| ID | Category | Definition |
| 1 | Ticket Sales | Input revenue received for sales of admissions to athletic events. This may include:
• Public and faculty sales.
• Student sales.
• Shipping and Handling fees.
• Registration fees.
Please report amounts paid in excess of ticket’s face value to obtain preferential seating or priority in Category 8 (Contributions). |
| 2 | Direct State or Other Government Support | Input state, municipal, federal and other appropriations made in support of athletics.
This amount includes funding specifically earmarked for the athletics department by government agencies for which the institution cannot reallocate.
This amount also includes state funded employee benefits. Corresponding expenses should be reported in Categories 22 and 24.
Any state or other government support appropriated to the university, for which the university determines the dollar allocation to the athletics department shall be reported in Direct Institutional Support (Category 4). |
| 3 | Student Fees | Input student fees assessed and restricted for support of intercollegiate athletics. |
| 4 | Direct Institutional Support | Input direct funds provided by the institution to athletics for the operations of intercollegiate athletics including:
• Unrestricted funds allocated to the athletics department by the university (e.g. state funds, tuition, tuition discounts/waivers, transfers).
• Federal work study support for student workers employed by athletics.
• Endowment unrestricted income, spending policy distributions and other investment income distributed to athletics in the reporting year to support athletic operations. Athletics restricted endowment income for athletics should be reported in Category 17. |
| ID | Category | Definition |
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| 5 | Less – Transfers to Institution | If the institution allocated funds to athletics as represented in Categories 3-4 and the athletics department provided a transfer of funds back to the institution in the reporting year, report the transfer amount as a negative in this category. The transfer amount may not exceed the total of Categories 3-4. Transfers back to the institution in excess of Categories 3-4 should be reported in Category 50 – excess transfers to institution. |
| 6 | Indirect Institutional Support | Input value of costs covered, and services provided by the institution to athletics but not charged to athletics including:
• Administrative services provided by the university to athletics, but not charged such as HR, Accounting and IT.
• Facilities maintenance.
• Security.
• Risk Management.
• Utilities.
Do not include depreciation.
Note: This category should equal Category 36. If the institution is paying for debt service, leases, or rental fees for athletic facilities, but not charging to athletics, include those amounts in Category 6A. |
| 6A | Indirect Institutional Support – Athletic Facilities Debt Service, Lease and Rental Fees | Input debt service payments (principal and interest, including internal loan programs), leases and rental fees for athletics facilities for the reporting year provided by the institution to athletics, but not charged to athletics.
Do not report depreciation.
Note: If the institution is paying for all athletic facilities debt service, lease and rental fees and not charging to athletics, this category will equal Category 34. If athletics or other entities are also paying these expenses or the institution is charging directly to athletics, this category will not equal Category 34. |
| 7 | Guarantees | Input revenue received from participation in away games. This includes payments received due to game cancellations. |
| 8 | Contributions | Input contributions used by athletics within the reporting year including:
• Amounts received from individuals, corporations, associations, foundations, clubs, or other organizations used for the operations of the athletics program.
• Funds contributed by outside contributors for the payment of debt service, lease payments or rental fee expenses for athletic facilities in the reporting year.
• Amounts received above face value for tickets used within the reporting year. Contributions shall include cash and marketable securities.
Do not report:
• Pledges until funds are provided to athletics for use.
• Contributions to be used in future reporting years. |
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| ID | Category | Definition |
| 9 | In-Kind | Input market value of in-kind contributions in the reporting year including:
• Dealer-provided automobiles.
• Equipment.
• Services.
• Nutritional product.
All in-kind contributions that are made as a result of a licensing or sponsorship agreement should be reported in Category 15.
Please offset in-kind values in the appropriate expense category. |
| 10 | Compensation and Benefits provided by a third party | Input all benefits provided by a third party and contractually guaranteed by the institution, but not included on the institution's W-2. These may include:
• Car stipend.
• Country club membership.
• Allowances for clothing, housing, and entertainment.
• Speaking fees.
• Camps compensation.
• Media income.
• Shoe and apparel income.
The total of this category should equal expense Categories 23 and 25 combined. |
| 11 | Media Rights | Input all revenue received for radio, television, internet, digital and e-commerce rights, including the portion of conference distributions related to media rights – if applicable.
Consult with your conference offices if you do not have the media rights distribution amount available. |
| 12 | NCAA Distributions | Input revenues received from the NCAA which could include revenue distributions, grants, NCAA championships travel reimbursements and payments received from the NCAA for hosting a championship.
In some cases, NCAA distributions may be provided by the conference office. Consult with the conference office for the amount received to include in this category. |
| 13 | Conference Distributions (Non Media and Non-Football Bowl) | Input all revenues received by conference distribution, excluding portions of distribution relating to media rights (reported in Category 11) or NCAA distributions (reported in Category 12).
Note: Conference distributions of revenue generated by a post-season football bowl to conference members should be recorded in Category 13A. Distributions for reimbursement of post-season football bowl expenses should be included in Category 19. |
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| ID | Category | Definition |
| 13A | Conference Distributions of Football Bowl Generated Revenue | Input conference distributions of revenue generated by a post-season football bowl to conference members. (Football Only)
Note: Distributions for reimbursement of post-season football bowl expenses should be included in Category 19. Portions of the distribution related to media rights are reported in Category 11, NCAA distributions are reported in Category 12 and all other conference distributions are reported in Category 13. |
| 14 | Program, Novelty, Parking and Concession Sales | Input revenues from:
• Game Programs.
