Process for the Division I Board of Directors to consider Legislation in January

In November, the Division I Management Council Legislative Review Subcommittee (LRS) reviewed all legislative proposals in the 2007-08 cycle to assist the Management Council as it readies for its initial review of legislation in January. As part of its charge, LRS recommends whether proposals should receive support to move straight to the Board of Directors for adoption in January; be defeated, or be sent out for comment and further consideration in April.

This year, of the 104 legislative proposals in the cycle, the LRS is recommending that 46 proposals receive the requisite two-thirds support to move straight to the Board of Directors in January for adoption (categories a. and b.), that another 40 proposals be defeated (category c.) and that the remaining proposals be sent out for membership comment (category d.). The report that follows is organized into these four categories:

a. Proposals recommended to go straight to the Board by virtue of being considered as part of the Management Council’s consent package.

b. Proposals recommended to go straight to the Board for consideration.

c. Proposals recommended for defeat.

d. Proposals to be forwarded to the membership for further review and comment.

Prior to the Board’s January meeting, we encourage you to review those proposals that are being recommended for immediate adoption to ensure that you are comfortable voting to approve this legislation. We will communicate this same information to your conference office in order to ensure that you are advised of any conference concerns. We expect that many, if not all, of these proposals will be presented to you in January for adoption.

It also is likely that some additional proposals will receive two-thirds support, which will result in Board consideration in January as well. We will make sure that you are apprised of this grouping.

