Jim, With respect to your concerns about NCAA regulations and their interpretation... A couple of years ago Cornell's associate director of athletics, Betsy East, met with the board of directors of the Cornell Hockey Boosters Association to discuss this exact subject. She prepared a summary of her talk, in question and answer format, which we published in the CHBA's newsletter. If I can find an electronic version of that information (problematical at the moment, as I just moved into a new house and most of what I own is in cardboard boxes at the moment) and upload it to the mailing list in some reasonable fashion, I will. It won't be for a couple of days at least, though. A couple of questions that I can answer right off the bat....NCAA regulations apply to what they call "athletic representatives," a murky term which includes the obvious--employees of a member university's athletic department--but also includes the non-obvious-- anyone who has ever made any kind of contribution to any athletic program, for example. In the case you brought up of the mythical "Brad", a fellow student buying "Brad" a beer may be violating state liquor laws (if either he/she or "Brad" is under 21), but not NCAA regulations, as the student is not considered an "athletic representative." If an "athletic representative" were to buy "Brad" a beer or have "him" over to dinner, that would in all likelihood constitute a technical violation of NCAA regulations. It's an extremely messy subject for which there are no clear answers. Hope this helps, at least a little. Betsy East's information will help a lot more, if only I can find it. Arthur