|
Proposal Number |
Title |
Source |
Effective Date |
Intent |
Governance Entity to
Review Proposal |
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2006-121 |
PLAYING AND PRACTICE
SEASONS -- WOMEN'S SOCCER -- FIRST CONTEST OR DATE OF COMPETITION |
NCAA Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet (Playing and Practice Seasons
Subcommittee). |
August 01, 2008 |
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. |
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|
2007-2 |
EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS --
DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATIONS -- MISCONDUCT |
NCAA Division I Championships/Competition
Cabinet (Men's Basketball Issues Committee and Women's Basketball Issues
Committee). |
August 01, 2007 |
To specify that misconduct
in an NCAA championship is any act of dishonesty, unsportsmanlike conduct,
unprofessional behavior or breach of law, occurring from the time the
championship field is announced through the end of the championship, that
discredits the event or intercollegiate athletics. |
|
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2007-12 |
ORGANIZATION -- EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE -- DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES |
NCAA Executive Committee
(Division I Board of Directors). |
Immediate |
To clarify the Executive
Committee's existing authority to adopt and implement policy. |
|
|
2007-13 |
ORGANIZATION -- DIVISION I
BOARD OF DIRECTORS -- COMPOSITION -- CONFERENCE REPRESENTATION |
The |
August 01, 2008 |
To specify that the NCAA
Division I Board of Directors shall include 31 members, composed of one
chancellor or president (who each shall have 1.5 votes) from each of the
Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and one chancellor or president (who
each shall have a 0.5 vote) from each of the NCAA Football Championship
Subdivision and other Division I conferences; further, to eliminate the NCAA
Division I Presidential Advisory Group. |
Management Council
Governance Subcommittee |
|
2007-14 |
PERSONNEL -- VOLUNTEER
COACH -- COMPLIMENTARY MEALS FOR SPOUSE AND CHILDREN INCIDENTAL TO TEAM
ACTIVITIES OR OFFICIAL VISITS |
Big Ten Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
To permit the spouse and
dependent children of a volunteer coach to receive complimentary meals
incidental to organized team activities or meals provided during a
prospective student-athlete's official visit, provided the individuals dine
with the prospective student-athlete. |
Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee; Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-15 |
PERSONNEL -- VOLUNTEER
COACH -- COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS |
Big Ten Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
To specify that a volunteer
coach may receive a maximum of four complimentary tickets to athletics
contests (home or away) in the coach's sport. |
Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee |
|
2007-16 |
PERSONNEL AND RECRUITING --
LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER AND DUTIES OF COACHES -- RECRUITING COORDINATION
FUNCTIONS |
Pacific-10 Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
To eliminate the
restriction that all recruiting coordination functions must be performed by a
countable coach, but to retain the requirement that all telephone calls made
to and received from prospective student-athletes must be made and received
by a countable coach. |
Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee; Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-17 |
PERSONNEL AND RECRUITING --
LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER AND DUTIES OF COACHES -- RECRUITING COORDINATION
FUNCTIONS -- VOLUNTEER COACH |
Big West Conference. |
Immediate |
To permit a volunteer coach
to engage in recruiting coordination functions. |
Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee; Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-18 |
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 |
Big 12 Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
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 guardian(s) or coaches] and prepare general recruiting correspondence
(including electronic correspondence) to a prospective student-athlete [or
the prospective student-athlete's parents or legal guardian(s)], provided the
prospective student-athlete has signed a National Letter of Intent or the
institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid. |
Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee; Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-19 |
PERSONNEL -- LIMITATIONS ON
THE NUMBER AND DUTIES OF COACHES -- REPLACEMENT FOR NATIONAL OR OLYMPIC TEAM
COACHES |
NCAA Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet (Olympic Sports Liaison Committee). |
Immediate |
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. |
|
|
2007-20 |
PERSONNEL -- LIMITATIONS ON
THE NUMBER AND DUTIES OF COACHES -- OFF-CAMPUS RECRUITING -- WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL -- NONSCHOLASTIC EVENTS DURING ACADEMIC YEAR |
NCAA Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet (Women's Basketball Issues Committee). |
Immediate |
