For certainty, CKM Sports Management does not:
(a) provide legal advice;
(b) represent or negotiate on behalf of its Clients;
(c) communicate with or act as an intermediary in discussions with educational institutions, coaches or professional sports organizations on behalf of the Client, unless it is merely to distribute objective personal information (e.g., high school academic and athletics records, physical statistics) as permitted by the narrow exception afforded by NCAA 2011-2012 Division I Manual Bylaw 12 (“Bylaw 12”);
(d) provide its Clients or its Clients’ friends or families with any:
(i) preferential treatment, benefits or services because of the Clients’ athletics reputations or skills or pay-back potential as professional athletes;
(ii) direct or indirect salary, gratuity or comparable compensation;
(iii) educational expenses;
(iv) division or split of surplus;
(v) cash, or the equivalent thereof (e.g., trust fund), as an award for participation in competition;
(vi) pay for participation in competition that involves the use of overall athletics skill;
(vii) payment, including actual and necessary expenses, conditioned on the Clients’ or Clients’ teams’ places of finish or performances or given on an incentive basis, or receipt of expenses in excess of the same reasonable amount for permissible expenses given to all individuals or team members involved in the competition;
(viii) payment to its Clients for unspecified or unitemized expenses beyond actual and necessary travel, room and board expenses for practice and competition;
(ix) financial assistance, including temporary financial assistance, to its Clients or its Clients’ friends or families; or
(x) transportation to its Clients or its Clients’ friends or families unless CKM is fairly compensated or the transportation is in connection with the Services for which fees are paid;
(e) publish promotional materials or highlight videos for public consumption about its Clients, on CKM’s website or otherwise;
(f) sell any highlight videos produced for its Clients by CKM;
(g) involve its Clients in or cause its Clients to be involved in advertisements or promotional activities; or
(h) undertake any action or omit to take any action that may jeopardize its Clients’ eligibility under Bylaw 12.