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Making Sense of Newly Adopted Legislation
Regional Rules Seminar
Amanda Conklin and Courtney Lovely
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Overview

• 2015 NCAA Convention
• Adopted Legislation
• Defeated Proposals
• 2016 Convention Preview

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amateurism

• Adopted Proposals

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NCAA Division II Proposal No. 2015-1
Participation of Signed PSAs in Institutional
Fundraisers or Promotional Activities

• A PSA may participate in institutional
  fundraisers prior to his or her initial
  collegiate enrollment provided the PSA has
  graduated from high school and has signed a NLI
  or a written offer of admission and/or financial
  aid.
• Effective Date Immediate.

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Participation of Signed PSAs in Institutional
Fundraisers or Promotional Activities, continued

• PSA is required to graduate from high school
  prior to participation.
• Institutions may provide expenses to a PSA to
  participate, however, institutions cannot provide
  transportation to enroll per NCAA Bylaw 13.5.4.
• PSA that signs multiple offers of admission
  and/or financial aid, may participate in
  fundraisers and promotional activities at
  multiple institutions.

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Participation of Signed PSAs in Institutional
Fundraisers or Promotional Activities, continued
PSAs Classification Requirements for Participation
Incoming first-year student, qualifier. Sign NLI or a written offer of admission and/or financial aid and Graduate from high school.
Incoming first-year student, partial qualifier. Not eligible to participate.
Incoming first-year, nonqualifier. Not eligible to participate.
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Participation of Signed PSAs in Institutional
Fundraisers or Promotional Activities, continued
PSAs Classification Requirements for Participation
Incoming first-year student, has not yet received final academic certification from the NCAA Eligibility Center. Sign NLI or a written offer of admission and/or financial aid and Graduate from high school.
Two-year college transfer student. Sign NLI or a written offer of admission and/or financial aid and Meet applicable two-year transfer requirements (Bylaw 14.5.4).
Four-year college transfer student. Receipt of permission to contact and Sign written offer of admission and/or financial aid.
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Recruiting

• Adopted Proposals

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Proposal No. 2015-2 Impact of Violations of
Recruiting Contact and Evaluation Legislation

• Violations of the recruiting contact and
  evaluation legislation shall be considered de
  minimis D institutional violations and will not
  affect a PSAs eligibility.
• Effective Date August 1, 2015.

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Impact of Violations of Recruiting Contact and
Evaluation Legislation, continued

• Violations would be institutional violations and
  would have to be reported to the NCAA enforcement
  staff.
• Involved PSAs eligibility is not affected.

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Proposal No. 2015-3 Permission to Contact and
One-Time Transfer Exception Hearing Requirements

• If an institution denies a SAs written request
  for permission to contact or use of the one-time
  transfer exception, SA must be provided the
  opportunity to actively participate in the
  hearing.
• If institution does not respond within 14
  calendar days, a violation has occurred and the
  request is automatically granted.
• Effective Date August 1, 2015.

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Permission to Contact and One-Time Transfer
Exception Hearing Requirements, continued

• Hearing must be conducted within 30 calendar days
  of the SAs written request.
• If the SAs request to use the one-time transfer
  is granted by default, he/she must meet all other
  requirements of the one-time transfer exception
  (Bylaw 14.5.5.3.9) to be immediately eligible for
  competition.

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Permission to Contact and One-Time Transfer
Exception Hearing Requirements, continued

• Trigger for Required Response Timelines for
  Written Requests for Permission to Contact, Use
  of the One-Time Transfer Exception and Related
  Hearings
• Clarifies that the written request must be
  submitted by the SA.
• Failure to respond to a written request from
  another institution or from an individual other
  than the SA does not constitute a violation.
• Official Interpretation Reference 12/12/14,
  Item No. 9

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Proposal No. 2015-4 Post High School Tryouts

• Establishes a post high school tryout for PSAs.
• Once a PSA graduates from high school and after
  September 1, the PSA is permitted to participate
  in a second tryout.
• Aligns with the official visit legislation.
• Effective Date Immediate.

