University of the Pacific

EXTRA BENEFITS

An extra benefit is any specific arrangement by an institutional employee or representative of the institution’s athletics interests to provide a student-athlete or the student-athlete’s relatives or friends a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation. Receipt of a benefit by student-athletes or their relatives or friends is not a violation of NCAA legislation if it is demonstrated that the same benefit is generally available to the institution’s students or their relatives or friends or to a particulate segment of the student body determined on a basis unrelated to athletics ability. A partial list of extra benefits include:

• Discounts or credit on purchases
• Free or reduced cost services
• Use of telephone or credit cards without charge or at a reduced cost
• Use of personal property
• Money either by gift or loan, including arranging or co-signing a loan
• Free or reduced rate housing
• Payment for student-athlete’s autographs, including by cash or trade
• Use of a vehicle
• Payment for student-athletes’ meals at restaurants
• Any other tangible items (e.g., clothes, airline tickets, gifts)