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Final approval

No. 01-48, specifying a conference senior woman administrator as the female administrator (preferably no lower in rank than assistant commissioner) involved with the conduct of a Division I conference office. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-60, eliminating the requirement that at least once in every three term rotations of the chairs of the Board of Directors and the Management Council, there shall be a Division I-AA or I-AAA conference representative serving as chair of either the Board or the Council; establishing separate rotations for the Board, the Council and cabinets and specifying that at least once in every three term rotations, the chair of each entity shall be a Division I-AA or I-AAA conference representative; eliminating the requirement that among the chairs of the Board, the Management Council and the cabinets, there shall be at least one representative from each subdivision serving as chair at any time; eliminating the requirement that the vice-chair and the chair of the Management Council shall not be from the same subdivision; finally, specifying that the chairs of the Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet and the Championships/Competition Cabinet shall serve two-year terms. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Initial approval

No. 01-113, exempting the Women's Gymnastics Committee from the requirement that no subdivision shall have more than 50 percent representation on any committee. (Effective date: Immediately.)

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Initial approval

No. 01-17, permitting an institution to participate by conference call in meetings conducted by the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet Subcommittee on Legislative Review/Interpretations to review an appeal of an interpretation provided by membership services that may result in an individual or institutional violation. (Effective date: Immediately.)

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Final approval

No. 01-54, requiring men's basketball institutions to publicly disclose information regarding fiduciary relationships among the institution, corporations and prospects' coaches; further to specify that an institution that fails to provide such information shall not be eligible to engage in summer recruiting activities. (Effective date: April 1, 2002.)

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Final approval

No. 01-24, permitting graduate assistant coaches to receive the same expenses incurred on road trips that are received by full-time coaches. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-27, eliminating the references to the methods in which it is permissible for a head coach or professional sports counseling panel to interact with agents, professional sports teams or professional sports organizations on behalf of a student-athlete. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-55 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-55-1), specifying that in men's and women's basketball, the restricted coach may engage in off-campus evaluation activities during the summer evaluation period, provided no more than three coaching staff members are engaged in off-campus evaluation activities at any one time; further, specifying that the restricted coach may engage in off-campus recruiting activities during the academic year, provided no more than two coaching staff members are engaged in off-campus recruiting activities at any one time. (The Council forwarded the proposal to the Board of Directors as emergency, noncontroversial legislation that would become effective immediately upon adoption.)

Initial approval

No. 01-4 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-4-1), establishing a recruiting calendar in women's volleyball, as specified; establishing an evaluation period of 80 days, including a coach's involvement with a local sports club outside the contact/evaluation period; and reinstating the limit of two women's volleyball coaches who may recruit prospects off campus at any one time. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-91, deleting the requirement in Division I-AA football that an institution annually must designate nine coaches to recruit off campus, while maintaining the limits on the number of coaches recruiting off campus at any one time (that is, seven). (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-100, eliminating the requirement that a member conference shall report annually to the NCAA its procedures to certify coaches to recruit off campus. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-101, permitting an institution to obtain videotapes of a future opponent's athletics contest, provided no cost is incurred by the institution other than postage costs. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-102, in sports in which it is permissible to scout opponents, permitting an institution to receive press-box tickets or complimentary tickets from an opponent for the purpose of scouting the opponent. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-103, permitting an institution to replace a coach due to extenuating circumstances or due to a coach participating on a U.S. national or Olympic team without having to obtain approval from the Division I Management Council. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-104, eliminating the legislation that indicates that each coaching category is a separate limit and that when an institution is over its limit in one category, it may not continue to fill vacancies within the limitations of another category. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-112, establishing coaching limitations and the playing and practice season for women's equestrian. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Defeated

No. 01-25, eliminating the legislation that permits outside individuals, groups or agencies to supplement an athletics department staff member's salary in recognition of a specific and extraordinary achievement. (The Council first approved the proposal, but it was defeated upon reconsideration.)

No. 01-26, eliminating the provision prohibiting outside sources from paying or regularly supplementing an athletics department staff member's salary.

Referred

No. 01-105, removing all references to "restricted coach" and eliminating the distinction between restricted coaches and other full-time coaches. (Referred to the Championships/Competition Cabinet.)

