Bowling Green State University Athletics
Extra Benefits
Student-athletes are not permitted to receive "extra benefits" under NCAA legislation. NCAA rules define an extra benefit as any special arrangement by a BGSU employee or booster to provide a student-athlete, the student-athlete's family or friends a benefit that is not explicitly authorized under NCAA rules.
Examples of impermissible extra benefits provided to student-athletes include, but are not limited to, the following:
Meals
Use of a phone or calling card
Special academic arrangements not available to other students (e.g., preferential grading, extra credit not available to all students, verbal or untimed exam not prescribed by BGSU Disability Services)
An automobile or use of an automobile
Free or reduced-cost housing or storage of personal belongings
Loan of money, signing or cosigning of loan
Transportation (e.g., a ride home with a coach, ride with a booster), including transportation for family and friends
Cash or like items (e.g., gift certificates, store credit)
Tangible items (e.g., clothing, shoes, cars, jewelry)
Special discounts, payment arrangements or credit (e.g., credit line at a store) on a purchase or service (e.g., dry cleaning) beyond what would be available to the general public or the general student body
Free or reduced-cost entertainment services from commercial agencies (e.g., concert, sporting event and movie tickets, reduced admission to institutional or community events)
Educational expenses (other than from permissible institutional and outside sources)