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SAF/SAOF Guidelines

ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY, OFFICE OF ATHLETIC COMPLIANCE


SAF/SAOF GUIDELINES

Intent and Principles

The Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund and Special Assistance Fund are intended to provide direct benefits to student-athletes or their families as determined by conference offices. As a guiding principle, the funds shall be used to assist student-athletes in meeting financial needs that arise in conjunction with participation in intercollegiate athletics, enrollment in an academic curriculum or that recognize academic achievement. Further, inasmuch as the fund is design to provide direct benefits to student-athletes, the fund is not intended to be used to replace existing budget items.

Eligibility for the Funds

All student-athletes, including walk-ons, and medicals are eligible for SAOF monies. No prospects are eligible except for those receiving summer financial aid prior to full-time enrollment.

Prohibited Uses for the Fund:

  • Salaries and Benefits.
  • Grants-in-aid (other than summer school) for student-athletes with remaining eligibility.
  • Capital improvements.
  • Stipends.
  • Upgrading Team Travel (i.e. from vans to buses).
  • Meals during Academic Year (i.e. training table).
  • Massage Therapy (unless for medical purposes).
  • Athletically Related Opportunities (i.e. World University Games, Big Man Camps).

Permissible uses of the fund (list is not exhaustive):

  • Educational Expenses and Fees:
  • Athletics Aid for Summer School or Fifth or Sixth Year Aid.
  • Postgraduate Scholarship.
  • Postgraduate or Internship Fees & International Student Fees and Taxes.
  • Graduate School Exam Fees & Professional Program Testing.
  • Expendable Supplies.
  • Educational Supplies (e.g. laptop computers, cameras).
  • Health and Safety Expenses
  • Insurance Premiums for Student-Athletes or Supplemental Insurance.
  • Medical Expenses for Student-Athletes
  • Dental/Vision Expenses for Student-Athletes
  • Medical Expenses for Student-Athletes’ Spouses/Dependents.
  • Personal or Family Expenses
  • Clothing Allowance or Enhancement of Clothing Allowance from Special Assistance Fund.
  • Additional Student-Athlete Travel Home.
  • Emergency Travel & Expenses for Student-Athletes, Spouses and/or Dependents.
  • Travel Expenses for Family Members to be present as a Student-Athlete is honored.
  • Other Personal/Family Expenses.
  • Institutional Academic or Programming Enhancements
  • Academic Achievement or Graduation Awards.
  • Academic Support Services.

Process for Requesting SAF/SAOF Monies:

  • Student-Athlete schedules a meeting with Assistant Athletic Director for Academics to discuss the viability of the request
  • Once the request is for an approved expenditure the student-athlete should provide receipts of expenses
  • Upon submission of receipts, student-athlete completes a W-9 tax form and the Assistant Athletic Director for Academics submits a check request to Accounts Payable Office on campus
  • Assistant Athletic Director for Academics contacts the requesting student-athlete when check arrives for pick-up

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