• Novelties.
• Food and Concessions.
• Parking.
Advertising should be included in Category 15. |
| 15 | Royalties, Licensing, Advertisement and Sponsorships | Input revenues from:
• Sponsorships.
• Licensing Agreements.
• Advertisement.
• Royalties.
• In-kind products and services as part of sponsorship agreement.
An allocation may be necessary to distinguish revenues generated by athletics versus the university if payments are combined. |
| 16 | Sports Camp Revenues | Input amounts received by the athletics department for sports camps and clinics. |
| 17 | Athletics Restricted Endowment and Investments Income | Please report spending policy distributions from athletics restricted endowments and investment income used for athletics operations in the reporting year.
This category only includes restricted investment and endowment income used for the operations of intercollegiate athletics; institutional allocations of income from unrestricted endowments qualify as “Direct Institutional Support” and should be reported in Category 4.
Note: Please make sure amounts reported are only up to the amount of expenses covered by the endowment for the reporting year. |
| 18 | Other Operating Revenue | Input any operating revenues received by athletics in the report year which cannot be classified into one of the stated categories.
If the figure is greater than 10% of total revenues, please report the top three activities included in this category in the comments section. |
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| ID | Category | Definition |
| 20 | Athletic Student Aid | Input the total dollar amount of athletic student aid for the reporting year including:
• Summer school.
• Tuition discounts and waivers (unless it is a discount or waiver available to the general student body).
• Aid given to student-athletes who are inactive (medical reasons) or no longer eligible (exhausted eligibility).
• Other expenses related to attendance (e.g., stipend).
Note: Division I Grants-in-aid equivalencies are calculated by using the revenue distribution equivalencies by sport and in aggregate. (Athletic grant amount divided by the full grant amount).
Other expenses related to attendance (also known as cost of attendance) should not be included in the grants-in-aid revenue distribution equivalencies. Only tuition, fees, room, board, and course related books are countable for grants-in-aid revenue distribution per Bylaw 20.02.10.
Athletics aid awarded to non-athletes (student- managers, graduate assistants, trainers) should be reported as Expenses Not Related to Specific Teams. It is permissible to report only dollars in the Expenses Not Related to Specific Teams row as long as you have reported non-zero entries for Equivalencies, Number of Students, and Dollars (all 3 required for at least one sport).
Note: Pell grants are provided by the government, not the institution or athletics department, and therefore should be excluded from reporting in this category.
Note: This information can be managed within the NCAA’s Compliance Assistance (CA) software. The equivalencies entered into CA will automatically populate to the athletic student aid section within the NCAA Financial Reporting System when the CA import feature is selected. |
| 21 | Guarantees | Input amounts paid to visiting participating institutions, including per diems and/or travel and meal expenses. This includes payments made due to game cancellations. |
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| ID | Category | Definition |
| 22 | Coaching Salaries, Benefits and Bonuses paid by the University and Related Entities | Input compensation, bonuses and benefits paid to all coaches reportable on the university or related entities W-2 and 1099 forms, as well as non-taxable benefits (1098T), inclusive of:
• Gross wages and bonuses.
• Taxable and non-taxable benefits include: allowances, speaking fees, retirement, stipends, memberships, media income, tuition reimbursement/exemptions (for self or a dependent) and earned deferred compensation, including those funded by the state.
Place any severance payments in Category 26.
Note: Bonuses related to participation in a post-season football bowl game should be included in Category 41A. |
| 23 | Coaching Salaries, Benefits and Bonuses paid by a Third Party | Input compensation, bonuses and benefits paid to all coaches by a third party and contractually guaranteed by the institution, but not included on the institutions W-2, as well as any non-taxable benefits, including:
• Car stipend.
• Country club membership.
• Allowances for clothing, housing, and entertainment.
• Speaking fees.
• Camps compensation.
• Media income.
• Shoe and apparel income.
Expense Category 23 and 25 should equal Category 10.
Note: Bonuses related to participation in a post-season football bowl game should be included in Category 41A. |
| 24 | Support Staff/ Administrative Compensation, Benefits and Bonuses paid by the University and Related Entities | Input compensation, bonuses and benefits paid to all administrative and support staff reportable on the university or related entities (e.g., foundations or booster clubs) W-2 and 1099 forms, as well as any non-taxable benefits, inclusive of:
• Gross wages and bonuses.
• Benefits including allowances, speaking fees, retirement, stipends, memberships, media income, tuition reimbursement/exemptions and earned deferred compensation, including those funded by the state.
Staff members responsible for the gender-specific athletics department, but not a specific sport (e.g., athletic director, assistant athletic director, compliance coordinator), will have their compensation figures reported as Expenses Not Related to Specific Teams fields. Athletics department staff members who assist both men's and women's teams (e.g., sports information director, academic advisor) will be reported as Not Allocated by Gender column. |
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| ID | Category | Definition |
| 25 | Support Staff/
Administrative Compensation, Benefits and Bonuses paid by Third Party | Input compensation, bonuses and benefits paid to administrative and support staff by a third party and contractually guaranteed by the institution, but not included on the institutions W-2, as well as non-taxable benefits, including:
• Car stipend.
