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The NCAA News - News & FeaturesAugust 19, 1996Summary of initial 1997 NCAA Convention proposalsFollowing are the statements of intent and sources for 86 proposals properly submitted by member institutions and conferences for the 1997 NCAA Convention (an 87th proposal has been withdrawn).All of the proposals below are included in the Initial Publication of Proposed Legislation, which was mailed to the membership August 15. The proposals are numbered as they appear in the initial publication. The NCAA News will publish the intent statements and sources of all legislative proposals submitted for the 1997 Convention. When the Second Publication of Proposed Legislation becomes available September 23, the News will publish the intent statements of all new proposals in that publication; the information from the Initial Publication of Proposed Legislation published below will not be reprinted. NO. 1-1 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DELAY OF EFFECTIVE DATE Intent: To delay the effective date of all legislation related to the revised NCAA membership structure until February 1, 1998. Source: All members of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. NO. 1-2 ATHLETICS CERTIFICATION -- DIVISION I Intent: To change the next athletics certification cycle from at least once every five years to at least once every 10 years, and to provide for a five-year interim status report. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic, Mid-Continent and Missouri Valley Conferences. NO. 1-3 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I REVENUE GUARANTEE Intent: To clarify that all Division I members shall receive revenues from gross revenue sources derived from any joint venture between the Association (or the Association's representative or agent) and a member conference or a member institution (or a representative or agent of a member institution or conference). Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. NO. 1-4 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- WAIVER OF DIVISION I REVENUE GUARANTEE Intent: To revise Division I revenue guarantees to provide greater flexibility for uniform increases in certain funds. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic and Northeast Conferences. NO. 1-5 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIPS Intent: To affirm that not more than one national championship shall be conducted in each men's and women's Division I sport except football. Source: All members of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. NO. 1-6 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I BOARD OF DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT COUNCIL Intent: To eliminate the distinction between Division I-AA representation and Division I-AAA representation on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and Management Council. Source: Ten Division I members. NO. 1-7 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I BOARD OF DIRECTORS Intent: To establish an operating principle that a system for rotating I-AA and I-AAA representatives to the Division I Board of Directors be developed, maintained and revised by the I-AA and I-AAA conferences. Source: All members of the Big Sky, Mid-Continent and Southern Conferences. NO. 1-8 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- ROTATION OF CHAIRS OF GOVERNING BODIES -- DIVISION I Intent: To require the chairs of the Division I Board of Directors, Management Council and cabinets to rotate between all subdivisions on an equitable, if not equal, basis. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic and Southern Conferences. NO. 1-9 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I BOARD OF DIRECTORS Intent: To establish that the term of office for I-AA and I-AAA members of the Division I Board of Directors be developed, maintained and revised by the I-AA and I-AAA conferences as specified. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic, Mid-Continent and Southern Conferences. NO. 1-10 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I BOARD OF DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT COUNCIL Intent: To permit conferences in Divisions I-AA and I-AAA to remove their representatives to the NCAA Division I Board of Directors or Management Council during their term of office. Source: All members of the Big Sky, Metro Atlantic Athletic, Mid-Continent and Southern Conferences. NO. 1-11 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I MANAGEMENT COUNCIL Intent: To expand the pool of potential Division I Management Council members as specified. Source: All members of the Ivy Group and Mid-Continent, Mid-Eastern Athletic and Midwestern Collegiate Conferences. NO. 1-12 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I MANAGEMENT COUNCIL Intent: To provide that alternates may participate in Division I Management Council meetings. Source: All members of the Ivy Group and Mid-Eastern Athletic and Midwestern Collegiate Conferences. NO. 1-13 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
