College Athlete Protection (CAP) Guarantee Agreement – Compliance-Related ConcernsCollege Athlete Protection Guarantee Agreement • June 12th, 2017
Recently, the National College Players Association, a non-NCAA entity, has developed an editable template titled “College Athlete Protection” (CAP) Guarantee (Attachment) encouraging NCAA student-athletes and prospective student-athletes to enter into negotiations with member institutions to secure financial protections and benefits, many of which are currently permissible, but not mandated, under current NCAA rules. It is unclear how many student-athletes and prospective student-athletes will elect to engage in such a process. Although the proposed CAP agreement includes a statement that the student-athlete shall relinquish any benefit provided pursuant to this agreement found to violate applicable NCAA or conference rules, the proposed agreement as constructed raises a number of NCAA compliance-related concerns.