• Country club membership.
• Allowances for clothing, housing, and entertainment.
• Speaking fees.
• Camps compensation.
• Media income.
• Shoe and apparel income.
Expense Category 23 and 25 should equal Category 10. |
| 26 | Severance Payments | Input severance payments and applicable benefits recognized for past coaching and administrative personnel. |
| 27 | Recruiting | Input transportation, lodging and meals for prospective student-athletes and institutional personnel on official and unofficial visits, telephone call charges, postage, and such. Include value of use of institution’s own vehicles or airplanes as well as in-kind value of loaned or contributed transportation. |
| 28 | Team Travel | Input air travel, ground travel, lodging, meals, and incidentals (including housing costs incurred during school break period) for competition related to preseason, regular season and non-football bowl postseason. Amounts incurred for food and lodging for housing the team before a home game also should be included. Use of the institution’s own vehicles or airplanes as well as in-kind value of donor-provided transportation.
Note: Expenses related to post-season football bowls should be included in Category 41. |
| 29 | Sports Equipment, Uniforms and Supplies | Input items that are provided to the teams only. Equipment amounts are those expended from current or operating funds. Include value of in-kind equipment provided.
Note: Expenses related to post-season football bowls should be included in Category 41. |
| 30 | Game Expenses | Input game-day expenses other than travel which are necessary for intercollegiate athletics competition, including officials, security, event staff, ambulance, etc. Input any payments back to the NCAA for hosting a championship or conference for hosting a tournament.
Note: Expenses related to post-season football bowls should be included in Category 41. |
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| ID | Category | Definition |
| 31 | Fund Raising, Marketing and Promotion | Input costs associated with fund raising, marketing and promotion for media guides, brochures, recruiting publications and such. |
| 32 | Sports Camp Expenses | Input all expenses paid by the athletics department, including non-athletics personnel salaries and benefits, from hosting sports camps and clinics. Athletics personnel salaries and benefits should be reported in Categories 22-25. |
| 33 | Spirit Groups | Include support for spirit groups including bands, cheerleaders, mascots, dancers, etc.
Note: Expenses related to post-season football bowls should be included in Category 41. |
| 34 | Athletic Facilities Debt Service, Leases and Rental Fees | Input debt service payments (principal and interest, including internal loan programs), leases and rental fees for athletics facilities for the reporting year regardless of entity paying (athletics, institution or other).
Do not report depreciation.
Note: If the institution is paying for all debt service, leases, or rental fees for athletic facilities but not charging to athletics, this category should equal Category 6A. If athletics or other entities are paying these expenses or the institution is charging directly to athletics, this category will not equal Category 6A. |
| 35 | Direct Overhead and Administrative Expenses | Input overhead and administrative expenses paid by or charged directly to athletics including:
• Administrative/Overhead fees charged by the institution to athletics.
• Facilities maintenance.
• Security.
• Risk Management.
• Utilities.
• Equipment Repair.
• Telephone.
• Other Administrative Expenses. |
| 36 | Indirect Institutional Support | Input overhead and administrative expenses NOT paid by or charged directly to athletics including:
• Administrative/Overhead fees not charged by the institution to athletics.
• Facilities maintenance.
• Security.
• Risk Management.
• Utilities.
• Equipment Repair.
• Telephone.
• Other Administrative Expenses.
Do not report depreciation.
Note: This category should equal Category 6. |
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| ID | Category | Definition |
| 37 | Medical Expenses and Insurance | Input medical expenses and medical insurance premiums for student-athletes. |
| 38 | Memberships and Dues | Input memberships, conference, and association dues. |
| 39 | Student-Athlete Meals (non-travel) | Include meal allowance and food/snacks provided to student-athletes.
Note: Meals provided during team travel should be reported in Category 28. |
| 40 | Other Operating Expenses | Input any operating expenses paid by athletics in the report year which cannot be classified into one of the stated categories, including:
● Non-team travel (conferences, etc.).
● Team banquets and awards.
If the figure is greater than 10% of total expenses, please report the top three activities included in this category in the comments section. |
| 41 | Football Bowl Expenses | Input all expenditures related to participation in a post-season football bowl game, including:
● Team travel, lodging and meal expenses.
● Bonuses related to football bowl participation.
● Spirit groups.
● Uniforms.
Note: All post-season football bowl related coaching compensation/bonuses should be reported in Category 41A, Football Bowl Expenses – Coaching Compensation/Bonuses. |
| 41A | Football Bowl Expenses – Coaching Compensation/ Bonuses | Input all coaching bonuses related to participation in a post-season football bowl game.
