AMATEURISM OVERVIEW: PRE-ENROLLMENT

	Division I – (Student-athletes first enrolling on or after August 1, 2002)	Division II – (Student-athletes first enrolling on or after August 1, 2001)	Division III – (Student-athletes first enrolling on or after August 1, 2002)
Enters into a Professional Contract	No	Yes*	Yes*
Accepts Prize Money	Yes – If open event, and does not exceed actual and necessary expenses or money from sponsor.	Yes*	Yes*
Enters Draft	Yes	Yes*	Yes*
Accepts Salary	No	Yes*	No
Receives Educational Expenses	Yes – If other than an agent, booster or professional team or organization	Yes – If other than an agent, booster or professional team or organization.	No
Receives Expenses from a Professional Team	No	Yes*	Yes*
Competes with Professionals	No	Yes*	Yes*
Receives Benefits from an Agent	No	No	No
Enters into Agreement with an Agent (Oral or Written)	No	No	No

May be subject to Bylaw 14.2.4.2 in Division II and Bylaw 14.2.4.3 in Division III. (If the student-athlete does not enroll in college at first opportunity and participates in organized competition, the student-athlete is charged with a season of competition for every year of competition. Further, the student-athlete must fulfill an academic year in residence upon enrolling in college).
Definition of organized competition is different in Division II and Division III. (See Division II Bylaw 14.2.4.2 and Division III Bylaw 14.2.4.3.)
This chart is to be used only as a reference; please check the manual for specific information.

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