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Am I a booster?

  • I graduated from MSU, and have donated money to the Spartan Fund.

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    You're in college. The window of opportunity to drink and do drugs and take advantage of young girls is getting smaller by the day.

    OPatMSU

  • OP@MSU said...

    I graduated from MSU, and have donated money to the Spartan Fund.

    By NCAA definition, Yes.

    ragekage

  • STAY AWAY FROM JABARI PARKER

    sPartisan

  • Stop eating pretzels and pay attention to 'Compliance Trivia'

    WBill19542

  • sPartisan said...

    STAY AWAY FROM JABARI PARKER

    No worries. I'm only interested in volleyball recruits.

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    This post was edited by OPatMSU on 3/7/2012 at 3:41 PM

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    You're in college. The window of opportunity to drink and do drugs and take advantage of young girls is getting smaller by the day.

    OPatMSU

  • OP@MSU said...

    No worries. I'm only interested in volleyball recruits.

    lol

    PassTheRock

  • Booster Booster be a Booster!
    Don't be grouchy like a rooster!
    Booster Booster be a Booster!
    And boost our Bible school!

    BOOSTER!

    LoneWolfSparty

  • ragekage said...

    By NCAA definition, Yes.

    I think this is correct. The "I graduated from" part is trivial, but if you provided funds to the athletic department I think that is all you need to be qualified as a booster.

    Interesting note on the stupidity of that label: You can be a proud alumnus of a school, give donations to its general fund and to its athletic department and be a booster. You can then have a child who is talented enough to possibly play in a given sport for that school. If you encouraged your own child to go to your school, you would be violating NCAA rules. The athlete would also be violating rules if he/she lived with you or took any benefits.

    It is stupid, but it is the NCAA.

    FTR parents/boosters have been snitched on for providing "benefits" for their children/athletes by jealous coaches, but the NCAA will look the other way when they realize it is a parent/child relationship.

    sleepy01 ●

  • If you are a graduate of a university, you are a booster of that university.

    Frank Caliendo

  • OP@MSU said...

    No worries. I'm only interested in volleyball recruits.

    Whoops. Edit...see pic.

    I'd hit that... in the back seat of a vehicle I leased in her grandmother's name.

    Final Countdown

  • OP@MSU said...

    I graduated from MSU, and have donated money to the Spartan Fund.

    You are, in fact, a booster.

    Beardy

  • sleepy01 said...

    I think this is correct. The "I graduated from" part is trivial, but if you provided funds to the athletic department I think that is all you need to be qualified as a booster.

    Interesting note on the stupidity of that label: You can be a proud alumnus of a school, give donations to its general fund and to its athletic department and be a booster. You can then have a child who is talented enough to possibly play in a given sport for that school. If you encouraged your own child to go to your school, you would be violating NCAA rules. The athlete would also be violating rules if he/she lived with you or took any benefits.

    It is stupid, but it is the NCAA.

    FTR parents/boosters have been snitched on for providing "benefits" for their children/athletes by jealous coaches, but the NCAA will look the other way when they realize it is a parent/child relationship.

    There are exceptions for children. Otherwise Ernie Ziegler would not have been able to recruit Trey.

    Beardy

  • Beardy said...

    There are exceptions for children. Otherwise Ernie Ziegler would not have been able to recruit Trey.

    I was told there are "unofficial" exemptions. Meaning, the NCAA realizes that it would be stupid to penalize a father for talking to his own son in such a situation, but it is not clearly stated anywhere.

    I have read of two situations where a known booster was talking to a kid after hockey games, and hanging around with him and taking him to dinner. Some people knew the kid; some people knew the dude because he was frequently at local rinks. People talked and reported the dude to the NCAA. The NCAA investigated both, and said it was an improper arrangement and the kid would be ineligible to play in college. Turned out the dude, even though he had a different last name, was the kid's father. He had to go to great lengths to prove it, and it took a lot for them to acknowledge it. Even at that point, they still considered him a booster. After a lot of threatening letters they backed off him.

    sleepy01 ●

  • Frank Caliendo said...

    If you are a graduate of a university, you are a booster of that university.

    This is not true. Being a graduate doesn't qualify you as a booster.

    PS I downvoted but didn't mean to. Sorry.

    sleepy01 ●

  • sleepy01 said...

    This is not true. Being a graduate doesn't qualify you as a booster.

    PS I downvoted but didn't mean to. Sorry.

    Don't be sorry, you should downvote Nucky whenever you get the chance.

    mopete12 ●

  • sleepy01 said...

    Interesting note on the stupidity of that label: You can be a proud alumnus of a school, give donations to its general fund and to its athletic department and be a booster. You can then have a child who is talented enough to possibly play in a given sport for that school. If you encouraged your own child to go to your school, you would be violating NCAA rules. The athlete would also be violating rules if he/she lived with you or took any benefits.

    No. Parents are exempt. Parents of student-athletes may interact with their own child as they normally would. This means that a parent may give gifts or benefits to their own kids (that would be considered extra benefits if they weren't the parents).

    NigelUno

  • Anyone with season tickets is a booster. So if you had student tickets you are a booster. Basically if you attended a school consider yourself a booster.

    Spartan_in_PA ●

  • Compliance Trivia! Now that's a Tuffy!

    RubberbandMan

  • Technically if you have a prior relationship with the person. Like a nephew, or the kid is your kids best friend you can have contact (talk to, pay for dinner, small stuff etc..). You can't buy them a car, but if you take your son and his team mate who is being recruited by MSU out for Pizza you are fine. If I decide to go back to my former HS and talk to kid I never met and buy him lunch it is a no no. Same as me with officiating. Technically I am a booster as well, and I officiate kids with scholarship offers from MSU, UM, CMU etc... I am not supposed to say anything about MSU. Last year I ran into a situation with a Wrestler where he was officiating younger kids at a AAU type Tournament and a current MSU Wrestler (and this is actual work, no NCAA violations, the kid had it cleared through MSU). And technically us older officials couldn't buy the pizzas for lunch because a couple of us where MSU "Boosters". I don't run the events I just get called to officiate and these kids are there a lot to earn money officiating a sport they are very good at (usually the young kids, us older certified officials officiate the HS kids). And even though at these events they are considered fellow officials it still runs into the situation where a couple of us couldn't buy the kid a water. It really is messed up.

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    DMBSparty

  • OP@MSU said...

    I graduated from MSU, and have donated money to the Spartan Fund.

    Do you find yourself with kids in your lap while you are trying to enjoy a relaxing night at Chilis?

    Are those kids using your lap to be closer to the table.

    If so - you are a booster.

    WE {Izzo} ARE {CoachD} ONE {spartan} My spartan is: #23 Draymond Green.

    JonEintheD ●

  • Google is in fact your friend: http://basketball.about.com/od/recruiting/a/Are-You-A-Booster.htm

    95% of this message board is probably a booster just based on student tickets. And I don't think anyone is going to come out and say they didn't buy student section season tickets for football if they went to MSU.

    Batesianmimicry ●

  • If you're looking for a way to give a kid some cash, just be creative, then shut the eff up. Plenty of ways to do it. Just don't give him a leased escalade, or rent a condo for him, or bring cakes to practice. Come on man, The Duff never needed scholarships to get kids on campus. biggrin

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    DWags ●

  • Cash under door , in envelope , works fine at most schools

    EXT85

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