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FEBRUARY, 2012 | VOL. 2
FEBRUARY, 2012 | VOL. 2
COMPLIANCE STAFF
570 Normal Street | Memphis, TN 38125 | Office: 901.678.2088 | Fax: 901.678.1653
DI BOARD REAFFIRMS EXPENSE ALLOWANCE, MULTI-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS BY MICHELLE BRUTLAG HOSICK | NCAA.ORG
The Division I Board of Directors reaffirmed Saturday its support for a $2,000 miscella-neous expense allowance, but directed the Student-Athlete Well-Being working group to come back to the presidents in April with recommendations for implementation.
The action by the Board eliminates the need for an override vote on this issue.
The Board also reaffirmed its support for multi-year scholarships.
Based on membership feedback, the presidents directed the miscellaneous expense allowance recommendations to include consideration of student-athlete financial need, Title IX compli-ance and the potential for stockpiling by univer-sities. The new legislation would be effective for the 2013-14 academic year.
Factoring heavily into the Board decision as well were comments by individual student-ath-letes on the Student-Athlete Advisory Commit-tee. Those student-athletes urged presidents to continue their support for the concept but to find a way to help the student-athletes that need it the most.
“I was very moved by the student-athletes… They said consistently that we have this mo-mentum going, and this action will allow us
to keep that momentum,” said David Hopkins, president of Wright State. “We need to move forward.”
In April, the Board will consider new legislation reinstating the miscellaneous expense allow-ance that takes into account the membership’s concerns and those of the student-athletes.
The presidents reconsidered these rules be-cause Division I member schools requested an override of both proposals. The rules were adopted in October, effective immediately. But enough schools objected to the miscellaneous expense allowance rule, which allowed schools to give student-athletes receiving the value of a full scholarship an additional $2,000 or the cost of attendance (whichever is less), to suspend that legislation in December 2011.
The multi-year scholarship legislation, however, was not suspended. After a brief discussion that centered on delaying the effective date, the presidents decided not to make any changes to the rule allowing schools to award athletics scholarships for more than a single year. Board members support the rule because of its stu-dent-athlete well-being focus and noted that the legislation was permissive, not a requirement.
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Nicole GreenDirector of Compliance
Sally AndrewsAssistant Compliance Coordinator
Ryan CrewsCompliance Assistant
IMPORTANT DATESFeb. 22 . . Coaches Rules Education at
10am in HOF Assembly Room
Feb. 22 . . .New Employee Orientationat 11:30am in HOF Assembly Room
RECRUITING PERIODS
CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELDFeb. 1-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dead PeriodFeb. 3-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . Contact Period
BASEBALLFeb. 1-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quiet Period
MEN’S BASKETBALLFeb. 1-29 . . . . . . . . . Evaluation Period
WOMEN’S BASKETBALLFeb. 1-29 . . . . . . . . . Evaluation Period
FOOTBALLFeb. 1-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dead PeriodFeb. 3-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quiet Period
SOFTBALLFeb. 1-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . Contact Period
VOLLEYBALLFeb. 1-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . Contact Period
SOCCERFeb. 1-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dead PeriodFeb. 3-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . Contact Period
ALL OTHER SPORTSFeb. 1-29 . . . . . . . . . . . Contact Period
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COMPLIANCE STAFF
570 Normal Street | Memphis, TN 38125 | Office: 901.678.2088 | Fax: 901.678.1653
Nicole GreenDirector of Compliance
Sally AndrewsAssistant Compliance Coordinator
Ryan CrewsCompliance Assistant
FEBRUARY, 2012 | VOL. 2
NCAA President Mark Emmert noted that maintaining the proposal was more beneficial to student-athletes than delaying the rule.
“I recognize the complexities of this issue. The impact of staying the course is relatively minor,” Emmert said. “If we err, it will be on the side of students.”
That rule now goes to a vote of the entire Division I membership, which will be conducted online sometime in February.
In another area of the presidential reform agenda, the Board adopted the recommendation for a freeze on the number of contests and length of the playing season in all sports, accompanied by a study of the issue to include an examination of how basketball contests are counted. Once the study is complete, season lengths and contest numbers will not be reconsidered for a decade. The recommendation was forwarded by the Resource Allocation Working Group.
The group’s recommendation for limits on noncoaching personnel was tabled, with the direction that the working group come back with a refined proposal in April. The presidents are committed to taking some action in this area at that time and will take into account any feedback it receives between now and then.
Other recommendations from that group, however, the Board declined to adopt, including the elimination of foreign tours and a reduction in scholarships for football and women’s basketball.
The presidents listened to the voices of institutions and student- athletes who objected to many of the resource allocation proposals as running counter to a student-athlete well-being philosophy. The group did, however, refer the scholarship reduction issue to the Collegiate Model: Rules Working Group for further review as part of their wholesale examination of Bylaw 15.
The presidents agreed to impose a one-year moratorium on new legislation, except for items from the presidential reform agenda and any emergency legislation. Neither the Board nor the Legislative Council will consider new legislation in this period.
In further support of the Rules Working Group’s efforts to reform the Division I manual, the presidents endorsed the rules group’s approach to its review of the manual, a method based on the NCAA’s enduring values that relate each of the NCAA constitutional principles to specific outcomes. Those outcomes will direct the formation of operating bylaws. The goal is to start with the outcome and create bylaws that will help achieve that outcome.