In women's basketball, to
increase the number of coaches who may evaluate prospective student-athletes
off campus at any one time at nonscholastic events during the academic year
from three to four. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-21 |
AMATEURISM -- GENERAL
REGULATIONS -- EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES -- PRIOR TO COLLEGIATE ENROLLMENT --
PERMISSIBLE EXPENSES OR SERVICES |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Agents and
Amateurism). |
Immediate |
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. |
|
|
2007-22 |
AMATEURISM -- GENERAL
REGULATIONS -- PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, BENEFITS OR SERVICES -- RESTITUTION |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Committee on Student-Athlete
Reinstatement). |
Immediate |
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. |
|
|
2007-23 |
AMATEURISM -- EXCEPTIONS TO
AMATEURISM RULE -- PRIZE MONEY PRIOR TO FULL-TIME COLLEGIATE ENROLLMENT --
TENNIS |
Ivy Group. |
May 1, 2008 for prize money
earned on or after May 1, 2008. |
In tennis, to specify that,
prior to full-time collegiate enrollment, an individual may accept prize
money based on his or her place finish or performance in open athletics
events, not to exceed $10,000 per year; further, to specify that once the
individual has reached the $10,000 limit, he or she may receive additional
prize money on a per event basis, provided such prize money does not exceed
his or her actual and necessary expenses for participation in the event. |
Subcommittee on Agents and
Amateurism |
|
2007-24 |
AMATEURISM -- INVOLVEMENT
WITH PROFESSIONAL TEAMS -- COMPETITION WITH PROFESSIONALS -- TENNIS EXCEPTION
|
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Agents and
Amateurism). |
August 1, 2008; applicable
to student-athletes who initially enroll full time in a collegiate
institution on or after August 1, 2008. |
In tennis, to permit an
individual to compete on a professional team prior to initial full-time
collegiate enrollment, provided he or she does not receive pay or
remuneration in excess of his or her actual and necessary expenses. |
|
|
2007-25 |
AMATEURISM -- PROMOTIONAL
ACTIVITIES -- INSTITUTIONAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATION OR NONPROFIT PROMOTIONS --
COSPONSORSHIP AND |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Agents and
Amateurism). |
August 01, 2008 |
To specify that a
permissible promotional activity may involve co-sponsorship by a commercial
entity, as approved by the institution, subject to the following conditions:
(a) The promotion must identify the commercial entity and explain its
affiliation with the institution, conference or noninstitutional charitable,
educational or nonprofit agency (b) The promotion may not include language or
action (e.g. voice-over, use of product of services, product placement, text)
which directly encourages the use or purchase of a commercial product or
service; (c) A co-sponsor's product or service may not be included in the
promotional activity, except for the normal use of athletics equipment and
apparel; and (d) The promotion may not include co-sponsorship by a commercial
agency that is involved in or promotes sports wagering activities. Further,
to eliminate the requirement that all moneys derived from a promotional
activity go directly to the institution or conference or to the charitable,
educational or nonprofit agency. In addition, to permit promotional
activities to occur at the location of a commercial establishment, which may
be a co-sponsor of the activity, provided the student-athlete does not
promote the sale of a commercial product or service in conjunction with the
fundraising activity. Finally, to permit an institution to designate a third
party that may sell and distribute institutional photographs of
student-athletes, under specified conditions. |
|
|
2007-26 |
AMATEURISM -- PERMISSIBLE
AND NONPERMISSIBLE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES -- COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT OR
PROMOTION |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Agents and
Amateurism). |
August 01, 2008 |
To specify that an
advertisement or promotion by a commercial entity (except for any entity that
is involved in or promotes sports wagering) may feature competition video
footage, competition audio or competition photographs involving a
student-athlete with eligibility remaining, provided: (a) The advertisement
or promotion is approved by the institution's athletics director (or his or
her designee); (2) The advertisement or promotion identifies the commercial
entity and explains its affiliation with the institution, conference or the
NCAA; and (3) Any language or action included in the advertisement or
promotion which directly encourages the use or purchase of a commercial
product or service of the commercial entity may not be attributable to or
made by the student-athletes, institution, conference or the NCAA. |
|
|
2007-27 |
AMATEURISM -- PROMOTIONAL
ACTIVITIES -- SCHEDULE CARDS -- DE MINIMIS VIOLATION |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Committee on Student-Athlete
Reinstatement). |
Immediate |
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.
