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The following chart highlights legislative actions taken by the Division I Management Council during its April 9-10 meeting in Indianapolis. Legislative proposals that were considered at this meeting are arranged according to NCAA bylaw or constitution and are categorized as either having been approved a second time and forwarded to the Board of Directors for adoption, approved for the first time and distributed to the membership for comment, defeated, tabled, referred to another governance entity for additional review, or withdrawn by the sponsor.
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Initial 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, de
leting the recommended subdivisional rotation requirement for the chair of the Board of Directors; deleting the requirement that the Management Council chair and vice-chair be from the same subdivision; and simplifying the rotations of the chairs of the Board, Council and cabinets. (Effective date: Immediately.)
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Initial 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. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the Basketball Issues Committee legislative package.) (Effective date: April 1, 2002.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-66 (as amended by Proposal No. 2000-66-1), increasing the number of volunteer coaches in women's rowing from one to four. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-118, eliminating legislative references to compensation restrictions applicable to volunteer coaches related to legitimate noncoaching employment opportunities, while maintaining the current rules prohibiting compensation from the athletics department. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-119, eliminating the requirement that athletics department staff members shall not use the institution's name or logo in the endorsement of commercial products or services for personal gain without prior written approval from the institution's chief executive officer. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-120, eliminating the certification process for Division I all-star basketball games. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-121, eliminating the need for athletics personnel to obtain approval from the institution's chief executive officer for athletically related income and benefits, as specified. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-122, eliminating specified restrictions related to outside income in addition to institutional salary, as specified. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-123, eliminating the legislative prohibition regarding employment or income arrangements between institutional athletics department staff members and professional sports organizations. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
Initial 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. 01-25, 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. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)
No. 01-26, eliminating the provision prohibiting outside sources from paying or regularly supplementing an athletics department staff member's salary. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)
No. 01-27, eliminating 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 sorts organizations on behalf of a student-athlete. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)
No. 01-55, specifying that in the sport of men'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, to specify 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. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the Basketball Issues Committee legislative package.) (Effective date: April 1, 2002.)
Defeated
No. 2000-117, eliminating compensation restrictions applicable to volunteer coaches, as specified.
No. 01-22, requiring coaches to be certified to recruit off-campus on a biennial basis (that is, once every two years) rather than on an annual basis.
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Final approval
No. 2000-48, permitting prospective and current student-athletes to accept Operation Gold Grant funds. (The Council amended the effective date of the proposal, which had been August 1, 2001, to immediately.)
No. 2000-49, permitting student-athletes to accept fee-for-lesson compensation under specified conditions. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-87 (as amended by Proposal No. 2000-87-1), permitting the athletics director to authorize another noncoaching staff member to provide the written approval required for a student-athlete to participate in permissible promotional and employment activities, as specified. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-124, specifying that the promotional restrictions related to privately owned summer camps also shall apply to institutionally owned and operated camps. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
Initial approval
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 full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the amended pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation package.) (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 with professional teams before initial collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the amended pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation package.) (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 collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the amended pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation package.) (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 before initial collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the amended pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation package.) (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 (other than prize money) for athletics participation before initial collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the amended pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation package.) (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 only to attend a post-high-school educational institution. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the amended pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation package.) (Effective date: Immediately.)
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.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-29 (as amended by Proposal No. 2000-29-1), permitting a coaching staff member who serves on an official committee of USA Basketball to be involved in noncoaching activities for the U.S. Junior National teams; further, eliminating the two-year term limitation regarding involvement of coaching staff members in noncoaching activities. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-54, permitting women's golf coaches to give private lessons to prospects under specified conditions. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-57, permitting an institution to provide complimentary admissions to prospects on official visits in the same manner such admissions are provided during unofficial visits. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-63 (as amended by Proposal No. 2000-63-1), eliminating the academic requirement applicable to learning-disabled prospects that a special administration of the PSAT, SAT, PLAN (or PACT Plus) or ACT must receive approval before the prospect receiving an official visit. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-68, specifying that an institutional violation does not occur when an institution makes more than one call per week under the official-visit exception, and the official visit is subsequently canceled due to circumstances beyond the control of the prospect or institution. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-91, permitting an institutional staff member to provide transportation from and to the nearest bus, train station or major airport on the occasion of the prospect's arrival and departure from campus to attend required orientation sessions. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-92, eliminating the prior-written-permission requirement to contact a student-athlete who is enrolled at a non-NCAA or non-NAIA institution. (The Council forwarded the proposal to the Board of Directors as emergency, noncontroversial legislation that would become effective immediately upon adoption.)
