"Jerry, a rule is a rule. And let's face it, without rules...there's chaos." --Cosmo Kramer
NAAC will conduct a progress towards degree educational webinar on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. ET. This one-hour webinar will provide an overview of the PTD process and provide examples of forms, models, and best practices that are being used at a variety of member institutions and a live Q&A with the presenters after the presentation. You can get a registration form and add this event your calendar.
LRIC essentially confirms the earlier staff determination:
Advertising an Institutional Camp or Clinic (I)
Date Issued: Oct 29, 2008
Type: Official Interpretation
The committee determined that it is not permissible for an institution to advertise or promote an institutional camp or clinic in any way that implies a participant should possess a certain level of experience, skill or ability to attend the camp or clinic (e.g., elite camp, all-star camp, varsity camp, five-star camp, blue-chip camp). [References: Bylaws 13.4.1.1-(c) (summer-camp advertisements), 13.12.1.2 (attendance restriction) and a 9/25/08 staff interpretation, Item Ref. a, which has been archived.]
Prediction: The Legislative Council will get an earful in January.
A new interp from LRIC:
Completion of One Additional Core Course After High School Graduation (I)
Date Issued: Oct 22, 2008
Type: Official Interpretation
The committee determined that it is not permissible for a prospective student-athlete to use a core course, including an online course, completed after high school graduation to satisfy initial-eligibility requirements if the prospective student-athlete is enrolled in the course while concurrently receiving athletically related financial aid to attend an institution's summer term. Further, the committee determined that it is permissible to use a core course completed after high school graduation provided the prospective student-athlete either completes the course prior to receiving athletically related financial aid to attend an institution's summer term or does not enroll in the core course until after he or she completes the institution's summer term for which he or she is receiving athletically related financial aid. [References: NCAA Division I Bylaw 14.3.1.2.1.1 and an 8/27/08 official interpretation, Item Ref. 1-b, which has been archived]
The report of the October meeting of the Legislative Council is out.
• Three proposals were adopted as noncontroversial legislation and all are effective immediately:
2008-061*: Specifies that the composition of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Committee shall include one member from each of the eight Division I women's soccer regions and two members selected at large.
2008-069*: In basketball, specifies that in order for a summer basketball league or a basketball event to be certified, the event or league operator or manager must be approved in accordance with guidelines established by the NCAA basketball certification staff.
2008-073*: Specifies that the NCAA Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet shall oversee the national statistics program and approve its policies and procedures; further, specifies that the policies and procedures shall be published on the NCAA Web site.
Technically, the Board of Directors could weigh in on these, but in the new governance structure the Legislative Council will typically be the final authority for all adopted legislation.
We've updated our NCAA Manual Updates page to include these three proposals, as well as two Editorial Revisions that were approved in early August:
ER-2008-23: This revision clarifies that the exception was intended to apply to noncountable coaches, as well as to noncoaching staff members.
• Two other proposals were not supported as noncontroversial legislation:
Proposal 2008-075 (having to do with submission of final transcripts for early qualifiers) was sent to the Board with a recommendation it be sponsored as part of the 2008-09 legislative cycle.
Proposal 2008-076 (defining 7th graders and up as men's basketball prospects for purposes of the tryout and camps and clinics rules) was tabled until the group's January 2009 meeting.
• For the remainder of the proposals, the Legislative Council held discussion and established a preliminary position on a portion of them.
• And one interp was issued; it reverses a previously approved official interpretation:
Baseball and Softball are Separate Sports for Purposes of Amateurism and Outside Competition Legislation. (I) The Legislative Council determined that baseball and softball are considered separate sports for purposes of amateurism and outside competition legislation. [References: NCAA Bylaws 12.1.1 (amateur status), 12.1.3 (amateur status if professional in another sport), 14.7.1 (outside competition — sports other than basketball), official interpretations (3/11/96, Item No. 2 and 7/2/08, Item No. 2) and staff interpretation (1/26/94, item a), which have been archived.]
LSDBi has another EdCol about providing financial aid to NLI signees who enroll a term or two early.
A helpful EdCol today reminds us that if a PSA could have signed a NLI, but didn't, legislation that lifts the lid on things like text messages and phone calls does not apply.
The Division I and III Subcommittees for Legislative Relief have approved a blanket waiver for NCAA Bylaws 14.7.1 (outside competition - sports other than basketball) and 14.7.3.1 (exceptions to outside competition regulations - in all sports) for the Speedo Top 40 women's water polo event...apparently for the last time.