Note: All other post-season football bowl related expenses should be reported in Category 41, Football Bowl Expenses. |
| Total Operating Expenses | Total of Categories 20-41A. |
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Please input the following other reporting items below, if applicable:
| ID | Category | Definition |
| 50 | Excess Transfers to Institution | Input, if applicable, the amount of athletic-related funds for the reporting year that are contributed back to your institution that were not applicable to be counted or are in excess of those funds allowable to be counted in Category 5. |
| 51 | Conference Realignment Expenses | Input one-time amounts paid by athletics and by the institution above normal operating expenses for conference realignment (e.g., exit fees, consulting fees, legal fees, signage, advertising, public relations). Ensure all regular operating expenses such as team travel are reported in the normal expense categories above. Any new revenues should be reported in Category 13. The amount submitted in this category should not be included in operating expense reporting Categories 20-41 above. |
| 52 | Total Athletics Related Debt | Input value of athletics debt at the end of the reporting year.
Note: This is the total value of athletics debt. Category 34 above represents payments made against debt held during the current reporting period. |
| 53 | Total Institutional Debt | Input total value of institutional debt at the end of the reporting year. Ensure athletics related debt is included in the total figure, regardless of the athletics department structure. |
| 54 | Value of Athletics Dedicated Endowments | Input total fair market value of athletics-dedicated endowments at the end of the reporting year. |
| 55 | Value of Institutional Endowments | Input total fair market value of institutional endowments at the end of the reporting year. |
| 56 | Total Athletics Related Capital Expenditures | Input cost of athletics related capital expenditures for the reporting year, additions only. |
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## APPENDIX D | Minimum NCAA Agreed-Upon Procedures for Revenue, Expenses and Other Reporting Items
## MINIMUM AGREED-UPON PROCEDURES PROGRAM FOR REVENUES
Following is a complete listing of the minimum agreed-upon procedures for revenues, by category, to be performed to the statement by the independent accountant.
Before the commencement of fieldwork, the independent accountant should ensure that the amounts reported on the statement agree to the institution's general ledger. For all revenue categories perform the minimum agreed-upon procedures set forth below.
- Compare and agree each operating revenue category reported in the statement during the reporting period to supporting schedules provided by the institution. If a specific reporting category is less than 4.0% of the total revenues, no procedures are required for that specific category.
- Compare and agree a sample of operating revenue receipts obtained from the above operating revenue supporting schedules to adequate supporting documentation.
- Compare each major revenue account over 10% of the total revenues to prior period amounts and budget estimates. Obtain and document an explanation of any variations greater than 10%. Report the analysis as a supplement to the final Agreement-Upon procedures report.
### 1. Ticket Sales
a. Compare tickets sold during the reporting period, complimentary tickets provided during the reporting period and unsold tickets to the related revenue reported by the Institution in the statement and the related attendance figures and recalculate totals.
### 2. Direct State or Other Governmental Support
a. Compare direct state or other governmental support recorded by the institution during the reporting period with state appropriations, institutional authorizations and/or other corroborative supporting documentation and recalculate totals.
### 3. Student Fees
a. Compare and agree student fees reported by the institution in the statement for the reporting to student enrollments during the same reporting period and recalculate totals.
b. Obtain documentation of institution's methodology for allocating student fees to intercollegiate athletics programs.
c. If the athletics department is reporting that an allocation of student fees should be countable as generated revenue, recalculate the totals of their methodology for
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supporting that they are able to count each sport. Tie the calculation to supporting documents such as seat manifests, ticket sales reports and student fee totals.
### 4. Direct Institutional Support
a. Compare the direct institutional support recorded by the institution during the reporting period with the institutional supporting budget transfers documentation and other corroborative supporting documentation and recalculate totals.
### 5. Less – Transfers to Institution
a. Compare the transfers back to institution with permanent transfers back to institution from the athletics department and recalculate totals.
### 6. Indirect Institutional Support (6 and 6A)
a. Compare the indirect institutional support recorded by the institution during the reporting period with expense payments, cost allocation detail and other corroborative supporting documentation and recalculate totals.
### 7. Guarantees
a. Select a sample of settlement reports for away games during the reporting period and agree each selection to the institution's general ledger and/or the statement and recalculate totals.
b. Select a sample of contractual agreements pertaining to revenues derived from guaranteed contests during the reporting period and compare and agree each selection to the institution's general ledger and/or the statement and recalculate totals.
### 8. Contributions
a. Any contributions of moneys, goods or services received directly by an intercollegiate athletics program from any affiliated or outside organization, agency or group of individuals (two or more) not included above (e.g., contributions by corporate sponsors) that constitutes 10 percent or more in aggregate for the reporting year of all contributions received for intercollegiate athletics during the reporting periods shall obtain and review supporting documentation for each contribution and recalculate totals.
### 9. In-Kind
a. Compare the in-kind recorded by the institution during the reporting period with a schedule of in-kind donations and recalculate totals.
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### 10. Compensation and Benefits Provided by a Third-Party
a. Obtain the summary of revenues from affiliated and outside organizations (the "Summary") as of the end of the reporting period from the institution and select a sample of funds from the Summary and compare each selection to supporting documentation, the institution's general ledger and/or the Summary and recalculate totals.
### 11. Media Rights
a. Obtain and inspect agreements to understand the institution's total media (broadcast, television, radio) rights received by the institution or through their conference offices as reported in the statement.
b. Compare and agree the media right revenues to a summary statement of all media rights identified, if applicable, and the institution's general ledger and recalculate totals. Ledger totals may be different for total conference distributions if media rights are not broken out separately.