|
|
|
2007-28 |
AMATEURISM -- PROMOTIONAL
ACTIVITIES -- MEDIA ACTIVITIES -- USE OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE'S NAME, IMAGE OR
LIKENESS TO PROMOTE COVERAGE OF COMPETITION |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Agents and
Amateurism). |
August 01, 2008 |
To specify that a media
entity may feature a student-athlete's name, image or likeness in promotions
of its coverage of intercollegiate competition in which the student-athlete's
institution will or may participate, or has previously participated, provided
such use is limited to competition video footage, competition audio or
competition photographs; further, to specify that media entities may feature
a student-athlete's name, image, or likeness in their journalistic coverage
of news (and the promotion of such coverage) related to the student-athlete
or his or her institution or conference or the NCAA. |
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|
2007-29 |
RECRUITING -- ENROLLED
STUDENT-ATHLETE -- PERMISSIBLE RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES -- TELEPHONE CONTACT
INITIATED BY PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES |
Big 12 Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
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. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-30 |
RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND
EVALUATIONS -- CONTACTABLE HIGH SCHOOL PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES -- MEN'S
BASKETBALL -- TWO CONTACTS WITH JUNIORS -- NO NONSCHOLASTIC EVALUATIONS IN
APRIL |
Southeastern Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
In men's basketball, to
specify that an institution may take two in-person off-campus contacts with a
prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete's parents or
legal guardians during the April contact period of the prospective
student-athlete's junior year in high school; further, to specify that
evaluations during the April contact period shall be limited to regularly scheduled
high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests/tournaments and
practices and regular scholastic activities involving prospective
student-athletes enrolled only at that institution. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting; Men's Basketball Issues Committee |
|
2007-31 |
RECRUITING -- CONTACTABLE
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES -- |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Recruiting). |
August 01, 2008 |
To specify that an
athletics staff member shall not make contact with a student-athlete of a
non-NCAA or non-NAIA four-year collegiate institution that sponsors
intercollegiate athletics, directly or indirectly, without first providing
written notification of intent to contact the student-athlete to the
athletics director of the non-NCAA or non-NAIA institution. |
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|
2007-32 |
RECRUITING -- PERMISSIBLE
RECRUITERS AND EVALUATIONS -- HEAD COACH RESTRICTIONS -- SPRING EVALUATION
PERIOD -- FOOTBALL |
Southeastern Conference. |
Immediate |
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. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting; Football Issues Committee |
|
2007-33 |
RECRUITING -- COMMUNICATION
DURING JULY EVALUATION PERIODS -- AFTER NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT SIGNING OR
OTHER WRITTEN COMMITMENT -- WOMEN'S BASKETBALL |
NCAA Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet (Women's Basketball Issues Committee). |
Immediate |
In women's basketball, to
permit an institution to communicate with a prospective student-athlete
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-athlete's not eligible to sign the National Letter of Intent, the
institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-34 |
RECRUITING -- TELEPHONE
CALLS TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES -- TIME PERIOD -- EXCEPTION -- WOMEN'S
SOCCER |
Southeastern Conference. |
Immediate |
In women's soccer, to
specify that an institution is permitted to make one telephone call to a
prospective student-athlete or her relatives or legal guardians during the
month of May of the prospective student-athlete's junior year in high school.
