In-person meeting
March 29, 2004

The Interpretations Subcommittee of the Division II Legislation Committee issued the following interpretation:

Certification of Outside Aid Unrelated to Athletics Ability

If a student-athlete applying for an outside financial aid award includes athletics participation or achievements on the application form, such an award may satisfy the provisions of NCAA Bylaw 15.2.5.2 as being awarded solely on bases of having no relationship to athletics ability only if:

a. The application form does not specifically request the applicant to list athletics participation, athletics achievements, athletics extracurricular activities or any other category in which athletics may be relevant (for example, honors); and

b. The awarding agency verifies that it does not consider athletics participation in the awarding of the aid.

[Reference: Bylaw 15.2.5.2 (no relationship to athletics ability) and Bylaw 15.2.5.2.1 (athletics participation or achievement as part of extracurricular activities).]