Intent: To establish an operating principle that a system of rotation for Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic, Mid-Continent, Southern and Southland Conferences. NO. 1-14 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I MANAGEMENT COUNCIL Intent: To establish that the term of office for I-AA and I-AAA members of the Division I Management Council be developed, maintained and revised by the I-AA and I-AAA conferences as specified. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic, Mid-Continent, Southern and Southland Conferences. NO. 1-15 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I CABINETS Intent: To expand the pool of potential Division I cabinet members as specified. Source: All members of the Ivy Group and Mid-Continent, Mid-Eastern Athletic and Midwestern Collegiate Conferences. NO. 1-16 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I CABINETS/COMMITTEES Intent: To establish limits on subdivision representation in Division I cabinets/committees as specified. Source: All members of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. NO. 1-17 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I COMMITTEES Intent: To establish limits on subdivision representation on Division I committees as specified. Source: All members of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. NO. 1-18 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I CABINETS Intent: To permit Divisions I-AA and I-AAA conferences to select and remove their representatives to Division I cabinets; further, to require a minimum of two cabinet members from each Division I conference that is listed in Constitution 4.5.1. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic, Southern and Southwestern Athletic Conferences. NO. 1-19 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- SPECIAL CONVENTION Intent: To revise the Division I membership structure to specify that a special Division I legislative Convention may be called by the Executive Committee, the Division I Board of Directors or by petition of at least 100 active member institutions. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic, Midwestern Collegiate and Southern Conferences. NO. 1-20 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CONVENTION PROGRAM Intent: To permit the Association's membership to establish program agenda items for an annual or special Convention, and the Division I membership to establish program agenda items for a special Division I legislative Convention as specified. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic, Midwestern Collegiate and Southern Conferences. NO. 1-21 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I-AA GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE Intent: To establish a parallel representative governance structure within Division I to consider Division I-AA football issues. Source: Ten Division I members. NO. 1-22 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- VOTING METHODS Intent: To clarify that voting at any type of NCAA Convention under the revised membership structure shall be based on the current Convention system of one institution, one vote, for member institutions and conferences. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic, Midwestern Collegiate and Southern Conferences. NO. 1-23 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Intent: To specify that Division I legislation may be sponsored and, thus, the full legislative process initiated, by any one regular or alternate member of the Division I Board of Directors or Management Council. Source: All members of the Ivy Group and Metro Atlantic Athletic, Mid-Eastern Athletic and Midwestern Collegiate Conferences. NO. 1-24 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Intent: To clarify that the Division I membership may override the Division I Management Council's failure to act on legislative proposals in legislative areas delegated to it by the Division I Board of Directors. Source: All members of the Ivy Group and Metro Atlantic Athletic, Mid-Eastern Athletic and Midwestern Collegiate Conferences. NO. 1-25 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I-AA FINANCIAL AID AWARDS Intent: To require a vote of two-thirds majority of I-AA conferences represented on both the Division I Board of Directors and Management Council to modify the permissible number of football grants-in-aid for I-AA institutions. Source: All members of the Southern and Southland Conferences. NO. 1-26 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Intent: To establish an override provision specific to legislation affecting Division I-AA football. