2015 ncaa regional rules seminars meals deregulation: optimizing how we feed student-athletes for...

2015 NCAA Regional Rules Seminars

Meals Deregulation: Optimizing How We Feed Student-Athletes for Recovery and Performance

Thursday, May 14, 2015 8:00 to 9:00 A.M.

Outline

1. Rationale

2. Legislation related to meals

3. Practical application

4. Discussion

Mission: To promote and develop safety, excellence, and wellness in college student-athletes, and to foster life-long physical and mental development

Rationale for Deregulation

Permit an institution to provide meals and snacks to all student-athletes (scholarship and nonscholarship) at its discretion as a benefit incidental to participation in intercollegiate athletics.

Rationale for Deregulation

Help ensure that all student-athletes' nutritional needs are met incidental to practice and other activities.

Rationale for Deregulation

These additional meals and snacks are intended to provide flexibility to meet the student-athletes' nutritional needs and to alleviate administrative burdens related to accounting for such benefits.

The ability to provide meals and snacks to student-athletes as the institution deems appropriate allows for the freedom to support the ongoing message that sports registered dietitians provide: “food as fuel”

DI Legislation Related to Meals

Maximum Meal Plan (Proposal No. 2013-28)

• Financial aid may include a board allowance that consists of three meals per day or the institution's maximum meal plan that is available to all students, whichever is greater.

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DI Legislation Related to Meals

Meals Incidental to Practice Activities and Noncompetitive Events and Snacks at Any Time (Proposal No. 2013-31-A)

• Institution may provide meals to student-athletes incidental to practice activities during the playing season and while representing the institution in noncompetitive events.

• Institution may provide snacks to student-athletes at any time.

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DI Legislation Related to Meals

Meals Incidental to Practice Activities and Noncompetitive Events and Snacks at Any Time (Proposal No. 2013-31-B)

• Institution may provide meals to student-athletes at any time as a benefit incidental to participation.

• Institution may provide snacks to student-athletes at any time.

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DII Legislation Related to Meals

Meals and Snacks Incidental to Participation (Division II Proposal No. 2015-13)• Intent: To specify that an institution may

provide meals and snacks to student-athletes as a benefit incidental to participation in intercollegiate athletics.– Effective: August 1, 2015

DII Legislation Related to Meals

15.2.2.1.7 Meals and Snacks Incidental to Participation

• The cost of meals and snacks provided as benefits incidental to participation in intercollegiate athletics need not be deducted from a student-athlete's board allowance. Such meals and snacks also may be received by a student-athlete who is not receiving athletically related financial aid as a benefit incidental to athletics participation

DII Legislation Related to Meals

16.5.1 Housing and Meals

• (b) Preseason Practice Expenses. – The institution may provide the cost of room and board to

student-athletes who report for preseason practice before the start of the academic year, it being understood that the student-athletes have been accepted for admission to the institution at the time such benefits are received.

DII Legislation Related to Meals

16.5.1 Housing and Meals

• (c) Meals and Snacks Incidental to Participation.– An institution may provide meals and snacks to

student-athletes as a benefit incidental to participation in intercollegiate athletics. An institution shall not provide student-athletes with a meal or snack and cash for the same meal or snack.

DII Legislation Related to Meals

16.5.1 Housing and Meals

• (c)-(1) Cash for Missed Meal Due to Practice Activities. – An institution may provide to a student-athlete the cash

equivalent of a meal missed due to practice activities only if he or she has previously paid for the meal (either individually or through the board element of a scholarship).

DII Legislation Related to Meals

16.5.1 Housing and Meals

• (c)-(2) Meals or Snacks in Conjunction With Competition. – For both home and away-from-home competitions, all student-athletes are

permitted to receive a pregame meal as a benefit incidental to participation and all student-athletes are permitted to receive a meal(s) or snack(s) [or cash in the amount equal to the cost of a meal(s) or snack(s)] at the institution's discretion from the time the student-athlete reports on call (at the direction of the student-athlete's coach or comparable authority) and becomes involved in competition-related activities to the end of competition and the release by the appropriate institutional authority, as a benefit incidental to participation.

Nutritional Supplements

Note:

• Nutritional supplement products are not addressed under NCAA rules in the same manner as food,

• And the regulation of them should not be confused with deregulation of meals and snacks.

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16.5.2.g (16.5.1.h) Nutritional Supplements • Permissible legislation proposed by PAC 10 in 1999:

– to limit use of muscle-building supplement products– to replace calories and fluids lost through athletics participation

• Permissible supplements fall within one of four categories:– Carb/electrolyte drinks (Gatorade, Powerade)– Carb boosters (ensure, boost)– Energy bars (no more than 30% calories from protein)– Vitamins and minerals

• May not contain banned substances or impermissible ingredients.

• Fruits, nuts and bagels are not nutritional supplements.

NCAA Position on Supplements• Athletes ingest a sufficient

amount or protein without supplements

• Vitamins and minerals needs can be met via eating a variety of foods

• Concerned about lack of regulation– Poor labeling– Impurities

• Staffed by Drug Free Sport• Provides authoritative info on supplements,

medications and banned drugs• 877-202-0769• www.drugfreesport.com/rec

– Passwords: ncaa1, ncaa2, ncaa3

Resource Exchange Center

Practical Application“The best approach to fueling for performance and health is to rely on real food, maintaining hydration and avoiding substances that detract from nutritional status (e.g. alcohol).”

