Sports Lawyer Elevated to Director of Compliance and Student-Athlete Affairs at Temple

Nicole Repetto, who has spent over a year and a half as Assistant Director of Compliance and Student-Athlete Affairs, has been promoted to Director of Compliance and Student-Athlete Affairs, announced Temple University Executive Senior Associate AD/Compliance and Student Affairs Kristy Bannon.

Repetto joined Temple Athletics in December 2021 as an Assistant Director of Compliance and Student-Athlete Affairs. In this role, she served as the athletics liaison to residential life where she coordinated all student-athlete room and board needs. Repetto monitored and approved all official and unofficial visits and oversaw eligibility tracking.

Prior to coming to Temple, she served as a Grants and Contracts Analyst at Geisinger Clinic following a Postgraduate Internship for Enforcement with the NCAA from June 2019 – May 2020.

While with the NCAA, Repetto received, reviewed, and processed self-reported violations from institutions and conferences as well as drafted letters of inquiry to institutions to determine whether a violation occurred. Repetto also provided case support to investigations and monitored the web for information related to ongoing cases.

Prior to her time at the NCAA, Repetto served as a legal intern with the Ohio State University from May 2017 – June 2019 while obtaining a law degree. While with the Buckeyes, she performed duties including but not limited to aiding in community education efforts including canvassing businesses, dealerships, and real estate agencies/landlords to help educate them on NCAA and Big Ten rules, creating materials to distribute to the community, boosters, student-athletes, coaches, and staff to educate on common NCAA violations, drafting various NCAA waivers, reporting infractions and violations to the NCAA, completing transcript evaluations for prospective, transfer, and international student-athletes, and assisting in the verification process of student-athletes’ employment.

Repetto earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Sport Management from Eastern Michigan in April of 2016, and served as an athletic compliance intern from January – June of 2016. Prior to her internship, she was the Manager of Football Operations for the Eagles’ football program from May – December of 2015.