CPOA News

The 2007-08 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.

NCAA Division I Board Bans Text Messaging

Effective August 1, 2007, Division I coaches are no longer be permitted to send text messages to prospective recruits.  Click here to read about it.

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:

• In any sport, have you ever:

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.

Miscellaneous Rule Changes

Division I reversed a rule passed last year that allowed graduate students with athletic eligibility remaining to transfer and play in the same year, regardless of sport.  Grad students in sports like football and basketball will now have to sit out a year on a lateral or “upward” transfer to a Division I school, just like undergrads do, however students who transferred prior to January 15 will be grandfathered in under the old rule.