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Final approval

No. 01-44, clarifying that any promotional activity other than that permitted under Bylaw 12.5.1 is impermissible. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-45, permitting an individual to receive actual and necessary expenses to attend an academy funded by a professional sports organization without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility, provided: (1) the academy limits enrollment to participants who are age 15 and under; (2) athletics ability or achievements is not the sole criterion for selecting participants; and (3) the academy provides academic services to its participants. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Initial approval

No. 01-87, permitting a basketball student-athlete to enter a professional draft without jeopardizing his or her eligibility in that sport, even if the student-athlete is drafted, provided the student-athlete declares his or her intention to resume intercollegiate basketball participation within 30 days after the draft. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-96 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-96-1), specifying that a professional team is (a) an organized team that provides any of its players expenses above actual and necessary expenses or (b) declares itself to be professional. [The Council amended the proposal to delete (b).] (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-97, specifying that an individual shall not be eligible for intercollegiate athletics if the individual ever competed on a professional team, regardless of whether the individual knew (or had reason to know) that the team was a professional team. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Tabled

No. 99-107 (as amended by Proposal No. 99-107-1), specifying that in sports other than men's and women's basketball, individuals may enter a professional draft and/or be drafted before initial full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Tabled because alternative pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation packages have been redistributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 99-108 (as amended by Proposal No. 99-108-1), specifying that in sports other than men's and women's basketball, individuals may enter into contractual agreements or commitments to participate in professional athletics before initial full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Tabled because alternative pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation packages have been redistributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 99-109 (as amended by Proposal No. 99-109-1), specifying that in sports other than men's and women's basketball, individuals may participate on a professional team before initial full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility in the particular sport. (Tabled because alternative pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation packages have been redistributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002, for those student-athletes first entering a college on or after August 1, 2002.)

No. 99-110 (as amended by Proposal No. 99-110-1), specifying that in sports other than men's and women's basketball, individuals may accept prize money based on place finish before initial full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Tabled because alternative pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation packages have been redistributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 99-111 (as amended by Proposal Nos. 99-111-1 and 99-111-2), specifying that in sports other than men's and women's basketball, individuals (except those prospects who are attending a high school that sponsors the prospect's sport) may accept compensation for athletics participation before initial full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. However, prospects who are attending a high school that sponsors the prospect's sport may accept prize money for athletics participation in that sport. (Tabled because alternative pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation packages have been redistributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 2000-47 (as amended by Proposal No. 2000-47-1), specifying that prospects may accept educational expenses before college enrollment from any individual or entity other than an agent, professional sports team/organization or representative of an institution's athletics interests, where the expenses are used to attend a post-high-school educational institution. (Tabled because alternative pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation packages have been redistributed for comment.) (Effective date: Immediately.)

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Final approval

No. 2000-74 (as amended by Proposal No. 2000-74-1), permitting an institution to hire a band composed of prospect-aged individuals to perform at regular-season and postseason contests. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-20, permitting an institution to "bank" a maximum of six unused visits annually in Division I-AA football and specifying that the unused visits may be used only during the subsequent academic year. (Effective date: September 1, 2002.)

No. 01-51, establishing additional guidelines, as specified, to strengthen the process for certifying basketball events in which NCAA Division I men's basketball coaches are permitted to evaluate prospective men's basketball student-athletes. (Effective date: April 1, 2002.)

No. 01-52 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-52-2), establishing a recruiting model that modifies the current time period for contacting, evaluating, making telephone calls to and sending correspondence to men's basketball prospects as specified. (Effective date: April 1, 2002.)

No. 01-53, prohibiting institutional men's basketball staff members in attendance at nonscholastic certified summer events from having any contact with a prospect's coach or any other individual associated with the prospect as a result of the prospect's participation in basketball; further to specify that men's basketball prospective student-athletes may not make unofficial visits during the month of July. (Effective date: April 1, 2002.)

Initial approval

No. 01-3, prohibiting a member of an institution's women's volleyball coaching staff from being involved as a participant or in coaching activities in women's volleyball for a local sports club or organization. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-71, permitting institutional coaching staff members in Division I-AA football to use 42 evaluation days over a period not to exceed 42 calendar days during the fall evaluation period. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-78, permitting a Division I-A noncoaching staff member with football-specific responsibilities to initiate and receive telephone calls from a football prospect after the prospect signs a National Letter of Intent with the institution or, for those institutions not subscribing to the National Letter of Intent, after the prospect's signed acceptance of the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-86, permitting the national service academies 31 official visits in baseball, 25 of which may be provided before the initial National Letter of Intent signing date. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-98, specifying that a violation of Bylaw 13.7.6 in which the value of the benefit in an amount of $100 or less shall not affect the eligibility of the individual, provided that the individual repays the value of the benefit to a charity of his or her choice. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Defeated

No. 01-89, permitting an institution to employ a prospect before the completion of the prospect's senior year in high school, provided the prospect (and the prospect's parents or legal guardian if the prospect is 18 years old or younger) has declared his or her intention in writing not to participate in intercollegiate athletics at the certifying institution.

