Proposal Number: 2005-26
Title:
AMATEURISM -- PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES -- INSTITUTIONAL, CHARITABLE,
EDUCATIONAL OR NONPROFIT PROMOTIONS
Intent:
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.
Bylaws:
Amend 12.5.1.1, page 78, as follows:
"12.5.1.1 Institutional,
Charitable, Educational or Nonprofit Promotions. A member institution or
recognized entity thereof (e.g., fraternity, sorority or student government
organization), a member conference or a noninstitutional
charitable, educational or nonprofit agency may use a student-athlete's name,
picture or appearance to support its charitable or educational activities or to
support activities considered incidental to the student-athlete's participation
in intercollegiate athletics, provided the following conditions are met:
"(a) The
student-athlete receives written approval to participate from the institution's
president or chancellor director of athletics (or his or her
designee who may not be a coaching staff member), subject to the limitations on
participants in such activities as set forth in Bylaw 17;
"(b) The specific activity or project in
which the student-athlete participates does not involve cosponsorship,
advertisement or promotion by a commercial agency, except as follows: other
than through the reproduction of the sponsoring company's officially registered
regular trademark or logo on printed materials such as pictures, posters or
calendars. The company's emblem, name, address and telephone number may be
included with the trademark or logo. Personal names, messages and slogans
(other than an officially registered trademark) are prohibited;
"(1) Identification (e.g., graphics,
voice over, on-screen text) of the commercial entity must explain the
commercial entity's affiliation with the institution, conference or noninstitutional charitable, educational or nonprofit
agency (e.g., entity is the official sponsor of the institution or event); and
"(2) The appearance or description of the
commercial product(s) or service(s) and/or the commercial entity's logo(s) may
be included, but may not exceed 25% of the total promotional activity.
Further, language or action included in the promotion may not directly
encourage the use or purchase of the commercial product or service (e.g., drink
this product) with which the commercial entity is associated;
"(c) The name or picture of a
student-athlete with remaining eligibility may not appear on an institution's
printed promotional item (e.g., poster, calendar) that includes a reproduction
of a product with which a commercial entity is associated if the commercial
entity's officially registered regular trademark or logo also appears on the
item;"
[12.5.1.1-(d) through 12.5.1.1-(i) relettered as 12.5.1.1-(c)
through 12.5.1.1-(h), unchanged.]
Source:
NCAA Division I Board of Directors.
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
While technological developments have increased the opportunities for
multimedia promotions, current legislation has limited the potential to partner
with commercial entities to advance initiatives such as educational mission and
the value of the student-athlete experience. This proposal would increase the
flexibility to engage in various types of promotions while maintaining the
current restrictions on the types of entities (i.e., institutional, charitable
educational, nonprofit) that may use the name, picture or appearance of a
student-athlete. The requirement to have the institution's president or
chancellor approve these promotional activities is not intended to have the
president or chancellor approve every promotional activity. However, the
expectation is that the president or chancellor will oversee the activities to
ensure that the institution's obligation to protect the student-athlete from
exploitation is balanced with the institution's need to enhance the mutual
benefits derived from a relationship with corporate entities. Both the
requirement to identify the relationship between the commercial and permissible
entities and the 25% limitation serves to maintain the focus of the promotion
on the permissible entity. Finally, the principle of amateurism is sustained
through precluding any encouragement of the purchase or use of the product and
the prohibition on any direct endorsement of a student-athlete.
Budget
Impact: Potential for increased revenue.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet: The cabinet opposes Proposal No. 2005-26. The cabinet is concerned that, as written, the proposal may compromise the "principle" of amateurism and is not consistent with limitations on the use of the names or pictures of student-athletes in other bylaws (e.g., camp brochures). Further, allowing 25 percent of the promotion to include the presence of a commercial entity will be difficult to calculate consistently among institutions.
Status: Management Council Initial Formal consideration
Intent: 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.
A. Bylaws: Amend Proposal No. 2005-67, Part A, Bylaw
12.5.1.3, as follows:
"12.5.1.3 Modeling and Other Nonathletically Related Promotional Activities -- Sports
other than Football and Men's Basketball. An individual who
participates in a sport other than football or men's basketball may accept
remuneration for or permits the use of his or her name or picture to
advertise or promote the sale or use of a commercial product or service without
jeopardizing his or her eligibility to participate in intercollegiate athletics
only if all of the following conditions apply:
[12.5.1.3-(a) through 12.5.1.3-(d) unchanged.]
"12.5.1.4 Continuation of Modeling and
Other Nonathletically Related Promotional Activities
after Enrollment -- Football and Men's Basketball. If an individual who
participates in football or men's basketball accepts remuneration for or
permits the use of his or her name or picture to advertise or promote the sale
or use of a commercial product or service prior to enrollment in a member
institution, continued remuneration for the use of the individual's name or
picture (under the same or similar circumstances) after enrollment is permitted
without jeopardizing his or her eligibility to participate in intercollegiate
athletics only if all of the following conditions apply:
"(a) The
individual's involvement in this type of activity was initiated prior to his or
her enrollment in a member institution;
"(b) The individual became involved in
such activities for reasons independent of athletics ability;
"(c) No reference is made in these
activities to the individual's name or involvement in intercollegiate
athletics;
"(d) The individual does not endorse the
commercial product; and
"(e) The individual's remuneration under
such circumstances is at a rate commensurate with the individual's skills and
experience as a model or performer and is not based in any way upon the individual's
athletics ability or reputation."
[12.5.1.4 through 12.5.1.10 renumbered as
12.5.1.5 through 12.5.1.11, unchanged].
B. Bylaws: Amend
Proposal No. 2005-67, Part B, Bylaw 12.5.2.1.1, as follows:
"12.5.2.1.1 Exceptions.
The individual's eligibility will not be affected, provided the individual:
"(a) Meets the conditions set forth in Bylaw
12.5.1.3 or 12.5.1.4; or
"(b) Takes appropriate steps upon becoming a student-athlete to retract permission for the use of his or her name or picture and ceases receipt of any remuneration for such an arrangement."
Source: Pacific-10 Conference.
Effective Date:
Proposal Category: Amendment-to-Amendment
Topical Area: Amateurism
Rationale: Due to concern that possible abuse could occur with
high-profile participants in the sports of football and men's basketball, this
amendment-to-amendment excludes those sports from the permissible modeling
legislation.
Estimated Budget Impact: None.
Impact on Student Athlete's Time: None.
Proposal Number: 2005-67
Title:
AMATEURISM - PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES - PERMISSIBLE - CONTINUATION OF
MODELING AND OTHER NONATHETICALLY RELATED PROMOTIONAL
ACTIVITIES AFTER ENROLLMENT
Intent:
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.
