Congratulations on taking the first steps toward becoming an NCAA student-athlete!

Welcome and thank you for establishing an account with the NCAA Eligibility Center ("Account"), which determines academic and athletics eligibility ("Initial Eligibility") for prospective student-athletes. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before accessing and using your Account. Together with the NCAA.org Terms of Use and the NCAA.org Privacy Policy, your access to and use of your Account is subject to the following terms and conditions ("Terms"). By accessing and using the Eligibility Center website and your Account, you agree to these Terms, which constitute a legal agreement between you and the National Collegiate Athletic Association ("NCAA"). These Terms may be amended or modified, or new terms and conditions may be imposed, from time to time, and any such changes or additions will be reflected by an update of this posting. Please check these Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Eligibility Center website and your Account following the implementation of any such changes will constitute your acceptance of those changes.

COMPLIANCE WITH NCAA BYLAWS

By establishing an Account, you acknowledge and agree to comply with NCAA bylaws relating to prospective student-athletes, including but not limited to:

• Unethical Conduct and Preenrollment Academic Integrity/Misconduct

COLLECTION AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

You hereby authorize the NCAA:

• To request and/or receive any records relating to your Initial Eligibility from all individuals, schools, educational entities, and athletics organizations from whom you have received academic or athletics instruction, at which you have been enrolled, or in which you have participated in athletics activities (including, but not limited to, leagues, clubs, teams, tournaments, associations, school districts, sanctioning or governing bodies), or other entities with knowledge of, or records relating to, your Initial Eligibility (each, a "Custodian"). Such records include, but are not limited to: academic transcripts (e.g., courses, grades, credits); examination results; enrollment history; attendance records; courses; proof of graduation; records regarding the diagnosis of, and accommodations provided or approved for, any education-impacting disability; contracts (e.g., teams); records relating to your participation in, or eligibility for, sports league drafts (professional or otherwise); records relating to your earning, collecting, or receiving prize money, salary, scholarship, or other benefits for academic- and/or athletics-related performance; records relating to your participation in athletics practices, tryouts, scrimmages, and/or competitions; and records relating to your participation in any athletics activities with professional athletes.
• To request and/or receive from any educational testing service, entity or agency any information (e.g., records, results) relating to your completion of, or attempts at completing, any and all examinations administered, developed, published, or scored by them, and to discuss such information with those entities.
• To release any and all information submitted by you, on your behalf, or concerning you (which may include your personally identifiable information) ("Information") to: the Custodians; and any high school or educational testing service, entity or agency whose records or results are included in your Information; to the NCAA's representatives and agents authorized to assist the NCAA in carrying out its administrative functions relating to Initial Eligibility; and to any NCAA member institution (or entity representing an NCAA member institution) requesting your eligibility information, in each case to the extent that providing or making available such Information is necessary to determine, verify, report, or review your Initial Eligibility and/or to ensure the completeness or validity of the information on which your Initial Eligibility is based.
• To disclose Information to other third parties, including but not limited to media outlets, as the NCAA determines is necessary to correct any reported inaccuracies or misrepresentations concerning any information related to the NCAA's review of your Initial Eligibility.

Any disclosure of your Information as permitted hereunder will not constitute a violation of your rights, including any rights you may have under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

USE OF INFORMATION

You hereby acknowledge and agree that the NCAA may use the Information:

• To determine your Initial Eligibility to participate in NCAA athletics, and to disclose the Information (including your eligibility status) to any NCAA institution (and its authorized agents) that requests it, or to any educational testing service, entity or agency whose records or results are included in your Information.
• In connection with any process, operation, or function of the NCAA, including but not limited to any review related to the validity of any information associated with your Initial Eligibility, or any investigation into an NCAA member institution's compliance with NCAA rules, bylaws, or policies, and any related infractions adjudication or hearing. For example, and for purposes of clarity, the NCAA Eligibility Center may share your Information with NCAA Enforcement to the extent such Information is potentially relevant to determining whether a violation of an NCAA bylaw has occurred. The NCAA may further share such Information with NCAA member institutions and other interested individuals, and their respective authorized agents, with a need to know such Information for the applicable administrative process.
• For research purposes, including but not limited to research about athletics eligibility, academic preparation, and the academic or athletics performance of student-athletes before, during, or after enrollment at an NCAA member institution. Such research may be published or distributed to third parties, provided that your personally identifiable information will be omitted or redacted to the extent required by law or otherwise deemed necessary or appropriate by the NCAA.
• To provide you with information about the NCAA, NCAA competition, or college preparation and attendance.