|
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-35 |
RECRUITING -- TELEPHONE
CALLS TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES -- PERMISSIBLE CALLERS -- EXCEPTIONS --
FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE AND SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR |
Southeastern Conference. |
Immediate |
To permit an institution's
faculty athletics representative and senior woman administrator to return
telephone calls to prospective student-athletes or his or her parents or
legal guardians subject to any applicable limitations on the number of
telephone calls that an institution may place to prospective
student-athletes. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-36 |
RECRUITING -- TELEPHONE
CALLS TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES -- PERMISSIBLE CALLERS -- EXCEPTIONS --
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACHES |
Mountain West Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
To permit strength and
conditioning coaches to receive telephone calls from a prospective
student-athlete, provided the calls relate to summer conditioning programs
and such calls occur after the prospective student-athlete has signed a
National Letter of Intent (NLI) (or, signed acceptance of the institution's
written offer of admission and/or financial aid). |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-37 |
RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND
EVALUATIONS -- TELEPHONE CALLS TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES -- COLLECT AND
TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE CALLS -- EXCEPTION -- WOMEN'S BASKETBALL |
NCAA Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet (Women's Basketball Issues Committee). |
Immediate |
In women's basketball, to
permit institutional coaching staff members to accept collect and toll-free
telephone calls placed by a prospective student-athlete and the prospective
student-athlete's parents and legal guardians, provided the calls are not
placed earlier than the Thursday after the conclusion of the NCAA Women's
Final Four during the prospective student-athlete's junior year in high
school. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-38 |
RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND
EVALUATIONS -- RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES -- WOMEN'S BASKETBALL -- SEVEN
OPPORTUNITIES |
Big East Conference and
Mid-American Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
In women's basketball, to
increase the number of recruiting opportunities (contacts and evaluations)
from five to seven. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting; Women's Basketball Issues
Committee |
|
2007-39 |
RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND
EVALUATIONS -- CONTACTS AFTER NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING OR OTHER
WRITTEN COMMITMENT -- FOOTBALL -- CONTACTS DURING SPRING EVALUATION PERIOD --
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION STAFF MEMBER PRESENCE |
NCAA Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet (Football Issues Committee). |
August 01, 2008 |
In football, to specify
that during the spring evaluation period, coaching staff members may make two
contacts with a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter
of Intent (or, for those institutions not subscribing to the National Letter
of Intent, after the prospective student-athlete's signed acceptance of the
institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid) at the
prospective student-athlete's educational institution and require that a
staff member from the prospective student-athlete's educational institution
(e.g., coach, academic counselor, principal) must be present during such
contacts; further, to specify that any visit to the educational institution
that includes only contact with a signed prospective student-athlete during
the spring evaluation period shall be considered one of the institution's two
permissible days at that institution. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-40 |
RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND
EVALUATIONS -- CONTACTS AFTER NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING OR OTHER
WRITTEN COMMITMENT -- FOOTBALL -- CONTACTS DURING SPRING EVALUATION PERIOD |
Southeastern Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
In football, to specify
that during the spring evaluation period, coaching staff members may make two
contacts with a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter
of Intent (or, for those institutions not subscribing to the National Letter
of Intent, after the prospective student-athlete's signed acceptance of the
institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid) at the
prospective student-athlete's educational institution; further, to specify
that any visit to the educational institution that includes only contact with
a signed prospect during the spring evaluation period shall be considered one
of the institution's two permissible days at that institution. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting; Football Issues Committee |
|
2007-41 |
RECRUITING -- LIMITATIONS
ON THE NUMBER OF EVALUATIONS -- APRIL CONTACT PERIOD -- EVALUATIONS AT
NONSCHOLASTIC EVENTS -- MEN'S BASKETBALL |
Conference |
August 01, 2008 |
In men's basketball, to
specify that evaluations at nonscholastic events during the April contact
period may occur Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting; Men's Basketball Issues
Committee |
|
2007-42 |
RECRUITING -- CONTACT AND
