[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR668.47]



[Page 457-460]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 668_STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart D_Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for 

                                Students

 

Sec. 668.47  Report on athletic program participation rates and financial 

support data.



    (a) Applicability. This section applies to a co-educational 

institution of higher education that--

    (1) Participates in any title IV, HEA program; and

    (2) Has an intercollegiate athletic program.

    (b) Definitions. The following definitions apply for purposes of 

this section only.

    (1) Expenses--(i) Expenses means expenses attributable to 

intercollegiate athletic activities. This includes appearance guarantees 

and options, athletically related student aid, contract services, 

equipment, fundraising activities, operating expenses, promotional 

activities, recruiting expenses, salaries and benefits, supplies, 

travel, and any other expenses attributable to intercollegiate athletic 

activities.

    (ii) Operating expenses means all expenses an institution incurs 

attributable to home, away, and neutral-site intercollegiate athletic 

contests (commonly known as ``game-day expenses''), for--

    (A) Lodging, meals, transportation, uniforms, and equipment for 

coaches, team members, support staff (including, but not limited to team 

managers and trainers), and others; and

    (B) Officials.

    (iii) Recruiting expenses means all expenses an institution incurs 

attributable to recruiting activities. This includes, but is not limited 

to, expenses for lodging, meals, telephone use, and transportation 

(including vehicles used for recruiting purposes) for both recruits and 

personnel engaged in recruiting, any other expenses for official and 

unofficial visits, and all other expenses related to recruiting.

    (2) Institutional salary means all wages and bonuses an institution 

pays



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a coach as compensation attributable to coaching.

    (3)(i) Participants means students who, as of the day of a varsity 

team's first scheduled contest--

    (A) Are listed by the institution on the varsity team's roster;

    (B) Receive athletically related student aid; or

    (C) Practice with the varsity team and receive coaching from one or 

more varsity coaches.

    (ii) Any student who satisfies one or more of the criteria in 

paragraphs (b)(3)(i)(A) through (C) of this section is a participant, 

including a student on a team the institution designates or defines as 

junior varsity, freshman, or novice, or a student withheld from 

competition to preserve eligibility (i.e., a redshirt), or for academic, 

medical, or other reasons.

    (4) Reporting year means a consecutive twelve-month period of time 

designated by the institution for the purposes of this section.

    (5) Revenues means revenues attributable to intercollegiate athletic 

activities. This includes revenues from appearance guarantees and 

options, an athletic conference, tournament or bowl games, concessions, 

contributions from alumni and others, institutional support, program 

advertising and sales, radio and television, royalties, signage and 

other sponsorships, sports camps, State or other government support, 

student activity fees, ticket and luxury box sales, and any other 

revenues attributable to intercollegiate athletic activities.

    (6) Undergraduate students means students who are consistently 

designated as such by the institution.

    (7) Varsity team means a team that--

    (i) Is designated or defined by its institution or an athletic 

association as a varsity team; or

    (ii) Primarily competes against other teams that are designated or 

defined by their institutions or athletic associations as varsity teams.

    (c) Report. An institution described in paragraph (a) of this 

section must annually, for the preceding reporting year, prepare a 

report that contains the following information:

    (1) The number of male and the number of female full-time 

undergraduate students that attended the institution.

    (2) A listing of the varsity teams that competed in intercollegiate 

athletic competition and for each team the following data:

    (i) The total number of participants as of the day of its first 

scheduled contest of the reporting year, the number of participants who 

also participated on another varsity team, and the number of other 

varsity teams on which they participated.

    (ii) Total operating expenses attributable to the team, except that 

an institution may report combined operating expenses for closely 

related teams, such as track and field or swimming and diving. Those 

combinations must be reported separately for men's and women's teams.

    (iii) In addition to the data required by paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of 

this section, an institution may report operating expenses attributable 

to the team on a per-participant basis.

    (iv)(A) Whether the head coach was male or female, was assigned to 

the team on a full-time or part-time basis, and, if assigned on a part-

time basis, whether the head coach was a full-time or part-time employee 

of the institution.