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic and Southern Conferences. NO. 1-27 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Intent: To clarify that the membership override of legislative action taken by the Division I Board of Directors (or Management Council in areas delegated to it) shall be based on the principle of one institution, one vote, and that override votes shall be roll-call votes. Source: All members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic and Midwestern Collegiate Conferences. NO. 1-28 NCAA MEMBERSHIP RESTRUCTURING -- DIVISION I LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Intent: To specify that Division I legislation may be sponsored, and the full legislative process thus initiated, by any one regular or alternate member of the Division I Board of Directors. Source: All members of the Ivy Group and Metro Atlantic Athletic, Mid-Eastern Athletic and Midwestern Collegiate Conferences. NO. 1-29 ATHLETICALLY RELATED INCOME -- EQUIPMENT AND APPAREL CONTRACTS Intent: To require contracts for athletics equipment and apparel to be between the institution and vendor, or a tripartite arrangement between the institution, athletics department staff member and vendor. Source: All members of the Big Ten Conference. NO. 1-30 SCOUTING OF OPPONENTS -- DIVISION I WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Intent: To prohibit off-campus, in-person scouting of opponents in the sport of Division I women's volleyball. Source: All members of the Big West Conference. NO. 1-31 AMATEURISM -- LOAN AGAINST FUTURE EARNINGS Intent: To permit student-athletes who are projected to be selected in the first round of the draft, and who have purchased insurance against a disabling injury or illness per 12.1.1.4.1, to secure a loan from a legitimate lending establishment against future earnings. Source: All members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. NO. 1-32 AMATEURISM -- BASKETBALL DRAFT Intent: To preclude a student-athlete in the sport of basketball from being able to enter a professional league's draft without jeopardizing the student's intercollegiate eligibility in that sport. Source: Nine Division I members. NO. 1-33 RECRUITING -- TELEPHONE CALLS -- DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY Intent: In Division I ice hockey, to permit one telephone call to a prospect from a foreign country during the month of July following the prospect's sophomore year in high school. Source: All members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. NO. 1-34 RECRUITING -- TELEPHONE CALLS -- DIVISIONS I AND II BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL Intent: In Divisions I and II basketball and football, to establish August 1 following a prospect's junior year in high school as the first date on which the prospect may be contacted by telephone and, in Division I basketball, to permit unlimited calls to a prospect during a contact period. Source: Eight Division I members.
NO. 1-35 RECRUITING -- ELECTRONIC Intent: In Division II, to specify that facsimiles and electronic mail communications are subject to restrictions on general correspondence, rather than the restrictions applicable to telephone calls. Source: All members of the Pacific West Conference and four other Division II members.
NO. 1-36 RECRUITING -- ELECTRONIC Intent: To reinstate the definition of facsimiles or other electronically transmitted correspondence as telephone calls in Division I. Source: All members of the Big Ten Conference. NO. 1-37 RECRUITING -- TELEPHONE CALLS -- DIVISION I BASKETBALL Intent: In Division I basketball, to permit institutional staff members to make unlimited telephone calls to prospects during the period 48 hours prior to and 48 hours after the initial signing date for the National Letter of Intent. Source: Nine Division I members. NO. 1-38 RECRUITING -- DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY Intent: In Division I ice hockey, to specify that an institution has seven recruiting opportunities (contacts and evaluations) during the academic year and that not more than three of the seven recruiting opportunities may be in-person, off-campus contacts. Source: All members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. NO. 1-39 RECRUITING -- NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT Intent: To permit in-person, off-campus delivery of a National Letter of Intent during a home visit. Source: Thirteen Division I members. NO. 1-40 PRINTED RECRUITING MATERIALS -- STUDENT-ATHLETE HANDBOOK -- DIVISIONS I AND II Intent: To permit an institution to send a prospect a student-athlete handbook once the prospect has either signed a National Letter of Intent or been accepted for enrollment at that institution. Source: All members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. NO. 1-41 RECRUITING -- OFFICIAL VISIT TRANSPORTATION Intent: In Divisions I and III, to permit coaching staff members to accompany a prospect to or from an official visit regardless of the distance traveled, provided all transportation is by automobile. Source: Thirteen Division I members. NO. 1-42 OFFICIAL VISIT -- TRANSPORTATION Intent: In Divisions I and III, to permit coaching staff members to accompany prospects to or from an official visit only when automobile transportation is used and all transportation occurs within 300 miles of the institution's main campus. Source: All members of the Southern Conference. NO. 1-43 OFFICIAL VISITS -- DIVISION I