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Proposal No. 2015-11 Recruiting Publicity
After Commitment

• Eliminates the restrictions on publicity related
  to a PSA after he or she has signed a NLI or the
  institutions written offer of admission and/or
  financial aid.
• Effective Date Immediate.

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Recruiting Publicity After Commitment, continued

• Application

Type of Event Can a meal be provided? Can transportation be provided?
Celebratory event in the locale of the institution. YES YES from the institution to the event.
Celebratory event outside the locale of the institution. YES NO
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Recruiting Publicity After Commitment, continued

• Signed PSA Attendance at a Press Conference or
  Celebratory Event Outside the Locale of the
  Institution
• Clarifies that if your institution hosts an event
  outside the locale of the institution, the PSA
  and his or her relatives can attend and receive a
  meal.
• Institution cannot provide transportation to the
  event.
• Official Interpretation Reference 1/22/15, Item
  No. 11

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Recruiting Publicity After Commitment, continued

• Institutional Staff Member Attendance at an
  Off-Campus Press Conference or Celebratory Event
• Staff member may attend an off-campus
  institutional press conference or celebratory
  event held for the purpose of announcing
  regardless if media are present.
• Not permissible for an institutional staff member
  to attend a noninstitutional press conference or
  celebratory event if media are present.
• Official Interpretation Reference 3/26/15,
  Item No. 3-d

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Proposal No. 2015-12 Local Sports Club Expenses

• Specifies that a coach may receive expenses from
  an institution to engage in recruiting activities
  on behalf of the institution while coaching a
  local sports team.
• A coach may also recruit on behalf of the
  institution while receiving expenses from a local
  sports club.
• Effective Date Immediate.

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Local Sports Club Expenses, continued

• A member institution and local sports club may
  share a coachs actual and necessary expenses.
• Institutions must monitor any recruiting activity
  in accordance with institutional policy.

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Local Sports Club Expenses, continued

• Modification of Wording Proposal No. M-2016-1
• Clarifies that a coaching staff member may
  receive actual and necessary expenses from an
  institution to engage in recruiting activities on
  behalf of the institution while serving in his or
  her capacity as a local sports club coach.

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Playing and Practice Seasons

• Adopted Proposals

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Proposal No. 2015-5 Participation in Foreign
Tours

• For a SA to participate in a foreign tour that
  takes place between terms (e.g., winter break,
  summer) the SA must be certified as academically
  and athletically eligible for the following
  academic term.
• SAs who have exhausted their eligibility in a
  term immediately preceding the foreign tour may
  participate if otherwise eligible for competition
  or has graduated.

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Participation in Foreign Tours, continued

• Incoming SAs are permitted to participate prior
  to initial full-time enrollment provided PSA has
  committed to your institution and received
  academic and amateurism certification.
• Incoming transfer SAs must receive an amateurism
  certification and be otherwise eligible.
• Effective Date Immediate.

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Participation in Foreign Tours, continued

• Application

PSAs Classification Requirements for Participation
Incoming first-year student. Sign NLI or a written offer of admission and/or financial aid and Receive a final academic and amateurism certification from the Eligibility Center.
Four-year college transfer student. Receive a final academic and amateurism certification from the Eligibility Center and Meet applicable four-year transfer requirements (Bylaw 14.5.5).
Two-year college transfer student. Receive a final academic and amateurism certification from the Eligibility Center and Meet applicable four-year transfer requirements (Bylaw 14.5.4).
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Participation in Foreign Tours, continued

• Noncontroversial Legislative Proposal
• Would eliminate limitation on SA participating in
  only one foreign tour per institution per sport.
• Institutions would still be limited to one
  foreign tour per sport every four years.
• Will be reviewed by NCAA Division II Management
  Council in July 2015.

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Participation in Foreign Tours, continued

• Noncontroversial Legislative Proposal
• The 10 days of practice associated with a foreign
  tour must take place within 14 days of departure
  for the foreign tour.
• Days that fall during the institution's final
  examination period and the seven-day winter break
  period are not included in the 14-day window.
• Will be reviewed by Management Council in 2015.

