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6 January 2014 

REDACTED OREGOn 

Dear Brandon, 

Financial assistance for you has been approved by the Office of Student Financial Aid of the University of Oregon. 

This assistance is dependent (I) upon your meeting admission and financial aid requirements of the University of 

Oregon, and (2) upon your meeting at the time of your admissfon all applicable eligibilily rules of the National 

Collegiate Athletic Association and the Pac-12 Conference. 

If you enroll, you will receive this assistance for two (2) quarters, commencing with the first day of classes Winter 

quarter of the 2013-14 academic year, and such assistance shall consist of the following: 

Full athletic scholarship consisting of tuition and compulsory fees, a subsistence ga·ant covering the cost of 

room and board at campus rates, and the provision of required course-related books. 

lf you receive other countable aid that increases the value of the equivalency (listed above) cou11tiog toward NCAA 

team financial aid limitations, your athletics scholarship or other countable aid may be reduced or cancelled to 

maintain compliance with applicable NCAA regulations. If your athletics aid is less than the amount of your other 

countable aid, you may decline your athletics aid. Failure lo adhere to University of Oregon, Athletic Department 

or team rules may result in immediate tennination of athletics aid. 

This assistance will be considered for renewal during subsequent periods of attendance as long as you are a student 

in good standing, maintain normal progress toward graduation and are in compliance with all eligibility 

requirements of this institution, the Pac-12 Conforence and the NCAA. This assistance may be changed or 

terminated only in accordance with the legislation of the NCAA, principal details of which appear on the back of 

this statement. 

Please indicate your acceptance of this financial assistance by signing both copies in the space indicated below and 

retuming one of them immediately to the address indicated on this letterhead. Please retain one original copy for 

your records. 

Sincerely, � 

Rob Mullens Or-ttw-v.> {]/) � 

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Director of Athletics Director of Student Financial A id 

1 have read and I understand this offer of financial assistance. I have read and understand additionally the NCAA regulations ns set 

forth on the back of this sh1temcnt. 

(Parent's Signature) (Signature of Prospective Student-Athlete) 

(Date Signed) 

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EXHIBIT A - Page 1 of 2 

Declaration of Lisa Thornton in Support 

of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss 

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The following arc excerpts from Bylaw 15 (Financial Aid) of the 2013-14 NCAA Manual: 

15.0J.2 Improper Financial Aid. AJiy student-athlete who receives financial aid other than that pcnnittcd by the Association shall no·t be eligible for intercollegiate 

athletics. 

15.1.1 Exc eption for Pell Grant. A student-athlete who receives a Pell Grant may receive financial aid equivalent to the limitation set forth in Bylaw 15.1 or the value 

of a full grant-in-aid plus the Pell Grant, whichever is greater. 

15.2.8 Summer Financial Aid. Summer financial aid may be awarded only to attend the awarding institution's summer term, summer school or sum.mer-orientation 

program, provided tile following conditions are met: 

(a) The student has been in residence a minimum of one tenn during the regular academic year; 

(b) The student is attending a summer lerm, summer school or summer-orientation program and financial aid is administered pursuant to Bylaw 15.2.8.1.2, 

15.2.8.1.3 or 15.2.8.1.4; or 

(c) The student is a two-year or a four-year college transfer student and is receiving aid to attend the awarding institution's summer-orientation program. 

15.2.8.1 General Stipulations:. A student-athlete who is eligible for institutional financial aid during the summer is not required to be enrolled in a minimum 

full-time program of studies. However, the student-athlete may not receive financial aid U1at exceeds the cost of attendance in that summer tem1. A studentathlete may receive institutional financial aid based on athletics ability (per Bylaw 15.02.4. I) and educational expenses awarded (per Bylaw 15.2.<i.4) up to 

the value of a full grant-in-aid, plus any other financial aid up to the cost of attendance. 

15.3 Terms and Conditions of Awarding Institutional Financial Aid. 

15.3. 1 Eligibility of Student-Athletes for Financial Aid. lnstilutional financial aid may be awarded for any term during which a student-athlete is in 

regular attendance as an undergraduate with eligibility remaining under Bylaw 14.2, or as a graduate eligible under Bylaw 14.1.8. 

15.3.2.1 Physical Condition of Student-Athlete. Financial aid awarded to a prospective student-athlete may not be conditioned on the recipient reporting in 

satisfactory physical condition. If a student-athlete has been accepted for admission and awarded financial aid, the institution shall be committed for the 

tenn of the original award, even if the student-athlete's physical condition prevents him or her from participating in intercollegiate athletics. 