A. Bylaws:
Amend 12.5.1.3, page 80, as follows:
"12.5.1.3 Continuation of Modeling
and Other Nonathletically Related Promotional
Activities after Enrollment. If aAn
individual may accepts remuneration for or permits the use
of his or her name or picture to advertise or promote the sale or use of a
commercial product or service prior to enrollment in a member institution,
continued remuneration for the use of the individual's name or picture (under
the same or similar circumstances) after enrollment is permitted without
jeopardizing his or her eligibility to participate in intercollegiate athletics
only if all of the following conditions apply:
"(a) The
individual's involvement in this type of activity was initiated prior to his or
her enrollment in a member institution;"
[12.5.1.3-(b) through 12.5.1.3-(e) relettered as 12.5.1.3-(a) through 12.5.1.3-(d),
unchanged.]
B. Bylaws: Amend
12.5.2.1.1, page 81, as follows:
"12.5.2.1.1 Exceptions.
The individual's eligibility will not be affected, provided the individual
participated in such activities prior to enrollment and the individual:
"(a) Meets the conditions set forth in Bylaw
12.5.1.3 that would permit continuation of such activities; or
"(b) Takes appropriate steps upon becoming a
student-athlete to retract permission for the use of his or her name or picture
and ceases receipt of any remuneration for such an arrangement."
Source:
NCAA Division I Management Council [Academics/Eligibility/Compliance
Cabinet (Subcommittee on Agents and Amateurism)].
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Currently, an individual who initiates modeling and other nonathletically related promotional activities prior to
collegiate enrollment at an institution is permitted to continue modeling,
provided the remaining conditions of the bylaw are met. A student-athlete who
has the opportunity to model after collegiate enrollment should not be viewed
differently than a student-athlete who participated in these activities prior
to collegiate enrollment, provided he or she satisfies the specified criteria.
This proposal expands that criteria and would permit involvement to include
modeling done both prior and subsequent to enrollment at a collegiate
institution.
Budget
Impact: None.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
None
Proposal
Number: 2005-99
Title:
AMATEURISM -- PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES -- PROMOTION BY THIRD PARTY OF HIGHLIGHT
FILM, VIDEOTAPE OR MEDIA GUIDES
Intent:
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.
Bylaws:
Amend 12.5.1.8, pages 80-81, as follows:
"12.5.1.8 Promotion by Third Party of
Highlight Film, Videotape, Photographs or Media Guide. Any party other
than the institution or a student-athlete (e.g., a distribution company) may
sell and distribute an institutional highlight film or videotape or an institutional
or conference media guide or photograph that contains the names and
pictures of enrolled student-athletes only if:
"(a) The
institution specifically designates any agency that is authorized to receive
orders for the film, videotape, photograph or media guide;
[12.5.1.8-(b) unchanged.]
"(c) The distribution company or a retail
store is precluded from using the name or picture of an enrolled
student-athlete in any poster or other advertisement to promote the sale or
distribution of the film, photograph or media guide; and
[Remainder of 12.5.1.8 unchanged.]
Source:
NCAA Division I Management Council (Big West Conference).
Effective
Date: Immediate
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Many athletics departments contract with individuals to serve as staff
photographers. These individuals provide the photos for media guides,
promotional materials, Web site use, etc. In this day and age of digital
photography, many of these photographers have Web sites set up to sell their
photographs to individuals for personal use. These Web sites are controlled by
the photographer and are maintained separately from any institution. Current
legislation prohibits the sale of these photos by anyone other than the member
institution. By allowing institutions to specifically designate another party
to sell and distribute photographs from the individual's Web site in a manner
similar to that for media guides and highlight films, institutions can avoid
the cost and time involved with funneling the sale of these photographs through
the institution. This legislation would only apply to the sale of photographs
(as opposed to any other commercial item) and is consistent with recent
interpretations issued by NCAA Division I Legislative Review/Interpretations
Committee.
Budget
Impact: May save member institutions set up and distribution costs
associated with selling photos for personal use.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet: The cabinet unanimously opposes Proposal No. 2005-99. It is appropriate for the institution to maintain control over the sale of photographs of student-athletes. Student-athletes should not be used by a third party in for-profit ventures because it may be perceived as exploitative
Proposal
Number: 2005-102
Title:
AWARDS AND BENEFITS -- MEDICAL EXPENSES -- PERMISSIBLE -- MEDICAL INSURANCE
Intent:
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.
Bylaws:
Amend 16.4, pages 220-226, as follows:
"16.4 Medical Expenses
"16.4.1 Permissible. Identified medical
expense benefits incidental to a student-athlete's participation in
intercollegiate athletics that may be financed by the institution are:
"(a) Athletics mMedical insurance;"
[Remainder of 16.4.1 unchanged.]
"16.4.2 Nonpermissible.
An institution may not finance student health insurance if the insurance is
provided or offered to the general student body only on an optional
basis. However, if such insurance is required for a
particular group of students (e.g., foreign students), such expenses may be
paid for student-athletes who are members of such a group. Only such
required fees may be paid as a part of an institutional grant-in-aid for
student-athletes."
Source:
NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports
(Mid-American Conference).
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
In 2004, the membership adopted Proposal No. 2003-139, which permits an
institution to pay a student-athlete's medical expenses for any injury or
illness, regardless of when the injury or illness occurred or if the injury or
illness was athletically related. Proposal No. 2003-139 did not permit
institutions to purchase medical insurance to cover the cost of these types of
expenses. Given the high costs associated with health care, this proposal is a
logical next step in providing student-athletes with medical care. Oftentimes,
students have inadequate health insurance, particularly when purchased through
the institution's student health insurance office. An institution, without some
form of health insurance policy covering non-athletically related injuries and
illnesses may not be fiscally capable of assisting these student-athletes. A blanket
insurance policy to cover expenses for student-athletes who become injured or
ill in nonathletically related situations (car
accidents, illness) can be purchased at very affordable rates with little or no
impact on the institution's budget. Furthermore, compared to the expense
incurred by paying these expenses outright, a blanket insurance policy could
save institutions thousands of dollars. This proposal will allow member
institutions to determine the most cost effective way to cover this expense, while
maintaining the benefit to the student-athletes. Finally, this proposal is
permissive in nature, and will enhance student-athlete well-being by providing
institutions with an affordable way to cover the expenses for injuries and
illness.
Budget
Impact: Permissive legislation. Could result in cost savings to
institutions who cover medical costs of its
student-athletes.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Championships/Competition
Cabinet: The cabinet agreed to oppose the proposal as written. The cabinet
expressed concern with the cost to institutions associated with this proposal
and prefers Proposal No. 2005-101. The cabinet noted that the Awards/Travel
Policies/Bylaw 16 Subcommittee and the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and
Medical Aspects of Sport supported the proposal.
Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports: The committee supports NCAA Proposal No. 2005-102 as written.
Proposal
Number: 2005-101
Title:
AWARDS AND BENEFITS -- MEDICAL EXPENSES -- PERMISSIBLE
Intent:
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.
Bylaws:
Amend 16.4.1, pages 225-226, as follows:
"16.4.1 Permissible. Identified medical
expense benefits incidental to a student-athlete's participation in
intercollegiate athletics that may be financed by the institution are:
[16.4.1-(a) through 16.4.1-(g) unchanged.]
"(h) Expenses for medical treatment
(including transportation and other related costs) for a student-athlete that results from an athletically related injury or illness.
