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Legislative actions taken during the January 8 Division III business session at the 2007 Convention in Orlando, Florida. Effective dates are August 1, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
Presidents Council grouping
No. 1 Ethical Conduct — Sports Wagering Activities
Intent: To specify and clarify prohibited sports wagering activities and the individuals to whom the prohibitions apply.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct)].
Convention action: Adopted, 329-96-4.
No. 2 Personnel — Conduct of Athletics Personnel — Sports Safety Training
Intent: To specify that at least one individual certified in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) use and familiar with emergency plan activation policies shall be physically present at each required practice, competition and strength and conditioning session involving student-athletes.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports)].
Convention action: Referred to the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports.
No 3 Playing and Practice Seasons — Preseason Practice — Medical Examinations
Intent: To require prospective student-athletes and student-athletes to undergo a medical examination administered or supervised by a physician prior to initial participation in any conditioning, practice or competition activities; further, to require an updated medical history each subsequent year the student-athlete participates.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports)].
Convention action: Adopted, 380-39-3.
No. 4 Playing and Practice Seasons — Nontraditional Segment — Limitations on Athletically Related Activity and Competition Activity on the One Date of Competition
Intent: To specify a limit of eight hours of athletically related activity on the one date of competition in the nontraditional segment and to limit competition activity on the one date of competition in nontraditional segment, as specified.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee)].
Effective date: Immediate
Convention action: Adopted, 365-57-4.
No. 5 Recruiting — Tryouts — Prohibited Activities — Tryout Camps
Intent: To prohibit an institution from hosting or sponsoring a tryout camp, clinic, group workout or combine event at any location.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee)].
Effective date: August 1, 2007 (contracts signed before September 23, 2006, to host tryout camps may be honored).
Convention action: Adopted, 317-98-9.
No. 6 Eligibility — General Eligibility Requirements — Male Practice Player Eligibility — Requirements
Intent: To establish requirements for the use of male practice players as follows: male practice players shall only be permitted to practice in the traditional segment; use is limited to one practice per week, and the number of male practice players for each team sport shall not exceed half of the number of student-athletes required to field a starting unit in that sport.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee)].
Convention action: Referred to the Division III Management Council.
No. 6-1 Eligibility — General Eligibility Requirements — Male Practice Player Eligibility — Requirements
Intent: To amend 2007 NCAA Convention Proposal No. 6 to specify that the use of male practice players is limited to three practices per week and the number of male practice players for each team sport shall not exceed the number of student-athletes required to field a starting unit in that sport.
Source: Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference.
Convention action: Not moved.
No. 7 Eligibility — Seasons of Participation — Participation at Any Collegiate Institution
Intent: To specify that participation at any collegiate institution shall constitute the use of a season of participation.
Source: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Effective date: August 1, 2007, for participation occurring on or after August 1, 2007.
Convention action: Defeated, 336-82-5.
No. 8 Eligibility — Criteria for Determining Season of Participation — Minimum Amount of Participation — Nontraditional Segment
Intent: To specify that a student-athlete shall not use a season of participation for engaging in practice activities at any time during the nontraditional segment.
Source: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Great Northeast Atlantic Conference and Northwest Conference.
Effective Date: August 1, 2007, for participation occurring on or after August 1, 2007.
Convention action: Adopted, 319-100-5.
No. 9 Division Membership — Provisional and Reclassifying Membership — Application Standards and Compliance with Division Regulations
Intent: To amend the provisional and reclassifying member process to establish a maximum entering class size of four, increase the educational fee to $20,000, establish specified application approval criteria, establish specified priorities for the placement of an institution in a class and require full compliance with all Division III regulations during each year of provisional or reclassifying membership except for financial aid limitations.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Membership Committee)].
Convention action: Adopted, 367-51-4.
No. 10 Division Membership — Conditions and Obligations of Membership — Educational Initiatives
Intent: To amend active membership requirements to require attendance at the NCAA Convention and NCAA Regional Rules Seminar, to require administration of the Division III rules test to all head coaches and individuals with compliance oversight and to provide compliance tools to institutions placed on probation or in restricted status; further, to specify that the Membership Committee shall audit the results and action plans of completed Institutional Self-Study Guides and audit institutionally submitted sports-sponsorship information.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Membership Committee)].
Convention action: Adopted, 328-88-6.
No. 11 Division Membership — Maximum Capacity
Intent: To establish 459 as the maximum number of active, provisional and reclassifying Division III member institutions.
Effective Date: Immediate.
Source: North Coast Athletic Conference.
Convention action: Withdrawn.
No. 12 Legislative Process — Amendment Process — Sponsorship Requirements
Intent: To increase the sponsorship requirements for membership-sponsored proposals and resolutions to 20 or more active member institutions or two or more voting conferences.
Effective date: Immediate.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee)].
Convention action: Adopted, 240-177-5.
General
No. 13 Ethical Conduct — Gambling Activities — Sanctions — Timing of Reinstatement Request
Intent: To eliminate the requirement that a request for reinstatement of a student-athlete’s eligibility may be submitted only on fulfillment of the minimum one-year period of ineligibility for instances in which a student-athlete solicits or accepts a bet or participates in any gambling activity that involves intercollegiate athletics or professional athletics, through a bookmaker, a parlay card or any other method employed by organized gambling.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee)].
Effective date: Immediate.
Convention action: Adopted.
No. 14 Playing and Practice Seasons — Basketball — Annual Exemptions — Exhibition Contest and Practice Scrimmages
Intent: In basketball, to permit an institution to have the option of exempting from maximum contest limitations two informal practice scrimmages or one informal practice scrimmage and one exhibition contest against an NCAA Division I or II opponent.
Source: Ohio Athletic Conference, North Coast Athletic Conference and University Athletic Association.
