At any time during the year, you must obtain written approval before participating in “outside competition” (or practice related to the competition). “Outside competition’ occurs any time you
a. Represent only yourself (i.e., “unattached”) in competition or (b) receive expenses from or represent any team other than the University of Maryland (including, but not limited to, participation in Olympic Games, Pan-American Games, and National Team tryouts).
To request approval, submit a completed Outside Competition Permission Form at least one week prior to participating in outside competition (as defined above), practice-related to that competition, or even travel related to the practice or competition. The form must be completed and signed by your head coach, a member of the Compliance Office, and the Faculty Athletics Representative (“FAR”) before permission can be granted (except the signature of the FAR is not required during the summer). Pursuant to Big Ten rules, if you participate in outside competition after being denied permission to do so, you will become immediately ineligible to travel or compete for Maryland.
Additionally (with the exception of men’s basketball student-athletes who have declared for the NBA Draft), unless you have exhausted your eligibility, you may not try out with a professional athletics team in a sport or permit a professional athletics team to con- duct medical examinations during any part of the academic year while in enrolled at the University of Maryland.
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