### 12. NCAA Distributions
a. Compare the amounts recorded in the revenue and expense reporting to general ledger detail for NCAA distributions and other corroborative supporting documents and recalculate totals.
### 13. Conference Distributions and Conference Distributions of Football Bowl Generated Revenue (13 and 13A)
a. Obtain and inspect agreements related to the institution's conference distributions and participation in revenues from tournaments during the reporting period for relevant terms and conditions.
b. Compare and agree the related revenues to the institution's general ledger, and/or the statement and recalculate totals.
### 14. Program Sales, Concessions, Novelty Sales and Parking
a. Compare the amount recorded in the revenue reporting category to a general ledger detail of program sales, concessions, novelty sales and parking as well as any other corroborative supporting documents and recalculate totals.
### 15. Royalties, Licensing, Advertisements and Sponsorships
a. Obtain and inspect agreements related to the institution's participation in revenues
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from royalties, licensing, advertisements and sponsorships during the reporting period for relevant terms and conditions.
b. Compare and agree the related revenues to the institution's general ledger, and/or the statement and recalculate totals.
### 16. Sports Camp Revenues
a. Inspect sports camp contract(s) between the institution and person(s) conducting institutional sports-camps or clinics during the reporting period to obtain documentation of the institution's methodology for recording revenues from sports-camps.
b. Obtain schedules of camp participants and select a sample of individual camp participant cash receipts from the schedule of sports-camp participants and agree each selection to the institution's general ledger, and/or the statement and recalculate totals.
### 17. Athletics Restricted Endowment and Investment Income
a. Obtain and inspect endowment agreements (if any) for relevant terms and conditions.
b. Compare and agree the classification and use of endowment and investment income reported in the statement during the reporting period to the uses of income defined within the related endowment agreement and recalculate totals.
### 18. Other Operating Revenue
a. Perform minimum agreed-upon procedures referenced for all revenue categories and recalculate totals.
### 19. Football Bowl Revenues
a. Obtain and inspect agreements related to the institution's revenues from post-season football bowl participation during the reporting period to gain an understanding of the relevant terms and conditions.
b. Compare and agree the related revenues to the institution's general ledger, and/or the statement and recalculate totals.
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# MINIMUM AGREED-UPON PROCEDURES PROGRAM FOR EXPENSES
Following is a complete listing of the minimum agreed-upon procedures for expenses, by category, to be performed to the statement by the independent accountant. Before the commencement of fieldwork, the independent accountant should ensure that the amounts reported on the statement agree to the institution's general ledger.
Compare and agree each expense category reported in the statement during the reporting period to supporting schedules provided by the institution. If a specific reporting category is less than 4.0% of the total expenses, no procedures are required for that specific category.
- Compare and agree a sample of expenses obtained from the above operating expense supporting schedules to adequate supporting documentation.
- Compare each major expense account over 10% of the total expenses to prior period amounts and budget estimates. Obtain and document an explanation of any variations greater than 10%. Report the analysis as a supplement to the final Agreement-Upon procedures report.
### 20. Athletic Student Aid
a. Select a sample of students (10% of the total student-athletes for institutions who have used NCAA's Compliance Assistant (CA) software to prepare athletic aid detail, with a maximum sample size of 40, and 20% of total student-athletes for institutions who have not, with a maximum sample size of 60) from the listing of institutional student aid recipients during the reporting period. Data should be captured by the institution through the creation of a squad/eligibility list for each sponsored sport.
Note: The Division I revenue distribution equivalencies (athletic grant amount divided by the full grant amount) should only include tuition, fees, room, board and required course-related books, per Bylaw 20.02.7. Cost of Attendance or Other Expenses Related to Attendance are not countable for revenue distribution purposes. To access revenue distribution equivalencies within Compliance Assistant (CA), go to Reports > Standard Reports > Calculation of Revenue Distribution Equivalencies Report (CRDE).
b. Obtain individual student account detail for each selection and compare total aid in the institution's student system to the student's detail in CA or the institution report that ties directly to the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System.
c. Division I Institutions Only: Perform a check of each student selected to ensure their information was reported accurately in either the NCAA's CA software or entered directly into the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System using the following criteria:
The equivalency value for each student-athlete in all sports, including head count
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sports, needs to be converted to a full-time equivalency value. The full-time equivalency value is calculated using the athletic grant amount reported on the Calculation of Revenue Distribution Equivalencies Report (CRDE) from CA as the numerator and the full grant amount which is the total cost for tuition, fees, required course-related books, room and board for an academic year as the denominator. If using the NCAA CA software, this equivalency value will be calculated for you on the CRDE report labeled "Revenue Distribution Equivalent Award".
• Grants-in-aid is calculated by using the revenue distribution equivalencies by sport and in aggregate. (Athletic grant amount divided by the full grant amount).
Other expenses related to attendance (also known as cost of attendance) should not be included in grants-in-aid revenue distribution equivalencies. Only tuition, fees, room, board, and course-related books are countable for grants-in-aid revenue distribution per Bylaw 20.02.10). Note: for compliance purposes equivalencies may include other expenses related to attendance per Bylaw 15.02.2, however these expenses are not allowed to be included for revenue distribution equivalencies.
- Full grant amount should be entered as a full year of tuition, not a semester or quarter.
