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Apr 9, 2010 8:08:06 AM

The Division I Legislative Council will consider two override requests in addition to the remainder of the legislation from the 2009-10 cycle still on the docket – including several proposals aimed at cleaning up the recruiting environment in men's basketball – when it meets Monday and Tuesday in Indianapolis.

The Council will reconsider the adoption of Proposal No. 2009-22, which loosens restrictions on prospective student-athletes participating on teams with teammates who receive more than actual and necessary expenses. The proposal also requires most prospects who participate in organized competition to enroll in college within a year of high school graduation or be subject to seasons-of-withholding conditions.

Most of the institutions requesting the override objected to the delayed-enrollment portion of the rule, and the Council is expected to consider a to delay the effective date of the delayed-enrollment section by one year.

The Council will also reconsider the adoption of Proposal No. 2009-51-B, which requires institutional camps and clinics in all sports except football to be held within 100 miles of campus. Many institutions objected to the legislation applying to sports other than basketball. Prop. No. 2009-51-A limited the restriction to basketball.

The Council could consider a modification of the proposal to essentially return to 2009-51-A, limiting the restrictions to men's and women's basketball only.

If either proposal is modified in some way, it would be subject to another 60-day override period.

Council members will cast final votes on legislation sent for membership feedback at the 2010 Convention in Atlanta. Included among the proposals to be decided are:

• 2009-102, which would require institutions to hire only enrolled students and/or institutional staff members for camps and clinics.
• 2009-101, which would allow men's basketball coaches to recruit during institutional camps and clinics. An amendment has been sponsored to limit recruiting only to conversations.
• 2009-100, which would prohibit institutions from hosting men's basketball nonscholastic events on campus or in off-campus facilities regularly used by the institution.
• 2009-103, which would define a "deserving team"  as one that has won a number of games against Football Bowl Subdivision teams that equals or exceeds its overall losses for purposes of bowl selection.
• 2009-10, which would require graduate-assistant coaches in bowl subdivision football  to have received a degree or exhausted athletics eligibility within the previous seven years. An amendment has been sponsored to remove the seven-year time frame but preclude graduate assistants from having previous coaching experience at a four-year college or with a professional team.
• 2009-32, which would deregulate phone calls in sports with defined recruiting calendars other than football.
• 2009-41, which would eliminate printed media guides.
• 2009-42, which would prohibit the distribution of printed media guides to recruits.
• 2009-75, which would requiring a sickle-cell solubility test or documents proving an earlier test before competition. An amendment has been sponsored that would allow student-athletes to decline the test.
• 2009-79-A and 2009-79-C, which would limit team travel in specific sports during the nonchampionship segment to ground transportation. 2009-79-C exempts Hawaii.

At the April Council meeting, proposals need only a simple majority to be adopted (in January, a two-thirds majority is required). Once adopted, all proposals enter a 60-day override period during which institutions can request that the Council reconsider its adoption. If 30 schools request an override of an adopted proposal, the Council will reconsider.

Proposals are considered final at the end of the next Division I Board of Directors meeting on April 29.