UA Pine Bluff Athletics

Employment
 
Student-athletes are now allowed to be employed year-round. Please check with the Compliance Office before becoming employed. Prior approval is required. Regardless of when the employment occurs, the student-athlete's employment must meet the following basic guidelines:
 

• Any earnings MAY NOT be based on the publicity, reputation, fame, or personal  following the student-athlete has obtained because of athletic ability.
• Compensation must be only for work actually performed.
• Must be compensated at the going rate in that locality for similar services.
• The Athletics Department must be aware of the employment (Student-athlete must provide a form to be signed by the employer.).

Fee-For-Lesson Instruction
A student-athlete may receive compensation for teaching or coaching sport skills or techniques in his or her sport on a fee-for-lesson basis, provided:
 

• Institutional facilities are not used;
• Playing lessons shall not be permitted;
• The institution obtains and keeps on file documentation of the recipient of the lesson(s) and the fee for the lesson(s) provided during any time of the year;
• The compensation is paid by the lesson recipient (or the recipient's family) and not another individual or entity.
• Instruction to each individual is comparable to the instruction that would be provided during a private lesson when the instruction involves more than one individual at a time; and
• The student-athlete does not use his or her name, picture or appearance to promote or advertise the availability of fee-for-lesson sessions.