MINUTES OF THE
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
DIVISION III INTERPRETATIONS AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Teleconference
Participants:
Victoria Chun,
Brad Coffey,
Travis Feezell,
Timothy Gleason,
Gary Karner,
Garnett Purnell,
Sandra L. Slabik,
Charlie Wilson,
Bo Kerin, NCAA, recording secretary
Leah Nilsson, NCAA
[Note: These minutes contain only actions taken (formal votes or stated "sense of the meeting") 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 teleconference meeting, all final actions within a given topic are combined in these minutes for convenience of reference.]
The NCAA Division III
Interpretations and Legislation Committee telephone conference was called to
order at
1. Review
of Previous Minutes.
It was VOTED
"That the October 6 teleconference minutes be approved."
2. Interpretive Issue -- NCAA Bylaws 14.1.8.1.2 -- Drop/Add Course and 14.1.8.2 -- Requirement for Competition. The committee reviewed NCAA Bylaws 14.1.8.1.2 and 14.1.8.2 and considered whether a student-athlete would remain eligible for competition in the event he/she drops or withdraws below 12 credit hours, even if the institution considers
the student-athlete to be enrolled in a full-time program of studies and enrolled in 12 credit hours for the academic term. Further, the committee considered whether the issue presented is one of a national significance or whether to modify the legislation to reflect a determination. The committee expressed concern that student-athletes who drop or withdraw from a course are not actually taking the course and should be attending 12 credit hours of coursework; however, some members felt that the principle of institutional autonomy permits the student-athlete to remain eligible provided the institution considers the student-athlete to be enrolled in 12 credit hours. The committee agreed that the issue was not one of national significance; however, agreed to advise the institution that the student-athlete must be actively enrolled in 12 hours of degree credit in order to be eligible for competition. [5-3]
3. Noncontroversial Proposal -- Recruiting -- Sports Camps and Clinics -- Employment of Prospects. The committee reviewed 2004 NCAA Convention noncontroversial proposal regarding the employment of prospective student-athletes in institutional camps and clinics after the prospect's high school graduation and paid acceptance of an offer of admission and/or financial aid. Specifically, the committee considered whether the prospect is permitted to work an institution’s camp or clinic other than at the institution at which the prospect signed a paid acceptance of an offer of admission and/or financial aid. The committee agreed that the intent of the legislation was to permit the prospect to be employed at the institution at which he or she will attend rather than any other member institution.
4. Bylaw
17.02.1.1 -- Athletically Related Activities. The committee reviewed Bylaw 17.02.1.1
and considered whether to add the observations of any pick-up games or informal
activity related to a sport to the list of countable athletically related
activities in Bylaw 17. Members of
the committee expressed concern that such activities are not specifically
precluded and institutional coaching staff members are not clear on whether
this activity is a countable athletically related activity and the issue should
be clarified. The committee agreed
to make the
It was VOTED
"To
make official and incorporate the
"College coach observing student-athletes and prospects in competition (e.g., pick-up games, summer leagues) outside the playing season: Outside of an institution's declared
playing season, an
institution's coaching staff member in a team sport may not observe enrolled
student-athletes in nonorganized sport-specific activities (e.g.,
"pick-up" basketball games), inasmuch as such activity is considered
a nonpermissible, out-of-season, countable athletically related activity. The staff noted that a coach's
observation of enrolled student-athletes in organized competition (e.g., summer
basketball league) is not considered a countable athletically related activity,
provided the coach does not direct or supervise the organized activity. It was further noted that this same
concept is applicable to individual sports, except in situations where NCAA
legislation permits a coach to interact directly with student-athletes. [Finally, if prospects also are
participating in the competition, the institution's coaching staff member may
observe such competition only if it occurs during a permissible contact or
evaluation period.] [This clarifies
the
5. Future Meetings and Teleconferences.
a.
December 3; via teleconference,
b.
6. Adjournment. The group adjourned at
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