This summary of actions taken at the 2001 NCAA Convention is provided by the NCAA membership services staff. Any questions regarding this summary should be directed to that office. [Note: The intent statement is for the entire proposal. Therefore, some facts may not be specifically applicable to the subsection(s) of a proposal.]
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Proposal
No. |
Title |
Intent |
Effective
Date |
Voting Result |
Count (actual
count or paddle) |
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No.
46 |
Financial
Aid Regulations |
To simplify Division
III financial aid legislation by deleting permissible financial aid awards
given without consideration of need and the accompanying awards review
process. Further, to specify that
financial aid packaging for student-athletes must be consistent with
packaging for students in general. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted as amended by Proposal Nos. 46-1 and
46-2 |
318-26-1 |
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No.
46-1 |
Financial
Aid Regulations |
To delay the
effective date of Proposal No. 46 until August 1, 2002. |
August
1, 2002. |
Adopted |
339-2-0 |
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No.
46-2 |
Approval
of Financial Aid Compliance Process |
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Adopted |
340-4-0 |
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No.
47 |
Eligibility
? Minimum Amount of Competition |
To eliminate
"redshirting" in Division III intercollegiate athletics by
specifying that any athletics participation during or after the start of the
first regular season contest shall exhaust a season of eligibility. |
August
1, 2001. |
Defeated |
115-237-4 |
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No.
48 |
Playing
and Practice Seasons ? Practice and Competition in the Nontraditional Segment |
To permit an
institution to conduct practices supervised by coaches or captain's practices
(but not both) on two days during a given week and participate in competition
on a weekend day (e.g., Saturday, Sunday) during a four-week period in the
nontraditional segment. |
August
1, 2001. |
Defeated
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34-322-0
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No.
49 |
Maximum
Dates of Competition ? Baseball and Softball |
To eliminate the
current legislation permitting baseball and softball tournaments to count as
one contest and to specify that the maximum number of contests in the sports
of baseball and softball is 40 in the traditional segment and five in the
nontraditional segment. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted
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192-177-5
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No.
50 |
Playing
and Practice Seasons ? Nontraditional Segment ? Baseball, Field Hockey,
Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball and Volleyball |
To place playing and
practice limitations on the sports of baseball, field hockey, lacrosse,
soccer, softball and volleyball, as specified. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted
|
279-54-6 |
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No.
51 |
First
Permissible Practice Date ? Basketball |
To specify that an
institution may commence on-court preseason basketball practice sessions on
October 15. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
211-141-2 |
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No.
52 |
Contest
Exemptions ? Season Ending Tournament ? Basketball |
To
exempt contests annually played in a conference championship tournament in
the sport of basketball. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
314-40-0 |
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No.
53 |
First
Permissible Contest Date ? Football |
To permit an
institution to play its first football contest on the Thursday prior to the
Labor Day weekend. |
August
1, 2001. |
Defeated |
51-125-11 |
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No.
54 |
Three-Day
Noncontact, Conditioning Practice Period ? Football |
To permit the use of
shoulder pads during the three-day, noncontact, conditioning practice period
in football. |
August
1, 2001. |
Defeated |
82-100-1
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No.
55 |
Championships
? Minimum Number of Institutions |
To specify that at
least 28 institutions must sponsor the sport in order to create a Division
III championship in an emerging women's team sport. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle
|
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No.
56 |
Championships
? Women's Rowing |
To establish an NCAA
Division III Women's Rowing Championship and to establish a women's rowing
committee as specified. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
57 |
Championships
? Women's Ice Hockey |
To establish an NCAA
Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship and to create a Division III
Women's Ice Hockey Committee. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
58 |
Ethical
Conduct ? Gambling Activities |
To establish a
two-tiered eligibility-reinstatement process for student-athletes who violate
NCAA gambling/sports wagering legislation, as specified. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted
|
Paddle |
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No.
