REPORT OF THE NCAA DIVISION I MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

LEGISLATIVE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

The NCAA Division I Management Council Legislative Review Subcommittee (LRS) convened in Indianapolis, Indiana, November 9 to review the proposals set forth in the 2007 NCAA Division I Official Notice for the purpose of providing recommendations and comments for consideration by the full NCAA Division I Management Council as it takes initial action on the proposals at its January 7, 2007, meeting. The recommendations, additional comments and page numbers of the proposals as they appear in the official notice are referenced in the charts listed below. The subcommittee’s report will appear in two charts. The first chart, organized based on voting order, reflects the subcommittee’s recommendations/comments to the Management Council and is divided into categories based on the subcommittee’s positions. The second chart reflects the subcommittee’s recommendations/comments and lists the proposals in the order they appear in the official notice. Please note that if the subcommittee is recommending the Management Council to approve a proposal and forward it to the NCAA Division I Board of Directors for possible adoption, the subcommittee supported the rationale for the proposal as indicated by the sponsors in the rationale statement. Further, if the subcommittee recommends that the Management Council defeat a proposal, it is likely that the subcommittee agreed with an opposition statement of a referral entity included in the official notice with the proposal.

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

A. Proposals recommended to be forwarded to the NCAA Board of Directors.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-18 Page 14	ETHICAL CONDUCT AND AMATEURISM -- UNETHICAL CONDUCT AND VALIDITY OF AMATEUR STATUS -- INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY	To specify that unethical conduct shall include the failure to provide complete and accurate information to the NCAA, the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse or the institution's athletics department regarding an individual's amateur status; further, to specify that an institution is responsible for promptly reporting all discrepancies in information related to a student-athlete's amateurism certification to the Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse.	Approve and forward to the NCAA Division I Board of Directors for possible adoption.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-19 Page 16	PERSONNEL – GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH – MINIMUM ENROLLMENT – EXCEPTION FOR MIDYEAR REPLACEMENT – BOWL SUBDIVISION FOOTBALL AND WOMEN’S ROWING	In bowl subdivision football and women’s rowing, to specify that an institution may appoint a mid-year replacement graduate assistant coach who is enrolled in less than 50 percent of the institution’s minimum regular graduate program of studies, provided the graduate assistant coach has been accepted for enrollment in a graduate program beginning with the next earliest opportunity.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-20 Page 17	PERSONNEL -- LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF OFF-CAMPUS RECRUITERS -- FENCING, GOLF, MEN'S GYMNASTICS, RIFLE, MEN'S TENNIS AND MEN'S WATER POLO	In fencing, golf, men's gymnastics, rifle, men's tennis and men's water polo, to increase, from one to two, the number of coaches who may contact or evaluate prospects off-campus at any time one time.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-21 Page 18	PERSONNEL -- VOLUNTEER COACH -- WOMEN'S EQUESTRIAN -- ONE COACH FOR EACH RIDING DISCIPLINE	In women's equestrian, to specify that an institution may use the services of one volunteer coach for the hunt seat riding discipline and one volunteer coach for the western riding discipline.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-28-B Page 33	RECRUITING – RECRUITING-PERSON DAYS – WOMEN’S BASKETBALL – 100 DAYS	In women’s basketball, to revise the number of recruiting person-days from 85 to 100.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption. · The subcommittee noted that the recommendation represents a reasonable nonsignificant modification to the current rule.	Rendered moot by the adoption of NCAA Proposal No. 2006-28-A.
2006-31 Page 37	RECRUITING – TELEPHONE CALLS TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES – EXCEPTION – FOOTBALL – ONE TELEPHONE CALL APRIL 15 THROUGH MAY 31	In football, to specify that an institution may make one telephone call to a prospective student-athlete or a prospective student-athlete’s relatives or legal guardians from April 15 through May 31 of the prospective student-athlete’s junior year in high school.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-37 Page 46	RECRUITING – LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER OF EVALUATIONS – EVALUATION DAYS – WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL	In women’s volleyball, to specify that the observation of prospective student-athletes participating in high school volleyball competition shall be included in the permissible 80 evaluation days.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-43 Page 54	RECRUITING – RECRUITING MATERIALS – VIDEO/AUDIO MATERIALS – COMPUTER RECRUITING PRESENTATION	To permit an institution to produce a computer recruiting presentation to show to a prospective student-athlete during an in-home visit or official and unofficial visits.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-44 Page 56	RECRUITING – RECRUITING MATERIALS – ADVERTISEMENTS AND PROMOTIONS – INTERVIEW TO RECRUITING PUBLICATION	To eliminate the restriction that precludes an institutional coaching staff member from providing an interview for an article that will appear in a recruiting publication or newsletter.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. Action