- Student-athletes are to be counted once, regardless of multiple sport participation, and should not receive a revenue distribution equivalency greater than 1.00.
- Athletics grants are valid for revenue distribution purposes only in sports in which the NCAA conducts championships competition, emerging sports for women and football bowl subdivision football.
• Grants-in-aid are valid for revenue distribution purposes in NCAA sports that do not meet the minimum contests and participants' requirements of Bylaw 20.10.6.3.
• Institutions providing grants to student-athletes listed on the CRDE as “Exhausted Eligibility (fifth-year)” or “Medical” receive credit in the grants-in-aid component.
- The athletics aid equivalency cannot exceed maximum equivalency limits. However, the total revenue distribution equivalency can exceed maximum equivalency limits due to exhausted eligibility and medical equivalencies (reference Bylaw 15.5.3.1).
- If a sport is discontinued and the athletic grant(s) are still being honored by the institution, the grant(s) are included in student-athlete aid for revenue distribution purposes.
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• All equivalency calculations should be rounded to two decimal places.
- If a selected student received a Pell Grant, ensure the value of the grant is not included in the calculation of equivalencies or the total dollar amount of student athletic aid expense for the institution.
- If a selected student received a Pell Grant, ensure the student’s grant was included in the total number and total dollar value of Pell Grants reported for Revenue Distribution purposes in the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System.
d. Recalculate totals for each sport and overall.
### 21. Guarantees
a. Obtain and inspect visiting institution's away-game settlement reports received by the institution during the reporting period and agree related expenses to the institution's general ledger and/or the statement and recalculate totals.
b. Obtain and inspect contractual agreements pertaining to expenses recorded by the institution from guaranteed contests during the reporting period. Compare and agree related amounts expensed by the institution during to the institution's general ledger and/or the statement and recalculate totals.
### 22. Coaching Salaries, Benefits, and Bonuses Paid by the University and Related Entities
a. Obtain and inspect a listing of coaches employed by the institution and related entities during the reporting period. Select a sample of coaches' contracts that must include football, and men's and women's basketball from the listing.
b. Compare and agree the financial terms and conditions of each selection to the related coaching salaries, benefits, and bonuses recorded by the institution and related entities in the statement during the reporting period.
c. Obtain and inspect payroll summary registers for the reporting year for each selection. Compare and agree payroll summary registers from the reporting period to the related coaching salaries, benefits and bonuses paid by the institution and related entities expense recorded by the institution in the statement during the reporting period.
d. Compare and agree the totals recorded to any employment contracts executed for the sample selected and recalculate totals.
### 23. Coaching Salaries, Benefits, and Bonuses Paid by a Third-Party
a. Obtain and inspect a listing of coaches employed by third parties during the reporting
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period. Select a sample of coaches' contracts that must include football, and men's and women's basketball from the listing.
b. Compare and agree the financial terms and conditions of each selection to the related coaching other compensation and benefits paid by a third party and recorded by the institution in the statement during the reporting period.
c. Obtain and inspect reporting period payroll summary registers for each selection. Compare and agree related payroll summary register to the coaching other compensation and benefits paid by a third-party recorded by the institution in the statement during the reporting period and recalculate totals.
### 24. Support Staff/Administrative Compensation, Benefits, and Bonuses Paid by the University and Related Entities
a. Select a sample of support staff/administrative personnel employed by the institution and related entities during the reporting period.
b. Obtain and inspect reporting period summary payroll register for each selection. Compare and agree related summary payroll register to the related support staff administrative salaries, benefits and bonuses paid by the institution and related entities expense recorded by the institution in the statement during the reporting period and recalculate totals.
### 25. Support Staff/Administrative Compensation, Benefits, and Bonuses Paid by a Third-Party
c. Select a sample of support staff/administrative personnel employed by the third parties during the reporting period.
d. Obtain and inspect reporting period payroll summary registers for each selection. Compare and agree related payroll summary registers to the related support staff administrative other compensation and benefits expense recorded by the institution in the statement during the reporting period and recalculate totals.
### 26. Severance Payments
a. Select a sample of employees receiving severance payments by the institution during the reporting period and agree each severance payment to the related termination letter or employment contract and recalculate totals.
### 27. Recruiting
a. Obtain documentation of the Institution's recruiting expense policies.
b. Compare and agree to existing institutional- and NCAA-related policies.
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c. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported and recalculate totals.
### 28. Team Travel
a. Obtain documentation of the Institution's team travel policies.
b. Compare and agree to existing institutional- and NCAA-related policies.
c. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported and recalculate totals.
### 29. Sports Equipment, Uniforms, and Supplies
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 30. Game Expenses
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 31. Fund Raising, Marketing and Promotion
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 32. Sports Camp Expenses
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 33. Spirit Groups
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 34. Athletic Facilities Debt Service, Leases and Rental Fees
a. Obtain a listing of debt service schedules, lease payments and rental fees for athletics
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facilities for the reporting year. Compare a sample of facility payments including the top two highest facility payments to additional supporting documentation (e.g., debt financing agreements, leases, rental agreements).
b. Compare amounts recorded to amounts listed in the general ledger detail and recalculate totals.
### 35. Direct Overhead and Administrative Expenses
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 36. Indirect Institutional Support
a. Tested with revenue section- Indirect Institutional Support.
