The following chart highlights legislative actions taken by the Division I Management Council during its April 8-9 meeting in Denver. 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membership for comment, defeated, tabled, referred to another governance entity for additional review, rendered moot or withdrawn by the sponsor.

Final approval

No. 01-120, establishing a seven-year provisional membership period, including one exploratory year, for prospective NCAA Division I institutions. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 02-31, removing the current membership moratorium relating to the election of new provisional and active Division I members, including institutions that desire to reclassify from Division II to Division I or desire to establish multidivisional membership. (Approved as emergency, noncontroversial legislation and forwarded to the Board of Directors for adoption.) (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-32, establishing June 1 as the deadline for submitting applications for conference membership that would become effective September 1 of the following academic year. (Approved as emergency, noncontroversial legislation and forwarded to the Board of Directors for adoption.) (Effective date: Immediately.)

Initial approval

No. 02-36, establishing separate, 16-member standing Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Issues Committees, as specified. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-16, exempting the Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee from the requirement that no subdivision shall have more than 50 percent representation on any committee. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-33, clarifying that a conference staff member shall satisfy the "on-the-staff" requirement only if he or she is employed at one of the multisport conferences recognized as part of the governance structure in Constitution 4. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-34, revising the composition of the Board of Directors, Management Council and AEC Cabinet, as specified, to list the Big West Conference as Division I-AAA instead of as Division I-A. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-38, defining the composition of the Division I-AA Football Governance Committee, as specified. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Final approval

No. 01-17, permitting an institution to participate by conference call in meetings conducted by the AEC 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.)

Final approval

No. 01-4 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-4-1), establishing a recruiting calendar in women's volleyball; 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 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. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

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

No. 01-112 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-112-1), establishing coaching limitations of three head or assistant coaches and the playing and practice season for women's equestrian. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Final approval

No. 99-107, specifying that individuals may enter a professional draft and/or be drafted before initial full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 99-110 (as amended by Proposal No. 99-110-2), specifying that before initial, full-time collegiate enrollment, individuals may accept prize money based on place finish in an open athletics event (not to exceed actual and necessary expenses) from the sponsor of the event without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 2000-47, specifying that prospects may accept educational expenses (that is, tuition and fees, room and board and books) before collegiate enrollment from any individual or entity other than an agent, professional sports team/organization or representative of an institution's athletics interests, provided such expenses are disbursed directly through the recipient's educational institution (for example, preparatory school, high school). (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 01-96, specifying that a professional team is an organized team that provides any of its players expenses above actual and necessary expenses or declares itself to be a professional team. (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.)

Initial approval

No. 02-17 (as amended by Proposal No. 02-17-1), permitting a student-athlete in Division I-A football to enter a professional league's draft without jeopardizing eligibility in that sport, provided the student-athlete declares his intention to resume intercollegiate football participation within 72 hours after the date of the NFL draft declaration date of that year. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Defeated

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.

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.

No. 99-110 (as amended by Proposal No. 99-110-1), specifying that individuals may accept prize money based on place finish before initial full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility.

No. 99-111 (as amended by Proposal No. 99-111-1), specifying that individuals may accept compensation for athletics participation before initial full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility.

No. 99-111 (as amended by Proposal Nos. 99-111-2 and 99-111-3), specifying that individuals may accept compensation (up to the cost of actual and necessary expenses) for athletics participation before initial full-time collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing intercollegiate eligibility. (Acceptance of a salary not permitted if the prospect's high school sponsors the sport.)

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.

No. 02-06, permitting a student-athlete in Division I-A football to enter a professional league's draft without jeopardizing eligibility in that sport, provided the student-athlete is not drafted by any team in that league and the student-athlete declares his intention to resume intercollegiate football participation within 30 days after the draft.

No. 02-07, permitting a student-athlete in Division I-A football to enter a professional league's draft without jeopardizing eligibility in that sport, provided the student-athlete declares his intention to resume intercollegiate football participation within 30 days after the draft.

Final approval

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: August 1, 2002.)

No. 02-30, which -- during the summer of 2002 only -- permits prospective student-athletes who have signed a National Letter of Intent (or, for those institutions not using the NIL, after a prospect's signed acceptance of the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid) to engage in summer voluntary workouts conducted by an institution's strength and conditioning coach with department-wide duties. In addition, institutions may finance medical expenses for a football prospect who sustains injuries while participating in summer voluntary workouts conducted by the strength and conditioning coach. (Forwarded to the Board as emergency, noncontroversial legislation.) (Effective date: Immediately.)