15.3.3 Pel'iod of Institutional Financial Aid Aw ard. 

15.3.3.1 Period of Award. lf a student's athletics ability is considered in any degree in awarding financial aid, such aid shall neither be awarded 

for a period less tnan one academic year nor for a period that would exceed the student's five-year period of eligibility (see Bylaws 14.2 and 

15.01.5). One year grants-in-aid shall be: awarded (as set forth in the written statement per Bylaw 15.3.2.3) in equal amounts for each tenn of the 

academic year. 

15.3.4 Reduction or Cancellation During Period of Awnrd. 

15.3.4.1 Increase Permitted. Institutional financial aid may be increased for any reason at any time. 

15.3.4.2 Reduction or Cancellation Permitted. Institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability may be reduced or canceled 

during the per iod of the award if the recipient: 

(a) Renders himself or herself ineligible for intercollegiate competition; 

(b) Fraudulently misrepresents any information on an application, letter of intent or financial aid agreement; 

(c) Engages in serious misconduct warranting substantial disciplinary penalty; or 

(d) Voluntarily (on his or her own initiative) withdraws from a sport at any tame for personal reasons; however, the recipient's 

financial aid may not be awarded to another student-athlete in the academic tenn in which the aid was reduced or canceled. A studcntathlete's request for written pcnnission to contact another four-year collegiate institution regarding a possible transfer does not 

constitute a voluntary withdrawal. 

15.3.4.2.1 Timing of Reduction or Cancellation. AJiy reduction or cru1cellation of aid dur ing the period of the award may occur only 

after the student-athlete has been provided an opportunity for a hearing per Bylaw 15.3.2.4. 

15.3.4.2.2 Nonnthleticnlly Uelnted Conditions. An institutional financial aid agreement may imclude nonathletically related 

conditions (e.g., compliance with academics policies or standards, compliance with athletics department mies or policies) by which 

the aid may be reduced or canceled during the period of the award. 

15.3.4.2.3 Frnudulent Mim�p1·esentalion. If a student-athlete is awarded institutional financial aid on the basis of declaring intention 

to participate in a particular sport by signing a letter of intent, application or tender, action on the part of the grantee not to participate 

(either by not reporting for practice or after making only token appearances as determined by the institution) would constitute 

fraudulent misrepresentation of information on the grantee's application, letter of intent or financial aid agreement and would permit 

the institution to cancel or reduce the financial aid. 

15.3.4.2.4 Miscondu ct. An institution may cancel or reduce the financial aid of a student-athlete who is found to have engaged in 

misconduct by the university's regular student disciplinary authority, even if the loss-of-aid requirement does not apply to the student 

body in general. 

15.3.4.2.5 Release ofObligatfion lo Provide Athletically Related Financial Aid- One Year Award. Before becoming a counter for 

an academic year pursuant to a one-year grant-in-aid, if a prospective student-athlete or student-athlete is awarded institutional 

financial aid unrelated to athletics that is of equal or greater value than his or her signed award of athletically related financial aid, the 

prospective student-athlete or student-athlete may, on his or her initiative, release the institution of its obligation to provide the 

athletically related financial aid. 

15.3.4.3 Reduction or Cancellation Not Permitted. lnstitutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability may not be reduced or 

canceled during the period of its award: (a) On t.he basis of a student-athlete's athletics ability, performance or contribution to a team's success; 

(b) Because of an injury, illness, or physical or mental medical condition (except as pem1itted pursuant to Bylaw I S.3.4.2); or (c) For any other 

athletics reason. 

15.3.4.3-1 Athletically Related Condition Prohibition. An institution may not set forth an athletically related condition (e.g., 

financial aid contingent upo11 specified perfonnance or playing a specific position) that would permit the institution to reduce or 

cancel the student-athlete's financial aid during the period of the award if the conditions are not satisfied. 

15.3.4.3.2 Decrease Not Permitted. An institution may not decrease a prospective student-athlete's or a student-athlete's financial aid 

from the time the prospective sludent-athlete or student-athlete signs the financial aid award letter until lhe conclusion of the period set 

forth in the financial aid agreement, except under the conditions set forth in Bylaw 15.3.4.2. 

15.3.5 Renewals and Nonrencwals. 

15.3.5.1 Cnstitutional Obligation. The renewal of institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability shall be made on or before 

July I prior to the academic year in which it is to be effective. The institution shall promptly notify in writing each student-athlete who received 

an award the previous academic year and who has eligibility remaining in the sport in which financial aid was awarded the previous academic 

year (under Bylaw 14.2) whether the grant has been renewed or not' renewed for the ensuing academic year. Notification of financial aid 

renewals and nonremewals must come from the institution's regular financial aid authority and not from the institution's athletics department. 

EXHIBIT A - Page 2 of 2 

Declaration of Lisa Thornton in Support 

of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss 

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