Tabled

No. 2000-97, specifying that in the sport of baseball, it is not permissible for an institution to make any type of contact (for example, in-person contact, telephone calls, written correspondence) with a prospect who is engaging or has engaged in organized competition from the date of the prospect's first opportunity to enroll in a collegiate institution. (Tabled because a set of alternative pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation packages have been redistributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Withdrawn

No. 01-72, permitting an institution in basketball and football to make an in-person, on-campus contact with a prospect outside a permissible contact period after the prospect's participation in an athletics event.

No. 01-73, permitting an institution in Division I-A football to make one telephone call during the spring evaluation period of a prospect's junior year in high school.

Moot

No. 01-79, permitting an institution to provide gifts to disabled, handicapped or terminally ill individuals, regardless of whether such individuals are of prospect age. (Rendered moot due to the Council instructing the Subcommittee on Legislative Review/Interpretations to handle this proposal through an interpretation.)

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Final approval

No. 01-10, permitting a student-athlete to compete in an institution's nonchampionship segment in the sports of women's volleyball, field hockey, and men's and women's soccer without using a season of competition, provided the student-athlete was academically eligible during the championship segment. (The Council also instructed the Championships/Competition Cabinet to consider sponsoring similar legislation for men's water polo.) [Effective date: Immediately (not to be applied before the 2001-02 academic year.)]

No. 01-14 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-14-1), permitting an individual who sustained an incapacitating injury or illness after the first day of classes in the senior year of high school but before becoming a student-athlete to qualify for a hardship waiver during his or her initial year of collegiate enrollment. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-39, specifying, for purposes of satisfying the initial-eligibility core-curriculum time limitation, that an international prospective student-athlete who graduates from a foreign educational system may repeat a regular term or academic year only within his or her home system. (Effective date: August 1, 2002, for those student-athletes who first enter a collegiate institution on or after August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-59, deleting certain requirements related to the collegiate programs in joint college/high-school programs and noting that an individual enrolled in a joint high-school/college program would not begin his or her five years of eligibility, provided the individual has not graduated from high school and does not participate in intercollegiate athletics while enrolled in the joint program. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Initial approval

No. 01-77, specifying a limitation on the number of years that a former student-athlete may be eligible to receive a United States Olympic Committee/national governing body waiver of full-time enrollment; further, requiring a student-athlete who has not graduated to be enrolled (full or part-time) and making progress toward a degree. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 2000-50, deleting computer science courses as acceptable core courses in meeting initial-eligibility core-curriculum requirements. (Effective date: August 1, 2005; for students first entering a collegiate institution on or after August 1, 2005.)

No. 01-128, amending the current season-of-competition waiver to include eligible student-athletes who compete within certain limitations. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Defeated

No. 01-84, permitting an institution to provide a maximum of two senior scholar-athlete awards annually to graduating seniors under specified conditions.

No. 01-85, permitting a student-athlete who returns to his or her original institution to be immediately eligible, provided the student-athlete has not competed in the involved sport at the previous institution.

Tabled

No. 99-106 (as amended by Proposal No. 99-106-1), specifying that a prospect who engages in organized competition for more than one year after the prospect's first opportunity to enroll in a collegiate institution after the expected graduation date of his or her high-school class or who engages in the competition more than one year after discontinuation of high-school enrollment shall lose all eligibility in that sport. (Tabled because a set of alternative pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation packages have been redistributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002, for those student-athletes first entering a college on or after August 1, 2002.)

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Final approval

No. 01-46, establishing a maximum equivalency financial aid limit of 15 for the sport of equestrian, and establishing the minimum number of participants necessary for sports sponsorship at 12. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-119, allowing institutions to award up to a total of nine initial counters in men's basketball during this academic year and 2002-03, with no more than five initial counters in one year; further, specifying that beginning with the 2003-04 academic year, an institution shall be permitted to award eight initial counters during any two consecutive academic years, with no more than five initial counters during a given academic year; finally, that beginning with 2003-04 academic year, institutions can earn a bonus counter when graduation losses combined with the number of student-athletes who leave the institution on track to graduate in a five-year period exceed the initial limit in a given year. (Forwarded to the Board of Directors as emergency legislation that will become effective immediately upon adoption.)

Defeated

No. 01-23, permitting institutions in Division I-A football to provide athletically related financial aid to a prospective student-athlete to attend the institution's summer term before the prospect's initial, full-time enrollment at the certifying institution under specified conditions.

