2007-69
ELIGIBILITY -- OUTSIDE COMPETITION -- SPORTS OTHER THAN BASKETBALL -- EXCEPTION -- MEN'S LACROSSE
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In men's lacrosse, to specify that a student-athlete may compete during the academic year as a member of an outside team in the Minto Cup Junior Amateur Lacrosse Championship.
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Atlantic Coast Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-70
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ELIGIBILITY -- OUTSIDE COMPETITION, EFFECTS ON ELIGIBILITY -- SPORTS OTHER THAN BASKETBALL -- EXCEPTION -- STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM
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To specify that a student-athlete may participate in outside competition during the academic year while the student-athlete is enrolled in a foreign institution as part of the certifying institution's study abroad program, regardless of whether the certifying institution considers the student-athlete to be enrolled.
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Ivy Group.
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Immediate
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2007-71
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FINANCIAL AID -- DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATIONS -- HONORARY ACADEMIC AWARD/RESEARCH GRANT -- OBJECTIVE CRITERIA UNRELATED TO ATHLETICS
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To specify that competition for an honorary academic award or research grant may include additional objective criteria unrelated to athletics abilities (e.g., gender, race and ethnicity, financial need).
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Financial Aid).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-72
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FINANCIAL AID -- SUMMER FINANCIAL AID -- ATHLETICS AID PRIOR TO INITIAL, FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT AT THE CERTIFYING INSTITUTION -- MINIMUM THREE HOURS OF COURSEWORK
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To reduce from six to three the minimum number of hours of academic coursework in which a prospective student-athlete must be enrolled in order to receive athletically related financial aid to attend an institution in the summer prior to the prospective student-athlete's initial, full-time enrollment at the certifying institution.
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Conference USA.
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Immediate
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2007-73
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FINANCIAL AID -- PERIOD OF INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL AID AWARD -- ONE-YEAR PERIOD -- EXCEPTION -- EXHAUSTED ELIGIBILITY OR MEDICAL NONCOUNTER
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To specify that a student-athlete who has exhausted eligibility and is exempt from counting in the institution's financial aid limit, or a student-athlete who is exempt from counting due to an injury or illness may receive athletically related financial aid for less than one academic year.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-74
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FINANCIAL AID -- EQUIVALENCY COMPUTATIONS -- EXCEPTIONS -- ACADEMIC HONOR AWARDS -- CUMULATIVE GRADE-POINT AVERAGE
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To specify that the minimum grade-point average required to exempt an academic honor award from an equivalency computation shall be based on the recipient's cumulative high school grade-point average, rather than his or her core-course grade-point average.
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Initial-Eligibility Issues).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-75
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FINANCIAL AID -- INITIAL COUNTERS -- FOOTBALL -- MIDYEAR REPLACEMENT
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In football, to permit an institution to replace a counter who graduates midyear or during the previous academic year (including summer) with a student-athlete who was an initial counter in a previous academic year.
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Mountain West Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-76
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AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- SENIOR SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD -- MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AWARD
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To increase the maximum permissible amount of the postgraduate scholarship that may be awarded as part of a senior scholar-athlete award from $5,000 to $10,000.
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Ivy Group
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Immediate
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2007-77
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AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSIONS AND TICKET BENEFITS -- GENERAL REGULATIONS -- DE MINIMUS VIOLATION
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To specify that a violation in which a student-athlete's complimentary admissions are provided as hard tickets shall be considered an institutional violation per Constitution 2.8.1; however, such a violation shall not affect the student-athlete's eligibility.
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement).
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Immediate
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2007-78
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AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- HOUSING AND MEALS -- MEALS INCIDENTAL TO PARTICIPATION -- HOME AND AWAY-FROM-HOME COMPETITION -- DISCRETIONARY MEALS
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To permit an institution to provide meals at home and away-from-home competition student-athletes at its discretion beginning with the evening before competition and continuing to the end of competition.
