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2017 Colonials Weekend

Volume XII, Issue 1

Inside this issue:

2017 Colonials Weekend 1

Athletics Schedule 1

FBI Uncovers Bribery, Corruption

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Academic Staff Notes 2

SA Compliance Conundrum

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CARA Reminder 3

Coaches Compliance Conundrum

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Official Visit Host Reminders

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Recruiting Calendars 4

Monday’s with Your Manuals!

October 9 at 9 am in

Champions Club

Topic—ARMS Updates:

CARA, Camps & Clinics

Module.

Friday, October 20 Men's Water Polo: GWU vs. Johns Hopkins 7pm Charles E. Smith Center Pool Colonials Madness 8:30–10pm Charles E. Smith Center Join the GW men's and women's basketball teams as the Colonials officially kick-off the 2017-18 basketball season with Colonial Madness. The night will be filled with performances, giveaways, a dunk contest and skills competition, and more.

Saturday, October 21 Sunrise Yoga 7:15–7:45am Washington Circle, across from Milken Institute School of Public Health Before a full day of programs, take 30 minutes to align your mind and spirit. The first 15 attendees will receive a special Milken Institute School of Public Health yoga mat.

October 19—22, 2017 Join GW for a celebration of alumni, families, students, and friends!

Athletics Events

Men's Water Polo: GWU vs. Navy 10am Charles E. Smith Center Pool Men's Soccer: GWU vs. Duquesne 2pm Mount Vernon Athletic Complex All-Athletic Alumni Reception 4:30–6:30pm Colonials Club, Charles E. Smith Center Mix and mingle with fellow athletic alumni at this reception.

Sunday, October 22 Women's Soccer: GWU vs. Duquesne

1pm

Mount Vernon Athletic Complex

Come Out To Support Your

Fellow Colonials!

As a reminder please email any requests for athletic department space in the Charles E. Smith Center

and on the Mount Vernon Campus to athsched@gwu.edu.

Mount Vernon

10/7 Softball vs. Georgetown (DH) —12 pm 10/7 M Soccer vs. Dayton — 2 pm

10/8 W Soccer vs. St. Louis — 12:30 pm 10/8 Softball vs. Delaware (DH) — 12 pm

10/12 W Soccer vs. St. Joes — 3:30 pm 10/14 Softball vs. Howard (DH) — 12 pm

10/18 M Soccer vs. Davidson — 2 pm

10/21 M Soccer vs. Duquesne — 2 pm 10/22 W Soccer vs. Duquesne — 1 pm

Smith Center

10/13 Volleyball vs. VCU — 7 pm 10/14 Volleyball vs. Davidson — 5 pm 10/20 Swimming vs. Marshall — 2 pm

10/20 M Water Polo vs. Johns Hopkins — 7 pm 10/20 Colonial Invasion

10/21 M Water Polo vs. Navy — 10 am 10/21 Swimming vs. Boston College — 2:30 pm

10/27 Volleyball vs. Duquesne — 7 pm 10/28 Volleyball vs. La Salle — 7 pm

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Academic Reminders

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October 9—10: Fall Break; No Classes Sunday, October 22: Leadership Academy (Champions Club)

Remember to report your

community service hours at

www.GWsports/lifeskills. SA Compliance Conundrum

Rules

SAs can obtain between 500-100

points by answering the Student-

Athlete Compliance Conundrum

on days 1-5 that the newsletter is

dispersed (ex: Answering on day

1=500 points, day 2=400, etc.).

Coaches and Sport Administrators

can obtain points by answering

both the SA (100 points) and

Coaches Compliance Conundrum

(100 points) on days 1-5.

One SA per team can answer and

earn points.

One coach per team (unless a dual

sport coach) can answer and earn

points for his/her team.

Sport supervisors earn points for

each of their sports.

At the end of each semester, the

winning team will receive an

occasional meal from the Athletics

Compliance Office!

Question: You are traveling with your

team for an away-from-home contest.

You have a

frequent flier

a c c ou nt an d

would like to

receive points

while traveling. Is

it permissible for

you to receive frequent flier points

while traveling with the team?

Choices:

A. No, because receiving frequent

flier miles would be considered

an extra benefit.

B. No, because you did not

purchase the flight with your

own money.

C. Yes, because SAs are permitted

to receive frequent flier points/

miles while traveling to and from

intercollegiate practice and/or

competition.

E-mail answers to

Chandra

(cbwirth@gwu.edu) or

Lauren

(ljdoby1@gwu.edu).