No. 2000-93, establishing July 15 after the junior year in high school as the first permissible date for an institution to make in-person, off-campus contact with prospective student-athletes in women's gymnastics. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-98, specifying that an institution's softball team shall not compete against any outside team that includes high-school prospects, except for exempted contests against a foreign team or U.S. national team. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-99, specifying instances in which a de minimis violation shall not render a student-athlete ineligible, while retaining the fact that such a violation shall be considered an institutional violation. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-125 (as amended by Proposal No. 2000-125-1), making consistent the regulation governing employment of athletics department staff members in instructional and noninstitutional camps and clinics. (Effective date: August 1, 2001).
Initial 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. 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. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the amended pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation package.) (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 to specify 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. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the Basketball Issues Committee legislative package.) (Effective date: April 1, 2002.)
No. 01-52, 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. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the Basketball Issues Committee legislative package.) (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. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the Basketball Issues Committee legislative package.) (Effective date: April 1, 2002.)
Defeated
No. 2000-72, permitting an institution to provide prospective student-athletes with either a recruiting brochure or media guide in CD-ROM format (in lieu of a printed publication).
Referred
No. 01-19, permitting a member institution's coach, during a dead period, to serve as a broadcaster or commentator for events involving national teams, such as the Olympic Games or World Championships. (Referred to the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet deregulation subcommittee.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-52, permitting courses taught via distance learning to be used to meet all continuing-eligibility requirements. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-76, specifying a student-athlete's eligibility for a medical hardship shall be calculated by the number of scheduled contests or dates of competition rather than completed contests or dates of competition. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-86, permitting men's and women's basketball prospects who received financial aid to attend summer school, and who are denied admission for full-time enrollment, to enroll at another institution without being considered a transfer student. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-96, permitting a student-athlete who qualified for a hardship waiver during the previous academic year to compete on an institution's foreign tour during the summer vacation period at the end of that academic year without using a season of competition for the previous academic year. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-111, eliminating the requirement that the loss of eligibility for a student-athlete who has practiced, competed and/or received institutional financial assistance while ineligible shall apply only to the institution involved in the violation. (Effective date: Immediately.)
Initial approval
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. (Distributed for comment without endorsement from the Council as part of the amended pre-enrollment amateurism deregulation package.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002, for those student-athletes first entering a college on or after August 1, 2002.)
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. (Effective date: Immediately.)
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 enrollment at the certifying institution 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 the student-athlete must not have officially graduated from high school and does not participate in the intercollegiate program while enrolled in a joint program. (Effective date: Immediately.)
Defeated
No. 2000-51, specifying that an international student-athlete is subject to the core-curriculum time limitation. (The proposal was defeated due to the support of Proposal No. 01-39.)
No. 2000-90, specifying that a student-athlete must successfully complete at least six credit hours during the immediate preceding academic term (excluding summer) to be eligible for postseason competition in the applicable sport.
No. 2000-80, specifying that in women's rowing outside of the declared practice and playing season, it is permissible to use ergometers and rowing tanks during the permissible eight hours per week of conditioning; that coaches are prohibited from being involved in all on-water activity, including skill-instruction activities; that an institution may not provide equipment for on-water activities; and to specify that student-athletes may not practice or compete on outside teams during the academic year.
No. 01-9, prohibiting the use of the one-time transfer exception in the sports of baseball, softball and women's volleyball.
Referred
No. 2000-50, deleting computer science courses as acceptable core courses in meeting initial-eligibility core-curriculum requirements. (Referred to the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet.) (Effective date: August 1, 2005, for students first entering college on or after August 1, 2005.)
Tabled
No. 01-11, permitting a student-athlete to compete in the nonchampionship segment in the sport of men's soccer without using a season of competition.
