What's left ...

Proposals revised and retained for consideration by the Management Council and Board of Directors in April:

• Proposal No. 03-83, which allows signed prospects who are enrolled and receive athletics aid during the summer before initial full-time enrollment to be treated the same as returning student-athletes. The NABC originally submitted Proposal No. 04-110 specific to men's basketball, but Proposal No. 03-83 from the Big 12 Conference accomplishes the same thing for all sports.

• Proposal No. 04-112-D, which stipulates that during the initial year of enrollment, a student-athlete can participate in preseason exhibition games or informal practice scrimmages without losing a season of competition. Proposal No. 04-112-D is more restrictive than Proposal No. 04-112-B because it applies only to the initial year of enrollment.

• Proposal No. 04-114, which allows three coaches to recruit off campus at the same time. This proposal is unchanged from the original package.

• Proposal No. 04-115-B, which retains the current limitation of eight hours per week of out-of-season activities, but eliminates the limit on the number of student-athletes involved at any one time. Proposal No. 04-115-B retains the NABC's primary desired outcome in that it eliminates the current four-person limit on participation in the out-of-season activities.

• Proposal No. 04-116, which allows coaches to watch a student-athlete participate in voluntary, non-organized activities such as pick-up games at any time of the year. This proposal is unchanged from the original package.

• Proposal No. 04-118, which requires coaches and non-coaching staff members to work only at their own institution's camps or clinics. This proposal is unchanged from the original package.

• Proposal No. 04-119-B, which retains the current April contact period and increases the number of recruiting days from 120 to 130. Proposal No. 04-119-B does not permit an institution to provide a tryout (as No. 04-119-A would have), but it permits two weekends in April for coaches to attend non-scholastic events, and the 130 recruiting days is still below the current 145.

... What left

Significant proposals deleted from the NABC's original package presented in July 2004:

• Proposal No. 04-111, which would have permitted coaches to provide additional benefits to student-athletes, such as birthday gifts, occasional snacks or meals during mentoring activities and occasional meals for the student-athlete's immediate family during campus visits. (The Management Council defeated this proposal in January.)

• Proposal No. 04-113, which would have provided five years of eligibility. (The NABC withdrew this proposal in September because it believed the proposal was incorrectly drawing attention as the "cornerstone" of the package. NABC officials agreed to continue to explore the concept of a fifth year of eligibility, but withdrew the proposal at this time to focus on the broader concepts within the package.)

• Proposal No. 04-115-A, which would have extended the out-of-season workouts (eight hours with no more than two hours of individual instruction) with student-athletes during the summer. (Though this proposal was distributed for comment, the NABC withdrew its support in February. The NABC instead is supporting Proposal No. 04-115-B.)

• Proposal No. 04-117, which would have provided an exception to the one-day-off-per-week requirement during the regular season when a team plays three games in a week. (The Management Council defeated this proposal in January.)

• Proposal No. 04-119-A, which would have allowed institutions to conduct one on-campus tryout for each men's basketball prospect. (Though this proposal was distributed for comment, the NABC instead is supporting Proposal No. 04-119-B, which maintains the present April contact period, thus allowing coaches to attend nonscholastic tournaments in April, and increases the number of recruiting days from 120 to 130 to accommodate those evaluations.

• Proposal No. 04-121, which would have required coaches to develop mentoring plans for student-athletes. (The Management Council defeated this proposal in January. The NABC instead will develop a "best practices" tool for coaches to use in mentoring student-athletes.)