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Click here for the Springfield College Student-Athlete Handbook Click here for the Springfield College Drug Testing Policy THE MISSION OF SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE ATHLETICSThe 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 IIICore IdeologyThe 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:
STUDENT-ATHLETE EXPECTATIONSSpringfield 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 ATHLETESEligibility-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:
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:
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:
Voluntary Athletically Related ActivitiesAccording 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:
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETESWho 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):
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. RecruitmentTelephone CallsAccording 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. TRANSFERSRecruitmentFour-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:
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 COACHESGamblingAccording 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:
REPRESENTATIVES OF ATHLETICS INTERESTWho 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:
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