Such expenses may include the cost of
"(i)
Medical expenses (including surgical expenses, medication, rehabilitation and
physical therapy expenses and dental expenses). for
a student-athlete who sustains an athletically related injury or illness;
"(j) Medication and physical therapy used
by a student-athlete during the academic year to enable to student-athlete to
participate in intercollegiate athletics, regardless of whether the injury or
illness is the result of intercollegiate competition or practice; and
"(k) Medication and physical therapy used
by a student-athlete (even if the student-athlete is not a full-time student)
during the academic year to enable the individual to participate in
intercollegiate athletics, only if the student-athlete resides on campus (or in
the local community of the institution) and appropriate medical documentation
is available to establish that the student-athlete is unable to attend the
institution as a full-time student as a result of the student-athlete's injury
or illness."
Source:
NCAA Division I Management Council [Championships/Competition Cabinet
(Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports) (Mountain
West Conference)].
Effective
Date: Immediate
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Under the current legislation, it is likely that institutions will be faced
with issues related to equity when determining which student-athletes should
receive expenses for nonathletically related injuries
or illnesses because of limited resources. There also is the potential for
significant one-time medical/dental expenses that could greatly impact an
institution's budgeted expenditures for medical expenses. Further, while the
Special Assistance and Student-Athlete Opportunity funds may be used to cover
medical expenses (as specified by the respective funds), these funds are
institutionally limited. Reimbursement for significant medical expenses would
be impacted and the availability of funds for other valid and authorized
purposes (e.g., clothing, summer school aid, etc.) would be reduced or
eliminated. Finally, there is a potential recruiting advantage for those
institutions with greater resources.
Budget
Impact: Varies.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Championships/Competition
Cabinet: The cabinet agreed to support the proposal as written. The cabinet
noted that the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of
Sport also supported the proposal. The cabinet also noted that the
Awards/Travel Policies/Bylaw 16 Subcommittee opposed the proposal in favor of
Proposal No. 2005-102.
Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports: The committee supports NCAA Proposal No. 2005-101 as written.
Proposal Number: 2005-49-B
Title:
ELIGIBILITY -- PROGRESS TOWARD DEGREE -- NONTRADITIONAL COURSES
Intent:
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.
A. Bylaws: Amend
14.4.3.4.5, page 169, as follows:
"14.4.3.4.5 Correspondence and Extension
Nontraditional Coursed from Another Institution. Nontraditional
courses (e.g., distance-learning, Ccorrespondence,
extension and credit-by-examination courses) taken from an institution other
than the one in which a student-athlete is enrolled as a full-time student shall
not may only be used in determining a student's academic standing
or progress toward degree by a student-athlete to fulfill the
24-semester/36-quarter hour requirement [see Bylaw 14.4.3.1-(a)] and the
percentage-of-degree requirement (see Bylaw 14.4.3.2), provided the following
conditions are met:
"(a) Evaluation
of student's work is conducted by the appropriate academic authorities in
accordance with the institution's established academic policies;
"(b) The course is available to any
student at the certifying institution and is reflected on the certifying
institution's transcript;
"(c) Prior approval by the appropriate
academic officials of the certifying institution and the courses are accepted
for degree credit by the certifying institution; and
"(d) The credits used from such courses
shall not exceed six semester or nine quarter hours per academic year
(including summer).
[14.4.3.4.5.1 unchanged.]
"14.4.3.4.5.2
Centralized Correspondence-Course Exception. In a state
that centralizes the offering of correspondence courses through one state
institution, a student enrolled in another of the state's institutions may use
a correspondence course from the institution authorized to offer such courses
in determining the student's academic standing or progress toward degree."
B. Bylaws: Amend
14.4.3.4.5, page 163, as follows:
"14.4.3.4.5 Correspondence and Extension
Nontraditional Courses from Another
Institution. Nontraditional courses (e.g., distance-learning, Ccorrespondence, extension and
credit-by-examination Nontraditional courses) taken from an institution
other than the one in which a student-athlete is enrolled as a full-time
student shall not may only be used in determining a student's
academic standing or progress toward degree by a student-athlete
to fulfill the applicable percentage-of-degree requirements (see Bylaw
14.4.3.2), provided the following conditions are met:
"(a) Evaluation
of student's work is conducted by the appropriate academic authorities in
accordance with the institution's established academic policies;
"(b) The course is available to any
student at the certifying institution and is reflected on the certifying
institution's transcript;
"(c) Prior approval by the appropriate
academic officials of the certifying institution is obtained and the courses
are accepted for degree credit by the certifying institution; and
"(d) The credits used from such courses
shall not exceed six semester or nine quarter hours per academic year
(including summer).
[14.4.3.4.5.1 unchanged.]
"14.4.3.4.5.2
Centralized Correspondence-Course Exception. In a state
that centralizes the offering of correspondence courses through one state
institution, a student enrolled in another of the state's institutions may use
a correspondence course from the institution authorized to offer such courses
in determining the student's academic standing or progress toward degree."
C. Bylaws: Amend
14.4.3.4.10, page 170, as follows:
"14.4.3.4.10 Distance-Learning Courses at
Certifying Institution. Credit hours earned via distance learning may
be used to meet all progress-toward-degree requirements provided:"
[Remainder of 14.4.3.4.10 unchanged.]
D. Bylaws: Amend
14.4.3.4.11, page 164, as follows:
"14.4.3.4.11 Distance-Learning Courses at
Certifying Institution. Credit hours earned via distance learning may be
used to meet all progress toward degree requirements provided:"
[Remainder of 14.4.3.4.11 unchanged.]
Source:
NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on
Continuing Eligibility) (Big Ten Conference).
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
A student-athlete should be permitted to use nontraditional courses that
are accepted by the institution and satisfy graduation requirements for all
students. Further, this proposal will eliminate the need for institutions to
determine whether these hours are earned during a particular term or during the
regular academic year. Because the annual and term credit-hour requirements are
intended to ensure that a student-athlete is earning academic credit during the
regular academic year at the certifying institution, such courses cannot be
used to satisfy the 18/27 and six credit-hour requirements. This proposal will
not change the current legislation for nontraditional courses completed at the
certifying institution.
Budget
Impact: None.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet: The cabinet unanimously supports Proposal No. 2005-49-B.
Proposal
Number: 2005-52
Title:
ELIGIBILITY - FIVE-YEAR PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY - TRANSFER STATUS AND
PROGRESS TOWARD DEGREE
Intent:
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.
A. Bylaws:
Amend 14.2, page 141, as follows:
"14.2 SEASONS OF COMPETITION: FIVE-YEAR
RULE. A student-athlete shall not engage in more than four seasons of
intercollegiate competition in any one sport (see Bylaws 14.02.6 and but also
see 14.3.2). An institution shall not permit a student-athlete to represent it
in intercollegiate competition unless the individual completes all of his or
her seasons of participation in all sports within the time periods specified
below:"
[14.2.1 unchanged.]
"14.2.1.1 Determining the
Start of the Five-Year Period. For purposes of starting the count of
time under the five-year rule, a student-athlete shall be considered registered
at a collegiate institution (domestic or foreign; see Bylaw 14.02.3) when the
student-athlete initially registers in a regular term (semester or quarter) of
an academic year for a minimum full-time program of studies, as determined
by the institution, and attends on the student's first day of
classes for that term (see Bylaw 14.2.2)."
