The following editorial revisions approved by the Academics/Eligibility/
Compliance Cabinet Subcommittee on Legislative Review/Interpretations will be reflected in the 2002-03 Division I Manual. Bold type indicates new wording; italicized type indicates wording removed.

1. Bylaws: Amend 11.7.2.3-(b), page 62, as follows:

"11.7.2.3 Football Recruiting Coordination Functions. All football recruiting coordination functions (except routine clerical tasks) must be performed by the head coach or one or more of the full-time assistant coaches. Such functions include:

(a) Activities involving athletics evaluation and/or selection of prospects. (Adopted: 1/10/95)

(b) Telephone calls to prospects (or prospects' parents or legal guardians or the prospects' high-school coach). (Adopted: 1/10/95)

(c) Preparation of general recruiting correspondence to prospects (or prospects' parents or legal guardians)."

[11.7.2.3.1 through 11.7.2.3.2 unchanged.]

2. Bylaws: Amend 12.3.2, page 75, as follows:

"12.3.2 Legal Counsel. Securing advice from a lawyer concerning a proposed professional sports contract shall not be considered contracting for representation by an agent under this rule, unless the lawyer also represents the student-athlete individual in negotiations for such a contract.

12.3.2.1 Presence of a Lawyer at Negotiations. A lawyer may not be present during discussions of a contract offer with a professional organization or have any direct contact (i.e., in person, by telephone or by mail) with a professional sports organization on behalf of the student-athlete individual. A lawyer's presence during such discussions is considered representation by an agent."

3. Bylaws: Amend 13.1.3.4.1, page 93, as follows:

"13.1.3.4.1 Institutional Staff Members. In all sports, institutional staff members may make telephone calls to a prospect [or the prospect's parents, or legal guardian(s), or the prospects' coach] in accordance with the provisions of this bylaw. In Divisions I-A and I-AA football, all telephone calls to prospects [or the prospect's parents, or legal guardian(s), or the prospects' coach] must be made by the head coach or one or more of the full-time assistant coaches. In Division I-A football, such telephone calls also may be made by the graduate assistant coach, provided the coach has successfully completed the coaches certification examination per Bylaw 11.5.1.1. In addition, restricted coaches, which, in the sport of football, are permissible only in Division I-AA and at the national service academies in Division I-A, may make such telephone calls.

13.1.3.4.1.1 Chief Executive Officer/Director of Athletics. It is permissible for an institution's chief executive officer and director of athletics to return (as opposed to initiate) telephone calls from football prospects (or the prospect's parents, or legal guardian(s), or the prospects' coach.) Under such circumstances, there are no restrictions on the content of the conversation that may occur during the call; however, any return call is subject to any applicable limitations on the number of telephone calls that an institution may place to football prospects.

13.1.3.4.1.2 Academic Advisors. It is permissible for academic advisors (including academic advisors within the athletics department) to make calls to or receive calls from football prospects (or the prospect's parents, or legal guardian(s), or the prospects' coach) related to admissions or academic issues, subject to any applicable limitation on the number of telephone calls an institution may place to prospects.)."

[13.1.4.1.3 unchanged.]

4. Bylaws: Amend 13.12.3.4, page 115, as follows:

"13.12.3.4 State, Regional or International Training Programs. Participation by an institution's athletics department staff member in recognized state, regional, national or international training programs or competition organized and administered by the applicable governing body or athletics authority shall not be considered tryouts. A member institution's coaching staff member may not participate only in noncoaching activities (for example, consultant, on-site coordinator, participant selection), except as provided in Bylaws 13.12.3.4.2, 13.12.3.4.3 and 13.12.3.4.4."

[13.12.3.4.1 through 13.12.3.4.3 unchanged.]

5. Bylaws: Amend 17.10.6, page 255, as follows:

"17.10.6 Out-of-Season Athletically Related Activities. Student-athletes and members of the coaching staff shall not engage in countable athletically related activities outside the playing season, except for the following:

[17.10.6-(a) unchanged]

(b) Spring Practice. Fifteen postseason practice sessions [including intrasquad scrimmages and the spring game permitted in Bylaw 17.10.5.2-(a)] are permissible, provided they meet the following conditions:

(1) All practice sessions are conducted within a period of 29 consecutive calendar days, omitting vacation and examination days officially announced on the institution's calendar and days during which the institution is closed due to inclement weather.

(2) Any such practice sessions held during vacation days may not be of longer duration than those normally held when academic classes are in session.

