NONCONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS – DIVISION III
Pursuant to
NCAA Constitution 4.7.3-(d) and 5.3.1.1.1, the NCAA Division III Management
Council has determined that the following proposals are noncontroversial and
necessary to promote the normal and orderly administration of the Association's
legislation. The Division III
Management Council, by a three-fourths majority of its members present and
voting, shall have the authority to adopt noncontroversial amendments, subject
to ratification by the Division III Presidents Council. Proposals that are ratified by the
Presidents Council shall be effective as of the date identified in the
proposal, published in The NCAA News and submitted as legislation at the 2003
NCAA Convention. Those items the
Management Council has not yet reviewed in legislative form are marked with a
star.
[Note: All legislative citations and governing
bodies are reflected as they now appear in the 2001-02 NCAA Division III
Manual.]
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MEMBERSHIP
– EMERGING SPORTS TIMETABLE |
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Intent: To revise the emerging sports
timetable from specific to general year references and to specify that an
institution must comply with recruiting legislation during the first year. |
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Constitution: Amend 3.2.4.4.2, page 10, as follows: |
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[Division III] |
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"3.2.4.4.2 Emerging Sports Timetable. The following timetable shall govern
the application of legislation to emerging sports for women: |
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"(b) |
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"(c) |
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Source: NCAA Division III Management Council
(Committee on Women's Athletics). |
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Effective
Date:
Immediately.* |
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*NO.
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ASSOCIATION-WIDE
COMMITTEES – MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE |
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Intent: To eliminate the Association-wide
NCAA Memorial Resolutions Committee and to reassign the committee's duties to
the Executive Committee. |
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A. Constitution: Amend 4.1.2, page 22, as follows: |
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[Division III] |
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"4.1.2 Duties and Responsibilities. The Executive Committee shall: |
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[4.1.2-(a)
through 4.1.2-(j) unchanged.] |
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"(k) |
Call
for an annual or Special Convention of the Association; |
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"(l) |
Review
and coordinate the catastrophic-injury and professional career insurance
(disability injury/illness) programs; and |
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"(m) |
Compile the names of those individuals associated with
intercollegiate athletics who died during the year immediately preceding the
annual Convention. |
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B. Bylaws: Amend 21.1.4.1, page 240, as follows: |
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[Division III] |
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Source: NCAA Division III Management Council
(Memorial Resolutions Committee). |
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Effective
Date:
Immediately.* |
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PLAYING
AND PRACTICE SEASONS – DEFINITIONS |
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Intent: To clarify that an institution is
charged with a contest or date of competition if the institution's team
competes against an outside team in addition to competing against another
institution's team. |
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A. Bylaws: Amend 17.02.2, page 132, as follows: |
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[Division III] |
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"17.02.2 Contest. A contest is any game, match, exhibition, scrimmage or
joint practice session with another institution's or an outside
team, regardless of its formality, in which competition in a sport occurs
between an intercollegiate athletics team or individual representing a member
institution and any other outside team or individual not representing the intercollegiate
athletics program of the same member institution." |
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B. Bylaws: Amend 17.02.5, page 132, as follows: |
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[Division III] |
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"17.02.5 Date of Competition. A date of competition is a single
date on which any contest(s), with another institution's or an outside
team or individual takes place.
(See Bylaw 17.02.2.)" |
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C. Bylaws: Amend 17.02.9, page 133, as follows: |
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[Division III] |
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"17.02.9 Outside Competition. Outside competition is athletics
competition against any other athletics outside team (including an
alumni team) or individual that does not represent the intercollegiate athletics
program of the same institution" |
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Source: NCAA Division III Management Council
(Interpretations and Legislation Committee). |
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Effective
Date:
Immediately.* |
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*NO.
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POSTSEASON
EVENTS – ESTABLISHMENT OR CONTINUATION OF CHAMPIONSHIPS – EXCEPTION FOR
WOMEN'S SPORTS |
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Intent: To extend to 2008-09, the exception
to establish a national collegiate championship or division championship in a
women's sport if at least 40 institutions sponsor the sport. |
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Bylaws: Amend 18.2.4.1, page 214, as follows: |
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[Division III] |
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"18.2.4.1 Exception for Women's Sports during
the 1994-95 through |
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Source: NCAA Division III Management Council
(Committee on Women's Athletics). |
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Effective
Date:
Immediately.* |
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ASSOCIATION-WIDE
COMMITTEES – STUDENT-ATHLETE REPRESENTATION |
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Intent: To permit student-athletes to serve
as full members on specified Association-wide committees. |
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[Note: The proposed change involves a common
provision and, thus, must be acted on by Divisions I, II and III acting
independently.] |
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A. Bylaws: Amend 21.1.1 pages 239-240, as
follows: |
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[Common provision, all divisions, divided vote] |
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"21.1.2 Competitive Safeguards and Medical
Aspects of Sports, Committee on |
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"21.1.2.1 Composition. The Committee on Competitive
Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports shall consist of |
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[21.1.2-(a) through 21.1.2-(i) unchanged.] |
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"(j) |
One
member with expertise in the area of drug education; |
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"(k) |
One student-athlete from each division (who shall have one
combined vote) shall serve as a member of the committee and may serve on the
committee up to two years after completion of his or her intercollegiate
athletics eligibility; and |
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[21.1.2-(k) relettered as 21.1.2-(l) unchanged.] |
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B. Bylaws: Amend 21.1.5, page 240, as follows: |
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[Common provision, all divisions, divided vote] |
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"21.1.5 Minority Opportunities and Interests
Committee |
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"21.1.5.1 Composition. The Minority Opportunities and
Interests Committee shall consist of |
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C. Bylaws: Amend 21.1.6, page 241, as follows: |
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[Common provision, all divisions, divided vote] |
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"21.1.6 Olympic Sports Liaison Committee |
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"21.1.6.1 Composition. The Olympic Sports Liaison Committee
shall consist of |
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E. Bylaws: Amend 21.1.8, page 241, as follows: |
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[Common provision, all divisions, divided vote] |
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"21.1.8 Research Committee |
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"21.1.8.1 Composition. The Research Committee shall consist
of |
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E. Bylaws: Amend 21.1.9, page 241, as follows: |
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[Common provision, all divisions, divided vote] |
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"21.1.9 Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct,
Committee on |
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"21.1.9.1 Composition. The Committee on Sportsmanship and
Ethical Conduct shall consist of |
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F. Bylaws: Amend 21.1.11, page 241, as follows: |
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[Common provision, all divisions, divided vote] |
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"21.1.11
Women's Athletics, Committee on |
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"21.1.11.1 Composition. The Committee on Women's Athletics
shall consist of |
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Source: NCAA Division III Management Council
(Student-Athlete Advisory Committee). |
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Effective
Date:
Immediately.* |
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EXECUTIVE
REGULATIONS – BANNED DRUGS |
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Intent: To add Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) to
the list of banned substances under the category of "Stimulants." |
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Bylaws: Amend 31.2.3.1, pages 270-272, as follows: |
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[Division III] |
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"31.2.3.1
Banned Drugs. The following is
the list of banned-drugs classes: |
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Stimulants: |
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Phenylpropanolamine (PPA)." |
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[31.2.3.1-(b)
through 31.2.3.1-(g) unchanged.] |
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Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports). |
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Effective Date: Immediately.* |
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