NCAA Bylaws 30 and 31: Pursuant to NCAA Constitution 4.6.2-(c), revisions to administrative regulations may be recommended by the Division II Management Council, subject to ratification by the Division II Presidents Council. After Presidents Council approval, the revisions will be published in The NCAA News.

The items marked with an asterisk have been approved by the Management Council and Presidents Council in concept but have not yet been approved in legislative form. Other items have previously been approved in legislative form. The page numbers in the proposals refer to the 2000-01 NCAA Division II Manual.

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

No. 1 Summer Basketball

Intent: To eliminate restrictions on summer basketball leagues.

Bylaws: Amend 30.15, page 309, as follows:

"30.15 Summer Basketball. In order to be approved by the Management Council per Bylaw 14.7.5.2-(a), a summer basketball league must meet the following requirements:

"(a) All-Star Games Prohibition. No all-star game of any kind shall be permitted;

"(c) Payment Prohibition. No member team shall make any payments for play or expenses directly or indirectly to any player;

"(d) Postseason Competition. Postseason play-offs or tournaments shall be permitted, provided they involve intraleague competition and are completed by August 31;

"(e) Player Limitations

"(f) Revenue. No admission shall be charged for any game, no fee shall be charged for parking to attend any game, no revenue shall be realized at any game from raffles or similar activities, and no revenue shall be realized from over-the-air or cable television or radio rights fees for any game; and

"(h) Staff Limitation. Neither the league nor any member team shall have on its staff or as a participant any person associated in any employment capacity with any two-year or four-year college, except that institutional employees who are not athletics department staff members and do not have responsibilities directly related to the athletics department may serve as game officials."

Source: NCAA Division II Presidents Council [Management Council (Legislation Committee)].

Effective date: Immediately.*

No. 2 NCAA Championships -- Religious Conflicts

Intent: To allow Division II sports committees to adjust starting times for championships events when appropriate.

Bylaws: Amend 31.1.4.1, page 309, as follows:

"31.1.4.1 Institutional Policy. If a participating institution has a written policy against competition on a particular day for religious reasons, it shall inform the governing sports committee before the beginning of the championship the NCAA national office before September 1 of each academic year in order for it or one of its student-athletes to be excused from competing on that day. The championship schedule shall be adjusted to accommodate that institution, and such adjustment shall not require its team or an individual competitor to compete before the time originally scheduled."

Source: NCAA Division II Presidents Council [Management Council (Championships Committee)].

Effective date: Immediately.*

No. 3 Eligibility for Championships -- Participation while Ineligible

Intent: To specify that the Committee on Infractions may take action to vacate performances in cases where there has been ineligible participation in a championship.

Bylaws: Amend 31.2.2.4, page 313, as follows:

"31.2.2.4 Participation While Ineligible. When a student-athlete competing as an individual or representing the institution in a team championship is declared ineligible after the competition, or a penalty has been imposed or action taken as set forth in Bylaw 19.6.2.2-(e) or 19.8 of the NCAA enforcement program, the following shall occur Committee on Infractions may require the following:

"(a) Individual Competition. The individual's performance shall may be stricken from the championships records, the points the student has contributed to the team's total shall may be deleted, the team standings shall may be adjusted accordingly, and any awards involved shall may be returned to the Association. For those championships in which individual results are recorded by time, points or stroke totals (i.e., cross country, golf, gymnastics, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, rifle, swimming and skiing), the placement of other competitors shall may be altered and awards presented accordingly. For those championships in which individual results are recorded by advancement through a bracket or head-to-head competition, the placement of other competitors shall not be altered.

"(b) Team Competition. The record of the team's performance shall may be deleted, the team's place in the final standings shall may be vacated, and the team's trophy and the ineligible student's award shall may be returned to the Association."

Source: NCAA Division II Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Infractions)].

Effective date: Immediately.*

No. 4 Championship Participation -- Automatic Qualification

Intent: To specify that automatic qualification is applicable only to team sports with a championship bracket of 48 or more teams and is available only to multi-sport voting conferences.

