NCAA Division I Legislative Proposals

 

2005-06 NCAA Division I Official Notice – Voting Order

 

 

 

AMATEURISM

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

Comments/Mootnicity

2005-26

Amateurism – Promotional Activities – Institutional, Charitable, Educational Or Nonprofit Promotions

To revise the restrictions related to the use of a student-athlete's name, picture or appearance in institutional, charitable, educational or nonprofit promotional activities, as specified.

 

2005-67-1

Amateurism – Promotional Activities – Permissible Continuation of Modeling and Other Nonathetically Related Promotional Activities After Enrollment – Sports Other Than Football And Men's Basketball

To amend Proposal No. 2005-67 to remove, in sports other than football and men's basketball, the condition that a student-athlete's involvement in modeling and other nonathletically related promotional activities must be initiated prior to his or her enrollment at a member institution.

 

2005-67

Amateurism - Promotional Activities - Permissible - Continuation Of Modeling And Other Nonathetically Related Promotional Activities After Enrollment

To remove the condition that a student-athlete's involvement in modeling and other nonathletically related promotional activities must be initiated prior to his or her enrollment at a member institution.

 

2005-99

Amateurism – Promotional Activities – Promotion By Third Party Of Highlight Film, Videotape Or Media Guides

To allow institutions to designate a third party to sell photographs of student-athletes in the same manner as the sale of highlight films and media guides.

Text Box: SUPPLEMENT NO. 17
DI Mgmt Council 4/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

AWARDS AND BENEFITS

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

Comments/Mootnicity

2005-102

Awards And Benefits -- Medical Expenses -- Permissible -- Medical Insurance

To permit an institution to purchase a medical insurance policy to cover the medical expenses for any injury or illness sustained by the student-athlete.

Renders Proposal No. 2005-101 moot.

2005-101

Awards And Benefits -- Medical Expenses -- Permissible

To specify that permissible medical expenses (including surgical expenses, medication, rehabilitation, physical therapy expenses and dental expenses) shall be limited to athletically-related injuries or illnesses that occur during the academic year or summer.

Rendered moot by the adoption of Proposal No. 2005-102.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELIGIBILITY

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

Comments/Mootnicity

2005-49-B

Eligibility -- Progress Toward Degree -- Nontraditional Courses

To permit the use of up to six semester or nine quarter credits of nontraditional courses (e.g., distance-learning, correspondence, extension and credit-by-examination courses) per year completed at an institution other than a student-athlete's certifying institution to meet 24/36 credit-hour and/or percentage-of-degree requirements, provided the courses satisfy the current legislation on distance-learning courses, receive prior approval by the appropriate academic officials from the certifying institution and are accepted by the certifying institution for degree credit.

 

2005-52

Eligibility - Five-Year Period Of Eligibility - Transfer Status And Progress Toward Degree

To specify that a student-athlete who is registered as a full-time student on the first day of classes starts the five-year period of eligibility, is subject to progress-toward-degree requirements and is considered a transfer student.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

Comments/Mootnicity

2005-111

Eligibility -- Transfer Regulations -- Four-Year College -- One-Time Transfer Exception -- Baseball

To specify that the one-time transfer exception is not available to a baseball student-athlete.

Note:  The adoption of Proposal No. 2005-54 would permit graduate student-athletes to use the one-time transfer exception, even if Proposal No. 2005-111 is adopted.

 

Note:  Proposal No. 2005-54 was deferred by the Board of Directors.

 

Note:  The adoption of Proposal No. 2005-110 would apply to baseball, even if Proposal No. 2005-111 is adopted.

2005-109

Eligibility -- Transfer -- One-Time Transfer Exception -- Division I-AA Football

To specify that a football student-athlete who transfers from a Division I-A institution to a Division I-AA institution may qualify for the one-time transfer exception only if the student-athlete has two or more seasons of competition remaining.

Note: Graduate student-athletes also could use this exception if Proposal 2005-54 is adopted.

 

Note:  Proposal No. 2005-54 was deferred by the Board of Directors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL AID

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

Comments/Mootnicity

2003-24-1

Financial Aid -- Terms And Conditions -- Period Of Award -- Exception

To amend Proposal No. 2003-24 to permit an institution to award athletically related financial aid to a student-athlete for a period of less than a full academic year when the student-athlete is enrolled in the final semester or the final quarter, as specified; further, to require an institution to offer full year awards in equal amounts for each term of the academic year.

 

 

2003-24

Financial Aid -- Terms And Conditions -- Period Of Award

To require an institution to award athletically related financial aid for a period of one academic year, except as specified.

 

2005-47

Financial Aid -- Summer Financial Aid -- Branch School

To permit an institution to provide a student-athlete with tuition and fees to attend summer-session classes at a branch campus of the institution.

 

2005-48

Financial Aid -- Elements Of Financial Aid -- Determination Of Off-Campus Room And Board Costs

To permit an institution to calculate off-campus room and board costs based on its policies and procedures for calculating the cost of attendance for all students.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERSONNEL/COACHING LIMITATIONS

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

 

Comments/Mootnicity

 

2005-77-B

Personnel -- Coaching Limitations -- Sports Other Than Football -- Recruiting Functions

To specify that in sports other than football, all recruiting coordination functions (e.g., on-campus evaluation and selection of prospects, phone calls, correspondence) shall be performed by head or assistant coaches.

