5 credit hours -- (1.75)
- 37-69.5 credit hours -- (1.85)
- 70-99.5 credit hours -- (1.95)
- 100+ credit hours -- (2.00)
A student placed on academic probation will be ineligible to practice or compete with the team. In addition, ineligible student-athletes are not permitted to serve as team manager.
Satisfactory academic progress: At the conclusion of an academic year, a review will be conducted to determine whether the student-athlete has met satisfactory academic progress standards. A student is making Satisfactory Academic Progress when he/she passes at least 24 semester hours during the academic year (September through August) and meets or exceeds the cumulative GPA established for his/her graduation class designation. This may include intersession and summer school. PEAI courses do not count toward full-time status or satisfactory academic progress. If a student-athlete is repeating a course, he/she may not count the credit toward his/her 24 credits if he/she has already received credit for the course.
Student-athletes may use the NCAA 10-semester rule to complete their four seasons of eligibility.
According to NCAA rules, a student athlete has used a season of eligibility if he/she is on the team roster at their first opportunity to compete, regardless if the student-athlete competes in that contest.
Hardship Waiver: A student-athlete may apply for a hardship waiver, and thereby be granted an additional year of eligibility, if the student-athlete had an injury or illness in the first half of the traditional season and competed in less than one third of the team’s schedule. If the student-athlete returns to competition after the first half of the traditional season, and is re-injured in the second half of the traditional season, the student-athlete is not eligible for a hardship waiver. To apply for a hardship waiver, the student must submit an application to the Compliance Officer.
Gambling
According to the NCAA Bylaw 10.3 Gambling Activities, staff members of a member conference, staff members of the athletics department of a member institution and student-athletes shall not knowingly:
-- Provide information to individuals involved in organized gambling activities concerning intercollegiate athletics competition;
-- Solicit a bet on any intercollegiate team;
-- Accept a bet on any team representing the institution;
-- Solicit or accept a bet on any intercollegiate competition for any item (e.g., cash, shirt, dinner) that has tangible value; or
-- Participate in any gambling activity that involves intercollegiate athletics or professional athletics, through a bookmaker, a parlay card or any other method employed by organized gambling.
Male Practice Player Eligibility
According to NCAA Bylaw 14.1.11, a male student who practices with a women's team is considered to be a student-athlete in that women's sport. The male student-athlete must be certified as eligible under all applicable NCAA eligibility requirements to participate (e.g., the individual must be enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies, sign a student-athlete statement and drug-testing consent form and have eligibility remaining under the 10-semester rule). The male student-athlete is subject to all other restrictions and/or benefits as authorized by NCAA legislation.
Athletically Related Activities
According to NCAA Bylaw 17.02.11, the following are considered athletically related activities:
Practice, which is defined as any meeting, activity or instruction involving sports-related information and having an athletics purpose, held for one or more student-athletes at the direction of, or supervised by, any member or members of an institution's coaching staff. Practice is considered to have occurred if one or more coaches and one or more student-athletes engage in any of the following activities:
-- Field, floor or on-court activity;
-- Setting up offensive or defensive alignment;
-- Chalk talk;
-- Lecture on or discussion of strategy related to the sport;
-- Activities using equipment related to the sport;
-- Discussions or review of game films, motion pictures or videotapes related to the sport; or
-- Any other athletically related activity.
Competition;
Required weight-training and conditioning activities held at the direction of or supervised by an institutional staff member;
Participation in a physical-fitness class (including a summer class) conducted by a member of the athletics staff not listed in the institution's catalog and not open to all students. Such a class may not include practice activities conducted under the guise of physical education class work;
Required participation in camps, clinics or workshops;
Individual workouts required or supervised by a member of the coaching staff. A coach may design a voluntary general individual-workout program for a student-athlete (as opposed to a specific workout program for specific days) but cannot conduct the individual's workout;
On-court or on-field activities called by any member(s) of a team and confined primarily to members of that team that are considered requisite for participation in that sport (e.g., captain's practices);
Visiting the competition site in cross country, golf and skiing;
Reservation or use of an institution's athletics facilities when such activities are supervised by or held at the direction of any member of an institution's coaching staff;
Involvement of an institution's strength and conditioning staff with enrolled student-athletes in required conditioning programs; and
Observation by an institution's coaching staff member of enrolled student-athletes in nonorganized sport-specific activities (e.g., "pick-up games").
Voluntary Athletically Related Activities
According to NCAA Bylaw 17.02.13, in order for any athletically related activity to be considered "voluntary," all of the following conditions must be met:
The student-athlete must not be required to report back to a coach or other athletics department staff member (e.g., strength coach, trainer, manager) any information related to the activity. In addition, no athletics department staff member who observes the activity (e.g., strength coach, trainer, manager) may report back to the student-athlete's coach any information related to the activity;
The activity must be initiated solely by the student-athlete. Neither the institution nor any athletics department staff member may require the student-athlete to participate in the activity at any time;
The student-athlete's attendance and participation in the activity (or lack thereof) may not be recorded for the purposes of reporting such information to coaching staff members or other student-athletes; and
The student-athlete may not be subjected to penalty if he or she elects not to participate in the activity. In addition, neither the institution nor any athletics department staff member may provide recognition or incentives (e.g., awards) to a student-athlete based on his or her attendance or performance in the activity.
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES
Who Are They?
A prospective student-athlete is a 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. An individual remains a prospective student-athlete until one of the following occurs (whichever occurs earlier):
(a) The individual officially registers and enrolls in a minimum full-time program of studies and attends classes in any term of a four-year collegiate institution's regular academic year (excluding summer); or
(b) The individual participates in a regular squad practice or competition at a four-year collegiate institution.
