Booster Information

Benefits & Boosters

Receipt by a student-athlete of an award, benefit or expense allowance not authorized by NCAA legislation renders the student-athlete ineligible to compete while representing the institution in the sport for which the improper award, benefit or expense was received. If the student-athlete receives an extra benefit not authorized by NCAA legislation or an improper award or expense allowance in conjunction with competition that involves the use of overall athletics skill (e.g., "superstars" competition), the individual is ineligible in all sports.

An extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or athletics representative to provide a student-athlete (or his/her relatives, guardian or friends) a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.

A booster or representative of Mitchell's athletic interests should never offer, nor should a Mitchell student-athlete accept:

1. Cash or loans in any amount

2. Co-signing or arranging a loan

3. Gifts or free services (e.g., airline tickets, cash, restaurant meals)

4. Use of an automobile

5. Rent free or reduced cost housing

6. Money for, or a guarantee of, bail or bond

7. Employment of a student-athlete at a higher rate than the wages paid for similar work

8. Payment to a student-athlete for work not performed

9. Transportation (aside from transportation related to an occasional home meal)

10. Tickets to an athletics, institutional or community event

11. Financial aid for a post-graduate education

12. Promise of employment after college graduation

13. Invitations to your home or summer home for purposes other than an occasional meal