NCAA RETIREMENT PLAN Contribution & Employer Match

How NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Supports Your Retirement Savings

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION provides retirement savings benefits through NCAA RETIREMENT PLAN. Understanding your employer’s contribution structure is essential — it directly affects how quickly your retirement nest egg grows. Below you will find the plan’s average account values and contribution patterns based on publicly filed data.

* Data are from public filings.

Are You Leaving Dollars on the Table?

If you are not contributing enough to capture the maximum employer match, you are literally turning down part of your compensation. For many plans, this can mean thousands of dollars per year in lost employer contributions — money that would compound over decades.

Use the policy details and calculator below to find out exactly how much you need to contribute to capture every dollar of employer matching.

NCAA RETIREMENT PLAN Contribution & Match Policy

1. Employee Contribution Rates: Participants are not required nor are they permitted to contribute to the Plan.

2. Employer Match/Contribution Conditions: The NCAA contributes to the Plan an amount equal to 10% of each participant’s eligible compensation.

3. Vesting Schedule/Eligibility: Vesting occurs primarily upon attainment of age 65 or according to the following schedule:

4. – Less than 2 years: 0%

5. – 2 years: 20%

6. – 3 years: 40%

7. – 4 years: 60%

8. – 5 years: 80%

9. – 6 years: 100%

10. Eligibility requires employees to have been employed for at least six months.