Legislative actions taken during the Division III business session January 14 at the NCAA Convention

No. 40 Eligibility -- Seasons of Competition

Intent: To specify that an individual who does not enroll full-time in a collegiate institution during the academic term immediately following graduation of the individual's high-school class shall lose a season of competition during each calendar year or sport season in which the individual participates in outside competition; further, to require such an individual to fulfill an academic year in residency upon initial enrollment at a Division III institution. Adopted, 291-46-4.

Intent: To permit an individual, before initial full-time collegiate enrollment, to accept prize money based on place finish from the sponsor of an open athletics event, the United States Olympic Committee or the appropriate national governing body. Adopted, 297-45-0.

with Professionals

Intent: To permit an individual, before full-time collegiate enrollment, to participate on a professional team without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. Adopted, 298-49-1.

Intent: To permit an individual, before initial full-time collegiate enrollment, to sign a contract or commitment of any kind to participate in professional athletics without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. Adopted, 301-42-0.

No. 44 Amateurism -- Professional Draft

Intent: To permit an individual, before initial full-time collegiate enrollment, to enter a professional league's draft and/or be drafted without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. Adopted, 307-26-4.

No. 45 Membership -- Provisional Membership

Intent: To require provisional members to meet specified requirements as part of the provisional membership program and pay an educational fee established by the Membership Committee and approved by the Management Council. Adopted, 273-62-5.

No. 45-1 Membership -- Provisional Membership -- Exception

Intent: To exempt an institution from the exploratory period and random selection process required of provisional member applicants provided the institution has been accepted for membership in a Division III voting conference as of December 31, 2001, and meets all other specified requirements (for example, sport sponsorship and financial aid) to be eligible for provisional membership. Defeated, 117-218-8

No. 46 Financial Aid -- Audit Procedures

Intent: To establish financial aid audit procedures and reporting requirements. Withdrawn.

No. 47 Executive Regulations -- Selection of Teams and Individuals for Championships

Intent: In all sports, to require that, at least 50 percent of the championship field originally designated for the respective sport shall be reserved for at-large berths, as specified. Referred to Division III Championships Committee, 228-112-2.

No. 48 Resolution -- Review of Championships

"Whereas, national championships have evolved as important components of Division III; and

"Whereas, a major portion of the Division III budget is allocated for national tournament operations; and

"Whereas, principles of fairness are fundamental to the operation of NCAA tournaments; and

"Whereas, the mission statement for Division III mandates equitable competitive opportunities for student-athletes; and

"Whereas, the Division III vision statement expresses the need for a shared vision among its constituents that values fairness and equity for operating its programs; and

"Whereas, the Division III strategic plan calls for periodic review of structural issues affecting sports committees; and

"Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the conduct of Division III national tournaments be examined at the conference and institutional levels and the Division III Presidents and Management Councils address principles of fair access, student welfare and management of the national tournaments, and bring to the 2003 NCAA Convention legislation that addresses discrepancies in philosophy and conduct of the tournaments, including a recommendation regarding the current ratio system for bracket allocations."

Motion to refer to the Division III Championships Committee failed, 126-211-2. Adopted, 243-82-8.

No. 49 Championships -- Minimum Number of Institutions -- Exception -- Men's Volleyball

Intent: To specify that at least 40 institutions must sponsor the sport of men's volleyball to establish a Division III Men's Volleyball Championship. Defeated, 78-237-19.

No. 50 Championships -- Men's Volleyball

Intent: To establish a Division III men's volleyball championship and a Division III Men's Volleyball Committee. Moot with the defeat of Proposal No. 49.

No. 51 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Scrimmage

Intent: In all sports, to permit an institution to exempt one scrimmage or date of competition (per Bylaw 17) during the preseason-practice period of the traditional segment, provided the contest or date of competition is conducted in privacy and no class time is missed. Defeated, 151-182-6.

Basketball -- Preseason Practice Activity

Intent: To permit two student-athletes who have not participated in basketball at the certifying institution to participate in voluntary skill development with one coach for not more than two hours per week during the four weeks immediately before the first permissible basketball practice. Further, to specify that not more than two student-athletes and one coach may be present during this activity at any one time. Not moved.

Conditioning Practice Period -- Football

Intent: In the sport of football, to permit the use of shoulder pads during the three-day, noncontact, conditioning practice period. Withdrawn.

Football -- Nontraditional Segment

Intent: In the sport of football, to permit strength and conditioning training sessions during the nontraditional segment, as specified. Defeated, 133-155-46 on first vote. Motion to reconsider: Approved, 158-118-47. Adopted on reconsideration, 149-116-54.

No. 54-1 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Football -- Nontraditional Segment

Intent: To limit conditioning and strength training sessions to four days per student-athlete per week and to prohibit such activities from being conducted on the weekend. Defeated, 105-181-44.

No. 55 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Nontraditional Segment -- Lacrosse

Intent: In the sport of lacrosse, to specify that an institution may not participate in more than four dates of competition during the nontraditional segment. (This proposal was modified to indicate that the sport of lacrosse is limited to 17 dates of competition.) Adopted, 276-9-38.

No. 56 Senior Woman Administrator -- Appointment

Intent: To specify that an institution that has a female director of athletics may appoint a different female who reports to the director of athletics as the senior woman administrator. Adopted by paddle vote.

No. 57 Definition of Student-athlete

Intent: To specify that an individual becomes a student-athlete once he or she participates on an intercollegiate team under the jurisdiction of the athletics department. Further, to specify that an individual is no longer a student-athlete if he or she chooses not to participate the following playing season, withdraws or is dismissed from the certifying institution or after all intercollegiate eligibility has been exhausted, whichever occurs first. Defeated by paddle vote.

No. 58 Athletics Personnel -- Employment with Professional Sports Organizations

Intent: To eliminate the legislative prohibition regarding employment or income arrangements between institutional athletics department staff members and professional sports organizations. Adopted by paddle vote.

(The Management Council adopted an immediate effective date for this legislation during its post-Convention meeting.)

No. 59 Eligibility -- Nontraditional Courses

Intent: To permit a student-athlete to use hours earned in nontraditional courses in conjunction with hours taken in residence to meet the full-time enrollment requirement. Further, to permit hours earned in nontraditional courses to be used to meet satisfactory-progress requirements. Defeated by paddle vote.

No. 60 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Definitions

Intent: To clarify that an institution is charged with a contest or date of competition if the institution's team competes against an outside team as opposed to competing against another institution's team. Withdrawn.

Foreign Tours

Intent: In the sports of archery, badminton, bowling, fencing, gymnastics, rifle, women's rowing, skiing, squash, synchronized swimming, team handball, men's volleyball and water polo, to specify that foreign tours may not occur more than once every three years. Adopted by paddle vote.

and Practice Date -- Football

Intent: To permit an institution to play its first football contest on the Thursday before Labor Day. Further, to specify that an institution electing to play its first football contest on the Thursday before Labor Day may not begin permissible practice activities before the date that provides 27 practice opportunities from the Friday before Labor Day. Withdrawn.

Men's Volleyball -- Molten Championship

Intent: In the sport of men's volleyball, to exempt participation, on an annual basis, in the Molten Volleyball Championship. Adopted by paddle vote.