59 |
Membership
Requirements ? Five-Sport/Three-Season Requirement ? Penalty |
To specify that an
institution that fails to meet the five-sport/three-season requirement shall
be placed on probation for one year, moved to restricted membership if the
requirement is still not satisfied after the second year and, finally,
reclassified to corresponding membership if the requirement is still not
satisfied after the third year. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
60 |
Enforcement
? Penalties For Major Violations |
To permit the
Committee on Infractions to impose financial penalties in cases involving
findings of major violations of NCAA legislation. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
61 |
10-Semester/15-Quarter
Extension Request ? Eligibility For Practice |
To permit a
student-athlete who has exhausted his or her 10-semesters/15-quarters of
eligibility to practice, but not compete, for 30 consecutive-calendar days
provided the institution has filed a 10-semester/15-quarter extension waiver
request per NCAA Bylaw 30.6.1 with the NCAA national office. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
62 |
Length
of Playing Season ? National Collegiate Sports |
To specify that the sports of fencing,
gymnastics, rifle, women's rowing, skiing, men's volleyball and water polo
shall be limited to a playing and practice season of 21 weeks. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
63 |
Out
of Season Athletically Related Activities ? Summer Workout Sessions |
To eliminate summer
workout sessions in the sports of fencing, gymnastics, rifle, women's rowing
and skiing. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle
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No.
64 |
Conduct
and Employment of Personnel ? General Principle |
To specify through
the creation of a new general principle that member institutions shall
determine whom to employ and the amount of compensation received by the
employee. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle
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No.
65 |
Personnel
? Definitions |
To delete the
definitions of "bonus" and "supplemental pay" set forth
in NCAA Bylaw 11 relating to compensation. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted
|
Paddle |
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No.
66 |
Personnel
? Compensation Limits |
To eliminate the
outside income restrictions for NCAA Division III coaches. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
67 |
Promotional
Activities ? Privately Owned Summer Camp |
To specify that a
privately owned summer camp may use the name or picture of a student-athlete
employed as a camp counselor to publicize or promote the camp. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
68 |
Media
Activities |
To clarify
legislation relating to a student-athlete receiving legitimate and normal expenses
while participating in media activities. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
69 |
Recruiting
? Talent Scout |
To eliminate the
prohibition on an institution paying expenses incurred by a talent scout or a
representative of athletics interests in studying or recruiting prospects. |
August
1, 2001. |
Defeated |
Paddle
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No.
70 |
Employment
Conditions of High-School/College-Preparatory/Two-Year College Coaches |
To clarify
legislation relating to the employment of a high-school, preparatory school
or two-year-college coach by a member institution. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle
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No.
71 |
Publicity
? Announcer for High-School Broadcast |
To eliminate the
restriction on a member of an institution's coaching staff serving as an
announcer or commentator for a high-school broadcast. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
72 |
Tryouts
? Competition in Conjunction with a High School, Preparatory School or
Two-Year College |
To clarify
legislation relating to intercollegiate competition in conjunction with a
high school, preparatory school or two-year college contest. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
73 |
Camps
and Clinics ? Employment and Compensation |
To eliminate
specified prohibitions on employment and compensation of a high school,
preparatory school or two-year college coach employed in an institutional
sport camp or clinic. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
74 |
High
School All-Star Games ? Previous Contractual Agreement |
To eliminate the requirement
that a coach who has made a contractual commitment to a coach in a high
school all-star game prior to being employed by an institution must
disassociate himself or herself from that all-star game.. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted
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Paddle |
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No.
75 |
Published
Recruiting Services |
To eliminate the
requirement that a published recruiting service utilized by an institution
must make the service available to all institutions and charge the same rate
for all subscribers. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
76 |
Postseason
Football |
To eliminate the
restrictions on postseason football opportunities set forth in Bylaws 18.02.4
and 18.7. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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No.
77 |
Football
Television Plans and Regulations |
To delete the
football television plans and regulations set forth in Bylaw 22. |
August
1, 2001. |
Adopted |
Paddle |
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