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NCAA Division I Management Council.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-79
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AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- HOUSING AND MEALS -- MEALS INCIDENTAL TO PARTICIPATION -- MEALS FOLLOWING HOME AND AWAY-FROM-HOME COMPETITION -- MEAL OR $15
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To permit an institution to provide student-athletes at home and away-from-home competition with either a postgame meal or cash in lieu of the meal not to exceed $15, on release by institutional personnel.
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NCAA Division I Management Council.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-80
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AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- EXPENSES PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTION FOR PRACTICE AND COMPETITION -- DEPARTURE/RETURN EXPENSE RESTRICTIONS -- EXCEPTIONS -- CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
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To specify that travel prior to competition in a conference championship event is exempt from the requirement that a student-athlete depart for competition no earlier than 48 hours prior to the start of the actual competition in order to receive actual and necessary travel expenses to represent the institution in athletics competition.
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NCAA Division I Management Council (Administrative Review Subcomittee).
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Immediate
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2007-81
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AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- EXPENSES PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUION FOR PRACTICE AND COMPETITION -- DEPARTURE/RETURN EXPENSE RESTRICTIONS -- EXCEPTIONS -- CONFERENCE-ADMINISTERED WAIVER -- CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
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To specify that a conference may grant a waiver of the 48-hour departure restriction for extenuating circumstances associated with travel prior to competition in a conference championship event.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-82
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AWARDS, BENEFITS AND EXPENSES -- BENEFITS, GIFTS AND SERVICES -- COACHING AND ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
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To permit an institution or conference to provide actual and necessary expenses to a student-athlete who has completed his or her third year (sixth semester or ninth quarter) of collegiate enrollment to attend a coaching and athletics administration career educational program.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Olympic Sports Liaison Committee).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-83
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- TIME LIMITS FOR ATHLETICALLY RELATED ACTIVITIES -- EXCEPTION -- ELIGIBILITY EXHAUSTED
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To specifiy that a student-athlete who has exhausted his or her eligibility in a sport, but is eligible for practice under the five-year rule, is not subject to the time limitations for athletically-related activities.
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Big 12 Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-84
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- BASEBALL -- FIRST CONTEST DATE -- CHAMPIONSHIP SEGMENT -- HAWAII, ALASKA AND PUERTO RICO EXCEPTION
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In baseball, to specify that championship segment competition in Hawaii, Alaska or Puerto Rico against an active Division I institution located in Hawaii, Alaska or Puerto Rico, respectively, may occur on or after the Friday in February that is 15 weeks before the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day and that such competition shall occur on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday prior to the regular championship segment start date.
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Western Athletic Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-85
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- BASEBALL -- NUMBER OF CONTESTS -- MAXIMUM LIMITATIONS
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In baseball, to reduce the number of contests from 56 to 50.
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West Coast Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-86
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- BASEBALL -- SQUAD SIZE LIMITATION.
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In baseball, to eliminate the squad size limitation.
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Ivy Group.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-87
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- BASKETBALL -- PRESEASON PRACTICE -- ON-COURT PRACTICE -- 5 P.M. FRIDAY NEAREST OCTOBER 15
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In basketball, to specify that an institution may not commence on-court preseason practice sessions prior to 5 p.m. on the Friday nearest October 15.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Women's Basketball Issues Committee) (Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-88
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- WOMEN'S BASKETBALL -- PRESEASON PRACTICE -- ON-COURT PRACTICE -- 40 DAYS PRIOR TO FIRST CONTEST
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In women's basketball, to specify that an institution shall not commence on-court preseason basketball practice sessions prior to 7 p.m. on the date that is 40 days prior to the date of the institution's first regular season contest; further, to specify that an institution shall not engage in more than 30 days of practice prior to its first regular season contest.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-89
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- BASKETBALL -- FIRST CONTEST -- EXCEPTIONS -- EXHIBITION GAME
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In basketball, to specify that in years in which October 31 falls on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, an institution may participate in one exhibition game on the Friday, Saturday or Sunday prior to October 31.
