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GAMBLING/SPORTS WAGERING
Gambling or wagering on any type of sporting event in which an entry fee is required and there is an opportunity to win a prize is not allowed. NCAA rules state:
- A student-athlete may not place a bet of any sort on any sport the NCAA sponsors, at any level (professional, college, high school).
- A student-athlete may not provide information to anyone involved or associated with placing bets on any college or professional sporting event.
That means:
- No wagers on any professional or college sporting event, even those that don’t involve UNF.
- No sports “pools,” even those run by friends. This includes fantasy sports leagues and bracket challenges (i.e. March Madness).
- No internet gambling on sports events such as Fan Duel and Draft Kings
- No sports wagering using “800” phone numbers.
- No exchange of information about the student-athlete’s team with anyone who gambles. In other words, give no information about injuries, new plays, team morale, discipline problems or anything else.
The consequences for sports wagering activities are severe. If a student-athlete is discovered to have violated NCAA gambling rules, he/she could be declared permanently ineligible.
EMPLOYMENT UNRELATED TO NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS (Bylaw 12.4)
Student-athletes may be employed at any time in legitimate on-campus and off-campus employment. All employed student-athletes are required to submit a Student-Athlete Employment Form on Teamworks Compliance & Recruiting (ARMS) BEFORE beginning any job. Compensation for employment must be paid to the student-athlete:
- Only for work actually performed;
- At a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services.
UNF Student-Athlete Employment Procedure
The following policy pertains to student-athletes pursuing employment while enrolled at the University of North Florida:
- Employment opportunities should be reviewed by the Head Coach and the student-athlete prior to acceptance.
- All student-athletes must complete and submit the Student-Athlete Employment Form through Teamworks Compliance & Recruiting (ARMS).
- The Compliance Office may conduct random audits to verify compensation is for work actually performed and is commensurate with the going rate. This verification may consist of a phone call to the employer or a copy of a pay stub.
Fee for Lesson
Any student-athlete wishing to provide fee for lesson instruction must disclose it as an NIL activity. University facilities may ONLY be used if prior approval is given. Any student-athletes requesting to use university facilities can do so through the NIL Facility Request workflow on Teamworks Compliance & Recruiting.
International Student-Athlete Employment Restrictions
- International students on F-1 Visas are limited, by U.S. Immigration laws, to on-campus employment, with very few exceptions. ANY VIOLATION OF THIS STATUTE COULD RESULT IN A CHANGE IN THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT-ATHLETE’S VISA STATUS. International student-athletes should discuss any potential employment with the Compliance office and the International Center BEFORE accepting or performing any work.
- International student-athletes can use the same process as above to report employment. Please note, limits on NIL activity for international student-athletes mean that international student-athletes are also more restricted on fee-for-lesson instruction.
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COUNTABLE ATHLETICALLY RELATED ACTIVITIES (CARA)
NCAA sets the daily and weekly hour limitations of CARA. A student-athlete’s participation in countable athletically related activities (required practice, game films, weight training, and competition) shall be limited to:
IN-SEASON:
- a maximum of four (4) hours per day and twenty (20) hours per week.
- any athletically related activities on a competition day will count as a total of three (3) hours regardless of the actual duration.
- student-athletes must have one (1) day off per week during the playing season.
- At conclusion of championship season, a mandatory 7-day off period is required. During this time, a coach may conduct one team meeting and one individual meeting, but no CARA activities are allowed.
- a maximum of eight (8) hours per week,
- during the 8 hours, a maximum of two (2) hours of skill-related workouts
- must have two (2) days off per week.
- All CARA are prohibited one week prior to the beginning of the final examination period through the conclusion of the student-athlete’s final exams.
The following chart provides a partial list of common activities and indicates which count against your daily and weekly time limits as well as those that do not count against the limits.
| Countable | Non-Countable |
|---|---|
| Practices (not more than 4 hours per day | Compliance Meetings |
| Athletics meetings initiated by coach or required by coach (e.g. end of season individual meetings) | Meetings with a coach, initiated by a student-athlete, that do not include skill instruction or film review. |
| Competition (and associated activities) regardless of their length, count as three hours. However, no countable activities may occur after the competition | Drug/Alcohol educational meetings, Academic Meetings (with coach or advisor), Compliance meetings, sport psychology or CHAMPS/Life Skills Meetings |
| On-Court or on-field activities called by any member of the team or confined primarily to members of that team | Voluntary weight training not conducted by a coach or staff member |
| Required weight-training and conditioning activities | Voluntary sport-related activities (e.g., initiated by student-athlete, no attendance taken, no coach present) |
| Participation outside the regular season in individual skill-related instructional activities | Recruiting activities (e.g., student host). |
| Discussion or review of game films | Training table meals |
Per department policy, student-athletes will not be granted permission to contact another Atlantic Sun Conference institution.