A. Bylaws: Amend 31.3.4, page 318, as follows:

"31.3.4 Automatic Qualification. Each governing sports committee may recommend annually to the Championships Committee those multisport voting conferences that should receive automatic qualification for their teams or individual student-athletes into NCAA championships conducted in team sports as identified in 17.02.13.1. The decision of the Championships Committee shall be final. Before recommending that a conference receive automatic qualification, a governing sports committee shall ensure that the member conference meets the requirements specified in Bylaws 31.3.4.1 through 31.3.4.4. Further, automatic qualification will be considered only in those sports that have a championship bracket of 48 or more teams."

B. Bylaws: Amend 31.3.4.2, page 319, as follows:

"31.3.4.2 Additional Requirements. The conference must have:

"(a) Been a multisport voting member conference of the Association for two consecutive academic years. The Championships Committee may grant a waiver of the two-year waiting period;

"(b) Conducted competition in the sport in question for two consecutive years at the time of its application for automatic qualification. The Championships Committee may grant a waiver of the two-year waiting period; and

"(c) Have at least six members that sponsor the sport on a varsity intercollegiate basis in the division in which automatic qualification is sought and that are eligible for the NCAA championship, and have had at least six members that are eligible for the NCAA championship participate in the process that determines the automatic qualifier."

C. Bylaws: Amend 31.3.4.3, page 323, as follows:

"31.3.4.3 Sports Groupings for Automatic Qualification. For purposes of evaluating criteria for automatic qualification, the various sports shall be grouped as follows:

"(a) Team sports-baseball, basketball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, volleyball and water polo;

"(b) Timed individual sports-indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and swimming; and

"(c) Other individual sports-cross country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, rifle, skiing, tennis and wrestling. In this category, a sports committee may grant exceptions to the six-team requirement, subject to the approval of the Championships Committee."

[31.3.4.4 renumbered as 31.3.4.3 unchanged.]

Source: NCAA Division II Presidents Council (Management Council).

Effective date: Immediately.*

No. 5 NCAA Championships --
Official Travel Parties

Intent: To increase the official travel parties for field hockey, men's soccer, women's soccer and softball, as specified.

Bylaws: Amend 31.4.6.4, pages 321-322, as follows:

"31.4.6.4 Official Traveling Parties. The following are the approved official traveling parties for which expenses shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of this section:

"Baseball 28

"Men's and Women's Basketball 20

"Field Hockey 26 30

"Football 70

"National Collegiate Women's Lacrosse 30

"National Collegiate Women's Rowing 31

"Men's and Women's Soccer 24 28

"Women's Softball 24 26

"Men's Volleyball 18

"Women's Volleyball 17

"Men's Water Polo 19"

Source: NCAA Division II Presidents Council [Management Council (Championships Committee)].

Effective date: Immediately.

No. 6 NCAA Championships -- Official Travel Parties

Intent: To establish travel party sizes for women's ice hockey, women's water polo and women's lacrosse.

Bylaws: Amend 31.4.6.4, pages 321-322, as follows:

Baseball 28

Men's and Women's Basketball 20

Field Hockey 24

Football 70

National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey 31

National Collegiate Women's Lacrosse 30

National Collegiate Women's Rowing 31

Men's and Women's Soccer 23

Women's Softball 23

Men's Volleyball 18

Women's Volleyball 17

Men's Water Polo 19

National Collegiate Women's Water Polo 19"

Source: NCAA Division II Presidents Council [Management Council (Championships Committee)].

Effective date: Immediately.*

No. 7 Postseason Football -- Financial Administration

Intent: To eliminate financial requirements related to postseason football contests.

Bylaws: Amend 31.5, pages 326-327, as follows:

"31.5 Financial Administration of Postseason Football. A financial summary of each championship shall be published in the Annual Reports of the Association.

"31.5.1.1 Exception-New Bowl Game Not Located in North America. Each institution participating in such a contest located outside of North America shall receive not less than $1.5 million.

"31.5.1.2 Letter of Credit-Initial Certification. An agency that wishes to sponsor a postseason football contest must secure a $2 million irrevocable letter of credit issued by a United States financial institution payable to the NCAA. The letter shall be in effect from the time of the agency's initial application to the Championships Committee at the committee's annual spring meeting, until it is replaced after certification by a new letter of credit guaranteeing the revenues that will be distributed to the participating teams, plus an additional 25 percent to cover expenses related to game management, operations and administration for any game that has not been certified for three consecutive years.