[Remainder of 14.2 unchanged.]
B. Bylaws: Amend
14.4.3.1 by adding new 14.4.3.1.1, pages 159, 165, as follows:
"14.4.3.1 Eligibility for Competition
"14.4.3.1.1
Determination of Full-Time Enrollment. A student-athlete
shall be considered enrolled full time at a collegiate institution when the student-athlete initially registers in a
regular term (semester or quarter) of an academic year for a minimum full-time
program of studies on the first day of classes for that term."
[14.4.3.1.1 through 14.4.3.1.5, renumbered as
14.4.3.1.2 through 14.4.3.1.6, unchanged.]
C. Bylaws: Amend
14.5.2, page 173, as follows:
"14.5.2 Conditions
Affecting Transfer Status. A transfer student is an individual who
transfers from a collegiate institution after having met any one of the
following conditions at that institution:
"(a) The student was officially registered
and enrolled in a minimum, full-time program of studies in any quarter or
semester on the first day of classes of an academic year, as certified
by the registrar or admissions office, provided the student was present at
the institution on the opening day of classes;"
[Remainder of 14.5.2 unchanged.]
Source:
NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance (Subcommittee on
Continuing Eligibility).
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Currently, there are different "triggers" for the start of a
student-athlete's five-year "clock," responsibility for
progress-toward-degree requirements and conditions affecting transfer status.
This proposal creates a uniform standard for applying each of those eligibility
rules. Registering for classes as a full-time student and remaining registered
as of the first day of classes at an institution demonstrates an intent to be a
student-athlete at that institution. As such, the student-athlete should become
subject to the start of his or her five-year clock, progress-toward-degree
requirements and transfer status at that time. Further, a student-athlete who
is enrolled full time prior to the first day of classes should not be able to
avoid these rule applications by simply departing campus on the first day of
classes. Finally, a single standard will result in less confusion and promote
consistency in the application of these rules.
Budget
Impact: None.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee: The committee opposes the proposal. The committee agreed with the rationale of the NCAA Division I Management Council Legislative Review Subcommittee in that given the proposal's complexity and likelihood of unintended results (e.g., increase in waivers), the committee believes that the current rule adequately addresses the start of the five-year period.
Proposal
Number: 2005-111
Title:
ELIGIBILITY -- TRANSFER REGULATIONS --
Intent:
To specify that the one-time transfer exception is not available to a
baseball student-athlete.
Bylaws:
Amend 14.5.5.2.10, page 179, as follows:
"14.5.5.2.10 One-Time
Transfer Exception. The student transfers to the certifying institution
from another four-year collegiate institution, and all of the following
conditions are met (for graduate students, see also Bylaw 14.1.9.1):
"(a) The student is a participant in a sport
other than basketball, Division I-A football, or men's ice hockey
or baseball at the institution to which the student is transferring. A
participant in Division I-AA football at the institution to which the student
is transferring may utilize this exception only if the participant transferred
to the certifying institution from an institution that sponsors Division I-A
football or the participant transfers from a Division I-AA institution that offers
athletically related financial aid in the sport of football to a Division I-AA
institution that does not offer athletically related financial aid in
football;"
[Remainder of 14.5.5.2.10 unchanged.]
Source:
West Coast Conference.
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Baseball has one of the highest transfer rates and one of the lowest
Academic Progress Rate and graduation rates of all Division I sports. The
application of the one-time transfer exception currently allows baseball
players to be immediately eligible to compete on transfer. Removing this
exemption would reduce the incentive to transfer for purely athletics reasons.
Budget
Impact: None.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance
Cabinet: At this point, the cabinet unanimously opposes Proposal No.
2005-111. However, the cabinet would like to review relevant information,
including specific data or objective documentation regarding the academic
impact of this proposal, information regarding retention rates of baseball
teams and comments from the NCAA Division I Baseball Issues Committee and the
American Baseball Coaches Association in order to more adequately review this
legislative proposal.
Baseball Issues Committee: The committee opposes Proposal No. 2005-111. The committee noted that given the financial aid situation in baseball (relatively small number of equivalencies spread over larger squads), the flexibility for student-athletes to use the transfer exception outweighs the potential adverse impact on the academic progress rate in baseball.
Proposal
Number: 2005-109
Title:
ELIGIBILITY -- TRANSFER -- ONE-TIME TRANSFER EXCEPTION -- DIVISION I-AA
FOOTBALL
Intent:
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.
Bylaws:
Amend 14.5.5.2.10, page 179, as follows:
[Division I-AA Only]
"14.5.5.2.10 One-Time
Transfer Exception. The student transfers to the certifying
institution from another four-year collegiate institution, and all of the
following conditions are met (for graduate students, see also Bylaw 14.1.9.1):
"(a) The student is a participant in a sport
other than basketball, Division I-A football or men's ice hockey at the
institution to which the student is transferring. A participant in Division
I-AA football at the institution to which the student is transferring may utilize
this exception only if the participant transferred to the certifying
institution from an institution that sponsors Division I-A football and has
two or more seasons of competition remaining in football or the participant
transfers from a Division I-AA institution that offers athletically related
financial aid in the sport of football to a Division I-AA institution that does
not offer athletically related financial aid in football;"
[14.5.5.2.10-(b) through 14.5.5.2.10-(d)
unchanged.]
Source:
NCAA Division I Management Council [Football Issues Committee (
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Under current legislation, a football student-athlete at a Division I-A
institution who satisfies the requirements of the one-time transfer exception
may transfer to a Division I-AA institution and compete immediately regardless
of the number of seasons of competition the student-athlete has remaining in
football. Consequently, a student-athlete who has only an athletic interest in
attending a Division I-AA institution may transfer to the Division I-AA
institution for his final season of football competition and, on completion of
that season of competition, return to the Division I-A
institution from which he transferred in order to complete his academic
requirements and graduate. The result has been the creation of a
"market" of Division I-A football transfers for those Division I-AA
institutions seeking immediate assistance in achieving athletic success in
football. This proposal will require a football student-athlete at a Division
I-A institution who transfers to a Division I-AA
institution to demonstrate both an academic as well as an athletic commitment
to the Division I-AA institution to which he transfers by having at least two
seasons of competition remaining in football in order to qualify for the
exception.
Budget
Impact: None.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance
Cabinet: The cabinet opposes Proposal No. 2005-109. The cabinet believes
there is no compelling reason to create an additional transfer restriction in
Division I-AA football.
Football Issues Committee: The I-AA members of the committee expressed support for a proposal to require I-AA transfer student-athletes using the one-time transfer exception to have two or more seasons of competition remaining upon transfer. The committee noted that this proposal impedes the use of "hired guns" from I-A institutions for one year, many of whom do not earn their degrees at the I-AA institutions. The committee was not supportive, however, of the portion of the proposal which would permit football student-athletes to use the one-time transfer exception when transferring from a I-AA institution that provides athletics aid to a I-AA institution that does not provide athletics aid, noting that many nonscholarship I-AA institutions are very competitive and would gain a competitive advantage under such circumstances.