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Final approval
No. 2000-61, permitting an institution to provide financial aid under specified circumstances to a professional athlete provided he or she has completed four seasons of competition. (The Council defeated Proposal No. 2000-61-1, which would have allowed the financial aid to be provided regardless of whether the student-athlete had completed four seasons of competition.) (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-64, specifying that a de minimis violation occurs if a student-athlete fails to obtain an employment earnings written statement before beginning employment, provided the written statement is obtained before receiving more than $500 in earnings. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-75, specifying employee dependent tuition waivers under specified conditions shall not be considered institutional aid. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-81, including benefits received under the United States Navy Nuclear Officer Program among the list of exempted government grants. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-95, permitting a counter in Division I-AA football who graduates at midyear or who graduated during the previous academic year to be replaced with an initial counter. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-100, specifying that if circumstances change and a medically exempt student-athlete subsequently practices or competes at another institution, his or her previous institution shall not be required to count the exempted financial aid. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-101, permitting student-athletes who have exhausted eligibility in cross country or track and field to receive financial aid under specified conditions without counting in the team limits. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 99-121-1-A, amending the incentive-based financial aid model in which overall financial aid limits in the sport of Division I men's basketball shall be determined by removing the opportunity for scholarship increases and requiring the loss of one scholarship for institutions with less than a 50 percent graduation rate in men's basketball; further, defining conditions for "good academic standing" as it relates to the adjusted graduation rates. (The Council amended the effective date, which had been August 1, 2001, to August 1, 2003.)
Initial 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.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-70, allowing student-athletes participating in NCAA championships to purchase four additional tickets. (The effective date of the proposal, which had been immediately, was moved to August 1, 2001, since the proposal did not pass by more than three-fourths of a majority.)
No. 2000-102, specifying that the NCAA shall cover the costs of premiums for student-athletes who qualify for disability insurance pursuant to the Association's Exceptional Student-Athlete Disability Insurance Program. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)
No. 2000-103, permitting a student-athlete to obtain a loan (not to exceed $20,000) based on future earnings potential from a lending institution, as specified. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)
No. 2000-104, permitting a student-athlete to receive miscellaneous benefits that have little or no cost to the institution, as specified. (Effective date: Immediately.)
Initial approval
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. (Effective date: May 1, 2002.)
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: Immediately.)
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. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 01-28, permitting a hometown group to pay the expenses of a student-athlete returning home to receive an award for athletics accomplishments. (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. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)
No. 01-31, 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.)
Defeated
No. 01-16, permitting an institution to provide legal counsel for student-athlete at any time the institution believes it is appropriate when the institution, conference or NCAA has begun an investigation that may affect the student-athlete's eligibility.
Referred
No. 99-31, permitting an institution to provide a cash allowance to student-athletes after home and away contests in lieu of a snack. (Referred to the Bylaw 16 deregulation subcommittee.)
Tabled
No. 99-69, permitting Division I institutions to pay for all medical expenses incurred by a football student-athlete for an injury or illness that occurs during the summer as a result of participation in an athletically related activity; and to permit an institution 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.
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Final approval
No. 2000-11, permitting Division I women's rowing teams to participate beyond the playing season in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships under specified conditions. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-13, permitting competition in the Women's Gymnastics National Invitation Tournament to be included among the list of events that may be exempted from the contest limits. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-60, specifying that an institution may participate in a certified event in the same state or territory outside the United States more than once during a four-year period, while retaining the requirement that an institution may not participate in more than two certified events every four years. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-112, permitting any student-athlete from the host institution of a conference or NCAA championship to miss class time to engage in practice activities the day before the championship. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 2000-106, establishing a maximum of 29 regular-season contests in men's and women's basketball, permitting either one preseason informal scrimmage or one exhibition against a non-Division I four-year collegiate institution, and eliminating the process for certifying basketball contests in which Division I institutions are participants. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)
Initial 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. 2000-82, revising the preseason practice and first contest date in men's and women's ice hockey as specified. (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.)
No. 01-34, permitting the Preseason NIT to be played beginning the Monday of the week immediately before Thanksgiving week and concluding the day after Thanksgiving each year. (The Council forwarded the proposal to the Board of Directors as emergency, noncontroversial legislation that would become effective immediately upon adoption.)
