Conference Call No. 4

March 2, 2005

Acting for the Division I Management Council, the Division I Legislative Review/Interpretations Committee issued the following interpretations.

Daily and Weekly Hour Limitations -- Playing Season

Application of Daily and Weekly Hour Limitations While Participating in Olympic and National Team Development Programs during the Playing Season. The committee determined that when a student-athlete and a coach from the same institution participate in athletically related activities as part of Olympic and national team development programs conducted during the declared playing and practice season, such activities must count toward the daily and weekly hour limitations on a student-athlete's participation in countable athletically related activities. [References: NCAA Bylaws 17.02.1 (countable athletically related activities), 17.1.5.1 (daily and weekly hour limitations -- playing season) and 17.__.8.1.2.2 (Olympic and national team development program). ]

Conference Call No. 5

March 9, 2005

Official Visits/Entertainment Money Restrictions

Official Visit Entertainment Allowance includes Entertainment of Athletics Staff and Student Hosts. The committee confirmed that the permissible official visit entertainment money that a student host may receive is to cover all actual costs of entertaining the prospective student-athlete (and the prospect's parents, legal guardians or spouse) and the entertainment of the student host(s) and/or the institution's athletics department staff members who accompany the prospect. [References: Bylaws 13.7.6.1 (entertainment/tickets on official visit -- general restrictions), 13.7.6.5 (student host), 13.7.6.5.2 (multiple hosts) and 13.7.7 (entertainment on official visit for spouse, parent or legal guardian of prospect); and a 9/18/98 staff interpretation, item a, which has been archived].