Proposal Number: 2003-24-1
Title:
FINANCIAL AID -- TERMS AND CONDITIONS -- PERIOD OF AWARD -- EXCEPTION
Intent:
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.
A. Bylaws:
Amend Proposal No. 2003-24, 15.3.3.1, as follows:
"15.3.3.1 One-Year Period.
Where a student's athletics ability is considered in any degree in awarding
financial aid, such aid shall neither be awarded for a
period in excess of one academic year nor for a period of less than one
academic year (see Bylaw 15.01.5).
"15.3.3.1.1 Exceptions.
An institution may award athletically related financial aid to a
student-athlete for a period of less than one academic year only under the
following circumstances:
[15.3.3.1.1-(a) unchanged.]
"(b)
Midyear graduation. A full academic-year award must be
provided to a student-athlete even if he or she will graduate midyear.
However, if a student-athlete graduates midyear and leaves the institution, the
balance of the student-athlete's award may be awarded to another student-athlete(s)
for less than one academic year, provided he or she has not previously received
athletically related financial aid from the certifying institution. Final Semester/Quarter. A student-athlete
may receive athletically related financial aid for less than one academic year,
provided the student is in the final semester or final two quarters his or her
degree program and the institution certifies that the student is carrying (for
credit) the courses necessary to complete the degree requirements."
[Remainder of 15.3.3.1.1 unchanged.]
B. Bylaws: Amend
Proposal No. 2003-24, 15.3.3.1, as follows:
"15.3.3.1 One-Year Period.
Where a student's athletics ability is considered in any degree in awarding
financial aid, such aid shall neither be awarded for a
period in excess of one academic year nor for a period of less than one
academic year (see Bylaw 15.01.5). Such financial aid shall be awarded
(as set forth in the written statement per Bylaw 15.3.2.3) in equal amounts for
each term of the academic year."
Source:
NCAA Division I Management Council [Academics/Eligibility/Compliance
Cabinet (Subcommittee on Financial Aid) (Committee on Academic Performance)].
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment-to-Amendment
Rationale:
Part A of the amendment addresses the membership's concern regarding
institutional autonomy and discretion to award aid for less than a full
academic year when a student-athlete will graduate midyear and not return to
the institution. In such cases, an institution should not be required to offer
a full year of aid. Part B of the amendment addresses concerns about the
practice of offering an incoming student-athlete a scholarship that is not
equally divided between each term, thus permitting a tryout situation to occur
during the fall term. For example, the current legislation allows an
institution to offer an incoming freshman a 70 percent scholarship with 20
percent of the yearly amount (40 percent for the semester) awarded in the fall
and the other 50 percent (i.e., a full scholarship) awarded in the spring term.
Such an arrangement permits a coach to use the fall term as a
"tryout" given that the institution could recoup the remaining 50
percent (a full scholarship for the spring term) and re-award it to another student-athlete
in the spring term. It should be noted that during the term of the one-year
award, an institution may still cancel or reduce a student-athlete's financial
aid under legislated, specified conditions per Bylaw 15.3.4.1 (e.g., voluntary
withdrawal, rendering himself or herself ineligible).
Further, an institution is permitted to increase the student-athlete's aid
prior to or during the term of award as specified in Bylaw 15.3.4.2.
Budget
Impact: None.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
None
Proposal
Number: 2003-24
Title:
FINANCIAL AID -- TERMS AND CONDITIONS -- PERIOD OF AWARD
Intent:
To require an institution to award athletically related financial aid for a
period of one academic year, except as specified.
Bylaws:
Amend 15.3.3.1, pages 207-208, as follows:
"15.3.3.1 One-Year Limit Period.
Where a student's athletics ability is considered in any degree in awarding
financial aid, such aid shall not neither be
awarded for a period in excess of one academic year nor for a period
of less than one academic year (see Bylaw 15.01.5).
"15.3.3.1.1 Exceptions.
An institution may award athletically related financial aid to a
student-athlete for a period of less than one academic year only under the
following circumstances:>
"(a)
Midyear enrollment. A student athlete who initially enrolls as a
full-time student at the certifying institution at midyear (e.g., the beginning
of the second semester or second or third quarter of an academic year) may
receive a financial aid award for the remainder of that academic year.
"(b) Midyear
graduation. A full academic-year award must be provided to a
student-athlete even if he or she will graduate midyear. However, if a
student-athlete graduates midyear and leaves the institution, the balance of
the student-athlete's award may be awarded to another student-athlete(s) for
less than one academic year, provided he or she has not previously received
athletically related financial aid from the certifying institution.
"(c) One-time
exception. One time during a student-athlete's enrollment at the
certifying institution he or she may be awarded athletics aid for less than a
full academic year, provided the student-athlete has not previously received
athletically related financial aid from the certifying institution.
[15.3.3.1.1 and
15.3.3.1.2 renumbered as 15.3.3.1.2 and 15.3.3.1.3, unchanged.]
"15.3.3.2 Regular Term
Academic Year vs. Summer Term. An institution may award
financial aid to a student-athlete for an academic year or, pursuant
to the exceptions set forth in Bylaw 15.3.3.1.1, part thereof. An
institution also may award financial aid for a summer term or
summer-orientation period, provided the conditions of Bylaw 15.2.7 have been
met."
[15.3.3.2.1 unchanged.]
Source:
NCAA Division I Management Council [Academics/Eligibility/Compliance
Cabinet (Subcommittee on Financial Aid) (Committee on Academic Performance)].
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Under current legislation, there is no requirement that an institution
notify student-athletes of its decision to reduce or not renew aid for winter
or spring terms when athletics aid is awarded on a term-by-term basis. The
Subcommittee on Financial Aid considered establishing mid-year notice
requirements for aid awarded on a term-by-term basis, but believed that due to
academic calendars, appropriate notice to student-athletes and an appeal
hearing may not occur on a schedule such that a student-athlete would be able
to make an informed decision regarding enrollment in the subsequent term. The
proposal includes an exception to address the use of a term-by-term award to
re-award aid previously provided to a student-athlete who discontinues
enrollment after midyear graduation. Institutions would have the option to
award the remaining aid to a student-athlete who has not previously received
athletics aid. Further, the proposal recognizing the need for flexibility when
an institution may have unused athletics aid available. Awards provided
pursuant to the proposed exceptions are subject to all other regulations
regarding the provision of athletics aid (e.g., subject to renewal notification
requirements, within institutional team limits, etc.). Existing regulations
will continue to allow institutions to reduce or cancel athletics aid during the
term of an award. Moreover, this proposal will eliminate the practice of
attaching athletic performance to the offer or amount of aid in a subsequent
term of an academic year. Finally, the Committee on Academic Performance has
expressed support for the elimination of term-by-term awards of athletically
related financial aid. This proposal is consistent with the intent of the
Academic Performance Program, in that it would prevent an institution from
diminishing the impact of contemporaneous penalties by offering term-by-term
financial aid awards.