No. 01-68, deleting the annual limit in men's basketball of eight initial counters during any two consecutive academic years, with no more than five initial counters during a given academic year.

Moot

No. 01-88, specifying that a student-athlete with remaining eligibility who withdraws from an institution in good academic standing to play professional basketball in the NBA or the NBA developmental league shall not be included in the initial counter limitations in men's basketball. (Rendered moot due to the approval of Proposal No. 01-119.)

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Final approval

No. 01-13, permitting an institution to provide six complimentary admissions to a student-athlete who participates in or is a member of a team participating in a conference championship. [Effective date: August 1, 2002 (Effective date moved from immediately because the proposal did not pass by the required four-fifths majority).]

No. 01-28, permitting a hometown group to pay the expenses of a student-athlete returning home to receive an award for athletics accomplishments. (The Council amended the proposal to include "reasonable and necessary" expenses.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-29, eliminating as a procedure for seating individuals receiving complimentary admissions, the option of directing individuals to a specific reserved seating sections or seating area. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-30, specifying that an institution is required to apply the same housing policies to student-athletes as it applies to the student body in general, provided student-athletes are not housed in athletics blocks or athletics dormitories; and to simplify the legislation related to housing and meals by eliminating the nonpermissible list of benefits and reformatting the list of permissible benefits. (The Council amended the proposal to restore the nondiscriminatory housing exception.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-31 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-31-1), eliminating the mileage restriction related to transportation, housing and meal expenses for a student-athlete and the student-athlete's teammates to be present during situations in which an immediate family member of the student-athlete suffers a life-threatening injury or illness or, to be present at the funeral in the event of an immediate family member's death. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-32, reformatting the legislation so that all provisions related to foreign tours are located in the Administrative Regulations. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-43, establishing a general principle of restitution for all Bylaw 16 provisions. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Initial approval

No. 01-106, requiring institutions to make available general academic counseling and tutoring services to all student-athletes; further, permitting institutions to finance other academic and support services that the institution in its discretion determines to be appropriate and necessary for the academic success of its student-athletes. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-107, permitting an institutional staff member or a representative of an institution's athletics interests to provide a student-athlete or a team with an occasional meal (and transportation to attend the meal) at any location in the locale of the institution on infrequent and special occasions.(Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-108, permitting an institution to provide expenses for a student-athlete and the student-athlete's teammates to be present in situations involving the death or a life-threatening injury or illness of a student-athlete's family member, without restricting such expenses to a 100-mile radius from campus or requiring a preexisting relationship to exist between the teammates and the deceased or injured individual. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-109, permitting an institution to provide reasonable refreshments to the parents (or legal guardians) of a student-athlete on an occasional basis. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-110, clarifying that an institution, at its discretion, may provide a pre or postgame meal to student-athletes, as specified; further, permitting an institution, at its discretion, to provide a cash allowance to student-athletes after home and away-from-home contests in lieu of a postgame meal. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-111, simplifying the rules and regulations regarding the types and value limits of awards that may be provided to student-athletes. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Defeated

No. 01-15, permitting an affiliated member of the NCAA to provide actual and necessary expenses and reasonable local entertainment for student-athletes to attend conference, regional or national Student-Athlete Advisory Committee meetings.

Tabled

No. 99-68, permitting an institution to pay for all medical expenses incurred by a student-athlete for an injury or illness that occurs during the summer as a result of participation in an athletically related activity; and to pay for all medical expenses during the academic year as a result of any injury or illness that occurs, regardless of whether the injury or illness is athletically related. (Tabled because the Championships/Competition Cabinet is undertaking a review of all proposals related to the provision of medical expenses.) (Effective date: May 1, 2002.)

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Final approval

No. 2000-73, allowing women's basketball teams to participate in the Women's Sports Foundation Basketball Classic, WBCA Maui Invitational, WBCA Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge and WBCA Four on or after November 7. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-08, specifying that an institution shall not begin on-ice preseason practice sessions in the sport of ice hockey before the Saturday of the 25th full weekend before the first round of the NCAA championship. (Effective date: August 1, 2004.)

Initial approval

No. 01-80, permitting an institution in field hockey to participate in three scrimmages or exhibition games during the preseason practice period before the first scheduled contest, provided the scrimmages or exhibitions are counted against the maximum number of contests. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-81, eliminating the requirement that coaches are limited to a total of 50 evaluation days in softball. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-82, permitting an institution, on one occasion, to pay the costs associated with learning disability testing for prospects who have signed a National Letter of Intent. (Effective date; Immediately.)

