Sequel
It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. Better than Caddyshack II, in all likelihood.
Archives Archive June 2009
Summer interps
LRIC has given us two interps today to ponder for the summer:
Baseball Midyear Transfer Returning to Original Institution (I)
The committee determined that, in baseball, a midyear 4-4 or 4-2-4 transfer student who qualifies for the return to original institution exception to the transfer residence requirement is not eligible for competition until the ensuing academic year. [References: NCAA Bylaws 14.5.5.2 (exceptions for transfers from four-year colleges), 14.5.5.2.8 (return to original institution without participation or with minimal participation exception), 14.5.6.1 (exceptions) and 14.5.6.2 (baseball and basketball -- midyear enrollee) and staff interpretation (6/19/09, item 1), which has been archived]
Media Presence at Institutional Camps or Clinics (I)
The committee confirmed that institutions may not arrange for the media, including recruiting or scouting services, to be present at an institutional camp or clinic by inviting members of the media to attend or providing special access (e.g., access to areas not open to the general public) for the media to observe, meet or otherwise interact with prospective student-athletes. Further, the committee determined that members of the media who are present at an institutional camp or clinic may be positioned only in areas open to the general public. [References: NCAA Bylaw 13.10.5 (prospective student-athlete's visit) and staff interpretation (6/19/09, item 1), which has been archived.]
Nearly ready for launch
The NCAA Eligibility Center is launching a new portal for prospects who plan to enroll in fall 2010 and beyond. New URL: www.eligibilitycenter.org.
Access to the existing Web site will continue to be available for prospects enrolling prior to fall 2010. It will also continue to provide member institutions academic and amateurism information for fall 2009 and winter/spring 2010 enrollees.
A new portal is also coming soon for institutions; details are available via each institution’s Eligibility Center account.
The Eligibility Center will host question and answer sessions about all this via teleconference on June 25 and June 29:
New Membership Portal Q&A
4 to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, June 25
Dial-in Number: 877/874-1568; Passcode: 2486026
4 to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, June 29
Dial-in Number: 877/795-3635; Passcode: 7088645
Override fever
A story on the NCAA website notes enough override votes have been received to have the Legislative Council take another look at Proposals 2008-046 (earlier start to the baseball season) and 2008-059 (sand volleyball).
The Legislative Council will reconsider both pieces of legislation during a conference call next month. If the Council reverses its positions, the proposals will be defeated and will not be sent out for further membership comment. If the Council maintains its positions, the Division I Board of Directors will have the opportunity to review the measures at its August 6 meeting. If the Board maintains the legislation as adopted, the membership will vote on the proposals at the 2010 NCAA Convention in Atlanta.
One-time relief for noninstitutional camp employment
SLR has spoken:
NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.12.2.3.3 (other noninstitutional privately owned camps/clinics -- sports other than basketball.). June 15, 2009. The NCAA Division I Legislative Council Subcommittee for Legislative Relief approved with conditions, a blanket waiver to permit NCAA Division I institutional athletics department personnel to serve in any capacity (e.g., counselor, guest lecturer, consultant) in a noninstitutional, privately owned camp or clinic that is not operated on the institution’s campus, within the state in which the institution is located or within a 50-mile radius of the institution’s campus. The subcommittee granted the blanket waiver request with the following conditions: (1) This is a one-time waiver request for the 2009 summer and future requests will be denied; (2) The waiver is for institutional athletics department personnel who committed (e.g., verbal agreement, written contract, etc.) prior to May 28, 2009, to serve in any capacity (e.g., counselor, guest lecturer, consultant) in a noninstitutional, privately owned camp or clinic that is not operated on the institution’s campus, within the state in which the institution is located or, if outside the state, within a 50-mile radius of campus; (3) The camps have advertised the coach’s or institutional athletics department personnel’s participation (e.g., coach’s name or name of coach’s institution is referenced in camp brochures or on camp’s online Web site, etc.); and (4) The camps must occur during one of the institution’s designated two 15-day periods for participating in camps and clinics. The subcommittee granted the request based on totality of the circumstances and coach well-being. Specifically, the subcommittee noted: (1) The demonstrated widespread misapplication of the legislation. Specifically, several Division I institutions have misapplied the football camp location restrictions as applicable only to their own institutional camps or clinics and have not extended application of this restriction to the employment of institutional athletics department personnel at noninstitutional, privately owned camps or clinics. Institutions have permitted coaches and athletics department personnel to commit to participate in noninstitutional, privately owned camps occurring outside the state of the institution and beyond a 50-miles radius of the institution’s campus; (2) The waiver only applies to those coaches or institutional athletics department personnel who committed (e.g., verbal agreement, written contract, etc.) to participate prior to the May 28, 2009, interpretation provided by NCAA staff to member conferences; (3) The institutional athletics department personnel or the camp will incur expenses related to previously booked travel and lodging if the waiver was denied; (4) The waiver only applies to those camps that have advertised the coach’s or institutional athletics department personnel’s participation; and (5) The camps are being conducted in accordance with all other restrictions applicable to institutional camps or clinics. To view this blanket waiver in its entirety, please access SLR Case No. 11937 on LSDBi.
What we're sponsoring
The Pac-10 Summer Meetings are over and the Council voted to sponsor six pieces of NCAA legislation. Here are the intent statements, with the caveat that a couple of these may need some massaging:
• Lodging for home contests
Eliminates the ability for institutions to provide housing at an on- or off-campus location (e.g., hotel, motel, resort) the night before a home regular season contest in all sports unless the competition site is more than 25 miles from its campus.
• Printed media guides
Eliminates publication of printed media guides, recruiting brochures, or any sport-specific publication.
• Foreign tours
Eliminates institutional and conference foreign tours in all sports.
• Non-championship segment competition
In cross-country, field hockey, women's lacrosse, soccer, softball, and volleyball, any intercollegiate competition during the non-championship segment shall count against the maximum contest/dates of competition for the championship segment.
• Contact after financial deposit
Amends NCAA 13.4.1.2.2 to change "room or tuition" deposit to a "financial" deposit.
• Dead period exception
Enables a prospect who has signed a National Letter of Intent with the institution to make an unofficial visit to that institution during a dead period. If the prospect is ineligible to sign a National Letter or Intent, such an unofficial visit may occur if the prospect signed a financial aid agreement with the institution, signed a written offer of admission with the institution, or provided a financial deposit to the institution in response to the institution’s offer of admission.
Lots of new ERs
Nine new Editorial Revisions (ER-2009-20 through ER-2009-26, ER 2009-28, E-2009-29) were approved in late May. Our Manual Updates page has the rationale for each of them.