 

 

 

PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

Comments/Mootnicity

2005-125

Playing And Practice Seasons -- General Playing Season Regulations -- Required Day Off -- Basketball Exception

In basketball, to provide an exception to the required day off when the institution participates in three contests in a given week, provided the student-athletes do not engage in any countable athletically related activities for two days during either the preceding week or the following week.

 

2005-127

Playing And Practice Seasons -- Men's Rowing

To establish men's rowing as an NCAA sponsored sport with an NCAA championship, a limit of five equivalencies and coaching limitations of three total coaches, two who can recruit off campus.

 

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

Comments/Mootnicity

2005-128

Playing And Practice Seasons -- Number Of Contests -- Division I-AA Football

In Division I-AA football, to permit an institution to compete annually in 12 regular-season contests.

 

2005-129

Playing And Practice Seasons -- Out-Of-Season Activities -- Skill Instruction -- Divisions I-A And I-AA Football

In football, to permit student-athletes to engage in two hours of skill instruction per week outside the playing season, provided no more than four student-athletes participate in such sessions at any one time in any facility.

 

2005-131-B-1

Playing and Practice Season – Out Of Season Activities – Hours Of Skill Instruction, Number Of Participants And Exam Period Limitation – Basketball

To amend Proposal No. 2005-131 to specify that, in basketball only, more than four student-athletes from the same team may be involved in skill-related instruction with their coaches from September 15 through April 15.

 

2005-131-B

Playing And Practice Seasons -- Out Of Season Activities -- Hours Of Skill Instruction, Number Of Participants And Exam Period Limitation -- Sports Other Than Football

In sports other than football, to permit more than four student-athletes to engage in skill-related instruction outside the playing season with their coach(es) at any one time and to specify that all athletically related activities outside the playing season are prohibited one week prior to the beginning of the final examination period through the conclusion of each student-athlete's final exams; further, in women's basketball, to specify that not more than two hours per week may be spent on skill-related instruction outside the playing season.

 

Renders moot Proposal No. 2005-131-C.

 

 

2005-131-C

Playing And Practice Seasons -- Out Of Season Activities -- Number Of Participants And Exam Period Limitation -- Sports Other Than Football

In sports other than football, to permit more than four student-athletes to engage in skill-related instruction outside of the playing season with their coach(es) at any one time and to specify that all athletically related activities outside the playing season are prohibited one week prior to the beginning of the final examination period through the conclusion of each student-athlete's final exams.

Rendered moot by the adoption of Proposal No. 2005-131-B.

 

 

2005-137

Playing And Practice Seasons -- Preseason Practice -- Five-Day Acclimatization Period -- Academic Orientation -- Divisions I-A And I-AA Football

In football, to permit an institution to conduct the required academic orientation period any time prior to or during the five-day acclimatization period when a student-athlete is enrolled in summer classes or participating in summer conditioning activities prior to the student-athlete's first season of football eligibility at the certifying institution.

Renders Proposal No. 2005-138 moot.

 

2005-138

Playing And Practice Seasons -- Preseason Practice -- Activities Prior To The Five Day Acclimatization Period -- Academic Orientation Day -- Divisions I-A And I-AA Football

In football, to permit an institution to conduct an academic orientation day the day prior to the start of the five day acclimatization period for those student-athletes beginning their initial season of football eligibility at the certifying institution.

Rendered moot by the adoption of Proposal No. 2005-137.

2006-2

Playing and Practice Seasons – Number of Contests - Baseball

In baseball, to reduce the maximum number of contests from 56 to 52.

 

 

 

 

RECRUITING

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

 

Comments/Mootnicity

 

2005-160-A

Recruiting -- Official Visit --Entertainment/Tickets On Official Visit -- Student Host -- Entertainment Allowance

To specify that costs incurred by an athletics department staff member who accompanies a prospect during entertainment on an official visit shall not be included in the official visit entertainment allowance; further, to specify that when an athletics department staff member serves as the prospect's host, his or her entertainment costs must be included in the official visit allowance.

Renders Proposal No. 2005-160-B moot.

2005-160-B

Recruiting -- Official Visit -- Entertainment/Tickets On Official Visit -- Student Host -- Entertainment Allowance

To specify that, during an official visit, the cost of entertainment of no more than two athletics department staff members per activity who accompany a prospect is excluded from the entertainment allowance; further, to specify that when an athletics department staff member serves as a prospect's host, his or her entertainment costs must be included in the official visit allowance.

Rendered moot by the adoption of Proposal No. 2005-160-A.

 

 


 

 

Proposal Number

Title

Intent Statement

 

Comments/Mootnicity

 

2005-161

Recruiting -- Tryout Exceptions -- Safety Exception -- Summer Prior To Initial Full-Time Enrollment At The Certifying Institution

To permit a prospective student-athlete who is attending summer school prior to initial full-time enrollment to engage in activities permitted under the safety exception in the applicable sports.

 

2005-164

Recruiting -- Sports Camps And Clinics -- Employment Of Prospects

In sports other than football, to permit an institution to employ a prospect in its summer camp or clinic, provided the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent or the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid, has graduated from high school and is enrolled in institution's summer term prior to initial full-time enrollment.