No. 01-83, increasing from five to six the number of student-athletes from any one institution that may participate on the same outside team in soccer. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-117, permitting an institution's strength and conditioning coach to assist the physician or trainer in conducting a preseason medical examination. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Defeated

No. 2000-82, revising the preseason practice and first contest date in men's and women's ice hockey as specified.

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Initial approval

No. 01-126, extending until 2008-09 the exception for the minimum number of institutions required to establish a new women's championship. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-127, establishing rugby as an emerging sport for women. (Effective date: Immediately.) >P> Bylaw 19

Final approval

No. 01-56, amending Bylaws 19.1.1 and 19.1.2.2 to allow the Committee on Infractions to internally designate a vice-chair who will act on behalf of the chair in his or her absence. (Effective date: Immediately.)

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Final approval

No. 01-49, permitting active members to count contests against provisional members toward meeting scheduling requirements after the institution has been a provisional member for at least two years. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Initial approval

No. 01-122, establishing additional requirements applicable to a member that petitions to have a sport classified in Division I. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-121, establishing a five-year process, including a one-year exploratory period, for an institution that wishes to reclassify membership from Division II to Division I. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-123, specifying revised Division I-A membership requirements. (Effective date: August 1, 2004.)

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Final approval

No. 01-40, reducing the size of the Core-Course Committee from 18 to 15 members, as specified; further, specifying that the academic subcommittees shall consist of three members each, including two representatives from member institutions and one high-school representative. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-41, specifying that the term limits of the Foreign Student Records Committee members shall be three-year renewable terms. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-42, establishing the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Reinstatement Subcommittee as a standing committee reporting directly to the Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-57, providing Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representatives with voting rights on Division I committees on which they serve. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-58, providing Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representatives with voting rights on Association-wide committees on which they serve. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-61, expanding the Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet membership to 42 without mandating specific conference representation in Division I-A; further, maintaining the existing number of seats allocated to specific positions, and allocating the additional eight seats without consideration of the position. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Initial approval

No. 01-75, establishing a five-year term of office for men's and women's basketball committee members. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-94, eliminating the Division I Committee on Financial Aid as a standing committee and delegating those responsibilities to the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-95, eliminating the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse Committee. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-99, specifying that the Women's Ice Hockey Committee shall consist of four members, including three members from Division I and one member from Division II. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-115, eliminating the requirement that the Executive Committee shall ratify the appointments of all individuals serving on Association-wide and common committees and appointments of chairs and secretary-rules editors of those committees. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-125, eliminating the Memorial Resolutions Committee and reassigning those duties to the Executive Committee. (Forwarded to the Board of Directors as noncontroversial legislation that will become effective immediately upon adoption.)

Moot

No. 99-49, expanding the NCAA Core-Course Review Committee from 18 to 20 members, with the two additional members serving on the Subcommittee on Additional Academic Courses. (Rendered moot by the passage of Proposal No. 01-40.)

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Withdrawn

No. 01-69, creating a new Article 23 specifying that there shall be no simultaneous telecasting or cablecasting of regular season intercollegiate football games on Friday nights. (Effective date: Immediately.)

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Final approval

No. 01-70, establishing a recruiting calendar for men's lacrosse. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-90, permitting a Division I-A football institution to be bowl-eligible with a winning percentage of .500 during any season in which an institution is permitted to play 12 regular-season contests. (Forwarded to the Board of Directors as noncontroversial legislation that will become effective immediately upon adoption.)

No. 01-92, establishing a dead period surrounding the Division I Women's Ice Hockey Championship. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-118, establishing a criterion for any event that requires NCAA certification that would prohibit such certification if the event is conducted in a venue where sports wagering on intercollegiate athletics is permitted, or on property sponsored by an establishment that permits sports wagering on intercollegiate athletics or branded with signage for such an establishment. (Forwarded to the Board of Directors as noncontroversial legislation that will become effective immediately upon adoption.)

Defeated

No. 01-74, permitting institutional staff members employed at two-year or four-year institutions who do not have basketball coaching responsibilities to participate in certified summer leagues.

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Final approval

No. 01-66, adding "championship operating costs" to criteria used in evaluating sites for all competition in NCAA championships; further, to require sports committees to submit championships bid information in a format approved by the Championships/Competition Cabinet. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-116, modifying the indemnification policy of the NCAA, as specified. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 01-124, modifying automatic-qualification legislation. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Tabled

No. 01-64, permitting an institution to purchase additional official NCAA championships participation awards for all members of an institution's squad list at the time of the championship and for all nonparticipant members of the official travel party in the applicable sport. (Effective date: Immediately.)