2007-39
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RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND EVALUATIONS -- CONTACTS AFTER NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING OR OTHER WRITTEN COMMITMENT -- FOOTBALL -- CONTACTS DURING SPRING EVALUATION PERIOD -- EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION STAFF MEMBER PRESENCE
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In football, to specify that during the spring evaluation period, coaching staff members may make two contacts with a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent (or, for those institutions not subscribing to the National Letter of Intent, after the prospective student-athlete's signed acceptance of the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid) at the prospective student-athlete's educational institution and require that a staff member from the prospective student-athlete's educational institution (e.g., coach, academic counselor, principal) must be present during such contacts; further, to specify that any visit to the educational institution that includes only contact with a signed prospective student-athlete during the spring evaluation period shall be considered one of the institution's two permissible days at that institution.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Football Issues Committee).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-40
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RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND EVALUATIONS -- CONTACTS AFTER NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING OR OTHER WRITTEN COMMITMENT -- FOOTBALL -- CONTACTS DURING SPRING EVALUATION PERIOD
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In football, to specify that during the spring evaluation period, coaching staff members may make two contacts with a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent (or, for those institutions not subscribing to the National Letter of Intent, after the prospective student-athlete's signed acceptance of the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid) at the prospective student-athlete's educational institution; further, to specify that any visit to the educational institution that includes only contact with a signed prospect during the spring evaluation period shall be considered one of the institution's two permissible days at that institution.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-41
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RECRUITING -- LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF EVALUATIONS -- APRIL CONTACT PERIOD -- EVALUATIONS AT NONSCHOLASTIC EVENTS -- MEN'S BASKETBALL
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In men's basketball, to specify that evaluations at nonscholastic events during the April contact period may occur Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday.
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Conference USA
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August 01, 2008
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2007-42
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RECRUITING -- CONTACT AND EVALUATIONS -- FOOTBALL EVALUATIONS -- SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES
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In football, to specify that all evaluations shall be limited to regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests, practices and regular scholastic activities involving prospective student-athletes enrolled at that institution.
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Southeastern Conference.
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Immediate
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2007-43
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RECRUITING -- CONTACTS AND EVALUATIONS -- FOOTBALL EVALUATIONS -- SPRING EVALUATION PERIOD -- SCHOLASTIC EVALUATIONS ONLY
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In football, to specify that evaluations conducted during the spring evaluation period shall be limited to regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests, tournaments and practices, and regular scholastic activities conducted under the supervision of a high school, preparatory school or two-year college coach.
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NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet (Football Issues Committee).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-44
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RECRUITING -- OFFERS AND INDUCEMENTS AND TRYOUTS -- USE OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES/TRAINING-ROOM FACILITIES IN ALL SPORTS -- VOLUNTARY SUMMER CONDITIONING IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL
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To eliminate the requirement that a prospective student-athlete must have signed a National Letter of Intent (or a written offer of admission and/or financial aid) in order to receive academic support services and use the institution's training room facilities; further to specify that a student who is enrolled in the institution's summer term prior to the student's initial, full-time enrollment at the certifying institution may be provided such services and, in football and basketball, participate in voluntary conditioning activities during the summer with an athletic department's strength and conditioning coach.
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Southeastern Conference and Southern Conference.
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Immediate
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2007-45
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RECRUITING -- PRINTED RECRUITING MATERIALS -- EXPRESS MAIL SERVICES -- PRE-ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
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To permit an institution to use express mail delivery services to provide necessary pre-enrollment information to a prospective student-athlete, provided he or she has signed a National Letter of Intent or institutional financial aid agreement, or has been officially accepted for enrollment.
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Recruiting).
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Immediate
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2007-46
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RECRUITING -- RECRUITING MATERIALS -- ELECTRONIC TRANMISSIONS -- INSTANT MESSAGES
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To specify that electronically transmitted correspondence that may be sent to a prospective student-athlete shall include instant messages.
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Big East Conference.
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Immediate
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2007-47
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RECRUITING -- RECRUITING MATERIALS -- ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS -- AFTER NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING OR OTHER WRITTEN COMMITMENT
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To specify that after the calendar day on wich a prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent (NLI), there shall be no limit on the forms of electronically transmitted correspondence sent by the institution with which the prospective student-athlete has signed; further, to specify that for an institution not using the NLI, or for a prospective student-athlete who is not eligible to sign the NLI, there shall be no limit after the calendar day on which the prospective student-athlete signs the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid.
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Big Sky Conference.