FOOTBALL Intent: In Division I, to permit an institution to "bank" a maximum of six unused official visits annually in the sport of football, and to specify that the unused visits may be used only during the subsequent academic year. Source: Fourteen Division I members. NO. 1-44 OFFICIAL VISITS -- NATIONAL SERVICE ACADEMIES -- BASKETBALL Intent: For the national service academies, to permit 15 official visits in the sport of basketball, 12 of which may be provided prior to the initial National Letter of Intent signing date. Source: Eleven Division I members. NO. 1-45 UNOFFICIAL VISIT -- ADMISSIONS EVENT Intent: In sports other than football and men's and women's basketball, to permit a prospect during an unofficial visit to receive a meal as part of an "open-house" admissions department event and to have on-campus contacts with coaching staff members during the event. Source: All members of the Northeast, Metro Atlantic Athletic and Mid-Continent Conferences. NO. 1-46 LOCAL SPORTS CLUB -- DIVISION I WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Intent: To preclude a member of an institution's women's volleyball coaching staff from involvement as a participant or in coaching activities in the sport of volleyball for a local sports club or organization that includes prospects. Source: All members of the Pacific-10 Conference. NO. 1-47 TRYOUT EXCEPTION -- GOLF AND TENNIS Intent: To permit an institution's golf and tennis coaches to give private golf or tennis instruction to prospects as specified. Source: Nine Division I members. NO. 1-48 CAMPS AND CLINICS -- EMPLOYMENT OF PROSPECTS -- DIVISION II Intent: To permit the employment of any prospect at an institution's sports camp or clinic, provided the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent or an institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid. Source: All members of the Northeast-10 Conference. NO. 1-49 STUDENT-ATHLETE STATEMENT -- FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT Intent: To ensure that confidential, personally identifiable information about student-athletes provided to the NCAA by member institutions is accorded the protections against public disclosure established in the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 USC Section 1232g, et seq., the "Buckley Amendment"). Source: Thirty-six member institutions. NO. 1-50 GRADUATE STUDENT -- DIVISION III TRANSFER EXCEPTION Intent: To permit a student-athlete who is enrolled in a Division III graduate or professional school of an institution other than the institution he or she previously attended as an undergraduate to use the Division III transfer exceptions. Source: All members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. NO. 1-51 INITIAL ELIGIBILITY -- PARTIAL QUALIFIER -- DIVISION I Intent: To revise the definition of partial qualifier to include students who present a core-curriculum grade-point average of 2.500 and an SAT score of 810 or an ACT score of 67 and to include students who present core-curriculum grade-point averages from 2.475 to 2.250 and SAT scores of 820 or above or ACT scores of 68 or above. Source: Eight Division I members. NO. 1-52 INITIAL ELIGIBILITY -- PARTIAL QUALIFIER -- DIVISION I Intent: In Division I, to permit a partial qualifier to earn a fourth season of competition, provided the student-athlete receives a baccalaureate degree prior to the beginning of the fifth academic year following the student-athlete's initial, full-time enrollment. Source: All members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. NO. 1-53 SATISFACTORY PROGRESS -- HOURS EARNED DURING REGULAR ACADEMIC YEAR Intent: To reduce from 75 percent to 62.5 percent the minimum number of satisfactory-progress credit hours that a freshman student-athlete must earn during the academic year, and to increase from 25 percent to 37.5 percent the minimum number of satisfactory-progress credit hours that a freshman student-athlete may earn during the summer. Source: Eleven Division I members. NO. 1-54 TWO-YEAR COLLEGE TRANSFERS -- PARTIAL QUALIFIER OR NONQUALIFIER -- DIVISION I Intent: In the sports of football and men's and women's basketball, to require a two-year college transfer student who was not a qualifier to fulfill one academic year in residence at the certifying institution prior to being eligible for competition. Source: Nine Division I members. NO. 1-55 OUTSIDE COMPETITION -- DIVISION I SOCCER AND WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Intent: To permit student-athletes in the sports of men's and women's soccer and women's volleyball to compete on outside teams during the spring outside of the institution's playing and practice season as specified. Source: Nine Division I members. NO. 1-56 EXCEPTIONS TO OUTSIDE COMPETITION -- SUMMER BASKETBALL -- DIVISION II Intent: In Division II, to remove the restrictions on outside basketball competition that occurs during the summer. Source: All members of the Northeast-10 Conference. NO. 1-57 FINANCIAL AID -- EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS -- DIVISION I