2006-46-A Page 60	RECRUITING -- OFFICIAL VISIT REQUIREMENTS AND WRITTEN OFFERS OF ATHLETICALLY RELATED FINANCIAL AID -- REGISTRATION WITH INITIAL-ELIGIBILITY CLEARINGHOUSE AND INSTITUTIONAL REQUEST LIST	To specify that an institution shall not provide an official visit to a high school or preparatory school prospective student-athlete until he or she registers with the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse and is placed on the institutional request list; further, to specify that an institution shall not provide a high school or preparatory school prospective student-athlete a written offer of athletically related financial aid until he or she has registered with the Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse and the institution places the prospective student-athlete on the institutional request list (IRL) with the Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.	Rendered moot by the adoption of Proposal No. 2006-46-B.
2006-48 Page 69	RECRUITING -- UNOFFICIAL OR OFFICIAL VISITS -- PROFESSIONAL TRYOUT OR WORKOUT ACTIVITIES	To specify that during any official or unofficial visit a prospective student-athlete may not attend events in which professional tryout or workout activities occur.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. Action
2006-52 Page 74	ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- MEN'S BASKETBALL -- MARCH CONTACT PERIOD	In men's basketball, to establish a contact period March 16 through 22.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-53 Page 76	ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- MEN'S BASKETBALL -- CHAMPIONSHIP DEAD PERIOD	In men's basketball, to specify that the dead period surrounding the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship shall be from Thursday prior to the championship game until noon on Thursday following the championship game.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-55 Page 78	ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- SOFTBALL	In softball, to specify that evaluations are not permissible (contact only) from the day after Labor Day through Thanksgiving day, except from the second Friday in October through the first Sunday in November (contact/evaluation period); further, to specify that in those states that play the high school softball season in the fall, evaluations shall be permissible during the season, except during dead periods.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-61 Page 85	ELIGIBILITY -- GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS -- CHANGE IN ELIGIBILITY STATUS -- ELIGIBILITY FOR POSTSEASON COMPETITION BETWEEN TERMS -- LESS THAN FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT	To specify that a student-athlete who is in his or her final season of competition in the applicable sport and is enrolled in less than a minimum full-time program of studies, but is enrolled in at least six hours, shall have satisfactorily completed six semester or six quarter hours of academic credit during the preceding regular term in order to be eligible to participate in postseason competition occurring between terms; and to specify that a student-athlete who is in his or her final season of competition in the applicable sport and is enrolled in less than six hours, shall have satisfactorily completed the number of semester or quarter hours of academic credit in which he or she was enrolled during the preceding regular academic term in order to be eligible to participate in postseason competition occurring between terms.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-69 Page 103	ELIGIBILITY -- FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE TRANSFERS -- ELIGIBILITY FOR INSTITUTIONAL ATHLETICALLY RELATED FINANCIAL AID -- 4-2-4 COLLEGE TRANSFER	To specify that a student-athlete who transfers from a four-year institution to a two-year institution and then to the certifying institution shall complete at least one regular academic term of enrollment at the two-year institution in order to be eligible for athletically related financial aid at the certifying institution.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-70 Page 104	FINANCIAL AID -- ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENT-ATHLETES FOR INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL AID -- NCAA DEGREE COMPLETION AWARD	To permit an institution to provide athletically related financial aid to a student-athlete who is selected for an NCAA Degree Completion Award.