TARFEE COMPLIANCE OVERVIEW
If you are an NCAA compliant establishment, you're probably asking yourself if Tarfee is right for you. Based on our research and on correspondence with NCAA's Enforcement Certification and Approvals Group, as well as their legal team, we are confident that we are compliant with their standards, and here's how:
Article 13.14.3.2 of the 2015-2016 NCAA Div 1 Manual states: In sports other than basketball and football, an institution may subscribe to a recruiting or scouting service involving prospective student-athletes, (1) provided the service is made available to all institutions desiring to subscribe and at the same fee rate for all subscribers. (2)The service must also provide information regarding each prospective student-athlete in a standardized format that ensures consistent distribution to all subscribers. (3) An institution is not permitted to subscribe to a recruiting or scouting service that provides information in any form (e.g., oral reports, electronic messages) about prospective student-athletes beyond the standardized, consistent information that is provided to all subscribers. (4) An institution is permitted to subscribe to a service that provides scholastic and/or non-scholastic video. (5) The institution may not contract with a service in advance to have a particular contest recorded or provided. [D] (Adopted: 1/14/12, Revised: 7/26/12, 1/15/14)
Condition (1)
During the first phase of its launch, Tarfee remains a free service for any soccer organisation that wishes to join. During the second phase (date yet to be determined) Tarfee will notify all participating NCAA institutions of a cut-off date where the service will become subscription based with an equal monthly fee for every school. At no time on Tarfee's platform will one school have any monetary, informational, or any other type of advantage over any other school in the same division.
Conditions (2) & (3)
Each student and non-student athlete's information, including trial videos, is contained within a single Player Card, which is accessible by all organisations and contains consistent information for all to see. If interested in a particular athlete, the coaching staff is free to lawfully contact the representative(s) of this athlete and initiate the standard recruitment processes, including but not limited to asking for additional information. This additional information is no longer considered to be provided by Tarfee, but by the athlete's representative(s).
Condition (4)
This one's easy; it’s our main feature! We provide scholastic and non-scholastic videos for you to watch and use as an initial evaluation tool.
Condition (5)
As mentioned previously, Tarfee does not supply one particular school with information about an athlete that is not readily available to any other school in the same division. Schools and their coaching staff can filter through players using Tarfee's filtering tools, e-Tryout Campaigns, and other tools in order to discover particular players, but all provided information and content is equally available to any other school in the same divisions that makes the same filtered queries, posts similar e-Tryout Campaigns, and uses any of the other tools in a similar fashion.
Conclusion (TL;DR)
Every NCAA Div 1 school will pay the same monthly fee (or lack thereof), at the same time, and will get the same services and information as any other school in the same division. Tarfee is doing its due diligence in reviewing NCAA compliance standards. Tarfee's has the ultimate goal of creating a unique place for legitimate organizations to expand their recruiting potential and for talented players to increase their chances of being discovered, while working hard to comply with industry regulations and standards.
Disclaimer: As much as we try to be compliant, the interpretation above is that of Tarfee Inc. We encourage you to check with your compliance office, and if necessary, submit a request for interpretation to the Academic and Membership Affairs Group (AMA).
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