Legislative actions taken during the January 10 business session of the 2005 Convention in Dallas. Effective dates are August 1, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

• No. 1 Membership -- Conditions and Obligations of Membership -- Mandatory Binding Arbitration

Intent: To require active members, member conferences, provisional members and affiliate members, as a condition of membership, to be subject to mandatory binding arbitration of claims arising under federal law against the NCAA, its officers, employees and agents; further, to require all member conferences and affiliated members also to be subject to mandatory binding arbitration of claims arising under state law. Withdrawn.

• No. 2 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Postseason Championships Participation -- National Collegiate Gymnastics Association National Championship

Intent: In gymnastics, to exempt the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association national championship from the institution's declared playing-season limitation. Adopted, 291-8-71.

• No. 3 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Out-of-Season Exception -- Gymnastics

Intent: In gymnastics, to reinstate the safety exception that permits a coach to be present during voluntary workouts to provide safety instruction. Defeated, 245-87-48.

• No. 4 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Annual Exemptions -- Alumni Contests in Nontraditional Segment

Intent: In baseball, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball and women's volleyball, to permit an institution to exempt an alumni contest played in the nontraditional segment. Adopted, 293-68-5.

• No. 5 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Out-of-Season Athletically Related Activities -- Football

Intent: In football, to permit the use of a football and limited skill instruction during the five-week out-of-season conditioning and strength training period. Adopted, 209-125-47.

Effective date: Immediate.

• No. 6 Executive Regulations -- Automatic Qualification -- Golf and Tennis

Intent: In golf and tennis, to establish automatic qualification principles. Adopted, 311-60-5.

Effective date: August 1, 2006.

• No. 7 Eligibility -- Hardship Waiver and Season of Competition Waivers -- Completed or Scheduled Contests

Intent: To specify that completed or scheduled contests/dates of competition may be used in determining whether a student-athlete may be granted an additional year of participation through the hardship waiver and season-of-participation waiver legislation. Adopted.

Effective date: Immediate, for any competition occurring on or after August 1, 2004.

• No. 8 Eligibility -- Season-of-Participation Waiver -- Competition While Eligible -- Penalty

Intent: To eliminate the withholding penalty from season-of-participation/competition-while-eligible waiver. Adopted.

Effective date: Immediate, for any competition occurring on or after August 1, 2003.

• No. 9 Eligibility -- Transfer Regulations -- Limited Preseason Participation

Intent: To specify that a transfer student who only participated in intercollegiate athletics during the preseason practice period may qualify for an exception to the transfer residence requirement. Adopted.

• No. 10 Eligibility for Championships -- Duration of Ineligibility for Use of Banned Drugs

Intent: To specify that the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport shall have the authority in all sports to reduce the legislated penalty to withholding the student.

Effective date: August 1, 2005; for drug tests conducted on or after August 1, 2005. Adopted.

• No. 11 Eligibility for Championships -- Positive Drug Test -- Non-NCAA Athletics Organization

Intent: To specify that a student-athlete under a drug-testing suspension from a national or international sports governing body that has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency code shall not be eligible for intercollegiate competition for the duration of the suspension. Adopted.

• No. 12 Playing and Practice Seasons -- General Playing Season Regulations -- Skiing

Intent: In skiing, to permit separate 19-week playing season segments and separate contest limitations in alpine and Nordic skiing. Adopted.