EDITORIAL REVISIONS – DIVISION III Below is a compilation of editorial revisions as recommended through the Division III legislative process. The revisions are not substantive in nature and are intended to clarify or simplify existing legislation. The items marked with an asterisk have been approved by the Management Council and Presidents Council in concept, but have not yet been approved in legislative form. Other items have previously been approved in legislative form. The page number in the proposals refers to the 2001-02 NCAA Division III Manual.
*NO. 1		PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS – FOOTBALL – FIRST CONTEST
Intent: In football, to clarify that the first permissible contest may not be conducted prior to the Friday or Saturday 11 weeks before the first round of the Division III Football Championship.
Bylaws: Amend 17.10.3, page 162, as follows:
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	"17.10.3 First Contest. A member institution shall not play its first contest (game or scrimmage) with outside competition in football before the Thursday preceding Labor Day except when selected to participate in the National Football Foundation benefit game or the American Football Coaches Retirement Trust benefit game; both sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and played in the week before the beginning of the regular playing season in football. A member institution shall not play its first contest (game) with outside competition in football before the Friday or Saturday 11 weeks before the first round of the Division III Football Championship."
Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee).
Effective Date: Immediately.

*NO. 2		PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS – MAXIMUM LIMITATIONS – INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Intent: In track and field, to clarify that the maximum contest limitation applies to both indoor and outdoor combined, rather than separately.
A. Bylaws: Amend 17.25.5.1, page 199, as follows:
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	"17.25.5.1 Maximum Limitations-Institutional. A member institution shall limit its total playing schedule with outside competition in the sport of indoor/outdoor track and field during the permissible indoor/outdoor track and field playing season to a maximum of 18 dates of competition in indoor/outdoor track and field combined, except for those dates of competition excluded under Bylaw17.25.5.3."
B. Bylaws: Amend 17.25.5.2, page 200, as follows:
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	"17.25.5.2 Maximum Limitations-Student-Athlete. A student-athlete may participate in each academic year in not more than 18 dates of competition in indoor/outdoor track and field combined. This limitation includes those contests in which the student represents the institution, including competition as a member of the varsity, junior varsity or freshman team of the institution in accordance with Bylaws 17.02.4 and 17.02.8."
Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee).
Effective Date: Immediately.

*NO. 3				ADMINISTRATIVE REVISIONS
Intent: To clarify the current legislation in Bylaw 30, as specified.
A. Bylaws: Amend 30.01, page 253, as follows:
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	"30.01 GENERAL PRINCIPLE. Constitution 5.2.3 authorizes the applicable presidential administrative group Presidents Council and the Management Council to adopt or amend administrative regulations."
B. Bylaws: Amend 30.3.5, page 254, as follows:
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	"30.3.5 Report of NCAA Violation Involving Institution. A current statement has been filed with the chief executive officer, as part of the institution's annual certification, which is signed by each athletics department staff member (except for clerical personnel) and, at a Division III institution or an institution that is classified in Division III in a sport; by the institutional financial aid officer or comparable campus official, attesting that the individual has reported any knowledge of an involvement in any violations of NCAA legislation involving the institution."
C. Bylaws: Amend 30.6, pages 255-256, as follows:
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	"30.6 FIVE YEAR/10-SEMESTER/15-QUARTER RULE WAIVER. As authorized in Bylaw 14.2.2.3, the Council, or a Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement, by a two-thirds majority of its members present and voting, may approve waivers of the 10-semester/15-quarter rule.
		"30.6.1 Waiver Criteria. A waiver of the five-year/10-semester/15-quarter period of eligibility is designed to provide a student-athlete with the opportunity to participate in four seasons of intercollegiate competition within a five-year period. This waiver may be granted, based upon objective evidence, for reasons that are beyond the control of the student-athlete or the institution, which deprive the student-athlete of the opportunity to participate for more than one season in his/her sport with the five-year or 10-semester/15-quarter period. The Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement reserves the right to review requests that do not meet the more-than-one-year criteria detailed in this bylaw for extraordinary circumstances or extreme hardship.
			[30.6.1.1 through 30.6.1.2-(e) unchanged.]
			"(f)		A student-athlete's lack of understanding regarding the specific starting date of his or her five-year/10-semester/15-quarter period of eligibility."
D. Bylaws: Amend 30.7.4, page 257, as follows:
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	"30.7.4 Time Lapse Between Tours. An institution shall not engage in a foreign tour in each sport more than once every four years in Divisions I and II or more than once every three years in Division III. In Divisions II and III, pParticipation during the summer is counted in the previous academic year."
E. Bylaws: Amend 30.15, pages 260-261, as follows:
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	"30.15 SUMMER BASKETBALL. In order to be approved by the Management Council per Bylaw 14.7.5.2-(a), a summer basketball league must meet the following requirements:
	"(a)	All-Star Games Prohibition. No all-star game of any kind shall be permitted;
	"(b)	Geographical Limitation. League play shall be within 100 air miles of the city limits of the student-athlete's official residence at the end of the previous academic year or the institution the student-athlete last attended as a regular student. If a league does not exist within 100 air miles of the student-athlete's residence, a student-athlete may participate in the summer league located closest to the student's official residence;
	"(c)	Payment Prohibition. No member team shall make any payments for play or expenses directly or indirectly to any player;
	"(d)	Postseasons Competition. Postseason play-offs or tournaments shall be permitted, provided they involve intraleague competition and are completed by August 31;
	"(e)	Player Limitations
		"(1)	Number from Any One College. Each team shall include on its roster no more than one player with intercollegiate basketball eligibility remaining from any two-year or four-year college (other than a Divisions II and III member institution); and
		"(2)	Replacement of Student-Athlete Who Withdraws. A student-athlete who is listed on the roster of a team and withdraws or is injured and will not continue to practice or compete may be replaced for the remainder of the season by another basketball student-athlete from the same institution. The institution is permitted only one replacement per team.
	"(f)	Revenue. No admission shall be charged for any game, no fee shall be charged for parking to attend any game, no revenue shall be realized at any game from raffles or similar activities, and no revenue shall be realized from over-the-air or cable television or radio rights fees for any game; and
	"(h)	Neither the league nor any member team shall have on its staff or as a participant any person associated in any employment capacity with any two-year or four-year college, except that institutional employees who are not athletics department staff members and do not have responsibilities directly related to the athletics department may serve as game officials."
Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee).
Effective Date: Immediately.