NCAA RULE CHANGE: OPTIMIZING HOW WE FEED ATHLETES FOR PERFORMANCE AND RECOVERY

A L L I S O N M A U R E R , M S , R D , C S S D , C S C S

S P O R T S D I E T I T I A N , U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E N N E S S E E

V I C E P R E S I D E N T A N D T R E A S U R E R , C O L L E G I A T E A N D P R O F E S S I O N A L S P O R T S D I E T I T I A N S A S S O C I A T I O N

YOUR FIRST EMOTION …

Excitement

THEN …

Frustration

THEN …

Irritation

THEN …

Confusion

FUELIN

G YOUR A

THLE

TES

DO YOUR HOMEWORK

Put information on paper before you begin meeting with decision makers

Think through the following:1. What would work for you?2. What makes sense financially?3. What are other schools doing?4. What would staffing look like?5. How much extra time and labor would that take?

WHAT WOULD WORK FOR YOU?

Starting Small Add breakfast

Example: Chocolate milk and PBJ for All student-athletes Football only, etc …

Provide snacks Examples: Pretzels with peanut butter,

trail mix Know the timing of your training table meal

WHAT MAKES SENSE FINANCIALLY?

Look at your costs Example:

Chocolate milk- $0.23 per half pint PBJ-$0.31 per sandwich

Consider piggy-back off your dining hall Better pricing for bulk orders Split costs on some items

Make trade-offs Look for products that have been grandfathered in or items that just a couple

athletes use

WHAT IS THE STAFFING PLAN?

A staffing plan plays an integral role

Example: Two interns will make sandwiches and distribute with chocolate milk

daily from 7-9:30 a.m. at a specific location Interns will cross names off the roster as they grab breakfast

Make recommendations that are feasible for your setting

HOW MUCH EXTRA TIME AND LABOR?

Students want to be involved Enlist four extra students to volunteer for three hours a day Find out if you have an undergraduate nutrition department Free labor is awesome and administration can’t argue the price!

PRESENT YOUR PLAN

Get all necessary parties in the same room Compliance Operations Strength and conditioning Nutrition Administration

Don’t get opinions/feedback/suggestions from coaches before you present

IMPL

EMENTATI

ON AT

TENNESSEE

PUTTING IT IN ACTION

Planned ahead Knew the rule was going in effect so we started planning in April

Coordinated meetings With administrators, compliance and myself Discussed what was possible:

Budget: how much did we want to spend Staffing: nutrition staff, training table staff Who is included (coaches, staff as well or just SA’s)

PUTTING IT IN ACTION

Determined food and supplements to sacrifice All chocolate coated bars ($1.00 per bar) Some other products that were losing popularity (range of $0.83-

$1.00 each) Shakes that were >$1.00 each

Added more of what I wanted More milk ($0.23 per half pint) Popcorn chips ($0.40) per bag Greek yogurt ($1.00 per serving)

PUTTING IT IN ACTION

Product Sport Order Date Total Costfruit all 7/8/2014 $154.80fruit all 7/7/2014 $282.90fruit all 7/9/2014 $283.40fruit all 7/10/2014 $107.40fruit all 7/11/2014 $241.30fruit all 7/14/2014 $398.80fruit all 7/15/2014 $183.00fruit all 7/16/2014 $183.40fruit all 7/17/2014 $198.80fruit all 7/23/2014 $104.00fruit all 7/22/2014 $349.80fruit all 7/28/2014 $310.80fruit all 7/30/2014 $242.90fruit all 7/31/2014 $120.50TOTAL $3,161.80

Document Everything! • Shows initiative• Good student responsibility• Helps keep you aware of your spending• Helps you compare from year to year and

month to month

Product Sport Order DateTotal Costmilk all 7/8/2014

$150.50milk all 7/15/2014

$177.91milk all 7/24/2014

$43.35milk all 7/18/2014

$77.90TOTAL

$449.66

milk all 8/1/2014$85.52

milk all 8/20/2014$133.59

milk all 8/27/20014$59.21

TOTAL$278.32

RESULT

Still pretty early to tell, however: MUCH less money spent on supplement bars More dairy products available, good variety of snacks With morning snack, less money spent on PBJ and fruit Coaches are happy with changes, as small as they may be

WORKING WITH A SPORTS DIETITIAN

THE ROLE OF THE SPORTS DIETITIAN

Create a program that works efficiently and effectively for all teams

Sports nutrition is not just a job. It’s a program to add to your athletic department.

Determine the needs of each teamCreate a message so that everyone

speaks the same languageEducate athletes

Research best products and prices for your student-athletes

THE ROLE OF THE SPORTS RD

Collaborate with Strength and Conditioning and Sports Medicine to determine how best deregulation can positively impact the department

Serve as the main contact with training table and the liaison between Strength and Conditioning, Administration, Sports Medicine and the training table staff

WORKING TOGETHER

Breakfast club

Weigh-in’s

Body composition testing

Training table

Fueling station/supplements

Medical nutrition therapy

ABOUT CPSDA

Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association

Sports dietitians ensure quality care by making sure athletes are well nourished, properly refueled after exercise to speed full recovery and well educated about the life-long benefits of making wise nutrition choices. 

CPSDA strives to close the circle of care around athletes by advocating for full-time sports dietetic positions to develop, manage and effectively operate all nutrition-related function for athletic and military programs.

www.sportsrd.org

Contact

Allison MaurerSports DietitianUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxvilleamaurer1@utk.edu@BigOrangeFuel

Contact

Latrice Sales, MS, CSCSAssociate Director, Sport Science Institutelsales@ncaa.orgwww.NCAA.org/SSI @NCAA_SSI