The Friends of the Cardinals program is not intended to provide student-athletes with a second home or give him/her consistent or frequent benefits. Only occasional gatherings, meetings and/or meals are allowed. Occasional is not more than one, maybe twice, per month.
The Friends of the Cardinals program follows the NJCAA rules for host family programs listedin the 2015-2016 NJCAA Eligibility Rules Pamphlet. These rules are listed below.
NJCAA Rules Permitting "Adopt a Student Program"
Article VI - Grants-in-Aid and Recuitment
B. Permissible Aid
"Adopt a Player - Host Family" Programs: Programs may be instituted by a member college under the following conditions:
- B.3.a. Program is approved by the college administration,
- B.3.b. Program is open to ALL students,
- B.3.c. Program is administered by the institution with no direct affiliation to the athletic department,
- B.3.d. Athletic department staff play no part in the arrangement of the host families,
- B.3.e. Athletic deparment personnel may not serve as host family or adoptive parent,
- B.3.f. No financial, fiduciary, or monetary transactions may transpire between "parent/host" and "adopted" student-athlete,
- B.3.f.i. Includes but is not limited to: loans, co-signing of loans or leases, long distance telephone calls, and provision of tickets
- B.3.g. "Adoptive parent" must not take studen athlete on trips involving excessive mileage and/or expense,
- B.3.h. "Adoptive parent" may not provide tickets of gifts of any kind.
Please do not provide any alcohol to students even if they are above the legal drinking age this is not deemed appropriate