1. LRS Recommendations based on the subcommittee’s positions.

A. Proposals recommended to be considered as a consent package.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Mootnicity
2006-121 Page 146	PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- WOMEN'S SOCCER -- FIRST CONTEST OR DATE OF COMPETITION	To specify that in years in which the date of the first permissible contest in men's soccer results in 12 weeks between that date and the start of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, the date for the first permissible contest in women's soccer shall be the Friday prior to the 12th weekend prior to the start of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, except that an alumni contest may be played the previous weekend.	Approve and forward to the NCAA Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-19 Page 26	PERSONNEL -- LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER AND DUTIES OF COACHES -- REPLACEMENT FOR NATIONAL OR OLYMPIC TEAM COACHES	To specify that an institution may replace, on a temporary or limited basis, a coach who takes a leave of absence to participate on or coach the national team or Olympic team of another nation.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-21 Page 29	AMATEURISM -- GENERAL REGULATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES -- PRIOR TO COLLEGIATE ENROLLMENT -- PERMISSIBLE EXPENSES OR SERVICES	To specify that a prospective student-athlete may receive educational expenses or services related to tutoring and standardized test preparatory classes from any individual or entity other than an agent, professional sports teams/organization or a representative of an institution's athletics interests, provided such expenses are disbursed directly to the individual, organization, or educational institution providing the educational service.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-22 Page 30	AMATEURISM -- GENERAL REGULATIONS -- PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, BENEFITS OR SERVICES -- RESTITUTION	To specify that for violations of the preferential treatment legislation in which the value of the benefit is $100 or less, the eligibility of the individual shall not be affected, conditioned on the individual repaying the value of the benefit to a charity of his or her choice; further, to specify that the individual shall remain ineligible from the time the institution has knowledge of receipt of the impermissible benefit until the individual repays the benefit.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-27 Page 43	AMATEURISM -- PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES -- SCHEDULE CARDS -- DE MINIMIS VIOLATION	To specify that a violation involving schedule cards shall be considered an institutional violation; however, such a violation shall not affect the student-athlete's eligibility.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.	Rendered moot by the adoption of Proposal No.2007-26.
2007-45 Page 82	RECRUITING -- PRINTED RECRUITING MATERIALS -- EXPRESS MAIL SERVICES -- PRE-ENROLLMENT INFORMATION	To permit an institution to use express mail delivery services to provide necessary pre-enrollment information to a prospective student-athlete, provided he or she has signed a National Letter of Intent or institutional financial aid agreement or has been officially accepted for enrollment.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-51 Page 92	RECRUITING -- PUBLICITY -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALL SIGNINGS -- CELEBRATORY FUNCTIONS	To permit an institution to conduct one formal press conference to announce the signed commitments of prospective student-athletes and to permit coaching staff members to attend functions designed to celebrate the institution's signees in the applicable sport and discuss prospective student-athletes who have signed commitments to attend the institution, including discussions with working media, provided the institution previously has released communications of the prospective student-athletes' commitments to attend the institution to media outlets.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-56 Page 102	ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- MEN'S LACROSSE -- NO LACROSSE EVALUATIONS IN JANUARY, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER	In men's lacrosse, to specify that lacrosse evaluations are not permissible from the day after the first Sunday in January through Martin Luther King Jr. Day and from September 1 through October 31; further, to revise the men's lacrosse recruiting calendar, as specified.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-59 Page 106	ELIGIBILITY -- CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY -- INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY -- DE MINIMIS VIOLATION	To specify that a violation in which the institution fails to certify a student-athlete's eligibility prior to allowing him or her to represent the institution in intercollegiate competition shall be considered an institutional violation per NCAA Constitution 2.8.1; however, such a violation shall not affect the student-athlete's eligibility, provided all the necessary information to certify the student-athlete's eligibility was available to the institution and the student-athlete otherwise would have been eligible for competition.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-62 Page 114	ELIGIBILITY -- SEASON-OF-COMPETITION WAIVER -- COMPETITION WHILE ELIGIBLE -- CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION -- THREE EVENTS OR 30 PERCENT	To increase the maximum number of contests or dates of competition in which a student-athlete may participate in a season and remain eligible for a season-of-competition waiver to three events or 30 percent of the institution's scheduled or completed events in his or her sport.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-63 Page 116	ELIGIBILITY -- FRESHMAN ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS -- ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AID, PRACTICE AND COMPETITION -- QUALIFIER -- EXCEPTION -- EARLY ACADEMIC CERTIFICATION	To specify that a prospective student-athlete shall be certified as a qualifier, provided he or she has achieved (a) A minimum combined score on the SAT verbal and math sections of 1000 or a minimum sum score on the ACT score of 85, per the requirements of Bylaw 14.3.1.3; and (b) A core-course grade-point average of 3.00 or higher (based on a maximum of 4.000) in a minimum of 13 core courses on completion of six semesters (or the equivalent), including three core courses in English, two in mathematics, two in natural or physical science, and six additional core courses in any NCAA core area.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-65 Page 119	ELIGIBILITY -- PROGRESS-TOWARD-DEGREE REQUIREMENTS -- BONA FIDE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT EXCEPTION	To specify that the eligibility for competition of a student-athlete who meets the bona fide foreign exchange student exception to the transfer legislation shall be based on satisfactory completion of at least: (a) Six semester or six quarter hours of academic credit during the preceding regular academic term in which the student has been enrolled full time at any collegiate institution; (b) Eighteen semester or 27 quarter hours per regular academic year of enrollment; and (c) A minimum grade-point average per academic term of enrollment as required of regularly enrolled student-athletes.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-76 Page 137	AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- SENIOR SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD -- MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AWARD	To increase the maximum permissible amount of the postgraduate scholarship that may be awarded as part of a senior scholar-athlete award from $5,000 to $10,000.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-77 Page 138	AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSIONS AND TICKET BENEFITS -- GENERAL REGULATIONS -- DE MINIMIS VIOLATION	To specify that a violation in which a student-athlete's complimentary admissions are provided as hard tickets shall be considered an institutional violation per Constitution 2.8.1; however, such a violation shall not affect the student-athlete's eligibility.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-82 Page 145	AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- BENEFITS, GIFTS AND SERVICES -- COACHING AND ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMS	To permit an institution or conference to provide actual and necessary expenses to a student-athlete who has completed his or her third year (sixth semester or ninth quarter) of collegiate enrollment to attend a coaching and athletics administration career educational program.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-95 Page 163	PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- SOFTBALL -- LENGTH OF PLAYING SEASON -- NONCHAMPIONSHIP SEGMENT -- 45-DAY PERIOD	In softball, to specify that the nonchampionship segment of the playing and practice season shall be conducted within a period of 45-consecutive calendar days during the months of September, October and November, as specified.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-96 Page 165	PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- WRESTLING -- NUMBER OF DATES OF COMPETITION -- DUAL MEETS ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS	In wrestling, to specify that an institution may count not more than two two-day meets or not more than two occasions in which dual meets are held on two consecutive days as a single date of competition each.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-98 Page 166	CHAMPIONSHIPS AND POSTSEASON FOOTBALL -- ELIGIBILITY FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS -- GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS -- RACE AND GENDER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION	To require that an institution annually submit its race and demographic information to the NCAA in order to be eligible to enter a team or individual in NCAA championship competi-tion.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. The subcommittee recommends that the Management Council modify the effective date from immediate to 8/1/08. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-99 Page 167	DIVISION MEMBERSHIP -- MULTIDIVISION INSTITUTIONS -- ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS -- COMPLIANCE REVIEW	To require that a reclassifying multidivisional institution engage in a compliance review (at the institution's expense) during the two-year reclassification process; further, to require that an active multidivisional institution engage in a compliance review (at the institution's expense) once every four years and that the review be conducted by an entity outside the athletics department (e.g., multi-sport conference, outside consultant), subject to approval by the Division I Management Council Membership Subcommittee.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-102 Page 173	COMMITTEES -- DIVISION I CABINETS AND COMMITTEES -- REPRESENTATION -- EXCEPTION -- WRESTLING COMMITTEE	To specify that the wrestling committee shall be exempt from the requirement that no subdivision shall have more than 50 percent representation on any committee.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-104 Page 174	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE PROGRAM -- PENALTIES AND REWARDS -- PROGRESSION OF PENALTIES -- POSTSEASON COMPETITION -- INDIVIDUAL SPORTS	To specify that a student-athlete on an individual sport team that is ineligible for postseason competition due to a penalty pursuant to the academic performance program shall not compete in postseason competition, including NCAA championships, as an individual.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-105 Page 176	ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- FOREIGN TOURS AND COMPETITION -- PRACTICE LIMITATIONS	To specify that practice prior to departure on a foreign tour is prohibited outside the playing season one week prior to the beginning of the institution's final examination period for the applicable academic term through the conclusion of the final examination period.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.
2007-117 Page 172	DIVISION MEMBERSHIP -- DIVISION I MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS -- PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT -- SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF ATHLETICS PROGRAM	To eliminate the self-sufficiency clause from the Division I philosophy statement.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. This proposal has been designated to be voted on as part of a consent package.

