2001 Telephone Conference No. 9
May 16, 2001

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

Benefits/Transportation/
Foreign Tours

1. Foreign Tour -- Providing Transportation Expenses. It is not permissible for an institution to provide a student-athlete with a ticket to depart for a foreign tour before the team's scheduled departure. [References: Bylaw 16.9.2 (post-tour stay) and Proposal No. 2000-104 (permissible benefits -- miscellaneous).]

Financial Aid/Professional Athlete

2. Application of Proposal No. 2000-61 to Partial Qualifiers and Nonqualifiers. Proposal No. 2000-61, which specifies that an institution may award financial aid to a professional athlete, provided he or she has completed four seasons of competition and has received not more than five years of aid within the six years after initial enrollment in a collegiate institution, is applicable to a partial qualifier or nonqualifier who has exhausted his or her seasons of competition. [References: Bylaws 14.3.3 (seasons of competition -- partial qualifier and nonqualifier), Bylaw 14.3.3.1 (fourth season of competition -- partial qualifier and nonqualifier) and Proposal No. 2000-61 (financial aid -- professional).]