REPORT OF THE
NCAA
DIVISION III MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
1. ACTION ITEM.
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NCAA
Division III Bylaw 20.7.1.1.1- Request from
(1) Recommendation. That the NCAA Division III Management
Council approve the request of Rutgers-Newark to waive
the application of Division III Bylaw 14.2.4.1 (minimum amount of participation)
for the NCAA Division I sport of men's volleyball.
(2) Rationale. The committee discussed the impact on
student-athlete well-being, the Division III philosophy statement and results
of the 2004 NCAA Convention reform package that instituted the seasons of
participation legislation. The NCAA
Division III Membership Committee determined that applying this waiver until
2008 would give the student-athletes currently on the team the opportunity to
red shirt, and that any student-athletes being recruited after this point would
understand that the option to red shirt after
2. INFORMATIONAL
ITEM.
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Active Member
Education at the 2005 Convention. The committee discussed the involvement
of the National Association of Division III Athletics Administrators (NADIIIAA) in professional development programming in
conjunction with future NCAA Regional Rules Seminars. The committee greatly appreciates the
addition of the NADIIIAA to the active member
education initiative, and looks forward to that group being a part of the
Convention presentation on active member education and future Regional Rules
Seminars. The committee also
supported the concept of Convention grants for chief student affairs officers,
and supported Convention grants for CEOs, but noted a concern that it is not
the cost of the Convention that keeps that group from attending.