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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And who knows what NCAA rules a parent might be breaking by providing "gifts". Give my kid money for lunch? No problem. Give my kids teammate some money for lunch? Might be a problem? Provide some general snacks for all? Likely not a problem?

College kids do go "hungry" so while I earlier joked about Team Snacks earlier as a something that ends in Rec Sports there are some legitimate issues. I would personally be nervous about any possible NCAA rule violation though. So personally, I wouldn't mind giving my kid $100 when in town for a "single" meal. If they choose to "take a teammate" to dinner that is fine with me. [/quote]

You should always be nervous about NCAA rules, which is why it is important for these types of team meals and snacks to be coordinated with the school, but it is legal for parents to pay for meals for whole teams in general and for boosters to pay for meals in conjunction with competition away from the school.    
  
From the NCAA D3 Regulations manual (similar rules apply for D1 and D2):

16.11.1.5 Occasional Meals. A student-athlete or the entire team in a sport may receive an occasional meal from an institutional staff member or representative of the institution’s athletics interests under the following conditions: [R] (Revised: 1/10/92) 
(a) The occasional meal may be provided at any location in the locale of the institution; (Adopted: 1/10/92, Revised: 1/10/05, 1/9/06) 
(b) Meals must be restricted to infrequent and special occasions; and (Adopted: 1/10/92) 
(c) Institutional staff members and representatives of the institution’s athletics interests may provide transportation to student-athletes to attend such meals. (Adopted: 1/10/92, Revised: 1/10/95, 1/9/06)

16.11.1.5.1 Meal Provided by Representative of Athletics Interests—Outside Locale of Institution. A representative of the institution’s athletics interests may pay for or provide a meal to a student athlete or team outside of the locale of the institution as long as the meal is in conjunction with, or en route to or from, an away-from-home contest. [R] (Adopted: 7/21/09)

16.11.1.6 Occasional Meals Provided by the Relative of a Student-Athlete. A student-athlete or a team may receive an occasional meal provided by the relative of a student-athlete at any location. (Adopted: 7/21/09)

Now obviously, if I were the parent of a college athlete, I would still think it would be wise to check/coordinate with the school officials before providing a meal to the team.  [/quote]

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