Convention action: Adopted.
Presidents Council grouping
No. 1 Ethical Conduct — Sports Wagering Activities
Intent: To specify and clarify prohibited sports wagering activities and the individuals to whom the prohibitions apply.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct)].
Convention action: Adopted, 329-96-4.
No. 2 Personnel — Conduct of Athletics Personnel — Sports Safety Training
Intent: To specify that at least one individual certified in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) use and familiar with emergency plan activation policies shall be physically present at each required practice, competition and strength and conditioning session involving student-athletes.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports)].
Convention action: Referred to the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports.
No 3 Playing and Practice Seasons — Preseason Practice — Medical Examinations
Intent: To require prospective student-athletes and student-athletes to undergo a medical examination administered or supervised by a physician prior to initial participation in any conditioning, practice or competition activities; further, to require an updated medical history each subsequent year the student-athlete participates.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports)].
Convention action: Adopted, 380-39-3.
No. 4 Playing and Practice Seasons — Nontraditional Segment — Limitations on Athletically Related Activity and Competition Activity on the One Date of Competition
Intent: To specify a limit of eight hours of athletically related activity on the one date of competition in the nontraditional segment and to limit competition activity on the one date of competition in nontraditional segment, as specified.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee)].
Effective date: Immediate
Convention action: Adopted, 365-57-4.
No. 5 Recruiting — Tryouts — Prohibited Activities — Tryout Camps
Intent: To prohibit an institution from hosting or sponsoring a tryout camp, clinic, group workout or combine event at any location.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee)].
Effective date: August 1, 2007 (contracts signed before September 23, 2006, to host tryout camps may be honored).
Convention action: Adopted, 317-98-9.
No. 6 Eligibility — General Eligibility Requirements — Male Practice Player Eligibility — Requirements
Intent: To establish requirements for the use of male practice players as follows: male practice players shall only be permitted to practice in the traditional segment; use is limited to one practice per week, and the number of male practice players for each team sport shall not exceed half of the number of student-athletes required to field a starting unit in that sport.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee)].
Convention action: Referred to the Division III Management Council.
No. 6-1 Eligibility — General Eligibility Requirements — Male Practice Player Eligibility — Requirements
Intent: To amend 2007 NCAA Convention Proposal No. 6 to specify that the use of male practice players is limited to three practices per week and the number of male practice players for each team sport shall not exceed the number of student-athletes required to field a starting unit in that sport.
Source: Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference.
Convention action: Not moved.
No. 7 Eligibility — Seasons of Participation — Participation at Any Collegiate Institution
Intent: To specify that participation at any collegiate institution shall constitute the use of a season of participation.
Source: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Effective date: August 1, 2007, for participation occurring on or after August 1, 2007.
Convention action: Defeated, 336-82-5.
No. 8 Eligibility — Criteria for Determining Season of Participation — Minimum Amount of Participation — Nontraditional Segment
Intent: To specify that a student-athlete shall not use a season of participation for engaging in practice activities at any time during the nontraditional segment.
Source: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Great Northeast Atlantic Conference and Northwest Conference.
Effective Date: August 1, 2007, for participation occurring on or after August 1, 2007.
Convention action: Adopted, 319-100-5.
No. 9 Division Membership — Provisional and Reclassifying Membership — Application Standards and Compliance with Division Regulations
Intent: To amend the provisional and reclassifying member process to establish a maximum entering class size of four, increase the educational fee to $20,000, establish specified application approval criteria, establish specified priorities for the placement of an institution in a class and require full compliance with all Division III regulations during each year of provisional or reclassifying membership except for financial aid limitations.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Membership Committee)].
Convention action: Adopted, 367-51-4.
No. 10 Division Membership — Conditions and Obligations of Membership — Educational Initiatives
Intent: To amend active membership requirements to require attendance at the NCAA Convention and NCAA Regional Rules Seminar, to require administration of the Division III rules test to all head coaches and individuals with compliance oversight and to provide compliance tools to institutions placed on probation or in restricted status; further, to specify that the Membership Committee shall audit the results and action plans of completed Institutional Self-Study Guides and audit institutionally submitted sports-sponsorship information.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Membership Committee)].
Convention action: Adopted, 328-88-6.
No. 11 Division Membership — Maximum Capacity
Intent: To establish 459 as the maximum number of active, provisional and reclassifying Division III member institutions.
Effective Date: Immediate.
Source: North Coast Athletic Conference.
Convention action: Withdrawn.
No. 12 Legislative Process — Amendment Process — Sponsorship Requirements
Intent: To increase the sponsorship requirements for membership-sponsored proposals and resolutions to 20 or more active member institutions or two or more voting conferences.
Effective date: Immediate.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Interpretations and Legislation Committee)].
Convention action: Adopted, 240-177-5.
General
No. 13 Ethical Conduct — Gambling Activities — Sanctions — Timing of Reinstatement Request
Intent: To eliminate the requirement that a request for reinstatement of a student-athlete’s eligibility may be submitted only on fulfillment of the minimum one-year period of ineligibility for instances in which a student-athlete solicits or accepts a bet or participates in any gambling activity that involves intercollegiate athletics or professional athletics, through a bookmaker, a parlay card or any other method employed by organized gambling.
Source: NCAA Division III Presidents Council [Management Council (Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee)].
Effective date: Immediate.
Convention action: Adopted.
No. 14 Playing and Practice Seasons — Basketball — Annual Exemptions — Exhibition Contest and Practice Scrimmages
Intent: In basketball, to permit an institution to have the option of exempting from maximum contest limitations two informal practice scrimmages or one informal practice scrimmage and one exhibition contest against an NCAA Division I or II opponent.
Source: Ohio Athletic Conference, North Coast Athletic Conference and University Athletic Association.
Convention action: Adopted.
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