Division III delegates to the 2005 Convention are slated to consider a total of 12 proposals. All proposals will be considered January 10 during the Division III general business session. Proposal Nos. 1-6 make up the Presidents Council Grouping.

Effective dates are August 1, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

Presidents Council grouping

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

(Note: The Presidents Council intends to withdraw this proposal.)

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.

Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council (Management Council).

Effective date: Immediate.

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.

Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee)].

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.

Source: New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference.

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.

Source: Empire 8.

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.

Source: American Southwest Conference and New Jersey Athletic Conference.

Effective date: Immediate.

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

Intent: In golf and tennis, to establish automatic qualification principles.

Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Championships Committee)].

Effective date: August 1, 2006.

General

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.

Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee)].

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.

Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee)].

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.

Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee)].

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

Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports)].

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

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.

Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports)].

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.

Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee)].