### 37. Medical Expenses and Insurance
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 38. Memberships and Dues
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 39. Student-Athlete Meals (non-travel)
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 40. Other Operating Expenses
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 41. Football Bowl Expenses (41 and 41A)
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
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# ADDITIONAL MINIMUM AGREED-UPON PROCEDURES
In order for the NCAA to place reliance on the Division I financial reporting to calculate the Division I NCAA revenue distributions, which is a financial benefit to the institution, the following procedure are required:
### 1. Grants-in-Aid:
a. Compare and agree the sports sponsored reported in the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System to the Calculation of Revenue Distribution Equivalencies Report (CRDE) from Compliance Assistant (CA) or other report that supports the equivalency calculations from the institution. The NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System populates the sports from the NCAA Sports Sponsorship and Demographics Form as they are reported by the institution between May and August. If there is a discrepancy in the sports sponsored between the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System and the CRDE or other report that supports the equivalency calculations, inquire about the discrepancy and report the justification in the AUP report.
b. Compare current year Grants-in-Aid revenue distribution equivalencies to prior year reported equivalencies per the Membership Financial Report submission. Inquire and document an explanation for any variance great than +/- 4%.
### 2. Sports Sponsorship:
a. Obtain the institution’s Sports Sponsorship and Demographics Form submitted to NCAA Research for the reporting year. Validate that the countable NCAA sports reported by the institution met the minimum requirements, set forth in Bylaw 20.10.6.3, related to the number of contests and the number of participants. If the institution requested and/or received a waiver related to minimum contests or minimum participants for a sport, that sport would not qualify as a sponsored sport for the purposes of revenue distribution. Also, only sports in which the NCAA conducts championships competition, emerging sports for women and bowl subdivision football are eligible. Once the countable sports have been validated, ensure that the institution has properly reported these sports as countable for revenue distribution purposes within the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System. Note: Any discrepancies MUST be resolved within the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System prior to the report being submitted to the NCAA.
b. Compare current year number of Sports Sponsored to prior year reported total per the Membership Financial Report submission. Inquire and document an explanation for any variance.
### 3. Pell Grants:
a. Agree the total number of Division I student-athletes who, during the academic year, received a Pell Grant award (e.g. Pell Grant recipients on Full Athletic Aid, Pell Grant recipients on Partial Athletic Aid and Pell Grant recipients with no
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Athletic Aid) and the total dollar amount of these Pell Grants reported in the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System to a report generated out of the institutions financial aid records of all student-athlete Pell Grants. Note 1: Only Pell Grants for sports in which the NCAA conducts championships competition, emerging sports for women and bowl subdivision football are countable. Note 2: Student-athletes should only be counted once even if the athlete participates in multiple sports. Note 3: Individual student-aid file testing in step 31 above should tie any selected student athletes who received Pell Grants back to the report of all student athlete Pell Grants to test the completeness and accuracy of the report.
b. Compare current year Pell Grants total to prior year reported total per the Membership Financial Report submission. Inquire and document an explanation for any variance greater than +/- 20 grants.
## MINIMUM AGREED-UPON PROCEDURES PROGRAM FOR OTHER REPORTING ITEMS
Following is a complete listing of the minimum agreed-upon procedures for other reporting items, by category, to be performed to the statement by the independent accountant. Before the commencement of fieldwork, the independent accountant should ensure that the amounts reported on the statement agree to the institution's general ledger.
### 50. Excess Transfers to Institution
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 51. Conference Realignment Expenses
a. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
### 52. Total Athletics Related Debt
a. Obtain repayment schedules for all outstanding intercollegiate athletics debt during the reporting period. Recalculate annual maturities (consisting of principal and interest) provided in the schedules obtained.
b. Agree the total annual maturities and total outstanding athletic related to supporting documentation and the institution's general ledger, as applicable.
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### 53. Total Institutional Debt
a. Agree the total outstanding institutional debt to supporting documentation and the institution’s audited financial statements, if available, or the institution’s general ledger.
### 54. Value of Athletics Dedicated Endowments
a. Obtain a schedule of all athletics dedicated endowments maintained by athletics, the institution, and affiliated organizations. Agree the fair market value in the schedule(s) to supporting documentation, the general ledger(s) and audited financial statements, if available.
### 55. Value of Institutional Endowments
a. Agree the total fair market value of institutional endowments to supporting documentation, the institution's general ledger and/or audited financial statements, if available.
### 56. Total Athletics Related Capital Expenditures
a. Obtain a schedule of athletics related to capital expenditures made by athletics, the institution, and affiliated organizations during the reporting period, additions only.
b. Obtain general ledger detail and compare to the total expenses reported. Select a sample of transactions to validate existence of transaction and accuracy of recording and recalculate totals.