"31.5.1.3 Letter of Credit-Recertification. A postseason football contest that has not distributed a minimum of $1 million to each participating institution during the preceding three-year period shall secure annually an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a United States financial institution guaranteeing the minimum revenues that will be distributed to the participating teams, plus an additional 25 percent to cover expenses related to game management, operations and administration. The letter of credit shall be made payable to the NCAA and annually shall cover the period from November 1 through May 1 and shall specify that the Association is responsible for the distribution of revenues to the participating institutions in the event of default. The cost of the letter of credit shall be deducted from the contest's gross income.

"31.5.1.4 Waiver. A waiver of this provision may be granted to "closed" games (see Bylaw 30.9.2.1).

"31.5.2 Components of Gross Receipts. The gross receipts shall include all revenues derived from the game, including:

"(a) Sale of tickets (less applicable taxes, except those paid as stadium-use taxes for stadium rental or in lieu thereof). Any complimentary tickets shall be accounted for at face value and shall become a part of the gross receipts;

"(b) Concessions;

"(c) Programs sales;

"(d) Advertising for radio, television and tickets;

"(e) Radio, television (including pay-per-view income) and movie/video rights;

"(f) Merchandising sales;

"(g) Licensing fees;

"(h) Title sponsorship;

"(i) Corporate sponsors/contributors;

"(j) Interest income;

"(k) Membership fees/dues; and

"(l) Any other income derived from the operation of the game as identified by the Championships Committee.

"31.5.2.1 Deductions from Gross Receipts. The following expenses incurred by the sponsoring agency of a postseason football game may be deducted from gross receipts:

"(a) Letter of credit required for initial certification or recertification;

"(b) Annual certification fee paid to the Association;

"(c) Corporate sponsor expense approved by the Championships Committee;

"(d) All radio income, providing the official network or station of at least one of the participating institutions originates the broadcast of the game;

"(e) Awards for participating student-athletes;

"(f) A pro rata share of expenses for multi-bowl promotional activities approved in advance by the committee; and

"(g) Expenses for game-related events approved by the Championships Committee

"31.5.3 Administrative Expenses. Each certified postseason bowl game shall pay annually, on notification of certification, a $12,000 fee from its net receipts to the Association (if authorized by the Executive Committee in accordance with Bylaw 31.2.3.4).

"31.5.5 Programs/Concessions, Third Party. When the printing and sale of programs or the production and sale of concession items are performed by an independent third party under contract with the sponsoring agency, whereby it receives only a share of the net receipts, gross receipts shall include only the net amount received for such items by the sponsoring agency from the third party."

Source: NCAA Division II Presidents Council [Management Council (Legislation Committee)].

Effective date: Immediately.*

No. 8 Appeal Procedure -- Committee on Infractions Response

Intent: To specify that the Committee on Infractions written response to an appeal shall include the issues raised in the appeal and the committee's response to the issues raised in the appeal.

Bylaws: Amend 32.10.5, page 341, as follows:

"(a) (b) The violations of the NCAA Constitution and bylaws, as determined by the committee;

"(b) (d) A statement of the committee's proposed penalties;

"(c) (a) A statement of the origin of the case;

"(d) Related factors appropriate for consideration in judgment of the case;

"(e) (c) Disciplinary or corrective actions taken by the institution or conference or any other agency involved in the particular incident;

"(f) If appropriate, any additional information that was presented to the committee during its consideration of the case that the Committee on Infractions deems to be relevant to the consideration of the appeal; and

"(e) The issues raised in the appeal;

"(f) The committee's response to the issues raised in the appeal; and

"(g) An attachment to the response will be a transcript of any hearing conducted by the Committee on Infractions."

Source: NCAA Division II Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Infractions)].

Effective date: Immediately.*

No. 9 Enforcement -- Submission of Written Material

Intent: To specify that all written materials to be considered by the Committee on Infractions at an infractions hearing must be received at least 10 days before the hearing.

Bylaws: Amend 32.5 by adding new 32.5.13, page 337, as follows:

"32.5.13 Deadline for Submission of Written Material. Unless specifically approved by the Committee on Infractions, all written material to be considered by the committee at the infractions hearing must be received by the committee an the enforcement staff at least 10 days before the date of the hearing. Evidence may be submitted a the hearing, but subject to the limitations set forth in Bylaw 32.7.5.5."

Source: NCAA Division II Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Infractions)].

Effective date: Immediately.*