Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question 1:
Who can travel with my team when we go on the road? Any limits?
Answer 1:
Well, as you all know, there are ALWAYS limits. The Big Ten has its own travel squad limits which you can access from your Big Ten manual. Only eligible student-athletes on your CEL may travel with your team at any time - whether you are in your championship season or not; scrimmages, exhibitions and friendlies included. ANY game travel is subject to the limits and rules within 116 through 120 [Big Ten Agreement 16.8]. Some reminders:
1. Non-eligible student-athletes should not travel on their own to away games - and if they do, they are "on their own" and may not interact with the team / sit with them, etc.
2. You may not make ineligible athletes into "managers" for the purpose of including them on travel.
3. Sports other than Football and Men's & Women's Basketball get a "one-time travel exception" where for one trip, everyone can go, so please look into that and let us know BEFOREHAND if you wish to use that exception for a trip. The form which needs to be submitted is on the U:Drive in this Travel Folder.
4. Only student-athletes who are eligible to compete may dress in uniform for a game or contest (this applies to home or away contests).
5. "Neutral" sites count as travel sites, so all normal limits and rules apply.
6. Anyone going on trips should be a permissible traveler! Ask if not sure. Any IU employee may go if there Sport Administrator and budget is OK with it. Boosters can occasionally go, but family members of SA's cannot go - even if they offer to pay.
Please make sure you know all the Big Ten rules and limits for your sport!
Question 2:
So, what paperwork is required before we go on a trip?
Answer 2:
The IU "Travel Information and Missed Class Time" form on the G:Drive needs to be completed before you go on any road trip with your team. This form requires information about where, when and how you are travelling - specifics required. Also needed is a complete list of everyone on the trip, including their "affiliation" to your program (player, manager, trainer, etc.) EVERY individual needs to be identified and any of your "supporting" staff names should also have been shared with Jenna earlier in the semester when she requested your full staff details. If you have not updated us on your managers and trainers and such, please send that info to Jenna ASAP. Thanks. There are, amongst other things, legal and safety issues surrounding who can/should travel, and we just gotta know it all - any and every time you travel with your team - vacation periods included.
The times and dates on this Missed Class form should also match up with the previously submitted "Team Travel Plans" so that we can track the amount of calls missed per the IU Missed Class Policy. Again, all of this info is available on your U:Drive. Lastly, remember also that the NCAA has rules governing when you may leave campus before competition and when you must return, so that info also is expected to mesh on the travel form - so you can see why it's such a vital thing to always get travel details to us before you go anywhere.
Question 1:
Who can travel with my team when we go on the road? Any limits?
Answer 1:
Well, as you all know, there are ALWAYS limits. The Big Ten has its own travel squad limits which you can access from your Big Ten manual. Only eligible student-athletes on your CEL may travel with your team at any time - whether you are in your championship season or not; scrimmages, exhibitions and friendlies included. ANY game travel is subject to the limits and rules within 116 through 120 [Big Ten Agreement 16.8]. Some reminders:
1. Non-eligible student-athletes should not travel on their own to away games - and if they do, they are "on their own" and may not interact with the team / sit with them, etc.
2. You may not make ineligible athletes into "managers" for the purpose of including them on travel.
3. Sports other than Football and Men's & Women's Basketball get a "one-time travel exception" where for one trip, everyone can go, so please look into that and let us know BEFOREHAND if you wish to use that exception for a trip. The form which needs to be submitted is on the U:Drive in this Travel Folder.
4. Only student-athletes who are eligible to compete may dress in uniform for a game or contest (this applies to home or away contests).
5. "Neutral" sites count as travel sites, so all normal limits and rules apply.
6. Anyone going on trips should be a permissible traveler! Ask if not sure. Any IU employee may go if there Sport Administrator and budget is OK with it. Boosters can occasionally go, but family members of SA's cannot go - even if they offer to pay.
Please make sure you know all the Big Ten rules and limits for your sport!
Question 2:
So, what paperwork is required before we go on a trip?
Answer 2:
The IU "Travel Information and Missed Class Time" form on the G:Drive needs to be completed before you go on any road trip with your team. This form requires information about where, when and how you are travelling - specifics required. Also needed is a complete list of everyone on the trip, including their "affiliation" to your program (player, manager, trainer, etc.) EVERY individual needs to be identified and any of your "supporting" staff names should also have been shared with Jenna earlier in the semester when she requested your full staff details. If you have not updated us on your managers and trainers and such, please send that info to Jenna ASAP. Thanks. There are, amongst other things, legal and safety issues surrounding who can/should travel, and we just gotta know it all - any and every time you travel with your team - vacation periods included.
The times and dates on this Missed Class form should also match up with the previously submitted "Team Travel Plans" so that we can track the amount of calls missed per the IU Missed Class Policy. Again, all of this info is available on your U:Drive. Lastly, remember also that the NCAA has rules governing when you may leave campus before competition and when you must return, so that info also is expected to mesh on the travel form - so you can see why it's such a vital thing to always get travel details to us before you go anywhere.