Just in time for the weekend
LRIC has weighed in with four interps. The one on March 14 seems particularly noteworthy. Read more...
Archives Archive March 2007
Competition against prospects
LSDBi has an EdCol about competition against prospective student-athletes.
NLI dead period approaches
We have a reminder about the upcoming dead period for sports other than football, soccer, men's water polo, and field hockey that surrounds the initial signing day for the late NLI period.
QRSMTE clarified
There's a very helpful EdCol today on LSDBi about the proper application of NCAA 17.5.5.1.1: Qualifying Regular-Season Multiple-Team Events in basketball.Volunteers are limited
LSDBi has an educational column about volunteer coaches and their activities with local sports clubs and private lessons.
Gear up
The agenda and anticipated action items for the April Management Council meeting are available.
Women's hoops dead period
A reminder about the upcoming women's basketball dead period that surrounds the NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four™.
Men's hoops dead period
A reminder about the upcoming men's basketball dead period that surrounds the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four™.
Dead period for football
A reminder about the upcoming football dead period that surrounds both the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays and also covers the mid-year JC transfer NLI initial signing date.
Update on academic year basketball evaluations
This one is important.
Yesterday's post about academic year basketball evaluations included a note about men's basketball evaluations during the new March contact period. A staff interp issued on February 22 prohibited men's basketball evaluations from occurring at sites other than a prospect's educational institution during the March contact period.
The staff interp has been changed to allow men's basketball coaches to evaluate during the March contact period at scholastic events that are not held on the campus of the PSAs' educational institutions. The obvious examples are state high school basketball championships which are often held in large, public arenas.
Here's the new language for the staff confirmation:
The membership services staff confirmed that during the March contact period, evaluations shall be limited to regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests/tournaments and practices and regular scholastic activities involving student-athletes enrolled only at that institution. Evaluations at nonscholastic events during this time period are prohibited.
UPDATE: LSDBi has the new language for both the interp and the Educational Column.
Academic year basketball evaluations
LSDBi has an educational column about basketball evaluations during the academic year. One example of how the new rules about the men's basketball March contact period apply: coaches may not evaluate at the New York City Public School Athletics League (PSAL) Championships being held this weekend (March 18) at Madison Square Garden because the event is taking place at a site other than the involved prospects' educational institutions.
UPDATE: Read this, too. It's important.
No overrides
The override and comment period for the latest batch of legislative proposals closed last Friday. Not surprisingly, none of the proposals were overridden. So the following proposals have completed their journey through the legislative process: 2006-018*, 2006-019, 2006-021, 2006-028-B, 2006-031*, 2006-037, 2006-039, 2006-043*, 2006-044*, 2006-048*, 2006-051*, 2006-052*, 2006-053*, 2006-056*, 2006-061, 2006-069, 2006-070, 2006-074, 2006-076-B, 2006-077, 2006-079, 2006-084, 2006-088, 2006-090*, 2006-091, 2006-092, 2006-095*, 2006-096*, 2006-097, 2006-101, 2006-102, 2006-103, 2006-104, 2006-106*, 2006-108-A*, 2006-124*, 2006-125*.
Asterisked proposals are effective immediately.
Miami NCAA seminar registration open
You can now register for the NCAA's Compliance Seminar in Miami, to be held June 3-8, 2007. Registration for the Denver Seminar opened March 6.
Denver NCAA seminar registration open
You can now register for the NCAA's Compliance Seminar in Denver, to be held May 13-18, 2007. Registration for the Miami Seminar opens March 12.
The staff speaks
LSDBi has three staff interps, dated February 21, 2007, pertaining to combines, men's basketball recruiting, and aid for a nonqualifier during the temporary certification period. Read more...
February 2007 AEC Cabinet report
The report of the February meeting of the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet is out.
Of aid and health
The NCAA has published educational columns on financial aid and mandatory medical examinations. Read more...