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amateur eligibility for non u s citizens
This is a great article about the amateur standing and the foreign student/athlete. if you don't live in the USA and want to apply for an athletic scholarship then you must read this article. foreign amateur status can be tough for colleges to document
If it rebounds like a duck, shoots like a duck – and even plays on a team with other ducks – is it a duck? These are the questions that have to be answered by those who oversee college athletics in determining the eligibility of foreign born student athletes. Many athletes enter United States universities after having played in club programs because most countries simply don't have amateur high school athletics. These programs often combine developmental clubs with professional teams. All levels of collegiate sport – 4 year schools in the NAIA and NCAA and 2 year schools governed by the NJCAA – are trying to answer the questions that don't often have simple answers relating to the amateur status of foreign athletes.. And the questions are being asked more often as international student athletes come to the USA to play college sports in ever increasing numbers, particularly basketball. |
The idea that playing college sports is an avocation, the NCAA Management Council recently stated, remains the "bedrock principle" of the organization. William Saum, the NCAA's director of agent, gambling and amateurism activities, said the stricter interpretation of amateur status came at the request of the Division One constituency that originally sought to relax the rules.
This academic year, the NCAA implemented a stricter definition of amateurism in Division One and more serious penalties for schools that violate the rules. Prospective student athletes must now provide much more extensive written proof that they have not received benefits beyond expense reimbursement from club teams. And those athletes who played on a team that included anyone else defined as a professional will face either sitting out games based on how often they played as a professional or being denied NCAA eligibility altogether.
"What the appeals committee [of amateurism violations] decided was, let's strictly enforce the rule," Saum said. Most of the argument associated with amateurism and international student athletes comes from an athletic culture clash, particularly involving Europe. Most promising young athletes there come through a system in which organizations operate junior developmental teams and older clubs that play in what Americans would consider professional leagues.
Some athletes receive expense money but do not receive salaries. Some sign contracts but don't get any money. Some play primarily for junior teams but play occasionally for the upper-division clubs. Identifying those distinctions isn't a priority in European sports.
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