NAC386.697. Participation of pupil as amateur in sanctioned sport.

     1. A pupil who participates in a sanctioned sport must be an amateur in each sanctioned sport in which he or she participates. A pupil is not an amateur in a sanctioned sport if he or she:

     (a) Participates in a sanctioned sport for money or any other thing of value, other than allowable expenses for travel, meals or lodging;

     (b) Receives any award, equipment or prize that has a retail value of more than $200, including, without limitation, any award or prize to attend a camp for instruction or an all-star game; or

     (c) Executes a contract to play as a professional athlete in a sanctioned sport.

     2. For the purposes of this section, a pupil specified in subsection 1 who accepts a fee for providing instruction for or supervising or officiating an organized program of sports or recreation for a minor does not, by accepting the fee, forfeit his or her status as an amateur in a sanctioned sport.

     3. If a pupil specified in subsection 1 forfeits his or her status as an amateur in a sanctioned sport pursuant to this section, the pupil may, upon the expiration of 1 year after the forfeiture, apply to the Association to reinstate eligibility to participate in the sanctioned sport.

     4. A pupil who participates in a sanctioned sport during any period other than the season for that sanctioned sport shall comply with the requirements, if any, prescribed by the agency governing that sanctioned sport for participating in the sanctioned sport as an amateur.

     5. As used in this section, “amateur” means a person who engages in an athletic competition solely for the physical, mental or social enjoyment obtained from engaging in that athletic competition.

     (Added to NAC by Nev. Interscholastic Activities Ass’n by R206-03, eff. 11-2-2004)