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Proposal No. 2015-16 Summer Conditioning
Workouts Fall Sports

• In fall championship sports (including golf and
  tennis for those institutions that conduct the
  championship segment during the fall), beginning
  June 1 through the conclusion of an institutions
  summer vacation period, strength and conditioning
  personnel may design and conduct workout programs
  for SAs, as specified.
• Workouts may not be required.
• Effective Date June 1, 2015.

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Summer Conditioning Workouts Fall Sports,
continued

• Strength and conditioning coach conducting such
  workouts must
• Perform strength and conditioning duties for at
  least one other intercollegiate team at the
  institution during the academic year.
• Be certified through a national strength and
  conditioning program.
• Maintain a current certification in first aid,
  cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic
  external defibrillator (AED) use.

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Summer Conditioning Workouts Fall Sports,
continued

• Emergency Legislative Proposal Proposal No. EM
  2016-1
• PSAs and current SAs must satisfy the mandatory
  medical examination requirements in Bylaws 17.1.5
  and 17.1.5.1 prior to participation in
• Permissible voluntary summer conditioning
  workouts designed or conducted by institutional
  strength and conditioning personnel
• Voluntary individual workout sessions in
  individual sports or
• Voluntary individual workouts pursuant to the
  sport-specific safety exceptions.

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Summer Conditioning Workouts Fall Sports,
continued

• Timing of Medical Examination for Returning SAs
  Participating in Voluntary Summer Workouts
• A returning SA would meet the requirement to have
  a medical examination or an updated medical
  history completed prior to participation in
  voluntary athletically related activities in the
  summer provided the SA had a medical examination
  or updated medical history on file from the prior
  academic year.
• Official Interpretation Reference 3/26/15,
  Item No. 13

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Proposal No. 2015-17 Team Activities Outside the
Playing Season

• SAs in sports other than football may participate
  in a maximum of two hours of team activities per
  week as part of the permissible eight hours of
  countable athletically related activities that
  may occur outside of the playing season during
  the academic year.
• Effective Date August 1, 2015.

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Team Activities Outside the Playing Season,
continued

• Team activities may include practice sessions for
  the entire team.
• Out-of-season activities are still limited to
  eight hours per week, with no more that two hours
  of team activities.
• Skill instruction remains permissible.

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Proposal No. 2015-18 Competition Start
Date-Spring Sports

• Applies to baseball, golf, lacrosse, rowing, sand
  volleyball, softball and tennis.
• In years when February 1 falls on a Saturday,
  Sunday or Monday, an institution may participate
  in its first contest or date of competition
  beginning the Friday preceding February 1.
• Effective Date Immediate.

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Competition Start Date-Spring Sports, continued

• Will not affect the start date for practice in
  spring sports.

Academic Year First Permissible Contest/Date of Competition
2014-15 Friday, January 30, 2015
2015-16 Friday, January 29, 2016
2016-17 Wednesday, February 1, 2017
2017-18 Thursday, February 1, 2018
2018-19 Friday, February 1, 2019
2019-20 Friday, January 31, 2020
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championships

• Adopted Proposals

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Proposal No. 2015-6 Establishment of National
Collegiate Championship in Sand Volleyball

• Established a National Collegiate Championship in
  sand volleyball.
• First championship will occur spring 2016.
• Established a six-person sand volleyball
  committee.
• Effective Date
• Establishment of Committee Immediate.
• Championship August 1, 2016.

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NCAA Membership

• Adopted Proposals

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Proposal No. 2015-8 Full-Time Compliance
Administrator with No Coaching Duties

• An active member institution must certify
  annually that it employs a full-time compliance
  administrator with no coaching responsibilities.
• Effective Date August 1, 2018.

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Full-Time Compliance Administrator with No
Coaching Duties, continued

• Full-Time Compliance Administrator with No
  Coaching Duties Must Serve as
• Senior Ranking Compliance Officer
• If an institution employs more than one
  compliance administrator, the senior ranking
  administrator cannot have coaching duties.
• Official Interpretation Reference 1/22/15, Item
  No. 10

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Organization and committees

• Adopted Proposals

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Proposal No. 2015-9 Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee Representation on Management Council

• The composition of the Management Council shall
  include two representatives of the NCAA Division
  II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
• The representatives from the Student-Athlete
  Advisory Committee shall have one vote on the
  Council.
• Effective Date Immediate.

