REVISED ADDENDUM TO THE REPORT OF THE
NCAA DIVISION III
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
1. ACTION ITEMS.
a. Bylaw
3.6.1.2.1 (Provisional Membership – Fourth Year Progression).
(1) Recommendation. Adopt noncontroversial legislation to
amend NCAA Bylaw 3.6.1.2.1 to create a waiver of the requirement that the third
and fourth years of provisional membership be completed consecutively.
(2) Rationale. Bylaw 3.6.1.2.1 indicates that the
third and fourth years of provisional membership must be completed
consecutively. The committee would
like to create a waiver opportunity for this requirement. This waiver would allow flexibility for
situations that merely warrant a repeat of year four. Such flexibility is not permissible under current
legislation. This recommendation
is consistent with the committee’s belief that the provisional process should
be educational rather than punitive.
It is also consistent with the Division III Management Council’s
previous decision to allow institutions to move forward in cases of noncompliance
with NCAA legislation if the committee determines the noncompliance to be
minor.
(3) Budget Impact. None.
b. Provisional
Member Annual Reports – Final Year of Provisional Membership.
(1) Recommendation. That Becker College repeat year four of
the provisional membership process.
[Note: Unless legislation
is adopted to amend Bylaw 3.6.1.2.1 as indicated above, this recommendation is
not permitted under current legislation.
Should Management Council decide not to approve the committee’s proposed
amendment to Bylaw 3.6.1.2.1, the committee recommends that Becker College be
granted active membership status due to the minor nature of its noncompliance
with NCAA legislation.]
(2) Rationale. Upon review of Becker College’s annual
report, the committee agreed that Becker College should repeat year four of the
provisional membership process.
Becker College was not in full compliance with all Division III
legislation during the 2001-02 academic year due to a minor violation in the
sport of men’s golf. Due to
miscalculation, the institution permitted a transfer student-athlete to compete
during his eleventh semester of collegiate enrollment. The committee agreed that the violation
did not warrant a repeat of two years of provisional membership.
(3) Budget
Impact.
None.
c.
Provisional
Member Annual Reports – Final Year of Provisional Membership.
(1) Recommendation. That Huntingdon College be moved into
its fourth year of provisional membership.
(2) Rationale. On its review of Huntingdon College’s
annual report, the committee agreed that the institution should be moved
forward.
(3) Budget Impact. None.
d.
Bylaw
20.6.2.5 (Reclassification of Provisional Membership from Division II to
Division III).
(1) Recommendation. That Texas Lutheran University be moved
into its fourth year of provisional membership. [CORRECTION: At its July meeting, the Management Council did not consider
this recommendation to move Texas Lutheran forward one year in the three-year
reclassification process. The
Presidents Council will take action at its next meeting to grant active
membership status, effective September 1, 2002, to Texas Lutheran.]
(2) Rationale. On its review of the reclassifying
member's annual report, the committee agreed that the institution should be
moved into the fourth year of provisional membership.
(3) Budget Impact. None.