2001 Telephone Conference No. 17
October 17, 2001

Acting for the Division I Management Council, the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet Subcommittee on Legislative Review/Interpretations issued the following interpretations:

Recruiting/Telephone Calls

1. Coach Receiving Collect and Toll-Free Calls from Prospects on Institutionally Issued Cellular Telephone. A coach may receive collect and/or toll-free calls via his or her institutionally issued cellular phone, provided the institution establishes appropriate oversight procedures to monitor the phone activity (that is, receives and reviews billing information). [References: NCAA Bylaws 13.1.3.6 (collect and toll-free telephone calls), 13.16.2.2 (collect and toll-free telephone calls), and an official interpretation 9/6/01, Item No. 5.]

Eligibility/Practice/Partial Qualifier

2. Male Partial Qualifier Practicing with Women's Team. A male student-athlete who is serving his academic year of residence as a partial qualifier may participate in practice sessions against a women's team on campus or at the institution's regular practice facilities, provided all the other applicable legislation and interpretations established for male student-athletes practicing with a women's team are satisfied (for example, full-time enrollment, inclusion on squad list, noncounter). [References: NCAA Bylaws 14.3.2 (eligibility for financial aid, practice and competition-partial qualifier and nonqualifier), 14.1.6.1 (requirement for practice), and an official interpretation 10/22/92, Item No. 2.]