EVALUATIONS -- FOOTBALL EVALUATIONS -- SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES |
Southeastern Conference. |
Immediate |
In football, to specify
that all evaluations shall be limited to regularly scheduled high school,
preparatory school and two-year college contests, practices and regular
scholastic activities involving prospective student-athletes enrolled at that
institution. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting; Football Issues Committee |
|
2007-43 |
RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND
EVALUATIONS -- FOOTBALL EVALUATIONS -- SPRING EVALUATION PERIOD -- SCHOLASTIC
EVALUATIONS ONLY |
NCAA Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet (Football Issues Committee). |
August 01, 2008 |
In football, to specify
that evaluations conducted during the spring evaluation period shall be
limited to regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year
college contests, tournaments and practices, and regular scholastic
activities conducted under the supervision of a high school, preparatory
school or two-year college coach. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-44 |
RECRUITING -- OFFERS AND
INDUCEMENTS AND TRYOUTS -- USE OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES/TRAINING-ROOM
FACILITIES IN ALL SPORTS -- VOLUNTARY SUMMER CONDITIONING IN FOOTBALL AND
BASKETBALL |
Southeastern Conference and
Southern Conference. |
Immediate |
To eliminate the
requirement that a prospective student-athlete must have signed a National
Letter of Intent (or a written offer of admission and/or financial aid) in
order to receive academic support services and use the institution's training
room facilities; further to specify that a student who is enrolled in the
institution's summer term prior to the student's initial, full-time
enrollment at the certifying institution may be provided such services and,
in football and basketball, participate in voluntary conditioning activities
during the summer with an athletic department's strength and conditioning
coach. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting; Football Issues Committee; Men's Basketball Issues
Committee |
|
2007-45 |
RECRUITING -- PRINTED
RECRUITING MATERIALS -- EXPRESS MAIL SERVICES -- PRE-ENROLLMENT INFORMATION |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Recruiting). |
Immediate |
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. |
|
|
2007-46 |
RECRUITING -- RECRUITING
MATERIALS -- ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS -- INSTANT MESSAGES |
Big East Conference. |
Immediate |
To specify that
electronically transmitted correspondence that may be sent to a prospective
student-athlete shall include instant messages. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-47 |
RECRUITING -- RECRUITING
MATERIALS -- ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS -- AFTER NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT
SIGNING OR OTHER WRITTEN COMMITMENT |
Big Sky Conference. |
Immediate |
To specify that after the
calendar day on which a prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter
of Intent (NLI), there shall be no limit on the forms of electronically
transmitted correspondence sent by the institution with which the prospective
student-athlete has signed; further, to specify that for an institution not using
the NLI, or for a prospective student-athlete who is not eligible to sign the
NLI, there shall be no limit after the calendar day on which the prospective
student-athlete signs the institution's written offer of admission and/or
financial aid. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-48 |
RECRUITING -- RECRUITING
MATERIALS -- VIDEO/AUDIO MATERIALS -- COMPUTER RECRUITING PRESENTATIONS --
LOCATION OF PRESENTATION |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Recruiting). |
Immediate |
To permit an institution to
show a computer recruiting presentation to a prospective student-athlete
during any permissible on- or off-campus contact; further, to permit the
recruiting presentation to be posted on the institution's Web site. |
|
|
2007-49 |
RECRUITING --
TRANSPORTATION ON OFFICIAL PAID VISIT -- COACH ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTIVE
STUDENT-ATHLETE AND PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS |
Southeastern Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
To permit the parents or
legal guardians of a prospective student-athlete to ride in an automobile
driven by a coaching staff member for the purpose of providing ground
transportation to a prospective student-athlete as part of an official visit.
|
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-50 |
RECRUITING -- OFFICIAL
VISIT -- COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSIONS -- EXCEPTION -- DIVORCED PARENTS |
Southeastern Conference. |
Immediate |
To specify that if a
prospective student-athlete's parents are divorced, the institution may
provide up to three additional complimentary admissions to the prospective
student-athlete in order for both parents and those accompanying the
prospective student-athlete (e.g., stepparents) to attend the home athletics
event. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-51 |
RECRUITING -- PUBLICITY --
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALL SIGNINGS -- CELEBRATORY FUNCTIONS |
Southeastern Conference. |
Immediate |
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. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-52 |
RECRUITING -- |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet. |
Immediate |
In football, to permit U.S.