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Legislative process

• Adopted Proposals

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Proposal No. 2015-10 Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee Convention Vote

• The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee shall be
  entitled to one vote at the NCAA Division II
  Convention business session.
• Effective Date August 1, 2015.

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Awards, Benefits and Expenses

• Adopted Proposals

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Proposal No. 2015-13 Meals Incidental to
Participation

• An institution may provide meals and snacks to
  SAs as a benefit incidental to participation in
  intercollegiate athletics.
• Effective Date August 1, 2015.

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Proposal No. 2015-13 Meals Incidental to
Participation, continued

• Modification of Wording
• Proposal No. M-2016-2
• Clarifies that an institution may only provide
  cash in lieu of a meal incidental to
  participation in intercollegiate athletics.
• Specifies that when it is permissible for an
  institution to provide cash in lieu of a meal or
  snack incidental to participation, an institution
  shall not provide SAs with a meal or snack and
  cash for the same meal or snack.

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Proposal No. 2015-14 Team Entertainment-In
Conjunction with Practice or Competition

• An institution, conference or the NCAA may
  provide reasonable entertainment (but may not
  provide cash for such entertainment) to SAs in
  conjunction with practice or competition.
• Effective Date August 1, 2015.

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Team Entertainment-In Conjunction with Practice
or Competition, continued

• Institutions are responsible for determining what
  constitutes reasonable entertainment.
• It is not permissible for SAs to miss class for
  an entertainment activity in conjunction with a
  practice.
• Entertainment may be provided during the required
  day off during the playing season.
• Institutions can provide transportation to a team
  entertainment activity.

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Team Entertainment-In Conjunction with Practice
or Competition, continued

• Noncontroversial Proposal No. NC-2016-7
• Specifies that an institution, conference or the
  NCAA may provide reasonable entertainment to SAs
  as a benefit incidental to participation in
  intercollegiate athletics.

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Team Entertainment-In Conjunction with Practice
or Competition, continued

• Team Entertainment Activities with Physical
  Components
• Team entertainment activities, including
  leadership training and/or teambuilding
  activities, that include physical components
  incidental to the activity may occur at any time.
• Such physical activities are not countable
  athletically related activities as long as
• They are separate and distinguishable from normal
  practice or strength and conditioning activities
• Occur only on an infrequent basis and
• Neither tactical nor technical instruction
  related to the SAs' sport is provided.
• Official Interpretation Reference 3/11/15, Item
  No. 3-e
• Official Interpretation March 11, 2015

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Proposal No. 2015-15 Expenses for Participation
in Practice, Competition and Noncompetitive Events

• Specifies that an institution, conference or the
  NCAA may provide actual and necessary expenses to
  a SA to represent the institution in practice and
  competition and for a SA to represent the
  institution in noncompetitive events (e.g.,
  goodwill tours, media appearances,
  Student-Athlete Advisory Committee meetings).
• Effective Date August 1, 2015.

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Defeated Proposals
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Proposal No. 2015-7 Full-Time Director of
Athletics with No Coaching Duties

• Intent To specify that an active member
  institution shall certify annually that it
  employs a full-time director of athletics with no
  coaching responsibilities.
• To specify that an individual who serves an
  active member institution as a full-time director
  of athletics and a coach may continue to serve
  the institution in those positions provided the
  individual held both positions at the institution
  July 31, 2015.
• Sponsor NCAA Division II Membership
• Committee.

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Proposal No. 2015-19 Conference Challenge Event
Baseball, Soccer, Softball and Womens
Volleyball

• Intent In baseball, soccer, softball and womens
  volleyball, to permit a maximum of two contests
  played as part of a conference challenge event to
  be exempted annually from the maximum number of
  contest limitations, as specified.
• Sponsors Peach Belt Conference and
• Great Midwest Athletic Conference.

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2016 Convention preview
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2016 Convention

• Permission to Contact and Use of the One-Time
  Transfer Exception NAIA Institutions.
• Study Abroad and Participation in Outside
  Competition.
• Director of Athletics with No Coaching Duties.
• Automatic Qualification.
• Street Drug Testing.
• Unattached Competition.

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