University of Minnesota Athletics
5/16/06 - International Student-Athletes Working Camps
5/16/2006 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Compliance Weekly E-mail – Volume II
May 16th, 2006
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT-ATHLETES WORKING AT CAMPS
It is permissible for international student-athletes to work at Summer Camps, subject to similar restrictions as other student-athletes.
Student-Athletes may work camps without prior approval.
Football players are subject to special restrictions:
- Football players may not be employed at the U of M football camps, however, they may be employed at other institution’s football camps provided no other D-I football player is already employed there.
- Football players may be employed at other U of Minnesota camps.
Student Athletes who only demonstrate or lecture at a camp are not eligible for compensation.
Duties of Student-Athletes are that of a general supervisory nature in addition to any coaching or officiating assignments (13.12.2.1(a)).
Student Athlete with remaining eligibility is not permitted to run his or her own camp.
Prospective Student-Athletes may not work at camps.
Early-Admission athletes – those who enroll a semester early – are permitted to work at summer camps the summer following their first semester.
Children of institutional staff members may work at camps regardless of prospect status.
Additionally, international students must be employment-eligible as per their Student Visa. Posession of a non-resident student visa prohibits a student from engaging in off-campus employment in the United States either for an employer or independently, unless he has permission from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Wettasinghe v United States Department of Justice, INS, 702 F. 2d 641, 642 (6th Cir. 1983). Permission may be granted to an international student to work off-campus upon proper application with the IRS and INS showing that such employment is necessary for the student to maintain himself/herself as a student and that the necessity has arisen as a result of unforeseen circumstances causing a drastic change in the student’s financial situation. Uzuegbu v Caplinger, 745 F. Supp. 1200, 1202 (E.D. La. 1990), see also Budhwani v Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 70 T.C. 287 (US Tax Ct. 1978), Quidwai v CIR, TC Memo 1984-42, 1984 WL 15353, 47 TCM (US Tax Ct. 1984).
If an international student-athlete is considering working at a summer camp, please have them contact the Compliance Office, as well as the INS and the IRS to confirm the status of their Student-Visa.
If you have any questions, please contact the Compliance Office.
