DePaul University Athletics
Compliance
As a member of the NCAA and the BIG EAST Conference, DePaul University is responsible for ensuring that everyone connected to the program, including staff, faculty, student-athletes, alumni, and friends, follows NCAA and conference rules.
Who is a prospective student-athlete?
A student who has started classes for the ninth grade. 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.
- DePaul Recruiting Philosophy
- What are the initial eligibility standards if I am an international student?
- How do I register with the NCAA Eligibility Center? (Registration is required for official visits as well as initial eligibility.)
How do I apply for admission to DePaul?
What need-based tuition payment options are available outside of athletics or academic scholarships?
How do I maintain amateur status?
An individual loses amateur status and thus shall not be eligible for intercollegiate competition in a particular sport if the individual:
- Uses his or her athletics skill (directly or indirectly) for pay in any form in that sport;
- Accepts a promise of pay even if such pay is to be received following completion of intercollegiate athletics participation;
- Signs a contract or commitment of any kind to play professional athletics, regardless of its legal enforceability or any consideration received;
- Receives, directly or indirectly, a salary, reimbursement of expenses or any other form of financial assistance from a professional sports organization based on athletics skill or participation, except as permitted by NCAA rules and regulations;
- Competes on any professional athletics team, even if no pay or remuneration for expenses was received;
- Subsequent to initial full-time collegiate enrollment, enters into a professional draft; or
- Enters into an agreement with an agent. (Bylaw 12.1.2)
The Student-Athlete Experience
A student whose enrollment was solicited by a member of the athletics staff or other representative of athletics interests with a view toward the student's ultimate participation in the intercollegiate athletics program. Any other student becomes a student-athlete only when the student reports for an intercollegiate squad that is under the jurisdiction of the athletics department.
- Student-Athlete Handbook
- What is an extra benefit?
- Fill out a FAFSA, which is required annually to be eligible for need-based aid
- What are the rules and penalties for sports wagering?
- NCAA After the Game
Student-Athlete Assistance Fund
It is a NCAA fund intended to provide direct benefits to student-athletes or their families as determined by conference offices. As a guiding principle, the fund shall be used to assist student-athletes in meeting financial needs that arise in conjunction with participation in intercollegiate athletics, enrollment in an academic curriculum, or that recognize academic achievement. At DePaul, the Student-Athlete Assistance Fund is also used for assisting student-athletes with costs associated with pursuing post-graduate education. For more information, contact the DePaul Compliance Office.
What are the rules regarding employment?
Compensation may be paid to a student-athlete only for work actually performed and at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services.
What if I want to host an occasional meal in my home?
Please contact the appropriate head coach directly.
What are the rules regarding outside competition?
A student-athlete in any sport other than basketball who participates during the academic year as a member of any outside team in any non-collegiate, amateur competition becomes ineligible for intercollegiate competition.
Exception for soccer and women's volleyball: a student-athlete may compete outside of the institution's declared playing and practice season as a member of an outside team in any non-collegiate, amateur competition, provided:
- Such participation occurs no earlier than May 1;
- In soccer and women's volleyball the number of student-athletes from any one institution does not exceed the applicable limits set forth in Bylaw 17.32.2;
- The competition is approved by the institution's director of athletics;
- No class time is missed for practice activities or for competition; and
- In women's volleyball, all practice and competition is confined to doubles tournaments in outdoor volleyball, either on sand or grass.
Boosters are representatives of DePaul's athletics interests, and their activities are the responsibility of DePaul Athletics. The information below matters for anyone who supports our programs.
Who is a representative of athletics interest?
Individual, independent agency, corporate entity, or other organization 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.
Can I use a student-athlete's name, image, or likeness?
Following the legislation that went into effect in Illinois in July 2021, DePaul launched a comprehensive entrepreneurship and brand development program for student-athletes, enabling Blue Demon student-athletes to fully leverage their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). Read the full NIL policy for further details.
What if I want to host an occasional meal in my home?
Please contact the appropriate head coach directly.
Agents
Interested in contacting currently enrolled DePaul student-athletes for representation? You must register with DePaul and be approved before any proposed contact can be made.
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What is a countable athletically-related activity?
Countable athletically-related activities include any required activity with an athletics purpose involving student-athletes and at the direction of, or supervised by one or more of an institution's coaching staff (including strength and conditioning coaches) and must be counted within the weekly and daily limitations. Administrative activities (e.g., academic meetings, compliance meetings) shall not be considered as countable athletically related activities. (17.02.1)
What are required athletically related activities?
Any activities, including CARA, that are required as a student-athlete (i.e. promotional activities, student hosting, recruiting activities, fundraising community service, travel to and from competition, media activities, teambuilding).
What is a time management policy?
The time management plan policy was designed to give student-athletes more flexibility with their schedule of activities that are not currently being tracked. In addition to tracking what the NCAA calls Countable Athletically Related Activity ("CARA"), the new TMP will help to monitor additional Required Athletically Related Activity ("RARA") that currently has no limit. It is designed to create a more balanced athletic, academic and social experience for the student-athlete and help them to enhance their experience while on campus by allowing them to spend more time participating in non-athletic activities.
What is a secondary violation?
A secondary violation is a violation that is isolated or inadvertent in nature, provides or is intended to provide only a minimal recruiting, competitive or other advantage and does not include any significant recruiting inducement or extra benefit. Multiple secondary violations by a member institution may collectively be considered as a major violation. (19.02.2.1)
What is an extra benefit?
An extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution's athletics interests to provide a student-athlete or the student-athlete's relative or friend a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation. Receipt of a benefit by student-athletes or their relatives 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 relatives or friends or to a particular segment of the student body (e.g., foreign students, minority students) determined on a basis unrelated to athletics ability. (16.02.3)
What is the definition of recruiting?
Recruiting is any solicitation of a prospect or the prospect's family for the purpose of securing the prospect's enrollment at the University and/or participation in the athletics program.
What causes an individual to lose amateur status?
An individual loses amateur status and thus shall not be eligible for intercollegiate competition in a particular sport if the individual:
- Uses his or her athletics skill (directly or indirectly) for pay in any form in that sport;
- Accepts a promise of pay even if such pay is to be received following completion of intercollegiate athletics participation;
- Signs a contract or commitment of any kind to play professional athletics, regardless of its legal enforceability or any consideration received;
- Receives, directly or indirectly, a salary, reimbursement of expenses or any other form of financial assistance from a professional sports organization based on athletics skill or participation, except as permitted by NCAA rules and regulations;
- Competes on any professional athletics team, even if no pay or remuneration for expenses was received;
- Subsequent to initial full-time collegiate enrollment, enters into a professional draft; or
- Enters into an agreement with an agent. (12.1.2)
Make a Report
See something that may violate NCAA, BIG EAST, or DePaul rules? Reports can be submitted through EthicsPoint.