FBI Uncovers Bribery, Corruption

Federal authorities have arrested ten people for fraud and corruption after a two-year covert investigation. Four of those individuals are DI assistant basketball coaches. U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim alleges that four assistant coaches—Emanuel Richardson (Arizona), Chuck Person (Auburn),

Lamont Evans (Oklahoma State) and Tony Bland (USC)—took cash bribes in order to steer elite basketball players, who were NBA bound, toward certain sports agents, financial advisors, and apparel companies. Each coach has been charged with bribery conspiracy, solicitation of bribes, honest services fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and Travel Act conspiracy. They all are facing a maximum sentence of 80 years in prison. Schools have already taken action. Arizona suspended Richardson and relieved him of all duties. Auburn suspended

Person without pay. Oklahoma State suspended Richardson and relieved him of all duties. USC placed Bland on administrative leave and hired a former FBI director to conduct an internal investigation. Authorities also allege that James Gatto, the director of global marketing for Adidas Basketball; Merl Code, a former player for Clemson who is now affiliated with Adidas; and Munish Snood, the founder of Princeton Capital—an investment service firm that manages professional athletes’ money, paid $100,000 at the request of a Louisville assistant coach to freshman Brian Bowen to get him to commit to Louisville. The money also ensured that Bowen would have Snood manage his money and sign with Adidas upon entering the NBA. Bowen has been suspended indefinitely. Louisville coach Rick Pitino was fired following the FBI’s report. The investigation is ongoing and the allegations brought forth by the federal authorities constitute violations of NCAA bylaws.

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Question: The GW’s volleyball program has scheduled an alumni game for later this month. If a student-athlete competes in this alumni game and does NOT compete at all for the remainder of the season, does she utilize a season of competition? Remember you must cite the Bylaw to get points.

A. Yes.

B. No, provided the event is counted as one of the institution’s maximum number of contests or dates of competition as permitted in the particular sport per Bylaw 17.

C. No, because student-athletes are allowed to compete in alumni games without them counting towards their season of competition.

Monthly Compliance Conundrum

Monthly reminder to ensure that all CARA logs, contacts and eval-uations and telephone calls are being logged t h r o u g h A R M S . Don’t forget to run reports to ensure all the information has been added correctly.

Does it Count? CARA Reminder

Scenario Yes No The head coach schedules a meeting with Huey, a

men’s basketball player, to discuss his performance

at their last game

Helga, a women’s tennis player hosts a recruit who

is on an Official Visit

The women’s soccer program goes to read to a

local elementary school for community service

Patti, a gymnast, voluntarily meets with the

athletic trainer for rehab on her ankle

Skeeter meets with Mr. Swirly, his academic

advisor, to discuss his class schedule for next

semester

The men’s rowing student-athletes are required to

participate in a GW Rowing Camp

Ginger, a lacrosse player, participates in individual

skill-related instruction with a member of the

coaching staff outside of the regular season

Countable athletically related activities include any required activity with an athletics

purpose involving student-athletes and at the direction of or supervised by one or more of

an institution’s coaching staff (including strength and condition coaches) and must be

counted within the weekly and daily limitations under Bylaws 17.1.7.1 and 17.1.7.2. Let’s

put your CARA knowledge to the test. Would the following scenarios be considered

countable?

Answers: Yes, No, No, No, No, Yes, Yes

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Contact/Evaluation Period Contact ONLY Evaluation Period Dead Period Quiet Period

Men’s Basketball Recruiting Period

@GWCompliance

Recruiting Calendar All sports are in a Contact/Evaluation Period unless otherwise noted.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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October 2017

WBB Evaluation Period

WBB Evaluation Period

WBB Evaluation Period

WBB Evaluation Period

WBB Evaluation Period

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic Practice and Competition Activities Only

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic Practice and Competition Activities Only

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic Practice and Competition Activities Only

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic Practice and Competition Activities Only

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic Practice and Competition Activities Only

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic & Nonscholastic Practice and Competition Activities

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic & Nonscholastic Practice and Competition Activities

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic & Nonscholastic Practice and Competition Activities

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic & Nonscholastic Practice and Competition Activities

Chandra V. Bierwirth Associate Athletics Director/Compliance 202.994.6282 cbwirth@gwu.edu

Lauren Doby Compliance/Student-Development Officer 202.994.6498 ljdoby1@gwu.edu

Are you Hosting a Recruit?

Collect itemized receipts (these are the receipts that list out what was purchased) for any purchases you make using Entertainment Money (host cash) or a GWorld Card.

Only the host and the recruit can have their meals paid for by the GWorld Card and host cash. Other teammate can attend the meals but cannot be paid for by the host money.

DO NOT give the recruit or a teammate the host envelope at any time. You may only give the host envelope to another teammate if you are both hosting the recruit (e.g., splitting the

host time for the visit) and you both have signed a Host Form with the Athletics Compliance Office.

DO NOT purchase ANY items at CVS or 7-Eleven with the Entertainment Money or GWorld Card.

DO NOT post any pictures of the recruit to your social media pages.

Return all unused cash, receipts, and the GWorld card in the original envelope to your coach at the conclusion of the visit.

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic & Nonscholastic Practice and Competition Activities

WSB Evaluation Period—Scholastic & Nonscholastic Practice and Competition Activities