The NCAA News - News and Features

September 14, 1998

Noncontroversial legislative proposals

Division III

Pursuant to NCAA Constitution 4.7.3-(d) and 5.3.1.1.1, the NCAA Division III Management Council has determined that the following proposals are noncontroversial and necessary to promote the normal and orderly administration of the Association's legislation. The Division III Management Council, by a three-fourths majority of its members present and voting, shall have the authority to adopt noncontroversial amendments, subject to ratification by the Division III Presidents Council. Proposals that are ratified by the Presidents Council shall be effective as of the date identified in the proposal, published in The NCAA News and submitted as legislation at the 1999 NCAA Convention. Those items the Management Council has not yet reviewed in legislative form are marked with an asterisk (*).

Legislative citations and governing bodies are reflected as they now appear in the 1998-99 Division III NCAA Manual. Further, inasmuch as a federated provision may be amended separately by each division, all federated proposals will be reflected as a division-only voting line.

Bold type indicates new wording; italicized type indicates wording removed.

NO. 1 DUES OF MEMBERS -- PROVISIONAL MEMBER APPLICATION FEE

Intent: To require provisional members to pay a nonrefundable $2,500 application fee in addition to the payment of annual dues.

Constitution: Amend 3.7.3 by adding new 3.7.3.1, pages 18-19, as follows:

"3.7.3.1 Application Fee -- Provisional Members. Provisional members shall pay a nonrefundable $2,500 application fee in addition to the payment of annual dues."

Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Division III Membership Committee).

Effective Date: Immediately.

NO. 2 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- DIVISION III WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY

Intent: To permit women's ice hockey teams to participate beyond the end of the playing season and to compete in more than the permissible number of contests if chosen to be involved in the new national championship tournament hosted and organized by the American Women's College Hockey Alliance

A. Bylaws: Amend 17.1.9, pages 147-148, as follows:

"17.1.9 General Regulations for Computing Playing Seasons Applicable to All Sports

[17.1.9-(b) through 17.1.9-(f) unchanged.]

"(g) Non-NCAA Postseason Championships Participation. Practice and/or competition in non-NCAA (or non-NAIA) postseason championships (e.g., an invitational tournament scheduled after a conference championship) must be counted against the institution's declared playing-season limitation; except that practice and competition for one postseason championship in each non-NCAA championship sport used for sport sponsorship purposes pursuant to Bylaws 20.8.3.2.1 (Division I) 20.9.3.4.1 (Division II or 20.10.3.1.1 (Division III), and in Division I, practice and competition for the National Invitational Softball Championship in softball, and practice and competition for the National Invitational Volleyball Championship in volleyball are exempt from the institution's declared playing-season limitation in the sport. In Division III, competition in the American Women's College Hockey Alliance National Championship tournament is exempt from the institution's declared playing-season limitation; and"

[Remainder of 17.1.9 unchanged.]

B. Bylaws: Amend 17.13.5.3, page 184, as follows:

"17.13.5.3 Annual Exemptions. The maximum number of ice hockey contests shall exclude the following (see Figure 17-16):

[17.13.5.3-(a) and 17.13.5.3-(b) unchanged.]

"(c) Season-Ending Tournaments

"(2) NCAA Championships -- Divisions II and III. Competition in one season-ending ice hockey tournament, (e.g., NCAA championship, American Women's Hockey Alliance national championship, NAIA championship). A season-ending tournament involves competition after the end of the regular season between teams that are not identified until the close of the regular season;"

Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Olympic Sports Liaison Committee).

Effective Date: Immediately.

NO. 3 PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- DIVISION III WOMEN'S WATER POLO

Intent: To establish preseason practice dates, first date of competition, end of regular-playing season and annual exemptions in the sport of Division III women's water polo.

Bylaws: Amend 17.27, pages 225-228, as follows:

"17.27 Water Polo

"Regulations for computing the men's and women's water polo playing season are set forth in 17.1, General Playing-Season Regulations. (Also see Figures 17-1 and 17-3.)

[17.27.1 unchanged.]

"17.27.2 Preseason Practice -- Men. A member institution shall not commence practice sessions in water polo prior to the date that permits a maximum of 21 permissible practice opportunities (see 17.02.11) prior to the first scheduled intercollegiate contest.

"17.27.3 Preseason Practice -- Women. A member institution shall not commence practice sessions in the sport of women's water polo prior to the following dates:

"(a) Traditional Segment. September 7 or the institution's first day of classes for the fall term, whichever is earlier.

"(b) Nontraditional Segment. September 7 or the institution's first day of classes for the fall term, whichever is earlier.

"17.27.3 17.27.4 First Date of Competition. A member institution shall not engage in its first date of competition (game or scrimmage) with outside competition in men's water polo prior to the first Saturday in September. In the sport of women's water polo, a member institution shall not engage in its first date of competition (game or scrimmage) with outside competition prior to September 7 or the institution's first day of classes for the fall term, whichever is earlier.

"17.27.4 17.27.5 End of Regular Playing Season. A member institution shall conclude all practice and competition (games and scrimmages) in the sport of men's water polo by the last date of final exams for the regular academic year at the institution. In the sport of women's water polo, a member institution shall conclude all practice and competition (games and scrimmages) by the conclusion of the National Women's Collegiate Water Polo Championship or the NCAA Water Polo Championship.

[17.27.5, renumbered as 17.27.6, unchanged.]

[17.27.5.1, renumbered as 17.27.6.1, unchanged.]

"17.27.5.2 17.27.6.2 Annual Exemptions. The maximum number of dates of competition in the sport of water polo shall exclude the following:

"(a) Conference Championship -- Men and Women. Competition in one conference championship tournament in water polo (or the tournament used to determine the conference's automatic entry in the NCAA Water Polo Championship or the National Women's Collegiate Water Polo Championship);

[17.27.5.2-(b), renumbered as 17.27.6.2-(b), unchanged.]

"(c) National Governing Body Championship Competition -- Women. For women's water polo, competition in the national governing body championship.

"(d) (c) NCAA Championship-- Men. Competition in the NCAA Water Polo Championship or the National Women's Collegiate Water Polo Championship.

[17.27.5.2-(e) through 17.27.5.2-(g), renumbered and relettered as 17.27.6.2-(d) through 17.27.6.2-(f), unchanged.]

"(h) (g) Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico -- Men. Any dates of competition in water polo in Hawaii or, Alaska or Puerto Rico, respectively, against an active member institution located in Hawaii or, Alaska or Puerto Rico, by a member located outside the area in question;

"(i) Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico -- Women. For women's water polo, any dates of competition in Hawaii, Alaska or Puerto Rico, respectively, either against or under the sponsorship of an active member institution located outside the area in question;"

[17.27.5.2-(j) through 17.27.5.2-(l), renumbered and relettered as 17.27.6.2-(h) through 17.27.6.2-(j), unchanged; and 17.27.6 through 17.27.10, renumbered as 17.27.7 through 17.27.11, unchanged.]

Source: NCAA Division III Management Council (Olympic Sports Liaison Committee).

Effective Date: Immediately.