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Immediate
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2007-48
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RECRUITING -- RECRUITING MATERIALS -- VIDEO/AUDIO MATERIALS -- COMPUTER RECRUITING PRESENTATIONS -- LOCATION OF PRESENTATION
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To permit an institution to show a computer recruiting presentation to a prospective student-athlete during any permissible on- or off-campus contact; further, to permit the recruiting presentation to be posted on the institution's Web site.
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Recruiting).
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Immediate
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2007-49
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RECRUITING -- TRANSPORTATION ON OFFICIAL PAID VISIT -- COACH ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE AND PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS
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To permit the parents or legal guardians of a prospective student-athlete to ride in an automobile driven by a coaching staff member for the purpose of providing ground transportation to a prospective student-athlete as part of an official visit.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-50
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RECRUITING -- OFFICIAL VISIT -- COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSIONS -- EXCEPTION -- DIVORCED PARENTS
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To specify that if a prospective student-athlete's parents are divorced, the institution may provide up to three additional complimentary admissions to the prospective student-athlete in order for both parents and those accompanying the prospective student-athlete (e.g., stepparents) to attend the home athletics event.
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Southeastern Conference
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Immediate
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2007-51
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RECRUITING -- PUBLICITY -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALL SIGNINGS -- CELEBRATORY FUNCTIONS
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To permit an institution to conduct one formal press conference to announce the signed commitments of prospective student-athletes and to permit coaching staff members to attend functions designed to celebrate the institution's signees in the applicable sport and discuss prospective student-athletes who have signed commitments to attend the institution, including discussions with working media, provided the institution previously has released communications of the prospective student-athletes' commitments to attend the institution to media outlets.
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Southeastern Confernece.
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Immediate
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2007-52
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RECRUITING -- U.S. SERVICE ACADEMY EXCEPTIONS -- CONTACTS DURING SPRING EVALUATION PERIOD OF JUNIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL -- FOOTBALL
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In football, to permit U.S. Service Academies to make in-person, off-campus contact with a prospective student-athlete during the spring evaluation period of the prospective student-athlete's junior year of high school, including contact at the prospective student-athlete's educational institution.
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet.
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Immediate
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2007-53
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- MEN'S BASKETBALL -- DEAD PERIODS
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In men's basketball, to establish a dead period the day following the conclusion of the spring National Letter of Intent signing period through Memorial Day and a dead period the Sunday following August 7 through August 20.
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Southeastern Conference.
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Immediate
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2007-54
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- FOOTBALL -- BOWL SUBDIVISION FOOTBALL -- FALL EVALUATION PERIOD
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In bowl subdivision football, to specify that the fall evaluation period shall consist of 42 evaluation days during the months of September, October and November selected at the discretion of the institution and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-55
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- SOFTBALL -- CONTACT PERIOD AUGUST 1 THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY
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In softball, to establish August 1 through Thanksgiving day as a contact period, with the exception of the Monday through Thursday of the week that includes the initial date for the fall signing of the National Letter of Intent.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-56
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- MEN'S LACROSSE -- NO LACROSSE EVALUATIONS IN JANUARY, SEPTEMBER AND OCOTBER
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In men's lacroose, to specify that lacrosse evaluations are not permissible from the day after the first Sunday in January through Martin Luther King Jr. Day and from September 1 through October 31; further, to revise the men's lacrosse recruiting calenar, as specified.
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Recruiting).
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Immediate
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2007-57
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- BASEBALL -- CONTACT PERIOD
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In baseball, to revise the beginning of the current March-August contact period to February 1.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-58
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS -- RECRUITING CALENDARS -- CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD
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In cross country and track and field, to eliminate the quiet period in early August.
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Southeastern Conference.
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Immediate
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2007-59
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ELIGIBILITY -- CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY -- INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY -- DE MINIMIS VIOLATION.
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To specify that a violation in which the institution fails to certify a student-athlete's eligibility prior to allowing him or her to represent the institution in intercollegiate competition shall be considered an institutional violation per NCAA Constitution 2.8.1; however, such a violation shall not affect the student-athlete's eligibility, provided al the necessary information to certify the student-athlete's eligibility was available to the institution and the student-athlete otherwise would have been eligible for competition.
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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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2007-60
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ELIGIBILITY -- CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING SEASON OF ELIGIBILITY -- TENNIS -- TIME PERIOD PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT AND RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT
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In tennis, to specify that a student-athlete who does not enroll in a collegiate institution as a full-time student prior to or during the institution's second regular academic term following graduation shall be charged with a season of intercollegiate tennis eligibility for each calendar year after the graduation date of the student-athlete's high school class and prior to full-time collegiate enrollment during which the student-athlete has participated in organized tennis events and shall fulfill one academic year in residence at the certifying institution for each calendar year after the graduation date of the student-athlete's high school class during which the student-athlete has engaged in organized tennis events.