*NO. 4			EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS
Intent: To clarify the current legislation in Bylaw 31, as specified.
A. Bylaws: Amend 31.1.1, page 264, as follows:
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	31.1.1.1 Waivers. The president shall be authorized to grant waivers of executive regulations governing the conduct of an NCAA championship when warranted by special and unusual circumstances. The Championships Committee shall possess final waiver authority on all championships issues. An appeal of a decision of a governing sports committee, or a subcommittee designated by it, concerning questions of individual or institutional eligibility or the conduct of a championship will not be considered by the Championships Committee 48 hours immediately before the championship or at any time during the championship. During such period, the governing sports committee, or a subcommittee designated by it, shall be the final authority in acting upon appeals concerning the conduct of the championship, subject to the provisions of Bylaw 31.2 regarding institutional and individual eligibility questions.
	"31.1.1.2 Appeal of Decisions by Sport Committees. An appeal of a decision of a governing sports committee, or a subcommittee designated by it, concerning questions of individual or institutional eligibility or the conduct of a championship will not be considered by the Championships Committee at any time during the championship or 48 hours immediately before the championship. During such period, the governing sports committee, or a subcommittee designated by it, shall be the final authority in acting upon appeals concerning the conduct of the championship , subject to the provisions of Bylaw 31.2 regarding institutional and individual eligibility questions."
B. Bylaws: Amend 31.1.3.3, page 265, as follows:
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	"31.1.3.3 Concluding Dates. NCAA championships competition shall be concluded no later than May 31 each year unless later dates are approved by the Championships Committee. (Note: The three division baseball championships, the Division I Men's Golf Championships, and the Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships have has been granted a waivers by the cChampionships cCommittee.)"
C. Bylaws: Amend 31.3.3.4, pages 273-274, as follows:
	"31.3.3.4 Selection of Official Conference Representative When Automatic Qualification is Not Applicable. In Divisions I and II, the governing sports committee shall select the official conference representative (as determined by the conference through regular-season competition or a conference tournament) to participate in an NCAA championship before it may select any other team from that conference. This regulation applies to National Collegiate Championships and Divisions I and II team championships in the sports of baseball, basketball, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball and water polo, when a selection process other than automatic qualification (see Bylaw 31.02.1) is used. This provision is applicable if the conference:
	"(a)	Is a member of the Association and conducts its regular season competition under eligibility rules at least as stringent as those provisions by Bylaw 14 applicable to its members;
	"(b)	Conducts a championship in the team sport (and has conducted a championship in that sport for at least two consecutive years);
	"(c)	Has at least two-thirds of its member institutions sponsor the sport as a varsity intercollegiate sport and participate in the process that determines the conference champion; and
	"(d)	Competes in the sport in question during the same season in which the national championship in that sport is conducted and determines its conference champion before the date on which the appropriate governing sports committee selects teams (as indicated in the appropriate championships handbook). If a conference conducts a tournament to determine its champion, that tournament must be conducted in the same season as the national championship in that sport. If member institutions tie for the conference championship in a sport and the conference wishes the provisions of the regulation to be applied, it must declare one champion and advise the governing sports committee of this before the date on which teams are selected.
		"31.3.3.4.1 Waiver Opportunity. The conference shall advise the NCAA championships staff in writing by September 1 of each year whether it wishes the selection process set forth in Bylaw 31.3.3.4 to be applied or waived. Once the conference has indicated its intention regarding the application or waiver of this regulation, it may not be changed during that year.

	"31.3.3.4.1.1 First Waiver. Conferences that fail to meet the deadline may appeal to the Championships Committee for a waiver of the deadline. Such an appeal must be submitted to the national office not later than October 15. If the championships committee grants the appeal, the conference shall be granted a waiver.
	"31.3.3.4.1.2 Future Waivers. Such a conference that fails to meet the September 1 deadline in a future year may be granted a waiver only on payment of a penalty of $150 for the second offense and $300 for each additional offense during the five-year period after the last offense. On approval of the Championships Committee of such a waiver and receipt of the conference's check in the national office, the conference may use the selection process set forth in Bylaw 31.3.4.4, provided it is otherwise eligible to do so."
Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee).
Effective Date: Immediately.