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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: College Option Okay Subject: RE: Is Solomon Haile really 20 years old? Danny Almonte all over again Body: I needed to check with the NCAA on accepting awards in road races because my HS daughter was winning awards that had significant ($70+) value like shoes, running outfits, gift certificates, and didn't know if she could accept them without losing future NCAA eligibility. While I haven't read the rules on this, here is what I recall being told by NCAA officials some years ago. (1) You can't accept any cash awards, no matter how small, without losing NCAA eligibility. Unclear if gift certificates for $XX are considered cash equivalents. (2) As far as merchandise awards ago, you can accept awards of reasonable value (but "reasonable" was not further defined) but not expensive merchandise like a $500 gold watch. (3) I never asked about returning an award that my daughter should not have accepted (since she hadn't done that), but I suspect one could return cash awards up to a point, and expensive merchandise awards as well. I'd base that on how the NCAA treated Rupp and the foreign tennis players a few years back. So it looks like Solomon will be able to compete in college, but will have to give back some prize money he won (probably not that much). Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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