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Ivy Group.
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August 1, 2008; applicable to individuals who enroll full time at a collegiate institution on or after August 1, 2008.
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2007-61
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ELIGIBILITY -- SEASONS OF COMPETITION -- HARDSHIP WAIVER -- CALCULATION IN INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
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In individual sports, to specify that the first half of the season calculation for the hardship waiver is based on the number of days an institution declares in the season that concludes with the NCAA championship between the first date of competition used by any individual on the team and the end of the declared playing season, including a conference championship; further, to specify that the denominator in the institution's percent calculation shall be the maximum permissible number of dates of competition plus one date for a conference championship, regardless of whether the team participates in such a championship.
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Ivy Group.
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Immediate
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2007-62
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ELIGIBILITY -- SEASON-OF-COMPETITION WAIVER -- COMPETITION WHILE ELIGIBLE -- CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION -- THREE EVENTS OR 30 PERCENT
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To increase the maximum number of contests or dates of competition in which a student-athlete may participate in a season and remain eligible for a season-of-competition waiver to three events or 30 percent of the institution's scheduled or completed events in his or her sport.
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement).
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Immediate; applicable to student-athletes who initially enrolled full time in a collegiate institution on or after August 1, 2004.
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2007-63
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ELIGIBLITY -- FRESHMAN ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS -- ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AID, PRACTICE AND COMPETITION -- QUALIFER -- EXCEPTION -- EARLY ACADEMIC CERTIFICATION
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To specify that a prospective student-athlete shall be certified as a qualifier, provided he or she has achieved (a) A minimum combined score on the SAT verbal and math sections of 1000 or a minimum sum score on the ACT score of 85, per the requirements of Bylaw 14.3.1.3; and (b) A core-course grade-point average of 3.00 or higher (based on a maximum of 4.00) in a minimum of 13 core courses on completion of six semesters (or the equivalent), including three core courses in English, two in mathematics, two in natural or physical science, and six additional core courses in any NCAA core area.
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Initial-Eligibility Issues).
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August 1, 2008; for those students first entering a collegiate institution full time on or after August 1, 2008.
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2007-64
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ELIGIBILITY -- FRESHMAN ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS -- CORE-CURRICULUM TIME LIMITATION -- TWO CORE COURSES AFTER GRADUATION
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To increase from one to two the number of core courses that a prospective student-athlete may use to meet the initial-eligibility core curriculum requirements, provided the courses are completed in the year after graduation (summer or academic year), but not later than the end of the academic year immediately after the high school graduation date of his or her class.
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Conference USA.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-65
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ELIGIBILITY -- PROGRESS-TOWARD-DEGREE REQUIREMENTS -- BONA FIDE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT EXCEPTION
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To specify that the eligibility for competition of a student-athlete who meets the bona fide foreign exchange student exception to the transfer legislation shall be based on satisfactory completion of at least: (a) Six semester or six quarter hours of academic credit during the preceding regular academic term in which the student has been enrolled full time at any collegiate institution; (b) Eighteen semester or 27 quarter hours per regular academic year of enrollment; and (c) A minimum grade-point average per academic term of enrollment as required of regularly enrolled student-athletes.
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NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet (Subcommittee on Continuing Eligibility).
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August 01, 2008
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2007-66
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ELIGIBILITY -- TWO-YEAR COLLEGE TRANSFERS -- NONQUALIFIERS -- TRANSFERABLE ENGLISH AND MATH
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To specify that in order for a transfer student from a two-year college who was not a qualifier to be eligible for institutional financial aid, practice and competition during his or her first academic year in residence, he or she must have successfully completed six semester or eight quarter hours of English and three semester or four quarter hours of mathematics at the two-year college that are transferable toward any baccalaureate degree program at the certifying institution.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 1, 2008, for student-athletes enrolling full time in a collegiate institution on or after August 1, 2008.
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2007-67
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ELIGIBILITY -- TRANSFER REGULATIONS -- TWO YEAR COLLEGE TRANSFERS -- TRANSFERABLE CREDIT -- CORRESPONDENCE, EXTENSION AND DISTANCE-LEARNING COURSES
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To specify that correspondence, extension and distance-learning courses taken from an institution other than the two-year college in which a student-athlete is enrolled as a full-time student shall not be used to fulfill the two-year college transfer requirements.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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2007-68
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ELIGIBILITY -- ONE-TIME TRANSFER EXCEPTION -- BASEBALL -- NONSCHOLARSHIP STUDENT-ATHLETES
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In baseball, to permit a student-athletes who has never received an athletics grant-in-aid from a four-year institution to be able eligible for the one-time transfer exception.
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Southeastern Conference.
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August 01, 2008
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