The NCAA Eligibility Center may not determine your Initial Eligibility if you are not recruited by an NCAA member institution.

RELEASE OF LIABILITY

Incorrect evaluation and determination of Initial Eligibility may be the result of invalid, outdated, incomplete or inaccurate information provided by college-bound student-athletes, academic institutions, high schools, athletics teams or clubs, tournaments, sanctioning bodies or other related entities. The NCAA Eligibility Center will take reasonable steps to correct or remedy any error in the handling, shipping, processing, assessing or evaluating your Information, to the extent such error is caused by the NCAA. However, you acknowledge and agree that the NCAA has no duty to authenticate the validity or accuracy of any Information submitted to it, whether by you or another Custodian. You further understand that participation in intercollegiate athletics is a privilege and not a legal entitlement, and that your Initial Eligibility must be determined before you participate in NCAA athletics.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the NCAA or any of its employees, officers, agents, representatives, or members be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, exemplary or consequential damages resulting or arising from your determination of Initial Eligibility, including any incorrect evaluation. You further understand and agree that a refund of your application fee will be the exclusive remedy available to you for any errors caused or committed solely by the NCAA in connection with the determination of your Initial Eligibility.

You also agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the NCAA, its employees, officers, agents, representatives, and members from and against all liability for all claims, actions, suits, procedures, damages, demands, losses, and costs arising from or out of (i) your submission of any Information to the NCAA; (ii) the use, evaluation, disclosure, and/or dissemination of any Information provided by you or others, including the NCAA's decision or ruling on your Initial Eligibility, the timing of such decision or ruling on your Initial Eligibility, and the use of your Information by the NCAA and others as authorized by these Terms.

The foregoing release and indemnity is governed by the laws of the State of Indiana, and is intended to be as broad and inclusive as is permitted by such laws. If any portion thereof is held invalid, the balance will continue in full legal force and effect.

For purposes of clarity, any release or right granted to the NCAA under these Terms includes a release or right granted to any department within the NCAA, or any authorized agent acting on the NCAA's behalf.

REFUND POLICY FOR FEES

In the event a duplicate registration was completed with payment processed, a completed refund request form may be submitted for consideration at any time. If an incorrect account type was selected, a completed refund request form must be submitted within 30 calendar days from the payment date. No refunds will be given due to nonparticipation or disinterest at an NCAA school.

NCAA Eligibility Center Text Messaging Terms and Conditions

Program Descriptions

The NCAA will send you text messages only after (1) notifying you that the NCAA intends to send you text messages via an automated dialer and that consent is not a required condition of purchase and (2) then receiving your consent. By texting and confirming participation, you agree to receive occasional text messages from the NCAA Eligibility Center at your mobile number. Texts may be sent via an automated system.

Cost

The NCAA does not charge any fee for joining the NCAA Eligibility Center texting program. However, message and data rates may apply.

Note that mobile carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered text messages. Supported carriers include AT&T, Metro PCS, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless.

How to opt-out of receiving texts

To stop receiving text messages, text ECSTOP to 696222. Following such an opt-out request, you will receive one (1) final text message confirming that you have elected to stop receiving text messages. No additional text messages will be sent thereafter under this program unless you re-activate your subscription.

Note that opting out of receiving texts will not automatically unsubscribe you from receiving additional emails and unsubscribing from emails will not automatically opt you out of receiving additional text messages.

