Who is a Booster?
UAPB Office of Sports Information
Who is a Booster?
NCAA Definition:
A “representative of the institution’s athletics interests” is an individual, independent agency, corporate entity (e.g., apparel or equipment manufacturer) or other organization who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the institution’s executive or athletics administration to:
(a) Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization promoting the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program;
(b) Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution;
(c) Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes;
(d) Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or
(e) Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution’s athletics programs.
This means you are a Booster if you (not an exhaustive list):
Are a former student-athlete;
Have donated to the athletic program or one of its clubs (i.e. Papa Bears) Have employed a student-athlete or helped arrange the employment of a student-athlete;
Are a current or former UAPB Athletic Department employee;
Have purchased season tickets for any UAPB sport; or
Have ever been involved in any way in promoting the UAPB athletics program.
Once a Booster … Always a Booster
According to the NCAA, once an individual has been identified as a booster, he or she retains this identity forever.
Consequences to Boosters for NCAA Violations
Under NCAA rules, UAPB is responsible for the actions of its boosters. Therefore, it is also our responsibility to make you aware of the consequences for violating Southwestern Athletic Conference and/or NCAA rules. Boosters found in violation of rules are subject to losing benefits and privileges (in addition to the penalties the University may face). The NCAA Committee on Infractions has processed cases in which penalties have included both the disassociation of boosters with the institution and the loss of season ticket privileges.