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Missouri Valley Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-90
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- FIELD HOCKEY -- FIRST CONTEST OR DATE OF COMPETITION
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In field hockey, to specify that the first permissible contest date shall be the Friday prior to the 11th weekend prior to the start of the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship, except that an alumni contest may be played the weekend prior to the first scheduled contest.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-91
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- FOOTBALL -- PRESEASON PRACTICE -- ACADEMIC ORIENTATION -- FIRST-TIME PARTICIPANTS -- INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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In football, to specify that an institution may take individual photographs of participating student-athletes after the evening meal on the academic orientation day.
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Big East Conference.
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Immediate
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2007-92
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- FOOTBALL -- ACCLIMATIZATION PERIOD AND SPRING PRACTICE -- PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
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In football, to specify that a student-athlete may wear lightweight, upper body protective gear (e.g., shock vest, spider pads, padded shirt) during the first two days of the acclimatization period and during noncontact spring practice sessions.
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Big East Conference.
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Immediate
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2007-93
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- GOLF -- ANNUAL EXEMPTIONS -- COLLEGE ALL-AMERICAN GOLF CLASSIC
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In golf, to specify that the College All-American Golf Classic shall be an annual exemption from the maximum dates of competition limitations, provided not more than two student-athletes from the institution participate and the event is limited to two dates of competition.
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Conference USA
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August 01, 2008
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2007-94
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- MEN'S ICE HOCKEY -- ANNUAL EXEMPTIONS -- HOCKEY COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION/ICE BREAKER TOURNAMENT
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In men's ice hockey, to specify that the Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA)/Ice Breaker Tournament shall be an annual exemption from the maximum contest limitation.
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America East Conference, Big East Conference and Big Ten Conference.
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Immediate
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2007-95
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- SOFTBALL -- LENGTH OF PLAYING SEASON -- NONCHAMPIONSHIP SEGMENT -- 45-DAY PERIOD
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In softball, to specify that the nonchampionship segment of the playing and practice season shall be conducted within a period of 45-consecutive calendar days during the months of September, October and November, as specified.
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Southeastern Conference
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August 01, 2008
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2007-96
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PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- WRESTLING -- NUMBER OF DATES OF COMPETITION -- DUAL MEETS ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS
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In wrestling, to specify that an institution may count not more than two two-day meets or not more that two occasions in which dual meets are held on two consecutive days as a single date of competition each.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee) (Wrestling Committee).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-97
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CHAMPIONSHIPS AND POSTSEASON FOOTBALL -- ELIGIBILITY FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS -- INELIGIBILITY FOR USE OF BANNED DRUGS -- DURATION OF INELIGIBILITY -- TIMING OF 365-DAY PERIOD
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To specify that a student-athlete who tests positive for a substance in a banned-drug class shall remain ineligible for all regular-season and postseason competition during the time period ending one calendar year after the collection of the student-athlete's positive drug-test specimen; further, to specify that if the student-athlete participates in any contests from the time of collection until the confirmation of the positive result, he or she must be withheld from an equal number of contests after the 365-day period of ineligibility.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports).
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Immediate
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2007-98
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CHAMPIONSHIPS AND POSTSEASON FOOTBALL -- ELIGIBILITY FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS -- GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS -- RACE AND GENDER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
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To require that an institution annually submit its race and demographic information to the NCAA in order to be eligible to enter a team or individual in NCAA championship competition.
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NCAA Division I Management Council (Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee) (Committee on Women's Athletics).
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Immediate
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2007-99
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DIVISION MEMBERSHIP -- MULTIDIVISION INSTITUTIONS -- ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS -- COMPLIANCE REVIEW
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To require that a reclassifying multidivisional institution engage in a compliance review (at the institution's expense) during the two-year reclassification process; further, to require that an active multidivisional institution engage in a compliance review (at the institution's expense) once every four years and that the review be conducted by an entity outside the athletics department (e.g., multi-sport conference, outside consultant), subject to approval by the Division I Management Council Membership Subcommittee.
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NCAA Division I Management Council (Membership Subcommittee).
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August 1, 2008, for those institutions that begin the reclassification process on or after August 1, 2008.
