CPOA News
Amendment to the NCAA Recruiting Calendar
regarding National Letter of Intent Signing Dates:
The sports of Track and Field and Cross
Country for both men and women have a new National Letter of Intent
Signing Date.
The beginning date for 2009
grads signing an NLI in these sports is Feb. 4, 2009. The ending date is
Aug. 1, 2009.
These sports were formerly in the Early (Nov.) and
Late (April) signing periods, but according to the National Letter of Intent web
site, the date change is in effect immediately for current high school
seniors.
The CPOA Important Dates calendar
does not have track & field and cross country listed among those
sports that can begin signing in the month of February. We do
not know whether this was an oversight from when the list of dates was
e-mailed to us in June or whether it was a late change, but we do know
these are new signing dates that will impact seniors who might
sign a National Letter of Intent in these sports.
The 2008-09 NCAA Guide for the College Bound
Student-Athlete is available online. To view the most current
recruiting rules and details on registering with the NCAA Clearinghouse, Click
Here.
Division I Baseball:
Beginning August 1, 2008, a financial aid package awarded to a Division I
baseball prospect must include at least 25
percent athletics-related aid (this originally
was announced to be 33% but has been amended). The total number of
players on a team receiving aid will be 30
(will be reduced to 27 in the 2009-10 school year), and the
"One-Time Transfer Exception", which allowed baseball players in
Division I to transfer and play at another Division I school without sitting out
a year, is eliminated.
The NCAA Amateurism Questionnaire
Every student-athlete who registers with the NCAA Clearinghouse must complete an Amateurism Questionnaire to determine if the athlete has in any way jeopardized his or her amateur status.
One of the questions concerns using a company like CPOA to send information to schools on behalf of the student-athlete. One of the questions reads as follows:
Authorized anyone (other than your parent, legal guardian or coach) to market your athletics skill or reputation?
FAQ Questions for Marketing Services:
My family paid a recruiting service company to send out information about me to several colleges and universities to help improve my chances of getting an athletics scholarship. Should I answer "yes" to this question?
Answer: The answer you provide depends on the terms of the agreement. If the fee paid to the recruiting service was not based upon your placement and receipt of institutional financial aid at a specific collegiate institution, you may answer "no" to this question.
Since CPOA's service fits this description - we do not base our fee on placement and receipt of institutional financial aid - then clients should answer "No" to this question.
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