Budget
Impact: Possible increase in financial aid costs.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet: The cabinet
unanimously agreed to revise the proposal to include two additional exceptions
to the proposed prohibition on term-by-term financial aid awards. The first
exception permits an institution to award the balance of an
athletics scholarship initially awarded to student-athlete who graduates
midyear and leaves the institution to another student-athlete(s) for less than
a full-academic year provided the recipient receiving the remaining aid has not
previously received athletics aid from the certifying institution. The second
exception specifies that one time during a student-athlete's enrollment at the
institution, the institution may award that student-athlete athletics aid for
less than a full-academic year provided the recipient has not previously
received such aid from the certifying institution. Awards provided pursuant to
the proposed exceptions are subject to all other regulations regarding the
provision of athletics aid (e.g., subject to renewal notification requirements,
within institutional team limits, etc.).
Committee on Academic Performance: The committee reviewed Proposal No. 2003-24 and supports the proposal. The group believes the proposal is consistent with the intent of the APP, in that it would prevent institutions from diminishing the impact of contemporaneous penalties by offering term-by-term financial aid awards. The committee also supports amending the proposal to exempt student-athletes who the institution can document are in the last semester of enrollment prior to graduation.
Proposal Number: 2005-47
Title:
FINANCIAL AID -- SUMMER FINANCIAL AID --
Intent:
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.
Bylaws:
Amend 15.2.8.3, page 203, as follows:
"15.2.8.3
Source:
NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on
Financial Aid).
Effective
Date: Immediate
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Removing the restriction on awarding financial aid to attend the summer
session at a branch campus will allow a student-athlete to further his or her
education in a location that may be closer to his or her home or to an
employment opportunity. The branch school must meet the definition in Bylaw
14.02.1 (branch school). Further, this proposal does not include the awarding
of room and board expenses.
Budget
Impact: Increased opportunity to offer summer tuition and fees.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
None
Proposal Number: 2005-48
Title:
FINANCIAL AID -- ELEMENTS OF FINANCIAL AID -- DETERMINATION OF OFF-CAMPUS
ROOM AND BOARD COSTS
Intent:
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.
Bylaws:
Amend 15.2.2.1, pages 201-202, as follows:
"15.2.2.1 Off-Campus Room
and Board Stipend. If a student-athlete lives and eats in noninstitutional facilities, the institution may pay the
student-athlete an amount equal to the institution's official on-campus room
allowance as listed in its catalog, or the average of the room costs of
all of its students living on campus or the cost of room as calculated based
on its policies and procedures for calculating the cost of attendance for all
students. The institution also may pay the student-athlete an amount that
is equivalent to an on-campus 7-day or 21-meal board plan or the cost of
meals as calculated based on its policies and procedures for calculating the
cost of attendance for all students, excluding those meals provided as part
of the training table. Meals provided on the training table shall be deducted
at the regular cost figure from such a student-athlete's board allowance.
"15.2.2.1.1 Determination
of Off-Campus Room Costs. An institution with several official
on-campus room rates listed in its catalog must may use the
average of the room cost for all students living on campus (based on a weighted
average for all students who reside in on-campus facilities) or the cost of
room as calculated based on its policies and procedures for calculating the
cost of attendance for all students.
"15.2.2.1.2 Determination
of Off-Campus Board Costs. An institution with several on-campus
board plans (e.g., 5-day, 7-day, 14-meal, 17-meal or 21-meal plans) may provide
a student-athlete living in noninstitutional
facilities with the equivalent of a 7-day or 21-meal plan at that institution or
the cost of meals as calculated based on its policies and procedures for
calculating the cost of attendance for all students.
[15.2.2.1.3 through
15.2.2.1.4 unchanged.]
"15.2.2.1.5 Cost-Free
Apartment. It is permissible for the institution to arrange for a
cost-free, off-campus apartment rather than to give a student-athlete an amount
equal to the institution's official room allowance (as listed in its catalog) or
the cost of a room as calculated based on its policies and procedures for
calculating the cost of attendance for all students, provided the apartment
is not rented by the institution at a reduced rate. However, if the actual
rental rate is more than the institutional room allowance, the student-athlete
shall pay the additional amount from the student-athlete's own resources."
[15.2.2.1.6 through
15.2.2.1.7 unchanged.]
Source:
NCAA Division I Management Council [Academics/Eligibility/Compliance
Cabinet (Subcommittee on Financial Aid)].
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Currently, to determine the off-campus room costs for student-athletes, an
institution must use either its official on-campus room allowance or the
average of the room costs for all students living on campus (based on a
weighted average for all students who reside in on-campus facilities). To
determine off-campus board costs, the institution may provide a student-athlete
who eats in noninstitutional facilities with the
equivalent of a 7-day or 21-meal plan at that institution. This proposal allows
an institution to continue to use the current methods or to use the calculation
for the cost of attendance figure for students generally. In instances in which
off-campus room and board costs may be higher than on-campus costs, this
proposal will allow flexibility to alleviate the room and board financial
burden of student-athletes who reside off campus.
Budget
Impact: Varies by institution and may increase amount of off-campus room
and board awarded by the institution.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
None
Proposal
Number: 2005-77-B
Title:
PERSONNEL -- COACHING LIMITATIONS -- SPORTS OTHER THAN FOOTBALL --
RECRUITING FUNCTIONS
Intent:
In sports other than football, to specify that all recruiting coordination
functions shall be performed by head or assistant coaches.
A. Bylaws:
Amend 11.7.1, page 60, as follows:
"11.7.1 General Provisions Applicable to All
Sports with Numerical Coaching Limits
[11.7.1.1 through
11.7.1.1.1 unchanged.]
11.7.1.1.1.1 Noncoaching
Activities. Institutional staff members involved in noncoaching
activities (e.g., administrative assistants, recruiting coordinators in
sports other than football, academic counselors) do not count in the
institution's coaching limitations, provided such individuals are not
identified as coaches, do not engage in any on- or off-field coaching
activities (e.g., attending meetings involving coaching activities, analyzing
videotape or film involving the institution's or an opponent's team), and are not
involved in any off-campus recruitment of prospects or scouting of opponents.
[11.7.1.1.1.2 through
11.7.1.1.2 unchanged.]
"11.7.1.2 Recruiting
Coordination Functions. All recruiting coordination
functions (except routine clerical tasks) must be performed by the head coach
or one or more of the full-time assistant coaches. Such functions
include:
"(a) Activities
involving athletics evaluation and/or selection of prospects.
"(b) Telephone
calls to prospects (or prospects' parents or legal guardians or the prospect's
coach).
"(c) Preparation of
general recruiting correspondence to prospects (or prospects' parent or legal
guardians).
"11.7.1.2.1 Division
I-A Football Graduate-Assistant Coach Exception. In
Division I-A football, a graduate-assistant coach may perform the functions set
forth in Bylaw 11.7.1.2-(a) on campus only (if the coach has successfully
completed the coaches certification examination per Bylaw 11.5.1.1) and
11.7.1.2-(b), but not those functions set forth in Bylaw 11.7.1.2-(c). [See
also 11.01.3-(g)]"
B. Bylaws: Amend
11.7.2.3, page 61, as follows:
"11.7.2.3 Football
Recruiting Coordination Functions. All football recruiting
coordination functions (except routine clerical tasks) must be performed by the
head coach or one or more of the full-time assistant coaches. Such functions
include:
"(a) Activities
involving athletics evaluation and/or selection of prospects.