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-74 Page 112	AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSIONS AND TICKET BENEFITS -- COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSIONS TO AN INSTITUTION'S HOME CONTEST HONORING A STUDENT-ATHLETE	To increase, from three to four, the number of complimentary admissions that an institution may provide to a student-athlete for an institution's game or event during which a student-athlete is being honored but not participating, provided such complimentary admissions are used by the student-athlete's parents, legal guardians and/or spouse.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-75 Page 113	AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- TRAINING-TABLE MEALS -- COST TO STUDENT-ATHLETE NOT RECEIVING BOARD SCHOLARSHIP	To specify that a student-athlete who does not receive institutional athletically related financial aid covering the full cost of board, including a walk-on or partial scholarship recipient, may purchase one training-table meal per day at the same rate that the institution deducts from the board allowance of student-athletes who receive athletically related financial aid covering board costs.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.	Rendered moot by the adoption of Proposal No. 2006-71 as it relates to the championship playing-season segment.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-77 Page 117	AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- EXPENSES PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTION FOR PRACTICE AND COMPETITION -- OTHER COMPETITION -- NATIONAL TEAM TRYOUT COMPETITION	To permit an institution to provide actual and necessary expenses related to a student-athlete's participation in one national team tryout competition event per academic year (or in the following summer) from which participants are selected for the team that will participate in the Olympic Games, Pan American Games, World Championships, World Cup and World University Games.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-79 Page 119	PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS AND RECRUITING -- MANDATORY MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS	In all sports, to require prospective student-athletes and student-athletes to undergo a medical examination administered or supervised by a physician prior to initial participation in any practice, competition or out of season conditioning and to require an updated medical history each year. In the applicable sports, to require prospective student-athletes to undergo a medical examination administered or supervised by a physician prior to participation in any voluntary individual workouts pursuant to the safety exception. In football and basketball, to require prospective student-athletes to undergo a medical examination administered or supervised by a physician prior to voluntary summer conditioning activities.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption. · The subcommittee requests the effective date of the federated portion of the proposal be amended to May 1 to be applicable to summer workouts.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-84 Page 131	PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- NUMBER OF DATES OF COMPETITION -- MAXIMUM LIMITATIONS -- WOMEN'S EQUESTRIAN	In equestrian, to specify that an institution shall limit its total playing schedule with outside competition during the institution's playing season to 15 dates of competition (games and scrimmages), which may include not more than five two-day competitions, which shall each count as a single date of competition.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-87 Page 133	PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- NUMBER OF DATES OF COMPETITION -- MAXIMUM LIMITATIONS -- GOLF	In golf, to permit an institution to participate in a total of nine three-day tournaments (with a maximum of 54 holes per tournament) or 24 dates of competition.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.

Proposal Number	Title	Intent Statement	LRS Recommendations	Comments/ Mootnicity	Mgmt. Co. action
2006-90 Page 138	DIVISION MEMBERSHIP -- PROVISIONAL MEMBERS, RECLASSIFYING MEMBERS AND MULTIDIVISIONAL RECLASSIFICATION -- APPLICATION OF INFRACTIONS AND REINSTATEMENT PROCESSES	To specify that reclassifying and provisional members, including members seeking multidivisional reclassification, shall process institutional and individual student-athlete violations through the infractions and student-athlete reinstatement processes, as specified; further, to specify that such institutions shall report all violations to the Division I Management Council Membership Subcommittee as part of the required annual report.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.
2006-91 Page 144	DIVISION MEMBERSHIP -- PROVISIONAL MEMBERSHIP PROCESS -- SECOND YEAR -- COMPLIANCE WITH NCAA RULES	To specify that during the second year of provisional membership a provisional member must be in full compliance with all Division I legislation.	Approve and forward to the Board of Directors for possible adoption.

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