Service Academies to make in-person, off-campus contact with a prospective
student-athlete during the spring evaluation period of the prospective
student-athlete's junior year of high school, including contact at the
prospective student-athlete's educational institution. |
Football Issues Committee |
|
2007-53 |
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
-- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- MEN'S BASKETBALL -- DEAD PERIODS |
Southeastern Conference. |
Immediate |
In men's basketball, to
establish a dead period the day following the conclusion of the spring
National Letter of Intent signing period through Memorial Day and a dead
period the Sunday following August 7 through August 20. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting; Men's Basketball Issue
Committee |
|
2007-54 |
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
-- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- FOOTBALL -- BOWL SUBDIVISION FOOTBALL -- FALL
EVALUATION PERIOD |
Southeastern Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
In bowl subdivision
football, to specify that the fall evaluation period shall consist of 42
evaluation days during the months of September, October and November selected
at the discretion of the institution and designated in writing in the office
of the director of athletics. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting; Football Issues Committee |
|
2007-55 |
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
-- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- SOFTBALL -- CONTACT PERIOD AUGUST 1 THROUGH
THANKSGIVING DAY |
Southeastern Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
In softball, to establish
August 1 through Thanksgiving day as a contact period, with the exception of
the Monday through Thursday of the week that includes the initial date for
the fall signing of the National Letter of Intent. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
|
2007-56 |
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
-- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- MEN'S LACROSSE -- NO LACROSSE EVALUATIONS IN
JANUARY, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Recruiting). |
Immediate |
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. |
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2007-57 |
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
-- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- BASEBALL -- CONTACT PERIOD |
Southeastern Conference. |
August 01, 2008 |
In baseball, to revise the
beginning of the current March-August contact period to February 1. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
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2007-58 |
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
-- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD |
Southeastern Conference. |
Immediate |
In cross country and track
and field, to eliminate the quiet period in early August. |
Subcommittee on Recruiting |
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2007-59 |
ELIGIBILITY --
CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY -- INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY -- DE MINIMIS
VIOLATION |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Committee on Student-Athlete
Reinstatement). |
Immediate |
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 al 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. |
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2007-60 |
ELIGIBILITY -- CRITERIA FOR
DETERMINING SEASON OF ELIGIBILITY -- TENNIS -- TIME PERIOD PRIOR TO
ENROLLMENT AND RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT |
Ivy Group. |
August 1, 2008; applicable
to individuals who enroll full time at a collegiate institution on or after
August 1, 2008. |
In tennis, to specify that
a student-athlete who does not enroll in a collegiate institution as a
full-time student prior to or during the institution's second regular
academic term following graduation shall be charged with a season of
intercollegiate tennis eligibility for each calendar year after the
graduation date of the student-athlete's high school class and prior to
full-time collegiate enrollment during which the student-athlete has
participated in organized tennis events and shall fulfill one academic year
in residence at the certifying institution for each calendar year after the
graduation date of the student-athlete's high school class during which the
student-athlete has engaged in organized tennis events. |
Subcommittee on Continuing
Eligibility; Subcommittee on Agents and
Amateurism |
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2007-61 |
ELIGIBILITY -- SEASONS OF
COMPETITION -- HARDSHIP WAIVER -- CALCULATION IN INDIVIDUAL SPORTS |
Ivy Group. |
Immediate |
In individual sports, to
specify that the first half of the season calculation for the hardship waiver
is based on the number of days an institution declares in the season that
concludes with the NCAA championship between the first date of competition
used by any individual on the team and the end of the declared playing
season, including a conference championship; further, to specify that the
denominator in the institution's percent calculation shall be the maximum
permissible number of dates of competition plus one date for a conference
championship, regardless of whether the team participates in such a
championship. |
Subcommittee on Continuing
Eligibility; Committee on
Student-Athlete Reinstatement |
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2007-62 |
ELIGIBILITY --
SEASON-OF-COMPETITION WAIVER -- COMPETITION WHILE ELIGIBLE -- CONDITIONS OF
COMPETITION -- THREE EVENTS OR 30 PERCENT |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Committee on Student-Athlete
Reinstatement). |
Immediate; applicable to
student-athletes who initially enrolled full time in a collegiate institution
on or after August 1, 2004. |
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. |
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2007-63 |
ELIGIBILITY -- FRESHMAN
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS -- ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AID, PRACTICE AND
COMPETITION -- QUALIFIER -- EXCEPTION -- EARLY ACADEMIC CERTIFICATION |
NCAA Division I
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Initial-Eligibility
Issues). |
August 1, 2008; for those
students first entering a collegiate institution full time on or after August
1, 2008. |
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 4.00) 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. |
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2007-64 |
ELIGIBILITY -- FRESHMAN
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS -- CORE-CURRICULUM TIME LIMITATION -- TWO CORE COURSES
AFTER GRADUATION |
Conference |
August 01, 2008 |
To increase from one to two
the number of core courses that a prospective student-athlete may use to meet
the initial-eligibility core curriculum requirements, provided the courses
are completed in the year after graduation (summer or academic year), but not
later than the end of the academic year immediately after the high school
graduation date of his or her class. |
Subcommittee on Init |