"(b) Telephone
calls to prospects (or prospects’ parents or legal guardians or the
prospects' coach).
"(c) Preparation of
general recruiting correspondence to prospects (or prospects’ parents or
legal guardians).
"11.7.2.3.1
Graduate-Assistant Coach Exception. A graduate-assistant
coach may perform the functions set forth in Bylaw 11.7.2.3-(a) on campus only
(if the coach has successfully completed the coaches
certification examination per Bylaws 11.5.1.1) and 117.2.3.-(b), but not those
functions set forth in Bylaw 11.7.2.3-(c). [See also 11.01.3-(g)]"
C. Bylaws: Amend
11.7.3.3, page 62, as follows:
"11.7.3.3 Football
Recruiting Coordination Functions. All football recruiting
coordination functions (except routine clerical tasks) must be performed by the
head coach or one or more of the full-time assistant coaches. Such functions
include:
"(a) Activities
involving athletics evaluation and/or selection of prospects.
"(b) Telephone
calls to prospects (or prospects' parents or legal guardians or the prospects'
high-school coach).
"(c) Preparation of
general recruiting correspondence to prospects (or prospects' parents or legal
guardians)."
Source:
Pacific-10 Conference.
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
This proposal would require that all recruiting coordinating functions be
performed by head or assistant coaches and would not permit volunteer coaches
to engage in recruiting coordination functions.
Budget
Impact: None.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position Statement(s) none
Proposal
Number: 2005-125
Title:
PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- GENERAL PLAYING SEASON REGULATIONS --
REQUIRED DAY OFF -- BASKETBALL EXCEPTION
Intent:
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.
Bylaws:
Amend 17.1.5.4 by adding new 17.1.5.4.7, page 244, as follows:
"17.1.5.4.7 Exception --
Basketball. If an institution's team participates in three contests in a
given week, an institution is not subject to the one-day-off-per-week
requirement, provided the student-athletes do not engage in any countable
athletically related activities for two days during either the preceding or the
following week."
Source:
NCAA Division I Management Council [Championships/Competition Cabinet
(Women's Basketball Issues Committee) (Men's Basketball Issues Committee) (Big
12 Conference)].
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
A team that takes its required day off during the week it is scheduled to
compete in three contests is only left with one day to prepare for the next
opponent. In many instances, a three-contest week is the result of conference
scheduling to uphold a network television commitment to provide games for a
particular time slot. This conference obligation should not limit the
individual institution's ability to prepare for each contest.
Budget
Impact: None.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Championships/Competition
Cabinet: Based on a recommendation from the Playing and Practice Seasons
Subcommittee, the cabinet agreed to support the proposal as written. The
cabinet noted that the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Issues Committee also
supported the proposal and agreed with its recommendation to have the sponsors
consider allowing the institution to take two days off in either the week
preceding or the week following the week in which the basketball team plays
three contests.
Men's
Basketball Issues Committee: The committee supported the more flexible
approach provided by the proposal to deal with situations in which an
institution may play three contests in a given week, but suggested that
consideration be given to allowing the institution to take two days off in
either the week preceding or following the week in which the basketball team
plays three contests.
Women's
Basketball Issues Committee: The Women's Basketball Issues Committee
supports this proposal as a logical way to help grow women's basketball by
allowing more opportunities and flexibility for television coverage, while at
the same time being attentive to the student-athletes' need for days off during
the playing season. The committee noted the conference may want to consider
amending the proposal so that two days off could be taken either the preceding
or following week.
Proposal
Number: 2005-127
Title:
PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- MEN'S ROWING
Intent:
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.
A. Bylaws:
Amend 11.7.4, pages 62-63, as follows:
"11.7.4 Limitations on
Number -- Off-Campus Recruiting. There shall be a limit on the
number of coaches who may be employed by an institution and who may contact or
evaluate prospects off-campus at any one time in each sport as follows:
|
"Sport |
Head or Assistant Coach |
Limit on Off-Campus Recruiters |
|
"Rowing, Men |
3 |
2 (during the academic year)
3 (during the summer)" |
[Remainder of 11.7.4 unchanged.]
[11.7.4.1 unchanged.]
"11.7.4.2 Exceptions to Number Limits.
No individual other than coaches designated to fill the coaching categories set
forth in Bylaw 11.7.4 may participate in any manner in the coaching of the
intercollegiate team of a member institution during any game, practice or other
organized activity, with the following exceptions:
[11.7.4.2.1 through
11.7.4.2.2 unchanged.]
"11.7.4.2.3 Volunteer Coach. In sports
other than football, basketball and women's rowing, a member institution
may utilize the services of one volunteer coach (per Bylaw 11.01.5).
Indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and cross country are separate
sports for purposes of this provision. In sports in which the NCAA
conducts separate men's and women's championships, a combined men's and women's
program may utilize two volunteer coaches.
"11.7.4.2.3.1 Volunteer Coach--Women's
Rowing. In women's rowing, an institution may utilize the services
of four volunteer coaches for each team (men's and women's)."
[Remainder of 11.7.4 unchanged.]
B. Bylaws: Amend
13.15.1.6, page 130, as follows:
"13.15.1.6 Donation of
Equipment.
[13.15.1.6.1 unchanged.]
"13.15.1.6.1.1 Exception -- Women's
Rowing. An institution may loan rowing equipment to a high school's or
junior club program's women's team on an issuance and retrieval basis
and may permit high schools' and junior club programs' women's teams to use its
rowing facilities for practice and/or competition."
[Remainder of 13.15.1.6 unchanged.]
C. Bylaws: Amend
14.3.5, page 158, as follows:
"14.3.5 Determination of
Freshman Eligibility.
"14.3.5.1 Participation
Prior to Certification.
[14.3.5.1.1 through
14.3.5.1.2 unchanged.]
"14.3.5.1.2.1 Exception -- Women's
Rowing. A nonrecruited student in the sport of women's
rowing may practice, but not compete, during the nonchampionship
season in that sport. Thereafter, the student shall have established
minimum-eligibility requirements as a qualifier (as certified by the NCAA
Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse) to continue practicing or to compete or the
minimum requirements as a partial qualifier to continue practicing."
D. Bylaws: Amend
15.5.3, pages 211-212, as follows:
"15.5.3 Equivalency
Sports.
"15.5.3.1 Maximum Equivalency Limits.
"15.5.3.1.1 Men's Sports.
There shall be a limit on the value (equivalency) of financial aid awards (per
Bylaw 15.02.4.1) that an institution may provide in any academic year to
counters in the following men's sports:
"Rowing
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E. Bylaws: Amend
16.8, page 229, as follows:
"16.8 EXPENSES PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTION
FOR PRACTICE AND COMPETITION.