B. Proposals recommended for immediate approval.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Mootnicity
2007-12 Page 9	ORGANIZATION -- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -- DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES	To clarify the Executive Committee's existing authority to adopt and implement policy.	The subcommittee expressed support for the proposal noting that it will be voted on by the entire membership at the 2008 NCAA Convention.
2007-16-B Page 17	PERSONNEL AND RECRUITING -- LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER AND DUTIES OF COACHES -- RECRUITING COORDINATION FUNCTIONS -- PREPARATION OF GENERAL RECRUITING CORRESPONDENCE	To eliminate the preparation of general recruiting correspond-ence as a recruiting coordination function that is restricted to coaches that count toward the limitations on the number of coaches.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors.	Rendered moot by the adoption of Proposal No. 2007-16-A. Renders Proposal No. 2007-18 moot only as it relates to the preparation of general correspondence.
2007-18 Page 21	PERSONNEL AND RECRUITING -- LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER AND DUTIES OF COACHES -- RECRUITING COORDINATION FUNCTIONS -- EXCEPTION -- NONCOACHING STAFF MEMBER -- AFTER NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING OR OTHER WRITTEN COMMITMENT	To permit a noncoaching staff member to make telephone calls to or receive telephone calls from a prospective student-athlete (or the prospective student-athlete's parents, legal guardians or coaches) and prepare general recruiting correspondence (includ-ing electronic correspondence) to a prospective student-athlete (or the prospective student-athlete's parents or legal guardians), provided the prospective student-athlete has signed a National Letter of Intent or, for those institutions not using the National Letter of Intent in a particular sport or for a prospective-student-athlete who is not eligible to sign a National Letter of Intent (e.g., four-year college transfer), the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors.	Rendered moot by the adoption of Proposal Nos. 2007-16-A and 2007-16-B only as it relates to the preparation of general correspondence. Renders Proposal No. 2007-35 moot only as it relates to returning telephone calls after a prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent [NLI], or for those institutions not using the NLI in a sport or for prospects not eligible to sign an NLI [e.g. four-year transfer], a written offer of admission and/or financial aid. Renders Proposal No. 2007-36 moot. Note: If Proposal No. 2007-46 is adopted, the mode of communication also would include instant messages. If Proposal No. 2007-47 is adopted, the mode of communication would include all forms of electronic correspondence.
2007-29 Page 46	RECRUITING -- ENROLLED STUDENT-ATHLETE -- PERMISSIBLE RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES -- TELEPHONE CONTACT INITIATED BY PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES	To specify that an enrolled student-athlete may receive telephone calls made at the expense of a prospective student-athlete at any time provided there is no direct or indirect involvement by athletics department staff.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. Recommend Management Council sponsor an amendment to clarify that the proposal applies only to calls made prior to July 1 of the prospect’s junior year in high school.
2007-31-A Page 56	RECRUITING -- CONTACTABLE PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES -- FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES FROM NON-NCAA OR NON-NAIA INSTITUTIONS -- WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO CONTACT	To specify that an athletics staff member shall not make contact, directly or indirectly, with a student-athlete of a non-NCAA or non-NAIA four-year collegiate institution that sponsors intercollegiate athletics without first providing written notification of intent to contact the student-athlete to the athletics director of the non-NCAA or non-NAIA institution.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors.	Renders Proposal No.2007-31-B moot.
2007-32 Page 59	RECRUITING -- PERMISSIBLE RECRUITERS AND EVALUATIONS -- HEAD COACH RESTRICTIONS -- SPRING EVALUATION PERIOD -- FOOTBALL	In football, to specify that the head coach shall not engage in off-campus recruiting activities during the April 15 through May 31 evaluation period.	FBS - Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors. Noted that the effective date should be modified to 8/1/08 if the proposal is not adopted immediately FCS - Defeat
2007-33-A Page 61	RECRUITING -- COMMUNICATION DURING JULY EVALUATION PERIODS -- AFTER NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING OR OTHER WRITTEN COMMITMENT -- WOMEN'S BASKETBALL	In women's basketball, to permit an institution to communicate with a prospective student-athlete (or the prospective student-athlete's relatives, legal guardians or coach) during the July evaluation periods, provided the prospective student-athlete has graduated from high school and has signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) with the institution or for those institutions not using the National Letter of Intent in women's basketball or for those prospective student-athletes who are not eligible to sign the National Letter of Intent, the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid.	Approve and forward to the Division I Board of Directors.
2007-42 Page 76	RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND EVALUATIONS -- FOOTBALL EVALUATIONS -- SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES	In football, to specify that all evaluations shall be limited to regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contes