The phrase "athletic rules" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the regulations or guidelines that govern sports or athletic competitions.
Example: "Before participating in the tournament, all athletes must familiarize themselves with the athletic rules to ensure fair play."
Alternatives: "sports regulations" or "competition guidelines".
dropped Mathieu from its team on Friday for an unspecified violation of athletic department rules.
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON--Suspended men's basketball C James Felton indefinitely for an undisclosed violation of athletic department rules.
In addition, the IFC judicial committee found SAE guilty of violating their dean's office suspension and athletic department rules by contacting freshmen over the summer.
This practice has given way to 20- and 30-page employment contracts that require a working knowledge of state and federal employment law, income taxation, and a host of esoteric N.C.A.A. and athletic conference rules and procedures.
The athletic scholarship rules of those conferences require the colleges to report test scores.
Odighizuwa is coming off a one-game suspension for violating unspecified athletic department rules.
Jamabo's role as a ballcarrier has diminished in each of the three games since he returned from a two-game suspension for violating unspecified athletic department rules.
Defensive back Mo Osling and defensive linemen Osa Odighizuwa and Moses Robinson-Carr practiced after being suspended for the Bruins' season opener for unspecified violations of athletic department rules.
Huffington Post Associate Editor Adam Rose went on ESPN this afternoon to discuss the ways in which the University of Southern California is responding to sanctions imposed on it by the NCAA earlier this year for violating athletic recruitment rules.
Tailback Soso Jamabo, who's eligible to return from a two-game suspension for an unspecified violation of athletic department rules, did not appear to be at practice Monday.