"16.8.1 Permissible. The permissible
expenses for practice and competition that an institution may provide a
student-athlete are defined in the following subsections. (See Bylaw 16.9 for
expenses that may be provided by individuals or organizations other than the
institution.)
"16.8.1.1 Practice.
Expenses may be paid for practice sessions only if they are associated with an
away-from-home contest or conducted at a site located within the member
institution's state or, if outside that state, no more than 100 miles from the
institution's campus. Violations of this bylaw shall be considered
institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1 and shall not affect the
student-athlete's eligibility.
[16.8.1.1.1 through
16.8.1.1.2 unchanged.]
"16.8.1.1.3 Women's
Rowing -- Weather Exception. In the sport of women's
rowing, a member institution may transport a team to a practice site beyond the
mileage limitations of Bylaw 16.8.1.1 if necessitated by weather conditions. If
such practice activities are conducted during an institution's academic term,
the practice activities shall occur only at a site located within the member
institution's state or, if outside the state, no more than 200 miles from the
institution's campus. All practice activities must be within
the institution's declared playing and practice season in women's
rowing."
F. Bylaws: Amend
17.02.12.1, page 241, as follows:
"17.02.12.1 Team Sports.
The following are classified as team sports for purposes of this bylaw:
"Rowing, Women's"
[Remainder of 17.02.12.1 unchanged.]
G. Bylaws: Amend
17.17, pages 293-296, as follows:
"17.17 ROWING, WOMEN'S.
Regulations for computing the rowing playing season are set forth in Bylaw
17.1, General Playing-Season Regulations. (See Figures 17-1
and 17-2.) The following regulations apply independently to open
and lightweight rowing programs.
[17.17.1 through 17.17.4
unchanged.]
"17.17.5 Number of Dates
of Competition.
[17.17.5.1 through
17.17.5.2 unchanged.]
"17.17.5.3 Annual
Exemptions. The maximum number of dates of competition in rowing
shall exclude the following (see Figure 17-18):
[17.17.5.3-(a) unchanged.]
"(b) Season-Ending
Tournament.
"(1) NCAA Championship.
Competition in the National Collegiate Women's and Men's Rowing
Championships; and
"(2) Season-Ending
Championship Event. In women's rowing, Sseason-ending
competition in one of the recognized national collegiate rowing championship
events for which the institution is qualified and eligible to participate
(e.g., Cincinnati Regatta, Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta, Dad Vail
Regatta, Champion International Regatta). In men's rowing,
season-ending competition in one of the recognized national or international
collegiate rowing championship events for which the institution is qualified
and eligible to participate (e.g., Cincinnati Regatta, Intercollegiate Rowing
Association Regatta, Dad Vail Regatta, Champion International Regatta, Henley
Regatta);"
[Remainder of 17.17 unchanged.]
H. Bylaws: Amend
20.8, page 361, as follows:
"20.8 ELIGIBILITY FOR
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE AND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS.
"20.8.1 Eligibility for
National Collegiate Championships. Separate championships in each
division are not sponsored in the following sports:
"Men's rowing"
[Remainder of 20.8.1 unchanged.]
I. Bylaws: Amend
20.9.3.3, page 364, as follows:
"20.9.3.3 Minimum Contests and Participants
Requirements for Sports Sponsorship. In each sport, the institution's team
shall engage in at least a minimum number of intercollegiate contests (against
four-year, degree-granting collegiate institutions) each year. In the
individual sports, the institution's team shall include a minimum number of
participants in each contest that is counted toward meeting the
minimum-contests requirement. The following minimums are applicable:
"Team
Sports
Minimum Contests
"Women's
Rowing
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[Remainder of 20.9.3.3 unchanged.]
J. Administrative:
Amend 30.7, pages 405-406, as follows:
"30.7 FOREIGN
[30.7.1 through 30.7.5
unchanged.]
"30.7.6 Opponents.
The team shall not compete during the tour against other American teams
(colleges or other U.S. teams) other than teams composed of U.S. armed forces
personnel stationed at U.S. military bases in foreign countries.
"30.7.6.1 Exception -- Women's
Rowing. It is permissible for rowing teams representing NCAA member
institutions to compete against each other as part of the Henley Royal
Regatta."
K. Administrative:
Amend 31.1.4, page 423, as follows:
"31.1.4 Day of
Competition. NCAA championships competition may be scheduled or
conducted on any day, provided the governing sports committee has received the
prior approval of the Championships/Competition Cabinet and the following
regulations are applied.
[31.1.4.1 through
31.1.4.3 unchanged.]
"31.1.4.4
[31.1.4.4.1 unchanged.]
"31.1.4.4.2 Exception -- Women's
Rowing Championship. In instances where the final day of the women's
rowing championship occurs on a Sunday, competition may begin prior to
[Remainder of 31.1.4 unchanged.]
L. Administrative:
Amend 31.4.6.3, pages 436-437, as follows:
"31.4.6.3 Official
Traveling Parties. The following are the approved official traveling
parties for which expenses shall be provided in accordance with the provisions
of this section:
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National Collegiate Men's
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Source:
NCAA Division I Management Council [Championships/Competition Committee
(Pacific-10 Conference)].
Effective
Date:
Category:
Amendment
Rationale:
Establishing men's rowing as an NCAA sport and creating an NCAA
championship in the sport would make the student-athlete experience for
collegiate men's rowers the equivalent of the experience student-athletes in
NCAA sponsored sports. Currently some institutions apply some or all of the
NCAA bylaws to their men's rowing programs, while
others do not, and operate under a different set of rules, which has been and
continues to be a cause of concern.
Budget
Impact: Little to none.
Impact
on S-A's Time: None.
Position
Statement(s)
Academics/Eligibility/Compliance
Cabinet: The cabinet unanimously opposes Proposal No. 2005-127. The cabinet
expressed concerns related to the establishment of a championship for men's
rowing before the general structure of the sport is established as an NCAA sponsored sport. Generally, when a sport is added as
a sponsored sport by the NCAA, it is accomplished through a broad-based effort
involving all three divisions and the sport's national governing body. In
addition, in order to establish a national collegiate championship in any
sport, all divisions must be involved in the process.
Championships/Competition
Cabinet: Based on a recommendation from the Playing and Practice Seasons
Subcommittee and the Awards/Travel Policies/Bylaw 16 Subcommittee, the cabinet
agreed to support the proposal as written.
Proposal
Number: 2005-128
Title:
PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- NUMBER OF CONTESTS -- DIVISION I-AA FOOTBALL
Intent:
In Division I-AA football, to permit an institution to compete annually in
12 regular-season contests.
Bylaws:
Amend 17.11.5.1, page 270, as follows:
[Division I-AA only]
"17.11.5.1 Maximum Limitations -- Institutional. In Divisions I-A and I-AA, a member institution shall limit its total regular-season playing schedule with outside competition during the permissible football playing season in any one year to 12 contests (games or scrimmages), except as provided for member institutions located in Alaska and Hawaii, under Bylaw 17.30.2, and except as provided for all members under Bylaw 17.11.5.2. In Divisions I-AA, a member institution shall limit its total regular-season playing schedule with outside competition during the permissible footbal