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2007-100
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DIVISION MEMBERSHIP -- DIVISION I MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS -- SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS -- WRESTLING
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In wrestling, to specify that an institution shall schedule and play at least 50 percent (as opposed to 100 percent) of its contests against Division I opponents to satisfy the minimum number of contests specified to meet sports sponsorship criteria.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Olympic Sports Liaison Committee).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-101
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DIVISION MEMBERSHIP -- DIVISION I REQUIREMENTS -- FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS -- ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL AID REQUIREMENTS
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To specify that an institution classified in NCAA Football Championship Subdivision shall meet the following additional financial aid requirements: (a) Provide an average of at least 50 football grants-in-aid per year over a rolling two-year period; or (b) For an institution that does not award athletics grants-in-aid in football, annually expend a minimum of $1,500,000 in institutional financial aid to football student-athletes that would have been countable if provided to a counter.
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Ohio Valley Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-102
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COMMITTEES -- DIVISION I CABINETS AND COMMITTEES -- REPRESENTATION -- EXCEPTION -- WRESTLING COMMITTEE.
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To specify that the wrestling committee shall be exempt from the requirement that no subdivision shall have more than 50 percent representation on any committee.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Nominating Subcommittee).
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Immediate
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2007-103
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COMMITTEES -- DIVISION I FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE -- COMPOSITION
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To specify that the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee shall consist of one representative from each conference that receives an automatic qualification to the NCAA Divsion I Football Championship and one at-large member.
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Southern Conference.
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Immediate; composition shall be achieved through normal attrition.
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2007-104
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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE PROGRAM -- PENALTIES AND REWARDS -- PROGRESSION OF PENALTIES -- POSTSEASON COMPETITION -- INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
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To specify that a student-athlete on an individual sport team that is ineligible for postseason competition due to a penalty pursuant to the academic performance program shall not compete in postseason competition, including NCAA championships, as an individual.
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NCAA Division I Board of Directors (Committee on Academic Performance).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-105
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- FOREIGN TOURS AND COMPETITION -- PRACTICE LIMITATIONS
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To specify that practice prior to departure on a foreign tour is prohibited outside the playing season one week prior to the beginning of the institution's final examination period for the applicable academic term through the conclusion of the final examination period.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Playing and Practice Seasons Subcommittee).
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Immediate
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2007-106
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- FINAL FOUR BASKETBALL EVENT CERTIFICATION -- MEN'S BASKETBALL
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In men's basketball, to eliminate the evaluation period and the basketball event certification process for an event held in conjunction with the NCAA Men's Final Four.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Men's Basketball Issues Committee).
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Immediate
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2007-107
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EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS -- SELECTION FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PARTICIPATION -- AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION -- ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS -- MEN'S BASKETBALL -- CORE INSTITUTION
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In men's basketball, to specify that an institution that petitioned for change of division membership or for provisional membership prior to June 1, 2007, and for the preceding four years, has been an active member of Division I and a member of a conference that met the requirements for automatic qualification, shall be considered a core institution; further, to specify that this provision shall expire June 1, 2015.
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Atlantic Sun Conference
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August 01, 2008
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2007-108
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EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS -- SELECTION FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PARTICIPATION -- BALANCE OF CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD -- CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION FOOTBALL
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In championship subdivision football, to specify that an institution shall have won a minimum of six games against qualifying football championship subdivision or football bowl subdivision institutions in order to be selected as part of the balance of the NCAA Division I Football Championship.
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Ohio Valley Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-109
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EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS -- NCAA PROPERTIES AND MARKETING RESTRICTIONS -- EXCEPTION FOR INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATING IN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS -- NUMBER OF AND ACCESS OF VIDEOGRAPHERS AND PHOTOGRAPHER
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To permit an institution to designate two videographers and one photographer to be present at NCAA championship events involving the institution's teams; further to specify that one videographer shall be permitted access to the area designated for media photographers and shall be limited to capturing video images for nonscouting purposes and to specify that one videographer and the photographer shall have access to the institution's team locker room prior to, during and after the contest, subject to institutional discretion.
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Big 12 Conference.
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Immediate
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