(3) Only 12 of the practice sessions may involve contact, and such contact shall not occur prior to the third practice session.

(4) The noncontact practice sessions may involve headgear as the only piece of protective equipment.

(5) Of the 12 permissible contact sessions, eight sessions may involve tackling, and no more than three of the eight tackling sessions may be devoted primarily (greater than 50 percent of practice time) to 11-on-11 scrimmages.

(6) Tackling shall be prohibited in four of the 12 contact sessions. An institution has the discretion to determine the practice activities (other than tackling) that may occur during the four contact nontackling sessions as well as the protective equipment to be worn by the student-athletes.

(7) If an institution conducts a "spring game" per Bylaw 17.10.5.2-(a), the game shall be counted as one of the three sessions that can be devoted primarily to 11-on-11 scrimmages.

(8) The amount of time that a student-athlete may be involved in such postseason countable athletically related activities shall be limited to a maximum of four hours per day and 20 hours per week. An institution is not required to count as one of its 15 designated days any day during which countable athletically related activities are limited solely to required conditioning activities and/or review of game film."

6. Bylaws: Amend 31.2.3.1, page 390, as follows:

"31.2.3.1 Banned Drugs. The following is the list of banned-drugs classes with examples of substances under each class:"

[The list and 31.2.3.1.1 through 31.2.3.1.2 unchanged.]

7. Bylaws: Amend 31.3.4.2, page 395, as follows:

"31.3.4.2 Additional Requirements, Sports Other Than Men's Basketball. To be considered eligible for automatic qualification in a particular sport, a member conference (including a single-sport conference) must include six core institutions that satisfy continuity of membership. For the purposes of this legislation, core refers to an institution that has been an active member of Division I the eight preceding years. Further, the continuity-of-membership requirement shall be met only if a minimum of six core institutions have conducted conference competition together in Division I the preceding two years in the applicable sport. There shall be no exceptions to the two-year waiting period. Further, when any new member added to a conference that is satisfying the continuity of membership requirements, that new member shall not represent the conference as the automatic qualifier until it has been a Division I member for at least two preceding academic years."

[31.3.4.2.1 unchanged.]

8. Bylaws: Amend 14.1.7.1, page 135, as follows:

"14.1.7.1 One-Time Transfer Exception. A graduate student who is enrolled in a graduate program or professional school of an institution other than the institution from which he or she previously received a baccalaureate degree may participate in intercollegiate athletics if the student fulfills the conditions of the one-time transfer exception set forth in Bylaw 14.5.5.2.10 and has eligibility remaining per Bylaw 14.2."

9. Bylaws: Amend 13.7.5.2, page 107, as follows:

"13.7.5.2 Complimentary Admissions During the official visit, a maximum of three complimentary admissions to a campus athletics event in which the institution's intercollegiate team practices or competes may be provided to a prospect. Such complimentary admissions are for the exclusive use of the prospect and those persons accompanying the prospect on the visit and must be issued only through a pass list on an individual-game basis. Such admissions may provide seating only in the general seating area of the facility utilized for conducting the event. Providing seating during the conduct of the event (including intermission) for the prospect or the prospect's parents [or legal guardian(s)] or spouse in the facility's press box, special seating box(es) or bench area is specifically prohibited. For violations of this bylaw in which the individual receives an excessive number of complimentary admissions, and the value of the excessive admissions is $100 or less, the eligibility of the individual (that is, prospective or enrolled student-athlete) shall not be affected conditioned upon the individual repaying the value of the benefit to a charity of his or her choice. The individual, however, shall remain ineligible from the time the institution has knowledge of the receipt of the impermissible benefit until the individual repays the benefit. Violations of this bylaw remain institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1, and documentation of the individual's repayment shall be forwarded to the enforcement services staff with the institution's self-report of the violation."

10. Bylaws: Amend 13.1.1.1, page 89, as follows:

"13.1.1.1 High-School Prospects. In-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with a prospect or the prospect's relatives or legal guardian(s) before July 1 following the prospect's completion of the junior year in high school (July 15 in women's gymnastics). Telephone calls shall not be made with a prospect [or the prospect's parents or legal guardian(s)] before July 1 (September 1 in Divisions I-A and I-AA football) following the prospect's completion of the junior year in high school. U.S. service academy exceptions to this provision are set forth in Bylaw 13.17.1.

13.1.1.1.1 Exception-Divisions I-A and I-AA Football. In Divisions I-A and I-AA football, one telephone call may be made during the month of May of the prospect's junior year in high school.

