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Term-in-Ology:When Prospects Participate in Voluntary Summer Activities on Your Campus… and Get Injured
When it comes to prospects getting injured in a Division I institution’s facilities while participating in voluntary workouts (as well as summer access activities in football and basketball or on-campus evaluations in basketball), the ability for the Division I institution to cover medical expenses supersedes concerns about such benefits constituting a recruiting inducement.
Specifically, an institution may finance medical expenses (including rehabilitation and physical therapy expenses) for a prospect who sustains an injury while participating in voluntary summer workouts conducted by an institution's strength and conditioning coach who is not a countable coach in any sport or while participating in required football or basketball summer athletic activities or in on-campus evaluations in basketball.
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