    (B) The institution must consider graduate assistants and volunteers 

who served as head coaches to be head coaches for the purposes of this 

report.

    (v)(A) The number of assistant coaches who were male and the number 

of assistant coaches who were female, and, within each category, the 

number who were assigned to the team on a full-time or part-time basis, 

and, of those assigned on a part-time basis, the number who were full-

time and part-time employees of the institution.

    (B) The institution must consider graduate assistants and volunteers 

who served as assistant coaches to be assistant coaches for purposes of 

this report.

    (3) The unduplicated head count of the individuals who were listed 

under paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this section as a participant on at least 

one varsity team, by gender.



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    (4)(i) Revenues derived by the institution according to the 

following categories (Revenues not attributable to a particular sport or 

sports must be included only in the total revenues attributable to 

intercollegiate athletic activities, and, if appropriate, revenues 

attributable to men's sports combined or women's sports combined. Those 

revenues include, but are not limited to, alumni contributions to the 

athletic department not targeted to a particular sport or sports, 

investment interest income, and student activity fees.):

    (A) Total revenues attributable to its intercollegiate athletic 

activities.

    (B) Revenues attributable to all men's sports combined.

    (C) Revenues attributable to all women's sports combined.

    (D) Revenues attributable to football.

    (E) Revenues attributable to men's basketball.

    (F) Revenues attributable to women's basketball.

    (G) Revenues attributable to all men's sports except football and 

basketball, combined.

    (H) Revenues attributable to all women's sports except basketball, 

combined.

    (ii) In addition to the data required by paragraph (c)(4)(i) of this 

section, an institution may report revenues attributable to the 

remainder of the teams, by team.

    (5) Expenses incurred by the institution, according to the following 

categories (Expenses not attributable to a particular sport, such as 

general and administrative overhead, must be included only in the total 

expenses attributable to intercollegiate athletic activities.):

    (i) Total expenses attributable to intercollegiate athletic 

activities.

    (ii) Expenses attributable to football.

    (iii) Expenses attributable to men's basketball.

    (iv) Expenses attributable to women's basketball.

    (v) Expenses attributable to all men's sports except football and 

basketball, combined.

    (vi) Expenses attributable to all women's sports except basketball, 

combined.

    (6) The total amount of money spent on athletically related student 

aid, including the value of waivers of educational expenses, aggregately 

for men's teams, and aggregately for women's teams.

    (7) The ratio of athletically related student aid awarded male 

athletes to athletically related student aid awarded female athletes.

    (8) The total amount of recruiting expenses incurred, aggregately 

for all men's teams, and aggregately for all women's teams.

    (9)(i) The average annual institutional salary of the non-volunteer 

head coaches of all men's teams, across all offered sports, and the 

average annual institutional salary of the non-volunteer head coaches of 

all women's teams, across all offered sports, on a per person and a per 

full-time equivalent position basis. These data must include the number 

of persons and full-time equivalent positions used to calculate each 

average.

    (ii) If a head coach has responsibilities for more than one team and 

the institution does not allocate that coach's salary by team, the 

institution must divide the salary by the number of teams for which the 

coach has responsibility and allocate the salary among the teams on a 

basis consistent with the coach's responsibilities for the different 

teams.

    (10)(i) The average annual institutional salary of the non-volunteer 

assistant coaches of men's teams, across all offered sports, and the 

average annual institutional salary of the non-volunteer assistant 

coaches of women's teams, across all offered sports, on a per person and 

a full-time equivalent position basis. These data must include the 

number of persons and full-time equivalent positions used to calculate 

each average.

    (ii) If an assistant coach had responsibilities for more than one 

team and the institution does not allocate that coach's salary by team, 

the institution must divide the salary by the number of teams for which 

the coach has responsibility and allocate the salary among the teams on 

a basis consistent



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with the coach's responsibilities for the different teams.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

1845-0010)



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1092)



[64 FR 59071, Nov. 1, 1999]