Eligibility
In-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with a prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete's relatives or guardian(s) until the prospective student-athlete has completed the junior year in high school. U.S. service academy exceptions to this provision are set forth in Bylaw 13.16.1.
Recruitment
Telephone Calls
According to NCAA Bylaw 13.02.8, the definition of a telephone call includes a facsimile or other electronically transmitted correspondence (e.g., e-mail, Instant Messenger, pages, text messaging).
Official Visits
According to NCAA Bylaw 13.02.9.1 an official visit to a member institution by a prospective student-athlete is a visit financed in whole or in part by the member institution, or by a representative of the institution's athletics interests.
Unofficial Visits
According to NCAA Bylaw 13.02.9.2, an unofficial visit to a member institution by a prospective student-athlete is a visit made at the prospective student-athlete's own expense.
TRANSFERS
Recruitment
Four-Year College Prospective Student-Athletes
According to NCAA Bylaw 13.1.1.2, an athletics staff member or other representative of the institution's athletics interests shall not make contact in any manner (e.g., in-person contact, telephone calls, electronic communication, written correspondence) with the student-athlete of another NCAA or NAIA four-year collegiate institution, directly or indirectly, without first obtaining written permission to do so, regardless of who makes the initial contact. An institution must grant or deny a student-athlete's request for permission to contact within 14 days of the initial request. If permission is not granted, the second institution shall not encourage the transfer. If permission is granted all applicable NCAA recruiting rules apply. Written permission may be granted by:
(a) The first institution's athletics director (or an athletics administrator designated by the athletics director); or
(b) The student-athlete, if the student-athlete attends a Division III institution.
Self-Release
According to NCAA Bylaw 13.1.1.2.1, using a form made available by the NCAA national office, a student-athlete who attends a Division III institution may issue, on his or her own behalf, permission for another Division III institution to contact the student-athlete about a potential transfer. The student-athlete shall forward this form to the director of athletics at the institution of interest. Contact between the student-athlete and institution may occur during the 30-day period beginning with the date the permission to contact form is signed by the student-athlete. An additional form must be issued for contact to occur or continue beyond the initial 30-day period.
SC COACHES
Gambling
According to the NCAA Bylaw 10.3 Gambling Activities, staff members of a member conference, staff members of the athletics department of a member institution and student-athletes shall not knowingly
-- Provide information to individuals involved in organized gambling activities concerning intercollegiate athletics competition;
-- Solicit a bet on any intercollegiate team;
-- Accept a bet on any team representing the institution;
-- Solicit or accept a bet on any intercollegiate competition for any item (e.g., cash, shirt, dinner) that has tangible value; or
-- Participate in any gambling activity that involves intercollegiate athletics or professional athletics, through a bookmaker, a parlay card or any other method employed by organized gambling.
Recruitment
Telephone Calls
-- According to NCAA Bylaw 13.02.8, the definition of a telephone call includes a facsimile or other electronically transmitted correspondence (e.g., e-mail, Instant Messenger, pages, text messaging).
Official Visits
-- According to NCAA Bylaw 13.02.9.1 an official visit to a member institution by a prospective student-athlete is a visit financed in whole or in part by the member institution, or by a representative of the institution's athletics interests.
Unofficial Visits
-- According to NCAA Bylaw 13.02.9.2, an unofficial visit to a member institution by a prospective student-athlete is a visit made at the prospective student-athlete's own expense.
Voluntary Athletically Related Activities
According to NCAA Bylaw 17.02.13, in order for any athletically related activity to be considered "voluntary," all of the following conditions must be met:
-- The student-athlete must not be required to report back to a coach or other athletics department staff member (e.g., strength coach, trainer, manager) any information related to the activity. In addition, no athletics department staff member who observes the activity (e.g., strength coach, trainer, manager) may report back to the student-athlete's coach any information related to the activity;
-- The activity must be initiated solely by the student-athlete. Neither the institution nor any athletics department staff member may require the student-athlete to participate in the activity at any time;
-- The student-athlete's attendance and participation in the activity (or lack thereof) may not be recorded for the purposes of reporting such information to coaching staff members or other student-athletes; and
-- The student-athlete may not be subjected to penalty if he or she elects not to participate in the activity. In addition, neither the institution nor any athletics department staff member may provide recognition or incentives (e.g., awards) to a student-athlete based on his or her attendance or performance in the activity.
REPRESENTATIVES OF ATHLETICS INTEREST
Who are they?
According to NCAA Bylaw 13.02.7, A "representative of the institution's athletics interests" is an individual who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the institution's executive or athletics administration to:
-- Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization promoting the institution's intercollegiate athletics program;
-- Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution;
-- Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes;
-- Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or
-- Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution's athletics program.
Gambling
According to the NCAA Bylaw 10.3 Gambling Activities, staff members of a member conference, staff members of the athletics department of a member institution and student-athletes shall not knowingly
-- Provide information to individuals involved in organized gambling activities concerning intercollegiate athletics competition;
-- Solicit a bet on any intercollegiate team;
-- Accept a bet on any team representing the institution;
-- Solicit or accept a bet on any intercollegiate competition for any item (e.g., cash, shirt, dinner) that has tangible value; or
-- Participate in any gambling activity that involves intercollegiate athletics or professional athletics, through a bookmaker, a parlay card or any other method employed by organized gambling.
Recruiting
According to NCAA Bylaw 13.01.4 Recruiting by Representatives of Athletics Interests,
Representatives of an institution's athletics interests (as defined in Bylaw 13.02.7) may make in-person, on- or off-campus recruiting contacts with a prospective student-athlete; however, such off-campus contacts may not occur until the conclusion of the prospective student-athlete's junior year in high school.
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