De veloped by: Adam Rebh

Level:  9-12

NCAA Questionnaire

Standards Learning Expectations	This activity will help students acquire the competencies which relate to the following standards: 5.  Career information and career goals 6.  Knowledge and skills to achieve career goals The student will: 5.1  Utilize school and community resources to gain information related to career clusters 5.3  Apply technology and other research skills to locate information about job and post secondary education 5.5  Access and modify educational plans to support career goals 6.1  Evaluate how interests, abilities and achievement relate to attaining personal, social, academic and career goals 6.5  Use technology and other resources for the acquisition of new knowledge and skills
General Approach	The general approach is that students will complete a questionnaire in order to gain a better understanding of what is expected of NCAA student athletes.  After completion of the questionnaire, the teacher will go over answers with the students and facilitate a discussion
Activity Steps	-Print worksheet for each student and give each student a copy of the worksheet -Instruct students to log onto NCAA eligibility site and begin answering questions -Allow students 15-25 minutes to engage in search.  Be sure to allow them ample time to search this site since there is much important information -After students have answered questions and had time to further search site, lead a classroom discussion aimed at going over answers and other pertinent information.  Allow 10-15 minutes for discussion.
Time Required	Be sure to allow ample time for students to search site.  Many of them will probably be very interested in this site, since it deals with athletics.  15-25 minutes should be long enough for students to search while 10-15 minutes should be long enough for discussion.  Important to be flexible with this activity and allow for more time id needed.
Resources Needed	-computer, internet accessible -worksheet -pen/pencil -paper
Performance Indicators	Will be able to gauge performance by answers to questionnaire.  Important to get every student involved with discussion as well, for one student may have picked up on something none of the other students noticed or understood.

NCAA Questionnaire

1)  In the introduction, NCAA President Cedric W. Dempsey advises student-athletes to focus on academics, and not which college can lead to a career in the pros.  Why (any significant statistics)?

2)  Explain the difference between a student-athlete who is classified as a "qualifier", "partial qualifier", and "nonqualifier".

3)  How many different courses must you take to satisfy core-course requirements? 

4)  If I am classified as a qualifier and accumulated a 2.4 GPA, what did I earn on my ACT or SAT?  What would I need on my ACT and SAT to be partial qualifier status if I had a GPA of 2.6? 

5)  Is it required to register with the clearinghouse?  If so, when is the best time to do so?

6)  Are NCAA athletes subject to drug testing?

7)  Is tobacco use allowed by the NCAA during competition?  Practice?

8)  Is it alright to verbally agree to allow a particular agent to represent you, even if it won't go into effect until after college?

9)  List two things you found interesting in this web site.  (May want to check out the different recruiting links or good questions to ask?)

NCAA Questionnaire Answers

1)   There are nearly 1 million high-school football players and about 550,000 basketball players; of that number, about 250 make it to the NFL and about 50 make an NBA team.  Less than three percent of college seniors will play one year in professional basketball.  The odds of a high-school football player making it to the pros at all--let alone having a career--are about 6,000 to 1; the odds for a high-school basketball player--10,000 to 1.  Take a hard look at those numbers and think about what will matter in the long run--a college education.

2)  In order to be classified a qualifier, you're required to: Graduate from high school;
Successfully complete a core curriculum of at least 13 academic course units as follows: 

• English ... 4 years 

• Mathematics (two years of mathematics courses at the level of Algebra I or above) ... 2 years 
• Natural or physical science (including at least one laboratory course, if offered by the high school) ... 2 years 
• Additional courses in English, mathematics, or natural or physical science ... 1 year 

• Social science ... 2 years 

• Additional academic courses [in any of the above areas or foreign language, computer science, philosophy or nondoctrinal religion (e.g., comparative religion) courses] ... 2 years 

• Have a core-course grade-point average (based on a maximum of 4.000) and a combined score on the SAT verbal and math sections or a sum score on the ACT based on the qualifier index scale. 

A partial qualifier is eligible to practice with a team at its home facility and receive an athletics scholarship during his or her first year and then has three seasons of competition remaining, but is not eligible for intercollegiate competition because he/she is yet to meet at least one academic requirement.   

A nonqualifier is a student who has not graduated from high school or who has presented neither the core-curriculum grade-point average and SAT/ACT scores required for a qualifier.  A nonqualifier shall not be eligible for regular-season competition or practice during the first academic year in residence.

3)  You must present 13 different courses in meeting the core-course requirements.

4)  Qualifier = ACT 71; SAT 860

      Partial Qualifier = ACT 64; SAT 780

5)  If you intend to participate in Division I or II athletics as a freshman, you must register and be certified by the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse.  Best to do so after junior year.

6)  The NCAA drug-testing program was created so that no participant has an artificially induced advantage, that no participant might be pressured to use chemical substances to remain competitive and to safeguard the health and safety of participants.  Each academic year in Divisions I and II sports in which the NCAA conducts year-round drug testing you must sign a drug-testing consent form when you report for practice or before the Monday of your college’s fourth week of classes, whichever occurs earlier. In all other Division I and II sports and in Division III each academic year, you must sign a drug-testing consent form before you compete.

7)  No, No; if you are caught using tobacco products during competition or practice you will be removed from that day's activity.

 8)  You jeopardize your college eligibility in a sport if you agree (orally or in writing) to be represented by an agent while in high school or college, regardless of whether the agreement becomes effective immediately or after your last season of college eligibility. Also, receiving any benefits or gifts by you, your family or friends from a player-agent would jeopardize your college eligibility.