Teleconference No. 1

February 20, 2006

The Interpretations Subcommittee of the NCAA Division II Legislation Committee issued the following interpretations:

Financial Aid

1. Increase of Institutional Aid — Equivalency Computations. A student-athlete who is receiving only nonathletically related institutional financial aid may receive an initial award of athletically related institutional financial aid at any point during the period of the nonathletically related award. The subcommittee also determined that if a student-athlete becomes a counter at any point during the academic year, all countable institutional aid received during that academic year is countable toward the student-athlete’s equivalency. [References: Division II Bylaws 15.3.4.2 (increase permitted), 15.5.1 (counters) and 15.5.2.2 (equivalency computations); and a staff interpretation (reference: 9/7/88, item f, which has been archived.)]

Mid-Year Transfers and Eligibility

2. Eligibility of Transfer Student-Athlete for Competition in Year of Transfer. If the institution from which a student-athlete transfers at midyear declares separate nonchampionship and championship segments of its playing and practice season, a student-athlete may compete during the nonchampionship segment for such an institution and during the championship segment for the certifying institution during the same academic year in the same sport, provided the applicable transfer and progress-toward-degree eligibility requirements are satisfied. [References: Division II Bylaw 14.5.5.4 (competition in year of transfer); a 5/25/95 official interpretation, Item No. 5, and a 2/25/04 staff interpretation, item a, which have been archived.]

Limitation on Telephone Calls

3. Telephone Calls to Prospects After the Limit on Calls during a Particular Time Period is Reached. Once an institution has made a countable telephone call to a prospect or a prospect’s relatives or legal guardian(s) that results in the limit on calls for the particular time period being reached (for example, one per month, one per week, two per week), the institution may not initiate an additional telephone call during the same time period, even if no direct conversation occurs during the second call (for example, leaving a voicemail message, electronically leaving a callback number). [References: Division II Bylaws 13.1.3.1 (time period for telephone calls — general rule), 13.1.3.1.1 (exception — football), a 2/6/91 staff interpretation, item f; and a 10/25/05 staff interpretation, item a, which has been archived.]

Exceptions to Outside Competition

4. Participation in Junior Levels of Pan American, World Championship and World Cup Tryouts and Competition as an Exception to Outside Competition. A student-athlete’s participation in junior levels of Pan American, World Championship and World Cup tryouts and competition qualifies as an exception to the outside competition rule in all sports. [References: Division II Bylaws 14.7 (outside competition, effects on eligibility), 14.7.1 (outside competition — sports other than basketball), 14.7.2 (outside competition — basketball) and 14.7.5 (exceptions to outside-competition regulations); and an 8/17/05 staff interpretation, item 1a, which has been archived.]

Waiver of Full-Time Enrollment

5. Eligibility for a Waiver of the Full-Time Enrollment Requirement for Participants in Junior Levels of the Pan American Games, World Championships and World Cup Competition. A student-athlete’s participation in junior levels of the Pan American Games, World Championships and World Cup competition would permit an institution to seek a waiver of the minimum full-time enrollment requirement for practice and competition. [References: Division II Bylaws 14.1.8.1.8 (waivers) and 14.1.81.8.3 (Olympic, Pan American, world championships, world cup, world university games or world youth championships); and an 8/17/05 staff interpretation, item 1b, which has been archived.]