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Extra Benefits
Receipt of a benefit by student-athletes or their family members or friends is not a violation of NCAA legislation if it is demonstrated that the same benefit is generally available to the institution’s students or their family members or friends or to a particular segment of the student-body (e.g. international students, minority students) determined on a basis unrelated to athletics ability. (See NCAA Bylaw 16.02.3 and 16.11.2.1)
Other prohibited benefits or services include, but are not limited to:
(a) A loan of money;
(b) A guarantee of bond;
(c) An automobile or the use of an automobile;
(d) Transportation, except as permitted in Bylaw 16.9.1, even if the student-athlete reimburses the institution of the staff member for the appropriate amount of the
gas or expense;
(e) Signing or co-signing a note with an outside agency to arrange a loan.
(f) Receiving athletics equipment from a manufacturer or commercial enterprise.
However, if a student-athlete is determined to have
received an improper benefit, the committee has noted that in the event that the student-athlete accepts but does not use the imper- missible item, such information may be considered as a mitigating factor in any appeal for restoration of the student-athletes eligibili- ty.
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