Intent: To permit Division I student-athletes to exempt legitimate off-campus employment earnings from the full grant-in-aid limit. Source: Ten Division I members. NO. 1-58 FINANCIAL AID -- EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS -- DIVISION I Intent: In Division I, to exempt employment earnings from counting in a student-athlete's individual full grant-in-aid limitations and the institution's sport limitations under specified conditions. Source: Nine Division I members. NO. 1-59 FINANCIAL AID -- OUTSIDE EDUCATIONAL GRANT Intent: To permit a student-athlete to receive an educational grant that is awarded from an outside source solely on bases having no relationship to athletics ability without including the value of such aid in the student-athlete's full grant-in-aid limitations. Source: Nine Division I members. NO. 1-60 FINANCIAL AID -- SUMMER SCHOOL -- DIVISION I Intent: To permit a Division I institution to award athletics aid to a student prior to the student's initial, full-time collegiate enrollment, without increasing costs. Source: Thirteen Division I members. NO. 1-61 FINANCIAL AID -- DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL Intent: To increase the maximum number of grants-in-aid in Division I men's basketball from 13 to 14. Source: All members of the Big Ten Conference. NO. 1-62 PERMISSIBLE EXPENSES -- TRAVEL APPAREL Intent: To allow an institution to provide travel apparel or outerwear to student-athletes, provided the travel apparel or outerwear is sports-related, rather than specifically related to practice or competition. Source: All members of the Big Ten Conference. NO. 1-63 PERMISSIBLE EXPENSES -- MEAL-ALLOWANCE LIMITATION Intent: To permit member institutions to provide student-athletes with a meal allowance consistent with the allowance permitted on intercollegiate trips when student-athletes are required to remain on campus during a vacation period for practice or competition. Source: All members of the Colonial Athletic Association. NO. 1-64 WEEKLY HOUR LIMITATIONS -- SKILL INSTRUCTION -- DIVISION II SPORTS OTHER THAN FOOTBALL Intent: In Division II sports other than football, to permit coaches to be involved in two hours of skill-related instruction per week involving no more than three student-athletes at any one time during the permissible eight hours of countable athletically related activities that may occur outside the playing season during the academic year, provided the student-athlete requests the instruction. Source: All members of the Northeast Conference and eight other Division II members. NO. 1-65 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- DIVISIONS I AND II GOLF Intent: In Divisions I and II, to permit an institution that conducts its traditional segment in the sport of golf during the fall to commence practice sessions on August 24 or the institution's first day of classes for the fall term, whichever occurs first; further, to permit such an institution to engage in its first date of competition in the sport of golf on September 1 or the preceding Friday if September 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Source: All members of the Big Sky Conference. NO. 1-66 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- ANNUAL EXEMPTIONS -- BASEBALL, FIELD HOCKEY, ICE HOCKEY, LACROSSE, SOCCER AND SOFTBALL Intent: In the sports of baseball, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer and softball, to permit Division I institutions to exempt annually one season-ending tournament (that does not require certification) from the maximum number of contests/dates of competition; further, in the sport of ice hockey, to permit institutions in all divisions to exempt annually one season-ending tournament (that does not require certification) from the maximum number of contests. Source: All members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. NO. 1-67 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- PRESEASON PRACTICE -- DIVISION I BASKETBALL Intent: To permit Division I institutions to begin on-court preseason basketball practice sessions on the Saturday nearest to October 15. Source: All members of the Pacific-10 Conference. NO. 1-68 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- PRESEASON PRACTICE -- DIVISION III BASKETBALL Intent: To permit Division III institutions to commence on-court preseason basketball practice sessions on October 15. Source: All members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and 16 other Division III members. NO. 1-69 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- FIRST CONTEST DATE -- DIVISION I BASKETBALL Intent: In Division I men's basketball, to permit the first permissible contest to be played one week earlier than currently scheduled (i.e., 136 days prior to the Division I Men's Basketball Championship). Source: All members of the Colonial Athletic Association. NO. 1-70 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASON -- FIRST CONTEST DATE -- DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Intent: In Division I women's basketball, to permit