TXMike
10-02-2004, 04:57 PM
Attention School Coaches and Administrators: Regarding Friday Night Lights Promotions
From UIL Web Site
School coaches and administrators should be aware of potential eligibility problems that could arise in conjunction with ongoing promotional activities for the movie Friday Night Lights.
Any items sent to schools affiliated with the promotion of Friday Night Lights must be made available to ALL STUDENTS at the school on the same basis. The UIL amateur rule would prohibit such items from being made available only to athletes or members of a specific athletic team or program. Should items be distributed to student-athletes only, those students would be ineligible for varsity athletics for violation of the amateur rule.
These items could include trips to the movie premiere, movie tickets, CD's, DVD's, handkerchiefs and any other promotional item.
If there are questions in reference to this situation, please contact the UIL Athletic Department immediately for additional information.
Questions or comments about the Athletic Department should be directed to Charles Breithaupt, uilath@uts.cc.utexas.edu
UIL Article Link: http://www.uil.utexas.edu/ath/fnlpromo.html
From UIL Web Site
School coaches and administrators should be aware of potential eligibility problems that could arise in conjunction with ongoing promotional activities for the movie Friday Night Lights.
Any items sent to schools affiliated with the promotion of Friday Night Lights must be made available to ALL STUDENTS at the school on the same basis. The UIL amateur rule would prohibit such items from being made available only to athletes or members of a specific athletic team or program. Should items be distributed to student-athletes only, those students would be ineligible for varsity athletics for violation of the amateur rule.
These items could include trips to the movie premiere, movie tickets, CD's, DVD's, handkerchiefs and any other promotional item.
If there are questions in reference to this situation, please contact the UIL Athletic Department immediately for additional information.
Questions or comments about the Athletic Department should be directed to Charles Breithaupt, uilath@uts.cc.utexas.edu
UIL Article Link: http://www.uil.utexas.edu/ath/fnlpromo.html