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.