Defeated

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.

Final approval

No. 99-106 (as amended by Proposal Nos. 99-106-1 and 99-106-1-A), defining organized competition, as specified. (Effective date: August 1, 2002, for those student-athletes first entering a college on or after August 1, 2002.)

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. 01-128, establishing season-of-competition waivers that may be granted due to extenuating circumstances for student-athletes who competed while eligible in a limited amount of competition. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Initial approval

No. 02-02 (as amended by Proposal No. 02-02-2), requiring basketball institutions that are recruiting and evaluating the eligibility of international student-athletes to use a guide that identifies teams and leagues in foreign countries that are considered professional under NCAA amateurism regulations; further, to specify that the international student-athlete form must be completed and signed before competition. (Effective date: August 1, 2003, for those student-athletes first entering the certifying institution on or after August 1, 2003.)

No. 02-22-A, increasing the minimum number of core-course units for a qualifier from 13 to 14, as specified; establishing an initial-eligibility index based on a core-curriculum GPA of 3.000, an SAT score of 620 or an ACT sum score of 52; and eliminating all references to partial qualifiers. (Approved as part of an academic-enhancement package endorsed by the Council and distributed for comment.) (Effective date: Student-athletes first entering an institution on or after August 1, 2003, shall meet the current or new standard; student-athletes first entering an institution on or after August 1, 2005, shall meet the new standard.)

No. 02-22-B, increasing the minimum number of core-course units for a qualifier from 13 to 14, as specified; establishing an initial-eligibility index based on a core-curriculum GPA of 3.550, an SAT score of 400 or an equivalent ACT sum score to be determined by the ACT testing agency; and eliminating all references to partial qualifiers. (Approved as part of an academic-enhancement package endorsed by the Council and distributed for comment.) (Effective date: Student-athletes first entering an institution on or after August 1, 2003, shall meet the current or new standard; student-athletes first entering an institution on or after August 1, 2005, shall meet the new standard.)

No. 02-22-C, increasing the minimum number of core-course units for a qualifier from 13 to 14, as specified, establishing a complete, comprehensive initial-eligibility index and eliminating all references to partial qualifiers. (Approved as part of an academic-enhancement package endorsed by the Council and distributed for comment.) (Effective date: Student-athletes first entering an institution on or after August 1, 2003, shall meet the current or new standard; student-athletes first entering an institution on or after August 1, 2005, shall meet the new standard.)

No. 02-23, requiring (1) that 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of academic credit be completed before the student-athlete enters his or her second year of collegiate enrollment; (2) that 18 semester or 27 quarter hours of academic credit (during the academic year) be completed in the previous academic year or since the beginning of the certifying institution's preceding regular two semesters or three quarters; and (3) that six semester or nine quarter hours of academic credit be completed the preceding regular academic term in which the student-athlete has been enrolled at any collegiate institution. (Approved as part of an academic-enhancement package endorsed by the Council and distributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2003, for student-athletes first entering an institution full time on or after August 1, 2003.)

No. 02-24-A, increasing progress-toward-degree requirements from 25/50/75 to 40/60/80 (33/50/67 for student-athletes in a five-year degree program) and requiring student-athletes entering their second year of collegiate enrollment to achieve and maintain 90 percent of the minimum GPA necessary to graduate. Student-athletes entering their third year of college must achieve and maintain 100 percent of the cumulative minimum GPA required for graduation in the specified degree program. (Approved as part of an academic-enhancement package endorsed by the Council and distributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2003, for those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution full time on or after August 1, 2003.)

No. 02-24-B, increasing progress-toward-degree requirements from 25/50/75 to 40/60/80 (33/50/67 for student-athletes in a five-year degree program) and requiring student-athletes entering their second year of collegiate enrollment to have 90 percent of the minimum GPA necessary to graduate. Also, the minimum GPA for student-athletes entering their third year of college increases from 95 to 100 percent of the cumulative minimum GPA required for graduation in the specified degree program. (Approved as part of an academic-enhancement package endorsed by the Council and distributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2003, for those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution full time on or after August 1, 2003.)

No. 02-25, deleting the two-year college transfer percentage of degree requirements for a partial qualifier or a nonqualifier in football and men's basketball. (Approved as part of an academic-enhancement package endorsed by the Council and distributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2003, for those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution on or after August 1, 2003.)

