RELATED TO
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
SUPPLEMENT NO. 15

NCAA DIVISION III INTERPRETATIONS AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE

Summary of Recommendations

ACTION ITEMS – MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ONLY

1. ISSUE:

Editorial Revision – NCAA Bylaw 13.1.1.2 (Four-Year College Prospects).

Committee Recommendation:

Editorially revise Bylaw 13.1.1.2 to clarify the contact restrictions regarding four-year college prospects.

Management Council Action:

Approved the draft legislative editorial revision.

2. ISSUE:

Use of “With” and “Against” in Bylaw 17, as Used to Describe Competition.

Committee Recommendation:

Editorially revise legislation in Bylaw 17 to clarify the use of “with” and “against” as used to describe competition.

Bylaw No.	Bylaw	Proposed Word Choice
17.__. 3	First Contest or Date of Competition	… against outside competition …
17.__.5.1	Maximum Limitations—Institutional	… against outside competition …
17.__.5.3	Annual exemptions: Alumni Game Foreign Team in U.S. Fund-Raising	… with … … against … … with alumni …
17.__.5.5	Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico	… against …

Management Council Action:

Approved the draft legislative editorial revision.

3. ISSUE:

Editorial Revisions – Bylaw 31.

Committee Recommendation:

Editorially revise Bylaw 31 (Executive Regulations), consistent with the committee’s deregulation efforts.

Management Council Action:
Approved the draft legislative editorial revision to Bylaw 31 related to the Championships Committee authority.
4. ISSUE:		Editorial Revision – Bylaw 13.2.4.1 (Employment of Prospects).
Committee Recommendation:
	Editorially revise Bylaw 13.2.4.1 (employment of prospects) to clarify legislation regarding the employment of prospective student-athletes.
Management Council Action:
Approved the draft legislative editorial revision.
5. ISSUE:		Interpretation – Timing of Practice for a Foreign Tour.
Committee Recommendation:
	Re-issue the official interpretation dated April 8, 2002, to clarify whether the 10-day practice period prior to a foreign tour must be conducted over consecutive days.
Management Council Action:
Approved the re-issuance of the official interpretation dated April 8, 2002, to clarify that the 10-day practice period prior to a foreign tour must be conducted over consecutive days.

ITEMS OF INFORMATION

1. ISSUE:		New Chair.
Committee Action:
	Garnett Purnell, athletics director at Wittenburg University, has been chosen to succeed Suzanne Coffey as committee chair. Mr. Purnell’s term as chair will begin at the close of the 2003 NCAA Convention.
Management Council Action:
Accepted the information.

2. ISSUE:		Incorporated Interpretations.
Committee Action:
	The committee agreed to incorporate a portion of the January 29, 2001, official interpretation (benefits resulting from an established relationship) to clarify the benefits resulting from an established relationship into the 2002-03 Manual.
Management Council Action:
Accepted the information.