MODIFICATIONS BASED ON INTENT The following are proposals that the NCAA Division III Management Council has agreed to sponsor as intent-based modifications. The approved revision is consistent with the intent of the original legislation.
NO. 1		ELIGIBILITY – TWO-YEAR COLLEGE TRANSFERS – TWO-YEAR NONPARTICIPATION EXCEPTION
Intent: To specify that a two-year college transfer may use the two-year nonparticipation exception, provided that for a consecutive two-year period immediately prior to the date on which the student begins participation he or she has neither practiced nor competed in organized noncollegiate amateur competition while enrolled as a full-time student.
Bylaws: Amend 14.5.4.1.1, page 100, as follows:
[Division III]
	"14.5.4.1.1 Two-Year Nonparticipation Exception. The student transfers to the certifying institution from a two-year college or from a branch school that conducts an intercollegiate athletics program and, for a consecutive two-year period immediately prior to the date on which the student begins participation (practice and/or competition), the student has neither practiced nor competed in the involved sport in intercollegiate competition, or and has neither practiced or competed in organized noncollegiate amateur competition while enrolled as a full-time student in a collegiate institution. This two-year period does not include any period of time prior to the student’s initial collegiate enrollment."
Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee).
Effective Date: Immediately.*

*NO. 2		PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS – SPORTS SUBJECT TO SEGMENT LIMITATIONS
Intent: To specify that all team and individual sports for which the National Collegiate Championship the only NCAA championships opportunity are limited to a playing and practice season of 21 weeks.
Bylaws: Amend 17.1.4, page 134, as follows:
[Division III]
	"17.1.4 Sports Subject to Segment Limitations. Segment limitations are applicable to all team sports that are listed in under Bylaw 17.02.12.1 and all individual sports listed under Bylaw 17.02.12.2. In those sports for which the National Collegiate Championship is the only NCAA championships opportunity (see Bylaw 18.3), an institution’s playing season shall be limited to the same length as Division I institutions , and this limitation shall be implied in all subsequent legislative references affecting the sport 21 weeks."
Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee).
Effective Date: Immediately.*