MINUTES OF THE

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

DIVISION I LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND INTERPRETATIONS COMMITTEE

Conference Call No. 11 June 13, 2007

Participants:

Brad Bertani, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Thomas Hickman, Winthrop University

Janet Lucas, University of California, Riverside

Shane Lyons, Atlantic Coast Conference

Don Oberhelman, San Diego State University

Amy Huchthausen, NCAA

Kris Richardson, NCAA

Geoff Silver, NCAA

Renee Baumgartner, University of Oregon;

Ray Shackelford, Bethune-Cookman College;

Tracy Shoemake, Texas State University-San Marcos, chair; and

James Klein, University of Toledo, was unable to participate.

[Note: These minutes contain only actions taken (formal votes or stated “sense of the telephone conference”) in accordance with NCAA policy regarding minutes of all Association entities. While certain items on the committee’s agenda were acted on at various times throughout the meeting, all final actions within a given topic are combined in these minutes for convenience of reference.]

The NCAA Division I Legislative Review and Interpretations Committee telephone conference was called to order at 3 p.m. All members were present as noted above.

Financial Aid Available to Children of Former Student-Athletes

1. Providing Financial Aid to the Children of Members of an Institution’s Letterman’s Club. (I) The committee determined that it is not permissible for an institution to award financial aid through a scholarship program available only to children of members of an institution’s letterman’s club, even if individuals other than former student-athletes are members of the letterman’s club (e.g., former student-managers, cheerleaders). [References: NCAA Bylaws 13.2.1 (general regulation), 15.02.4.1 (institutional financial aid), 16.02.3 (extra benefit) and 16.11.2.1 (general rule)]

MINUTES OF THE

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

DIVISION I LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND INTERPRETATIONS COMMITTEE

Conference Call No. 12 July 11, 2007

Participants:

Brad Bertani, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Thomas Hickman, Winthrop University

Janet Lucas, University of California, Riverside

Shane Lyons, Atlantic Coast Conference

Don Oberhelman, San Diego State University

Amy Huchthausen, NCAA

Kris Richardson, NCAA

Geoff Silver, NCAA

Renee Baumgartner, University of Oregon;

Ray Shackelford, Bethune-Cookman College;

Tracy Shoemake, Texas State University-San Marcos, chair; and

James Klein, University of Toledo, was unable to participate.

[Note: These minutes contain only actions taken (formal votes or stated “sense of the telephone conference”) in accordance with NCAA policy regarding minutes of all Association entities. While certain items on the committee’s agenda were acted on at various times throughout the meeting, all final actions within a given topic are combined in these minutes for convenience of reference.]

The NCAA Division I Legislative Review and Interpretations Committee telephone conference was called to order at 3 p.m. All members were present as noted above.

Application of NCAA Bylaw 14.5.5.4 – Eligibility for Institutional Athletically Related Financial Aid

1. Eligibility of Four-Year Transfer Student for Institutional Athletically Related Financial Aid. (I) The committee determined that a four-year transfer student-athlete may receive institutional athletically related financial aid during his or her first academic year at the certifying institution regardless of whether he or she would have been academically eligible to compete during the next regular academic term at the previous institution, provided:

a. The student-athlete transferred from a four-year institution that did not sponsor the sport on the intercollegiate level while the student-athlete was in attendance, provided the student had never transferred from any other collegiate institution that offered intercollegiate competition in that particular sport; or

b. The student-athlete never competed in intercollegiate competition and did not engage in other countable athletically related activities in the sport beyond a 14-consecutive day period.

[References: NCAA Bylaws 14.5.5.2.6.1 and 14.5.5.4]

Technology in Recruiting – Use of a Service or Software that Converts Electronic Mail Into a Text Message

2. Use of Service or Software that Converts Electronic Mail into a Text Message. (I) The committee determined that it is not permissible for institutional staff members to use a service or software that converts electronic mail (e.g., e-mail) sent by an institutional staff member into a text message when received by the prospect. [References: NCAA Bylaw 13.4.1.2 and NCAA Proposal No. 2006-40]

Financial Aid Available to Children of Former Student-Athletes

3. Providing Financial Aid to the Children of Members of an Institution’s Letterman’s Club. The committee determined that it is not permissible for an institution to award financial aid through a scholarship program available only to children of members of an institution’s letterman’s club, even if individuals other than former student-athletes are members of the letterman’s club (e.g., former student-managers, cheerleaders). [References: NCAA Bylaws 13.2.1 (general regulation), 15.02.4.1 (institutional financial aid), 16.02.3 (extra benefit) and 16.11.2.1 (general rule)]

MINUTES OF THE

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

DIVISION I LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND INTERPRETATIONS COMMITTEE

Conference Call No. 13 August 2, 2007

Participants:

Brad Bertani, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Thomas Hickman, Winthrop University

Janet Lucas, University of California, Riverside

Shane Lyons, Atlantic Coast Conference

Don Oberhelman, San Diego State University

Tracy Shoemake, Texas State University-San Marcos, chair

Amy Huchthausen, NCAA

Geoff Silver, NCAA

Leeland Zeller, NCAA

Renee Baumgartner, University of Oregon;

Ray Shackelford, Bethune-Cookman College; and

James Klein, University of Toledo, were unable to participate.

[Note: These minutes contain only actions taken (formal votes or stated “sense of the telephone conference”) in accordance with NCAA policy regarding minutes of all Association entities. While certain items on the committee’s agenda were acted on at various times throughout the meeting, all final actions within a given topic are combined in these minutes for convenience of reference.]

The NCAA Division I Legislative Review and Interpretations Committee telephone conference was called to order at 3 p.m. All members were present as noted above.

Content Restrictions on Envelopes Used to Send Institutional Note Cards

1. Content Restrictions on Envelopes Used to Send Institutional Note Cards. (I) The committee determined that the restrictions governing institutional note cards also apply to the envelopes used to send the note card(s). Therefore, an envelope used to send a note card may only contain the institution’s name and logo (in addition to the postage, return .

address and addressee information) on the outside, must be blank on the inside when produced and may not exceed 8.5 by 11 inches

[References: NCAA Bylaw 13.4.1.1 (printed recruiting materials) and a staff interpretation (06/27/07, Item No. 1), which has been archived]

Room Stipend for Student-Athletes Residing with Parents

2. Room and Board Stipend for a Student-Athlete Residing with Parents or Legal Guardians. (I) The committee confirmed that if a student-athlete resides with his or her parents or legal guardians, the institution may only award the room and/or board figures specifically established for a student who resides with his or her parents or legal guardians as mandated by federal financial aid guidelines or institutional policy..

[References: NCAA Bylaws 15.2.2 (room and board) and 15.2.2.1 (off-campus room and board stipend)]

3. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at approximately 3:30 p.m.

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