The NCAA enforcement certification and approvals group (ECAG) is a team within the NCAA enforcement staff responsible for evaluating and administrating the NCAA's certification/approval programs. The subject areas outlined below serve the NCAA membership by assisting in in promoting and maintaining the integrity of collegiate recruiting in basketball and football and preserving the eligibility of prospective student-athletes (PSAs) and currently enrolled NCAA student-athletes (SAs) while protecting their best interests.Guidelines and requirements for all ECAG processes is available in the ECAG Policies and Procedures.
The Basketball Certification process provides activity operators who agree to operate their activities in accordance with the applicable legislation and certification requirements the opportunity to receive League Certification to allow the participation of Division I student-athletes and/or Event Certification to allow NCAA Division I coaches to attend and observe prospective student-athletes who are participating in the activity. Event Certification is available for nonscholastic events in spring and summer and scholastic events in June, and both include a post-event review form submission.
For an event/league to maintain NCAA certification, the event/league operator must annually apply with ECAG, receive certification and the event/league must be conducted in accordance with applicable NCAA legislation, ECAG P&Ps established and maintained by the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight Committees (MBOC and WBOC) and guidelines established and maintained by ECAG.
The recruiting/scouting service approval process (RSSA) provides operators who agree to operate their services in accordance with applicable NCAA legislation and ECAG requirements the opportunity to receive NCAA "approval" for NCAA Division I coaches to purchase the service as a resource for the recruiting process in the sports of basketball and football. RSSA include a post-execution review form submission.
For a recruiting/scouting service to maintain NCAA approval, the service operator must annually apply with ECAG, receive NCAA approval and the service must be conducted in accordance with NCAA Bylaws, ECAG P&Ps established and maintained by the MBOC, WBOC and NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committees (FOC) and guidelines established and maintained by ECAG.
The agent certification process provides specific National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) registered agents to enter a Standard Player Agent Contract (SPAC) with eligible SAs or two-year college PSAs without negatively impacting the SA's NCAA eligibility.Â
For an agent to maintain NCAA certification, the agent must annually apply with ECAG, receive NCAA certification, and conduct his/her business in accordance with NCAA Bylaws, ECAG P&Ps established and maintained by the NCAA Division I Strategic Vision and Planning Committee (SVPC) and guidelines established and maintained by ECAG.
