12.1.2.1.4 Expenses, Awards and Benefits. Excessive or improper expenses, awards and benefits.

[12.1.2.1.4.1 through 12.1.2.1.4.2 unchanged.]

12.1.2.1.4.3 Unspecified or Unitemized Expenses. Payment to individual team members or individual competitors for unspecified or unitemized expenses beyond actual and necessary travel, room and board expenses for practice and competition.

12.1.2.1.4.43 Expenses from an Outside Sponsor. An individual who participates in a sport as a member of a team may receive actual and necessary expenses for competition and practice held in preparation for such competition (directly related to the competition and conducted during a continuous time period preceding the competition) from an outside sponsor (e.g., team, neighbor, business) other than an agent or a representative of an institution’s athletics interests (and, after initial full-time collegiate enrollment, other than a professional sports organization). An individual who participates in a sport as an individual (not a member of a team) may receive actual and necessary expenses associated with an athletics event and practice immediately preceding the event, from an outside sponsor (e.g., neighbor, business) other than an agent or a representative of an institution’s athletics interests (and, after initial full-time collegiate enrollment, other than a professional sports organization).

[12.1.2.1.4.4.1 through 12.1.2.1.4.4.2 renumbered as 12.1.2.1.4.3.1 through 12.1.2.1.4.3.2, unchanged.]

[12.1.2.1.4.5 renumbered as 12.1.2.1.4.4, unchanged.]

12.2.1.3.1 Exception for Basketball Draft Combine. In basketball, a student-athlete may accept actual and necessary travel, and room and board expenses from a professional sports organization to attend that organization’s basketball draft combine regardless of the duration of the camp. [See Bylaws Bylaw 14.6.4-(e) and 16.10.1.8 for more information on basketball draft combines.]

16.10 Provision of Expenses by Individuals or Organizations Other Than the Institution.

16.10.1 Permissible.

16.10.1.1 National Team Practice and Competition. A student-athlete may receive actual and necessary expenses and reasonable benefits associated with national team practice and competition (e.g., health insurance, broken-time payments). [R]

[16.10.1.2 renumbered as 16.10.1, unchanged.]

16.10.1.3 Outside Sports Teams. An amateur outside sports team or organization may provide actual and necessary expenses to team members only if the expenses are: [R]

(a) A reasonable amount for travel and meal expenses, and apparel and equipment (for individual and team use only from teams or organizations not affiliated with member institutions, including local sports clubs as set forth in Bylaw 13.11.2.4);

(b) For practice and game competition;

(c) Made on a regular basis; and

(d) Not an incentive and not based on performance.

16.10.1.3.1 Practice in Conjunction With Competition. Practice expenses may be accepted only if such practice is directly related to a competition and is conducted during a continuous time period preceding the competition. [R]

[16.10.1.4 through 16.10.1.5 renumbered as 16.10.2 through 16.10.3, unchanged.]

16.10.1.6 Charitable, Educational or Nonprofit Activities. A student-athlete may accept legitimate and normal expenses from a charitable or educational agency for participation in activities set forth in Bylaw 12.5.

[16.10.1.7 renumbered as 16.10.4, unchanged.]

16.10.1.8 Draft Combine -- Basketball. In basketball, an enrolled student-athlete using the draft exception set forth in Bylaw 12.2.4.2.1 may accept expenses from a professional sports organization to attend that organization’s draft combine.

16.10.2 Nonpermissible.

16.10.2.1 Unitemized Expenses. A student-athlete may not accept money for unspecified or unitemized expenses from any organization or individual. [R]

16.10.2.2 Prohibited Expenses. A student-athlete may not accept money for expenses that are prohibited by the rules governing an amateur noncollegiate event in which the individual participates. [R]

16.10.2.3 Sponsors. An individual who is not representing an educational institution during participation in athletics competition may not accept any expenses, or any other form of compensation, to participate in the competition from any sponsor other than an individual upon whom the athlete is naturally or legally dependent or the organization (other than a professional sports organization) that is sponsoring the competition. [R]

16.10.2.4 Expenses Based on Place Finish. Receipt of expenses is prohibited if the amount received is based on the individual’s place finish achieved in the competition (e.g., tennis, golf, track and field).