Legislative actions taken during the Division III business session at the NCAA Convention:

No. 46 Financial Aid Regulations

Intent: To simplify Division III financial aid legislation by deleting permissible financial aid awards given without consideration of need and the accompanying awards review process. Further, to confirm that financial aid packaging for student-athletes must be consistent with packaging for students in general. Adopted as amended, 318-26-1.

No. 46-1 Financial Aid Regulations

Intent: To delay the effective date of Proposal No. 46 until August 1, 2002. Adopted, 339-2-0.

No. 46-2 Approval of
Financial Aid
Compliance Process

A resolution stating that the Financial Aid and Awards Committee discuss and articulate by June 1, 2001, the formal compliance and enforcement process intended to implement Proposal Nos. 46 and 46-1; and that the Division III Management and President Councils forward appropriate legislation to the Division III membership for consideration at the 2002 NCAA Convention to implement the formal compliance and enforcement process related to Proposal Nos. 46 and 46-1. Adopted, 340-4-0.

No. 47 Eligibility --
Minimum Amount
of Participation

Intent: To eliminate "redshirting" in Division III intercollegiate athletics by specifying that any athletics participation during or after the start of the first regular-season contest shall exhaust a season of eligibility. Failed, 115-237-4.

No. 48 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Practice and Competition in the Nontraditional Segment

Intent: To permit an institution to conduct practices supervised by coaches or captain's practices (but not both) on two days during a given week and participate in competition on a weekend day (for example, Saturday, Sunday) during a four-week period in the nontraditional segment. Failed, 34-322-0.

Baseball and Softball

Intent: To eliminate the current legislation permitting baseball and softball tournaments to count as one contest and to specify that the maximum number of contests in the sports of baseball and softball is not more than 40 in the traditional segment and not more than five in the nontraditional segment. Adopted, 182-167-5, (corrected total).* [Motion to refer the Proposal back to the NCAA Division III Management Council Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee failed, 140-212-3. Motion to reconsider the Proposal during the window of reconsideration failed, 151-168-3.]

No. 50 Playing and Practice Seasons -- Nontraditional Segment -- Baseball, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball and Women's Volleyball

Intent: To place playing and practice limitations on the sports of baseball, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball and women's volleyball, as specified. Adopted, 279-54-6.

No. 51 First Permissible Practice Date -- Basketball

Intent: To specify that an institution may commence on-court preseason basketball practice sessions on October 15. Adopted, 211-141-2.

No. 52 Contest Exemptions -- Season-ending Tournament -- Basketball

Intent: To exempt contests annually played in a conference championship tournament in the sport of basketball. Adopted, 314-40-0.

No. 53 First Permissible Contest Date -- Football

Intent: To permit an institution to play its first football contest on the Thursday prior to the Labor Day weekend. Failed, 51-124-10.

No. 54 Three-Day Noncontact, Conditioning Practice Period -- Football

Intent: To permit the use of shoulder pads during the three-day, noncontact, conditioning practice period in football. Failed, 82-100-1.

No. 55 Division III Championships -- Minimum Number of Institutions

Intent: To specify that at least 28 institutions must sponsor the sport in order to create a Division III championship in an emerging women's team sport. Adopted, paddles.

No. 56 Division III Championships -- Women's Rowing

Intent: To establish an NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship and to establish a Division III Women's Rowing Committee as specified. Adopted, paddles.

No. 57 Division III Championships -- Women's Ice Hockey

Intent: To establish an NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship and to create a Division III Women's Ice Hockey Committee. Adopted, paddles.

No. 58 Ethical Conduct --
Gambling Activities

Intent: To establish a two-tiered eligibility-reinstatement process for student-athletes who violate NCAA gambling/sports wagering legislation, as specified. Adopted, paddles.

No. 59 Membership Requirements --
Five-Sport/Three-Season
Requirement -- Penalty

Intent: To specify that an institution that fails to meet the five-sport/three-season requirement shall be placed on probation for one year, moved to restricted membership if the requirement is still not satisfied after the second year and, finally, reclassified to corresponding membership if the requirement is still not satisfied after the third year. Adopted, paddles.

No. 60 Enforcement -- Penalties for Major Violations

Intent: To permit the Committee on Infractions to impose financial penalties in cases involving findings of major violations of NCAA legislation. Adopted, paddles.

No. 61 10-Semester/15-Quarter Extension Request -- Eligibility for Practice

Intent: To permit a student-athlete who has exhausted his or her 10-semesters/15-quarters of eligibility to practice, but not compete, for 30 consecutive-calendar days provided the institution has filed a 10-semester/15-quarter extension request per NCAA Bylaw 30.6.1 with the NCAA national office. Adopted, paddles.