the first permissible contest to be played one week earlier than currently scheduled (i.e., 136 days prior to the Division I Men's Basketball Championship). Source: All members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and one other Division I member. NO. 1-71 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- FIRST CONTEST DATE -- DIVISION I BASKETBALL Intent: To permit all certified men's and women's basketball tournaments sponsored by an active member institution located in Alaska to be played after November 8. Source: All members of the Missouri Valley Conference. NO. 1-72 CONTEST EXEMPTIONS -- DIVISION II BASKETBALL Intent: To permit Division II institutions to exempt annually not more than two informal practice scrimmages from the maximum number of permissible contests as specified. Source: All members of the Northeast-10 Conference. NO. 1-73 MAXIMUM CONTESTS LIMITATIONS -- DIVISION III BASKETBALL Intent: In Division III basketball, to specify a student-athlete may participate in not more than 50 halves of basketball competition. Source: All members of the Ohio Athletic Conference. NO. 1-74 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- PRESEASON PRACTICE -- DIVISION III FOOTBALL Intent: In Division III, to permit student-athletes to wear shoulder pads during the three-day, noncontact, conditioning practice period. Source: All members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. NO. 1-75 CONTEST EXEMPTIONS -- DIVISION II FOOTBALL -- PIONEER BOWL Intent: To permit the champions of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to participate in the Pioneer Bowl and to exempt such participation from the limitations governing the end of the playing season and the permissible number of contests; further, to mandate that the Pioneer Bowl shall be conducted not earlier than one week after the conclusion of the NCAA Division II Football Championship. Source: All members of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. NO. 1-76 MAXIMUM CONTESTS LIMITATIONS -- DIVISION III FOOTBALL Intent: In Division III football, to specify that a student-athlete may participate in not more than 20 halves of football contests. Source: All members of the Ohio Athletic Conference. NO. 1-77 MAXIMUM DATES OF COMPETITION -- WOMEN'S LACROSSE Intent: To permit member institutions in the sport of women's lacrosse to engage in 17 dates of competition during the traditional segment and five dates of competition during the nontraditional segment. Source: All members of the Colonial Athletic Association. NO. 1-78 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- OUTSIDE TEAMS -- WATER POLO Intent: To permit student-athletes in the sport of water polo to be involved on an outside water polo team that includes the student-athletes' coaches during the summer months. Source: Ten member institutions. NO. 1-79 MAXIMUM DATES OF COMPETITION -- WRESTLING -- DIVISION III Intent: In Division III wrestling, to specify that not more than two two-day meets shall count as a single date of competition. Source: All members of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. NO. 1-80 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP -- WOMEN'S WATER POLO Intent: To establish a National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship. Source: All members of the Pacific-10 Conference. NO. 1-81 CHAMPIONSHIPS -- MINIMUM SPONSORSHIP CRITERIA -- OLYMPIC SPORTS Intent: To create a protected status to continue all men's and women's NCAA championships in Olympic sports. Source: Eleven member institutions. NO. 1-82 SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE Intent: To clarify the duties of the NCAA Special Events Committee as specified. Source: All members of the Southern Conference. NO. 1-83 STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Intent: To establish that the composition of the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee include at least one student-athlete from each sport in which the Association conducts a championship. Source: All members of the Pacific West Conference and three other Division II members. NO. 1-84 CONTEST EXEMPTIONS -- SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE Intent: To clarify the role of the NCAA Special Events Committee under the restructured Division I governance system as specified. Source: All members of the Southern Conference. NO. 1-85 RECRUITING CALENDAR -- DIVISION I WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Intent: To extend the dead period surrounding the Division I Women's Volleyball Championship through January 1. Source: All members of the Pacific-10 Conference. NO. 1-86 CHAMPIONSHIPS -- SIZE OF FIELDS/AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION Intent: To strengthen championship access under a restructured NCAA governance system by mandating that the size of all NCAA championships fields be established by each division's Management Council. Source: All members of the Northeast, Metro Atlantic Athletic and Mid-Continent Conferences.
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