Telephone Conference No. 29
December 18, 2002

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

Amateurism/Financial Donation to Collegiate Event

Professional Team's Involvement with Collegiate Event. It is not permissible for a professional team's name to be used in the title of a collegiate event. [Reference: NCAA Bylaw 12.01.2 (clear line of demarcation).]

Telephone Conference No. 1
January 8, 2003

Personnel/Outside Consultants

1. Sports Psychologist Attending Practice Sessions. It is permissible for a sports psychologist to attend practice sessions without including such an individual in the institution's coaching limitations, provided the individual does not participate in any coaching activities. The sports psychologist may evaluate a student-athlete during a practice session only for the purposes of assisting the student-athlete in off-court or off-field noncoaching activities (for example, mental imagery) directly related to the sport. [References: NCAA Bylaws 11.7.1.1.1 (countable coach) and 11.7.1.1.1.4 (use of outside consultants) and 12/05/95 staff interpretation, item a.]

Eligibility/Full-Time Enrollment

2. Waiver of Full-Time Enrollment. It is permissible to use the waiver of full-time enrollment pursuant to Bylaw 14.1.6.2.2.1.2 during an academic year in which a student-athlete in men's soccer is not enrolled full time due to participation in the FIFA World Youth Championships. [References: Bylaw 14.1.6.2.2.1.2 (Olympic, Pan American, World Championships, World Cup or World University Games) and 12/06/00 official interpretation, Item No. 1.]

Eligibility/Satisfactory Progress

3. Definition of an Academic Year. For purposes of applying NCAA Proposal No. 2002-23, the regular academic year shall be defined as the time beginning with the opening of the institution's fall term and ending with the institution's spring commencement exercises. [References: Proposal No. 2002-23 and 01/06/92 official interpretation, Item No. 3-b.]