NCAA ECAG NEW CERTIFICATION GUIDELINES FOR AAU COACHES & PLAYERS
If you are planning to coach a travel team in 2019, the NCAA ECAG (Enforcement Certification and Approvals Group). All Coaches must obtain a USA Basketball Gold License: https://community.usab.com/
Returning USAB users should log into their existing account and renew their previous account and not create a new one.
NEW Coaches must:
- Create or renew your account. Click here to start.
- Complete a background check through Verified Volunteers
- Take the 3 required courses
- Pay the required fees
The courses will take longer this year; therefore, we recommend that Coaches start this process now. Fees will double in the certified months (April and July). Don’t wait!
NEW TO THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS?
If you are a coach who is new to the NCAA ECAG process, you must become familiar with all of the rules and regulations pertaining to events held during the spring and summer live evaluation period, which include:
- Player Eligibility
- Team Residency Requirements (“Adjoining State Rule”)
- Participant Approval
- Roster Submission
- General Legislation
All Tournament Operators are required to enforce to the NCAA ECAG rules and regulations and can deny participation in their events should a team or player be non-compliant.
Info for All these NCAA guidelines can be accessed online at:
http://www.ncaa.org/enforcement/basketball-certification/basketball-certification
To contact NCAA ECAG, click here.
FOR THE COMPLETE NCAA ECAG USER MANUAL ... CLICK HERE.
http://www.ncaa.org/enforcement/basketball-certification/basketball-certification
PARTICIPATING PLAYER RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
All prospective players participating in the event must reside in:
1. The same state as their team's official address; or
2. A adjoining state, provided that no more than three team member(s) reside in adjoining states.
NCAA Adjoining State Rule Residency Requirements
FOR OUR TOURNAMENT TO REMAIN A CERTIFIED NCAA EVENT WE ARE REQUIRED TO VERIFY PRIOR TO COMPETITION THAT ALL PARTICIPANTS HAVE MET THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS.
In situations in which a team includes players from a metropolitan area located on a state border, the team may include more than three team members from adjoining states as long as each additional player resides within the metropolitan area. Residency is determined by the player's legal residence or the legal residence of his parent or legal guardian. An international player may use the legal address of the player's host family, provided the player, for a minimum of one academic year, has been a part of an educational exchange program or has attended high school locally while residing with the host family. Prep school players can use the address of the prep school for residency purposes if they have attended the prep school for at least one school year previous to the tournament.
PROHIBITIVE CONTACT
No team coach or player can have contact with any NCAA coach during the tournament. This includes, but is not limited to, the game sites as well as the hotel. At the game sites teams and coaches will be required to enter and sit on the opposite side of the gymnasium from the NCAA coaches. Please cooperate. Our gym site supervisors will strictly enforce this provision, as our NCAA certification depends on it.
PLAYER ELIGIBILITY
In order for a player to be eligible to participate in the event, he must meet one of the following three criteria:
a) have high school eligibility remaining:
b) be going to enroll in his first year of prep school in the fall of 2019 and meet the NCAA residency rule discussed above:
c) be an unsigned graduating senior
d) ALL players must register online with NCAA BBCS: https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/enforcement/ecag/ECAG_AthleteRegistration.pdf
Players interested in participating in NCAA sports must also register with the NCAA Eligibility Center:
https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/
Each athlete must have an account before renewing or registering in the Basketball Certification System. They only need the free account to particpate in NCAA-certified events. They can access the EC account via the following link - www.eligibilitycenter.org
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS. SEE YOU AT THE EVENTS!
