Employment and Fee-for-Lesson

All student-athletes may work at any time during the year, provided the employment is legitimate and does not violate any NCAA Bylaws.

Prior to beginning employment, the student-athlete must register his or her job with the Compliance Office. A job is properly registered with the Compliance Office only after the student-athlete completes and submits the Employment Registration Form on their myuwbadgers.com account.

If you plan to provide fee-for-lesson instructions, you must complete a required fee-for-lesson form prior to beginning the instruction. This requirement applies to any instructional activity. The fee-for-lesson form is also accessible through your myuwbadgers.com account.

Please contact Leslie Fields with questions regarding employment and required forms.

Employment Guidelines

  • You may not be compensated for the value that you have for the employer because of being a UW student-athlete;
  • You must be compensated only for work actually performed;
  • You must be compensated at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services; and
  • You may not conduct your own sports camp or clinic.

Fee-for-Lesson Guidelines

A student-athlete may receive compensation for teaching or coaching sport skills or techniques in his or her sport on a fee-for-lesson basis, provided:

  • Institutional facilities are not used;
  • Playing lessons shall not be permitted;
  • The institution obtains and keeps on file documentation of the recipient of the lesson(s) and the fee for the lesson(s) provided during any time of the year;
  • The compensation is paid by the lesson recipient (or the recipient's family) and not another individual or entity;
  • Instruction to each individual is comparable to the instruction that would be provided during a private lesson when the instruction involves more than one individual at a time;
  • The student-athlete does not use his or her name, picture or appearance to promote or advertise the availability of fee-for-lesson sessions;
  • You may not be compensated for the value that you have for the employer because of being a UW student-athlete;
  • You must be compensated only for work actually performed;
  • You must be compensated at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services; and
  • You may not conduct your own sports camp or clinic.