13.1.1.1.3 Exception-Ice Hockey. In the sport of ice hockey, it is permissible for an institution to make one telephone call to a prospective student-athlete who is a resident of a foreign country during the month of July following the completion of the prospect's sophomore year in high school."

11. Bylaws: Amend 16.6.1.1, page 209, as follows:

"16.6.1.1 Expenses for Spouse/Children to Postseason Football Game or NCAA Championship. The institution may provide the cost of actual and necessary expenses (for example, transportation, lodging, meals and expenses associated with team entertainment functions) for the spouse and children of an eligible student-athlete to accompany the student-athlete to a certified postseason football game or an NCAA football championship in which the student-athlete is a participant, and in other sports, to one round (conducted at the site) of any NCAA championship in which the student-athlete is a participant."

12. Bylaws: Amend 13.7.5.2, page 107, as follows:

"13.7.5.2 Complimentary Admissions. During the official visit, a maximum of three complimentary admissions to a campus athletics event in which the institution's intercollegiate team practices or competes may be provided to a prospect. Such complimentary admissions are for the exclusive use of the prospect and those persons accompanying the prospect on the visit and must be issued on an individual-game basis. Such admissions may provide seating only in the general seating area of the facility utilized for conducting the event. Providing seating during the conduct of the event (including intermission) for the prospect or the prospect's parents [or legal guardian(s)] or spouse or those persons accompanying the prospect in the facility's press box, special seating box(es) or bench area is specifically prohibited. For violations of this bylaw in which the individual receives an excessive number of complimentary admissions, and the value of the excessive admissions is $100 or less, the eligibility of the individual (that is, prospective or enrolled student-athlete) shall not be affected conditioned upon the individual repaying the value of the benefit to a charity of his or her choice. The individual, however, shall remain ineligible from the time the institution has knowledge of the receipt of the impermissible benefit until the individual repays the benefit. Violations of this bylaw remain institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1, and documentation of the individual's repayment shall be forwarded to the enforcement services staff with the institution's self-report of the violation."

13. Bylaws: Amend 14.2.3.2, page 137, as follows:

"Tennis. After graduating from high school (or the international equivalent as specified in the NCAA Guide to International Academic Standards for Athletics Eligibility), a student-athlete shall have one year in order to be immediately eligible and retain the opportunity for four seasons of competition upon initial, full-time collegiate enrollment. The student also must meet all applicable NCAA, institutional and conference eligibility requirements. A student who does not enroll in a collegiate institution as a full-time student during that one-year time period shall be subject to the following:

(a) The student-athlete shall be charged with a season of intercollegiate tennis eligibility for each calendar year subsequent to the one-year time period (that is, from the time of graduation through the following summer the next opportunity to enroll after one calendar year has elapsed) and before full-time collegiate enrollment during which the student-athlete has participated in organized tennis events (per Bylaw 14.2.3.5.3).

(b) After the one-year time period, if the student-athlete has engaged in organized tennis events (per Bylaw 14.2.3.5.3), upon matriculation at the certifying institution, the student-athlete must fulfill an academic year in residence before being eligible to represent the institution in intercollegiate tennis competition."

14. Bylaws: Amend 14.5.5.2.8, page 159, as follows:

"Return to Original Institution without Participation Exception. The student enrolls at transfers to a second four-year collegiate institution, does not compete or engage in other countable athletically related activities in the involved sport at the second institution and returns to the original institution.

15. Constitution: Amend 6, by adding new 6.5, page 51, as follows:

"6.5 Financial Disclosure

"6.5.1 Men's Basketball. In the sport of men's basketball, an institution is required to publicly disclose information regarding financial, contractual or fiduciary relationships between the institution, corporations and prospects' coaches as it relates to basketball-related activities. Such information must be provided on a form to the NCAA national office before the conclusion of each academic year. The information shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

"(a) Identification of financial, contractual or fiduciary relationships existing between institutional coaching staff members and individuals or entities involved in the coaching, counseling, advising and/or sponsoring of nonscholastic traveling teams or players;

"(b) The source of travel costs of any team of prospects that participates on an institution's campus;

"(c) Fees provided by the institution and/or institutional staff member to scholastic and nonscholastic coaches for involvement in speaking engagements or camp employment; and

"(d) Game fees provided to noncollegiate club teams that participate on the institution's campus.

"An institution that refuses to disclose such information or provides erroneous information to the national office shall not be eligible to engage in summer recruiting activities during the 20-day July evaluation period."