No. 62 Length of Playing Season -- National Collegiate Sports

Intent: To specify that the sports of fencing, gymnastics, rifle, women's rowing, skiing, men's volleyball and water polo shall be limited to a playing and practice season of 21 weeks. Adopted, paddles.

No. 63 Out of Season Athletically
Related Activities -- Summer Workout Sessions

Intent: To eliminate summer workout sessions in the sports of fencing, gymnastics, rifle, women's rowing and skiing. Adopted, paddles.

Division III deregulation package

The NCAA Division III Interpretations and Legislation Committee identified the following 14 proposals to facilitate the deregulation of the Association's legislation. The NCAA Division III Presidents Council approved the submission of these proposals to the membership as an "employment deregulation package." Thus, they were voted on using a single vote, with the exception of 69 and 73, which were removed from the package on the Convention floor at a member's request.

No 64 (Dereg. 1) Conduct and
Employment of Personnel --
General Principle

Intent: To specify through the creation of a new general principle that member institutions shall determine whom to employ and the amount of compensation received by the employee. Adopted, paddles.

No. 65 (Dereg. 2) Personnel -- Definitions

Intent: To delete the definitions of "bonus" and "supplemental pay" set forth in NCAA Bylaw 11 relating to compensation. Adopted, paddles.

Compensation Limits

Intent: To eliminate outside income restrictions for NCAA Division III coaches. Adopted, paddles.

No. 67 (Dereg. 4)
Promotional Activities --
Privately Owned Summer Camp

Intent: To specify that a privately owned summer camp may use the name or picture of a student-athlete employed as a camp counselor to publicize or promote the camp. Adopted, paddles. No. 68 (Dereg. 5) Media Activities

Intent: To clarify legislation relating to a student-athlete receiving legitimate and normal expenses while participating in media activities. Adopted, paddles.

No. 69 (Dereg. 6)
Recruiting -- Talent Scout

Intent: To eliminate the prohibition on an institution paying expenses incurred by a talent scout or representative of athletics interests in studying or recruiting prospects.

This proposal was removed from the package and voted upon separately. Failed, paddles.

No. 70 (Dereg. 7) Employment Conditions of High-School/College Preparatory/Two-Year College Coaches

Intent: To clarify legislation relating to the employment of a high-school, preparatory school or two-year college coach by a member institution. Adopted, paddles.

No. 71 (Dereg. 8) Publicity -- Announcer for High-School Broadcast

Intent: To eliminate the restriction on a member of an institution's coaching staff serving as an announcer or commentator for a high-school broadcast. Adopted, paddles.

No. 72 (Dereg. 9) Tryouts --
Competition in Conjunction with a
High-School, Preparatory School or
Two-Year College Contest

Intent: To clarify legislation relating to intercollegiate competition in conjunction with a high-school, preparatory school or two-year college contest. Adopted, paddles.

No. 73 (Dereg. 10)
Camps and Clinics -- Employment and Compensation

Intent: To eliminate specified prohibitions on employment and compensation of a high-school, preparatory school or two-year college coach employed in an institutional sport camp or clinic.

This proposal was removed from the package and voted upon separately. The vote by paddle was too close to call, so the chair asked for an electronic vote. Adopted, 186-144-9.

No. 74 (Dereg. 11) High-School
All-Star Games -- Previous Contractual Agreement

Intent: To eliminate the requirement that a coach who has made a contractual commitment to a coach in a high-school all-star game prior to being employed by an institution must disassociate himself or herself from that all-star game. Adopted, paddles.

No. 75 (Dereg. 12) Published Recruiting Services

Intent: To eliminate the requirement that a published recruiting service utilized by an institution must make the service available to all institutions and charge the same rate for all subscribers. Adopted, paddles.

No. 76 (Dereg. 13)
Postseason Football

Intent: To eliminate the restrictions on postseason football opportunities set forth in Bylaws 18.02.4 and 18.7. Adopted, paddles.

No. 77 (Dereg. 14)
Football Television
Plans and Regulations

Intent: To delete the football television plans and regulations set forth in Bylaw 22. Adopted, paddles.

*Note: The initial vote tally on Proposal 49 was reported as 192-177-5. Analysis of roll-call results revealed that 20 votes were recorded from spare voting units. Those votes, which were easily identifiable because they were not assigned to an institution, were removed from the final total. Excess votes were not recorded on other roll-call votes.