Defeated
No. 2000-84, permitting men's basketball institutions to exempt annually competition in the Spring Break Classic, provided the institution does not participate in another postseason event. (The Council noted that though the exemption was denied, the sponsors could still choose to stage the event.)
No. 01-07, allowing a student-athlete to engage in required weight training and conditioning activities conducted or supervised by an institutional staff member during the summer vacation period, provided the student-athlete's participation in such activities is limited to a maximum of eight hours per week.
No. 01-21, permitting the review of basketball game film at any time during a day of competition that occurs during an institution's official vacation period.
Withdrawn
No. 2000-79, specifying that in women's rowing, it is permissible for a student-athlete to compete as an individual representing his or her institution in rowing events as specified. (The proposal was withdrawn by the sponsor.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-110, establishing a Division I Women's Rowing Championship effective with the 2002 season, and establishing a Division I Women's Rowing Committee. (Effective date: August 1, 2001, effective with the 2002 championship.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-116, permitting the Committee on Infractions to impose financial penalties in the form of fines in cases involving findings of major violations of NCAA legislation. (The Council amended the proposal to remove part C regarding restitution.) (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
Initial 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 and that the vice-chair will act on behalf of the chair in his absence. (Effective date: Immediately.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-113, specifying that an institution that has forwarded to the national office written notice of its intention to change its football membership classification from Division I-AA to Division I-A no longer shall be eligible to participate in the Division I-AA Football Championship. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
Initial 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: Immediately.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-53, amending the composition of the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse Committee as specified. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-56, specifying the composition of the Division I Women's Soccer Committee shall not include more than two members from the same region. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-114, specifying that the position on the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports allocated for secondary interests be permanently filled by the National Federation of State High School Associations' staff liaison to the Sports Medicine Advisory Board. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
No. 2000-115, permitting a student-athlete to serve on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee up to one year after the completion of his or her intercollegiate athletics eligibility. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
Initial approval
No. 01-33, expanding the Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Rules Committee to 11 voting positions, as specified. (The Council forwarded the proposal to the Board of Directors as emergency, noncontroversial legislation that would become effective immediately upon adoption.)
No. 01-35, expanding the Women's Gymnastics Committee from six to seven members and establishing composition requirements, as specified. (The Council forwarded the proposal to the Board of Directors as emergency, noncontroversial legislation that would become effective immediately upon adoption.)
No. 01-36, expanding the Men's Ice Hockey Committee from four to six members, as specified. (The Council forwarded the proposal to the Board of Directors as emergency, noncontroversial legislation that would become effective immediately upon adoption.)
No. 01-37, establishing an NCAA Women's Volleyball Rules Committee comprising nine members, including the secretary-rules editor. (The Council forwarded the proposal to the Board of Directors as emergency, noncontroversial legislation that would become effective immediately upon adoption.)
No. 01-40, reducing the size of the Core-Course Committee from 18 to 15 members, as specified; further, to specify 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.)
Defeated
No. 2000-16, providing representation on the Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee from each of the NCAA Divisions I, II and III Management Councils. (The Council defeated the proposal and instead established a policy ensuring that at least one member of the Division I Management Council will serve as a member of the Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-126, eliminating all regulations related to the telecasting, cablecasting or televising of intercollegiate football games of member institutions. (Effective date: August 1, 2001.)
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Final approval
No. 2000-83, permitting softball coaching staff members to evaluate prospects during high-school regional and state-championship competition. (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 01-50, modifying the men's basketball recruiting calendar to establish a dead period Monday through Thursday during the week that includes the initial date for the fall signing of the National Letter of Intent and to establish the beginning of the academic-year evaluation period as the day after the initial date for the fall signing of the National Letter of Intent. (Effective date: Immediately.)
Referred
No. 01-18, permitting an institutional coaching staff member to attend a national team or Olympic event (for observation purposes only) at any time, even if individuals of prospect age are members of the team. (The Council initially defeated the proposal, but after a motion to reconsider was approved, the proposal was referred to the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet deregulation subcommittee.) (Effective date: Immediately.)
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Final approval
No. 01-38, adding the drug "ecstasy" to the list of banned substances under the category of "Stimulants." (Effective date: Immediately.)
No. 01-47, specifying that the Committee on Infractions may take action to vacate performances in cases where there has been ineligible participation in a championship. (Effective date: Immediately.)
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