Support/Help

For support or information about the NCAA Eligibility Center text messaging program, text HELP to 696222. You can also email the NCAA at webhelpdesk@ncaa.org or call 877-262-1492.

Terms of Use; Privacy Policy.

The NCAA Terms of Use are available here. The NCAA Privacy Policy is available here.

Unethical Conduct and Preenrollment Academic Integrity/Misconduct Bylaws

Division I Bylaw 10.1 Unethical Conduct. Unethical conduct by a prospective student-athlete or student-athlete or a current or former institutional staff member, which includes any individual who performs work for the institution or the athletics department even if the individual does not receive compensation for such work, may include, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) Knowing involvement in offering or providing a prospective or an enrolled student-athlete an improper inducement or extra benefit or improper financial aid;

(b) Receipt of benefits by an institutional staff member for facilitating or arranging a meeting between a student-athlete and an agent, financial advisor or a representative of an agent or advisor (e.g., "runner");

(c) Knowing involvement in providing a banned substance or impermissible supplement to student-athletes, or knowingly providing medications to student-athletes contrary to medical licensure, commonly accepted standards of care in sports medicine practice, or state and federal law. This provision shall not apply to banned substances for which the student-athlete has received a medical exception per Bylaw 18.4.1.4.8; however, the substance must be provided in accordance with medical licensure, commonly accepted standards of care and state or federal law;

(d) Engaging in any athletics competition under an assumed name or with intent to otherwise deceive; or

(e) Failure to provide complete and accurate information to the NCAA, the NCAA Eligibility Center or the institution's athletics department regarding an individual's amateur status.

Division II/III Bylaw 10.1 Unethical Conduct. Unethical conduct by a prospective or enrolled student-athlete or a current or former institutional staff member, which includes any individual who performs work for the institution or the athletics department even if they do not receive compensation for such work, may include, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) Refusal to furnish information relevant to an investigation of a possible violation of an NCAA regulation when requested to do so by the NCAA or the individual's institution;

(b) Knowing involvement in offering or providing a prospective or an enrolled student-athlete an improper inducement or extra benefit or improper financial aid;

(c) Knowingly furnishing or knowingly influencing others to furnish the NCAA or the individual's institution false or misleading information concerning an individual's involvement in or knowledge of matters relevant to a possible violation of an NCAA regulation;

(d) Receipt of benefits by an institutional staff member for facilitating or arranging a meeting between a student-athlete and an agent, financial advisor or a representative of an agent or advisor (e.g., "runner");

(e) Knowing involvement in providing a banned substance or impermissible supplement to student-athletes, or knowingly providing medications to student-athletes contrary to medical licensure, commonly accepted standards of care in sports medicine practice, or state or federal law. This provision shall not apply to banned substances for which the student-athlete has received a medical exception per Division II Bylaw 18.2.1.2.8 or Division III Bylaw 31.2.3.2; however, the substance must be provided in accordance with medical licensure, commonly accepted standards of care and state or federal law;

(f) Engaging in any athletics competition under an assumed name or with intent otherwise to deceive; or

(g) Failure to provide complete and accurate information to the NCAA, the NCAA Eligibility Center or the institution's athletics department regarding an individual's amateur status.

Division I Bylaw 14.9.3 Preenrollment Academic Integrity. A prospective student-athlete, student-athlete, representative of an institution's athletics interests or a current or former institutional staff member shall not:

(a) Arrange for a false or inaccurate academic record (e.g., courses, grades, credits, transcripts, test scores) for a prospective student-athlete; or

(b) Provide false, inaccurate or incomplete information to the NCAA or an institution regarding a prospective student-athlete's academic record.

Division II Bylaw 14.2.10.2.1 Pre-Enrollment Academic Misconduct. A prospective student-athlete, student-athlete, booster or a current or former institutional staff member shall not:

(a) Arrange for a false or inaccurate academic record (e.g., courses, grades, credits, transcripts, test scores) for a prospective student-athlete; or

(b) Provide false, inaccurate or incomplete information to the NCAA or an institution regarding a prospective student-athlete's academic record.