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## APPENDIX E | Independent Accountant's Report on Agreed-Upon Procedures
The independent accountant's report on agreed-upon procedures should be in the form of procedures and findings. The report should contain the following elements:
1. A title that includes the word "independent";
2. Identification of the specified parties;
3. Identification of the subject matter (or the written assertion related thereto), including the period and point in time addressed and a reference to the character of the engagement;
4. Identification of the responsible party;
5. A statement that the subject matter is the responsibility of the responsible party;
6. A statement that the procedures performed was those agreed to by the specified parties identified in the report;
7. For compliance-attestation engagements, a statement that the procedures, which were agreed to by the specified parties identified in the report, were performed to assist the specified parties in evaluating the entity's compliance with specified requirements or the effectiveness of its internal control over compliance;
8. A statement that the agreed-upon procedures engagement was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;
9. A statement that the sufficiency of the procedures is solely the responsibility of the specified parties and a disclaimer of responsibility for the sufficiency of those procedures;
10. A list of the procedures performed (or reference thereto) and related findings;
11. Where applicable, a description of any agreed-upon materiality limits;
12. A statement that the practitioner was not engaged to and did not conduct an examination of the subject matter, the objective of which would be the expression of an opinion, a disclaimer of opinion on the subject matter, and a statement that if the practitioner had performed additional procedures, other matters might have come to the practitioner's attention that would have been reported;
13. A statement of restrictions on the use of the report because it is intended to be used solely by the specified parties;
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14. Where applicable, reservations or restrictions concerning procedures or findings;
15. Where applicable, a description of the nature of the assistance provided by a specialist;
16. The manual or printed signature of the practitioner's firm and
17. The date of the report.
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## APPENDIX F | Common Questions and Answers
Q: Can an internal auditor of one member institution conduct the required independent audit for another member institution in the same state system?
A: Yes, provided the individual is an independent certified auditor and is not a staff member of that institution.
Q: Can a member institution seek an extension of the deadline for completion of the annual agreed-upon procedures?
A: No. NCAA legislation does not contain a provision under which the deadline may be extended or waived.
Q: Are agreed-upon procedures performed by the internal audit division of a state system of higher education considered independent?
A: Yes, since individuals who perform the work are employees of the state system reporting to the system’s director of internal audits, provided the internal audit division performs the minimum agreed-upon procedures in a manner consistent with NCAA agreed-upon procedures for each institution.
Q: Are there specific sanctions for noncompliance of the agreed-upon procedures?
A: As a Division I member failure to complete the required agreed-upon procedures during the period allotted would constitute a violation of NCAA Bylaw 3.2.4.17. The institution would be subject to the Association’s enforcement procedures and would need to contact the NCAA enforcement staff to report the circumstances of the violation, as well as any procedures the institution may have implemented to prevent a recurrence.
Q: How does a Division II institution satisfy the agreed-upon procedures requirement if the institution sponsors a sport(s) at the Division I level?
A: The NCAA Interpretations Committee determined during its June 30, 1993, conference call that a Division II member institution that sponsors a Division I sport(s) shall not be subject to agreed-upon procedures (Based on Division II legislative action August 2004) for the Division I sport(s). This interpretation supersedes the previous legislative staff interpretation of January 15, 1992.
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Q: Does an independent group or organization that does not constitute a booster organization by name only (e.g., alumni association, foundation) need to have its athletically related financial activities included in the institution’s financial audit (i.e., tested by the auditor and reported to the institutional auditor)?
A: Any agency or group of individuals (two or more) that has as its principal purpose the generation of moneys, goods or services for or on behalf of an intercollegiate athletics program should be included in the annual agreed-upon procedures.
Q: Once affiliated and outside organizations (e.g., independent groups, affiliated foundations), such as those that do not fall under the purview of direct institutional oversight, are identified, how is their financial data to be included in the agreed-upon procedures?
A: Either the organization’s statements of revenues and expenses should be procured or, if audited independently of the institution, agreed-upon procedures and any reports to management related to the internal control structure need to be obtained and reviewed. Also, a schedule of expenses by the affiliated and/or outside organization for or on behalf of the institution’s athletics program should be obtained and reconciled with the revenues recorded in the athletics program’s accounting records.
Q: What are the criteria used in compiling the total dollars generated for or on behalf of an athletics program?
A: An institution must disclose in a footnote to the statement of athletics department revenues and expenses contributions from any outside source (not included as an agency, organization or group as indicated in the NCAA agreed-upon procedures in the section entitled “organization of intercollegiate athletics programs”) that constitutes more than 10 percent of all contributions received (e.g., contributions by corporate sponsors). The source from which such funds are received also shall be disclosed in a footnote to the statement of revenues and expenses.
Q: For an institution with a fiscal year-end which would preclude a timely report, how can an exception be granted to report on the most recent fiscal year that is completed?
A: The institution should contact the NCAA Administrative Services group for guidance.
For a complete list of Common Questions and Answers, please reference the FAQ document located on the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System webpage within ncaa.org.
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## APPENDIX G | NCAA Online Financial Reporting Links
Helpful links and resources located on the Membership Financial Reporting System website:
- Logon to the NCAA Financial Reporting System (FRS).
• FY2023 Agreed-Upon Procedures.
• FRS Help Video.
• NCAA AUP and FRS FAQs.
• FY2023 FRS Supplemental Tool.
- List of key dates for FY2023 reporting.
- List of key resources and contacts.
- Single Source Sign-On (NCAA My Apps) Quick Start Guide and Users Guide.
If you need assistance in accessing the NCAA Membership Financial Reporting System, please contact your on-campus Single Source Sign-on (NCAA My Apps) administrator.