No. 02-26, reducing the number of credits in remedial, tutorial or noncredit course work that may be used to satisfy the minimum academic progress requirement from 12 semester/18 quarter hours to six semester/nine quarter hours. (Approved as part of an academic-enhancement package endorsed by the Council and distributed for comment.) (Effective date: August 1, 2003, for those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution on or after August 1, 2003.)

No. 02-18, permitting a student-athlete in men's water polo to compete in the institution's nonchampionship segment without using a season of competition, provided the student-athlete was academically eligible during the championship segment. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Defeated

No. 02-02-1, eliminating the requirement in the sports of basketball and soccer that the evaluation of an international student-athlete's amateur status shall be based on a guide produced by the NCAA identifying teams and leagues in foreign countries that are professional.

Moot

No. 99-106-A, amending the definition of organized competition, as specified.

Bylaw 15

Initial approval

No. 02-21, exempting a student-athlete's on- and off-campus employment earnings from both individual and institutional financial aid limits. (Effective date: August 1, 2003.)

Final approval

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

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 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-107-1), permitting only an institutional staff member 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 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-110-1), 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 (not to exceed $10) 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, as specified. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

Final 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. 01-117, permitting an institution's strength and conditioning coach to assist the physician or athletic trainer in conducting a preseason medical examination. (Division I-A only.) (Effective date: Immediately.)

Initial approval

No. 01-83 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-83-1), decreasing from six to five the number of student-athletes from any one institution that may participate on the same outside team in soccer. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-03, permitting representatives from the Northeast Conference and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in Division I-AA football to annually exempt participation in the ECAC Football Classic from the permissible number of contests. (Effective date: August 1, 2003.)

No. 02-28, redefining countable athletically related activities, as specified. (Effective date: August 1, 2003.)

No. 02-29, exempting both games of a softball doubleheader between a member institution and a foreign team played in the United States. (Effective date: August 1, 2003.)

Defeated

No. 02-01, permitting a swimming student-athlete with remaining eligibility to participate on an outside team that includes a member of the institution's coaching staff during an institution's official vacation period.

Final approval

No. 01-127, extending until 2008-09 the exception for the minimum number of institutions required to establish a new women's championship. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Final approval

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

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

No. 01-126, establishing rugby as an emerging sport for women. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Initial approval

No. 02-27, establishing six as the number of contests necessary to count the sport of equestrian for sports-sponsorship purposes. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-37, defining a Division I-A conference, as specified. (Effective date: August 1, 2005.)

Final approval

No. 01-75, establishing a five-year term of office for men's and women's basketball committee members. (Effective date: September 1, 2002.)

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.)

Initial approval

No. 02-10, specifying that Championships/ Competition Cabinet members' terms of service shall begin on the first day of July after the member's appointment. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-12, modifying the duties of the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports, as specified. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-15, specifying that AEC Cabinet members' terms of service shall begin the first day of July after the member's appointment. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Final approval

No. 01-90 (as amended by Proposal No. 01-90-1), permitting a Division I-A football institution to be bowl-eligible with a record reflecting a winning percentage of .500 during the 2002-03 season. (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)

No. 02-13, modifying the application procedures for postseason bowl certification, as specified. (Division I-A only.) (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-14, deleting the restriction that limits the number of bowls to no more than 26 during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 playing seasons. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-19, revising the dead period (and corresponding contact and quiet periods) in women's basketball surrounding the Women's Final Four to reflect the new dates of that championship. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-20, specifying that the summer dead-period restrictions in men's basketball shall apply to a prospect who is enrolled in an institution's summer term and who has signed a National Letter of Intent or other written commitment to attend the institution. (Effective date: Immediately.)

Defeated

No. 02-04, permitting an incoming freshman men's or women's basketball student-athlete, who is certified as a qualifier by the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse, to participate as a member of the certifying institution's team on a foreign tour that occurs before the beginning of his or her initial term of full-time collegiate enrollment at the certifying institution.

Final approval

No. 02-11, permitting sports committees to reschedule competition to begin before noon on Sunday if extenuating circumstances arise that would otherwise cause postponement of the championship. (Effective date: Immediately.)

No. 02-35, adding PPA to the list of banned substances under "stimulants." (Approved as emergency, noncontroversial legislation and forwarded to the Board of Directors for adoption.) (Effective date: August 1, 2002.)