Student-Athlete Does Not Use Team Transportation

CampusCampus

EventEvent Site Site

S/S/A’sA’s HomeHome

Student-Athlete Does Not Use Student-Athlete Does Not Use Team Transportation – 04/02/03 Team Transportation – 04/02/03 Official Interpretation, Item No. 1Official Interpretation, Item No. 1

Not permissible to use the formula if Not permissible to use the formula if student-athlete student-athlete does not go homedoes not go home..

May use formula if the student-May use formula if the student-athlete returns home, either before athlete returns home, either before or after competition. or after competition.

Student-athlete Student-athlete does not go homedoes not go home but uses team transportation for but uses team transportation for one leg, he or she is responsible for one leg, he or she is responsible for any other leg of transportation. any other leg of transportation.

Exception: Student-Athlete Uses Leg of Team

Transportation Institution may provide the greater of

these costs minus the value of the transportation cost of that “leg”:• Campus to the event site back to

campus;• Campus to the student-athlete’s home

and back to campus; or• The student-athlete’s home to the event

site and back home.

Student-Athlete Uses Leg of Team Transportation

CampusCampus

Event SiteEvent Site

S/A’s S/A’s HomeHome

Value of “leg” Value of “leg” of of

transportation transportation providedprovided

Exception: Second Trip Home

If student-athlete either: Uses team transportation between campus

and the event site, or Participates in an event in the institution’s

home community and Has also personally paid for a round-trip ticket

home during that same vacation period –

An institution may provide actual transportation expenses to travel

between campus and home on a second occasion during that period.

Second Trip Home

If the student-athlete uses team transportation from

ororParticipates in the institution’s home community andduring that period has personally paid for a roundtrip

from

The institution may pay for a second trip The institution may pay for a second trip home!!!home!!!

Travel Expenses – Case Travel Expenses – Case Study #1Study #1

Student-Athlete Trips

Source of Transportation

Campus-home-campus

Student-athlete

Campus-bowl

Team

Bowl-home Student-athlete

Home-campus

Student-athlete

Costs of Trips

Campus-home-campus

$500

Campus-bowl-campus

$1,000

Home-bowl-home

$600

One-way ticket home from bowl

$450

Can the institution provide an allowance for the student-Can the institution provide an allowance for the student-athlete? If so, how much?athlete? If so, how much?

Travel Expenses – Case Travel Expenses – Case Study #1 - AnswersStudy #1 - Answers

Institution may provide an allowance Institution may provide an allowance to the student-athlete. to the student-athlete.

Allowance: $1,000 (greater cost) - Allowance: $1,000 (greater cost) - $500 (leg of transportation used) = $500 (leg of transportation used) = $500 to the student-athlete. $500 to the student-athlete.

Student-athlete cannot receive actual Student-athlete cannot receive actual cost of second trip home.cost of second trip home.• Did not return to campus with team. Did not return to campus with team.

Travel Expenses – Case Study #2

Student-Athlete Trips

Source of Transportation

Campus-home-campus

Student-athlete

Campus-bowl-campus

Team

Campus-home-campus

Student-athlete

If the student-athlete covers his costs for the If the student-athlete covers his costs for the first trip home what costs may the institution first trip home what costs may the institution cover?cover?

Travel Expenses – Case Travel Expenses – Case Study #2 - AnswersStudy #2 - Answers

Institution may provide Institution may provide actualactual cost of cost of the student-athlete’s second trip home. the student-athlete’s second trip home.

Regular-Season Contests – Vacation Period

General RuleGeneral Rule An institution may provide team

transportation for a student-athlete to travel from campus to the site of a regular-season contest and back to campus.

Exception: Student-Athlete Travels to a Site Other Than the Event Site

If student-athlete travels to a site other than the event site during the vacation period, • The institution may provide the cost

of round-trip transportation from campus to the event site and back to campus (even if the student-athlete does not travel with the team).

Student-Athlete Does Not Use Team Transportation

If the student-athlete travels to a site other than the event site…• (e.g., home, grandmother’s house,

Disney World) An institution may provide the cost

of to

and back to campus…

Travel Expenses – Case Study #3

Student-Athlete Trips

Source

Campus-event site

Team

Event site-home

Student-athlete

Home-campus

Student-athlete

Cost of Travel

Campus-event site-campus

$1,000

Campus-event site-home

$1,100

What may the institution provide the What may the institution provide the student-athlete?student-athlete?

Travel Expenses – Case Travel Expenses – Case Study #3 - AnswersStudy #3 - Answers

Institution may provide $1,000 toward Institution may provide $1,000 toward the cost of the student-athlete’s trip the cost of the student-athlete’s trip from campus to the event site to the from campus to the event site to the student-athlete’s home.student-athlete’s home.

Student-athlete is responsible for Student-athlete is responsible for remaining cost of the trip. remaining cost of the trip.