The Board also:• Supported the formation of a new presidential working group to
examine the concept of institutional integrity.• Approved modifications to the men’s basketball recruiting model
as recommended by the Leadership Council, including a summer access/acclimatization model and guidelines for on-campus evaluations. M
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DEAD PERIOD REFRESHER
Please remember that during a dead period:
It is not permissible to make in-person re-cruiting contacts or evaluations on or off campus or to conduct official or unofficial visits on campus.
Prospective student-athletes are also prohibited from receiving complimen-tary admissions during a dead period.
During a dead period, a coaching staff member may not serve as a speaker at or attend a meeting or banquet at which prospective student-athletes are in at-tendance and may not visit a prospective student-athlete’s educational institution.
A coach may still write or telephone a prospective student-athlete during a dead period.
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE PROGRAMPurpose of the Academic Performance Program (23.01.1) The central purpose of the academic perfor-mance program is to ensure that Division I membership is dedicated to providing stu-dent-athletes with exemplary educational and intercollegiate-athletics experiences in an environment that recognizes and sup-ports the primacy of the academic mission of its member institutions, while enhancing the ability of male and female student- athletes to earn a four-year degree.
Academic Progress Rate - APR (23.02.1) The Committee on Academic Performance shall have the authority to determine the minimum acceptable academic progress rate (APR), which shall include a calculation
that accounts for currently enrolled student- athletes. The rate shall account for the insti-tution’s success in retaining and graduating all such student-athletes. Further, the rate shall account for the academic eligibility of the student-athletes, including all applicable NCAA, conference, and institutional aca-demic eligibility requirements. The commit-tee shall publish an explanation of the APR calculation to the membership annually.
Graduation Success Rate - GSR (23.02.2) The Committee on Academic Performance shall determine the minimum acceptable graduation success rate (GSR). The Commit-tee on Academic Performance shall publish an explanation of the GSR calculation to the membership annually. M
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COMPLIANCE STAFF
570 Normal Street | Memphis, TN 38125 | Office: 901.678.2088 | Fax: 901.678.1653
Nicole GreenDirector of Compliance
Sally AndrewsAssistant Compliance Coordinator
Ryan CrewsCompliance Assistant
EDUCATIONINTERPSNine-Hour Requirement for Student-Athlete Who Fulfills Graduation Requirements (I)Date Published: January 20, 2012 | Item Ref: a
Interpretation: The academic and membership affairs staff determined that a football student-athlete who does not successfully complete nine-semester hours or eight-quarter hours of academic credit during the fall term but completes the courses necessary to receive a baccalaureate degree from the institution shall not be subject to the four contest competition restriction.
Further, a football student-athlete who is in the final academic year (final two semesters or three quarters) of his or her desig-nated degree program may use credit hours acceptable toward any of the institution’s degree programs to satisfy the nine- semester or eight-quarter hour requirement, provided the institution certifies that the student is enrolled in courses necessary to complete degree requirements at the end of the two semesters or three quarters. Thereafter, the student-athlete shall forfeit eligibility in all sports, unless he or she completes all degree requirements during the final two semesters or three quarters and is eligible to earn his or her baccalaureate degree on the institution’s next degree-granting date.
[References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 14.4.3.1.6 (additional require-ments - football) and 14.4.3.1.8.1 (exception -- final academic year of degree program -- six-hour requirement)]
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Designation of Degree Program and Timing of Degree Change (I)Date Published: March 22, 2010 | Item Ref: 1
NCAA Division I member institutions should note that pursuant to NCAA Bylaw 14.4.3.1.6, a student-athlete must designate his or her degree program prior to participating in competition that occurs during or immediately before the third year of enrollment (fifth semester or seventh quarter). This requirement applies to all student-athletes, including two- and four-year college transfers.
Further, the designated degree program as of the beginning of the third year (fifth semester or seventh quarter) or later academic year of full-time enrollment must be used to certify the student-athlete’s percentage-toward-degree requirements for that term.
For example, if a student-athlete has not designated a degree program on the first day of classes of his or her fifth full-time semester, it is permissible for the student-athlete to declare engineering as his or her degree program before the first competition and be certified as eligible for the term, provided the student-athlete is meeting percentage of degree requirements for the engineering degree program.
Alternatively, a student-athlete who has designated marketing as his or her degree program as of the beginning of the fifth full-time semester and is certified as not eligible due to deficiencies in progress-toward- degree requirements may not be subsequently recertified during that term as eligible after changing to a different degree program, even if the change occurs before the student-athlete’s first competition in that term and the student-athlete is meeting all progress-to-ward-degree requirements in the new degree program. The member institution would need to file a progress toward degree waiver for the student-athlete to be eligible for competition during that term.
[References: Bylaws 14.4.3.1.6 (designation of degree program), 14.4.3.2 (fulfillment of percentage of degree requirements), 14.4.3.2.2 (application of rule to transfer student), 14.4.3.3.2 (timing of certification), 14.4.3.3.2.1 (exception -- baseball) and a staff interpretation (04/09/97, Item No. a)] M
NCAA 12.5.1.1 Promos and Nonqualifiers, Nonqualifiers Participating in Promotional Activities (I)Date Published: January 6, 2012
Interpretation: The academic and membership affairs staff determined that a nonqualifier may participate in a promotional activity during his or her first academic year in residence provided the activity does not involve a countable athletically related activity.
[References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 12.5.1.1 (institutional, charitable, education or nonprofit promotions); 14.3.2.1 (nonquali-fier); 14.3.2.1.1 (eligibility for aid, practice and competition); 14.3.4 (residence requirement); 16.10.1.7 (charitable, educational or non-profit activities); staff determination [Reference: 11/08/11, Item No. 1]; and staff interpretation [Reference: 01/03/89, Item No. g] which has been archived] M
