Amateur Status
All student-athletes must be amateurs. Non-amateur student-athletes will be determined to be ineligible for the duration of their tenure at the school. An amateur is an individual who has never used his or her knowledge of athletics or athletic skill for pay in any form, and has never played on any team on which there are paid players.
Many situations can compromise amateur status, not limited to:
- Accepting pay to perform athletically.
- Accepting a promise to play in exchange for pay even after eligibility has expired.
- Signing a contract or commitment to play professionally.
- Competing on a team with professional athletes whether or not pay is involved.
- Receiving awards for athletic performance/participation greater than $50.
- Accepting remuneration by permitting the use of the student’s name or picture to advertise, recommend, or directly promote the sale or use of a commercial product or service of any kind.
- Accepting remuneration by endorsing a commercial product or service through the individual’s use of such a product.
- Appears or permits the use of his or her name, picture or likeness in any media, for the purpose to advance a commercial interest without expressed permission from CPS District Officials.
- If a student’s name or likeness appears on commercial items without the permission of the student’s (parents’) knowledge, the student and parents must take steps to stop such activity to regain eligibility.