Yesterday marked the end of the override period for proposals adopted in October (2010-6, 2010-10, 2010-13, 2010-23, 2010-50, 2010-106, 2010-111, 2010-112, 2010-113, 2010-114, 2010-115, 2010-116, 2010-118). LSDBi is down, so we have no way of proving it at the moment, but odds are that none of them are slated for an override vote in January.
NCAA: Member institutions and conferences should note that the NCAA national office will be closed beginning Friday, December 24, 2010, through Friday, December 31, 2010. Normal business hours will resume Monday, January 3, 2011. Those institutions in need of emergency assistance on issues that must be resolved prior to the office re-opening in the areas of interpretations, progress-toward-degree waivers, Subcommittee or Committee for Legislative Relief waivers, student-athlete reinstatement, Committee on Academic Performance waivers/adjustments/improvement plan submission, initial-eligibility waivers or prospective student-athlete reviews should call the institutional line (317/917-6003) and follow the prompts to leave a message for the specific topic area noted above by pressing the corresponding number on a touch-tone phone. Please leave your name, position, institution or conference affiliation, contact number, the nature and urgency of the request and someone from the staff will contact you within 24 hours.
Pac-10: Closed December 22-31. We reopen January 3, 2011. I think you'll know where to find us if you need us.
There's one more dead period this calendar year. It applies to men's and women's basketball and it surrounds Christmas Day. Pick up a reminder for your favorite basketball coach now.
From LSDBi:
The NCAA Information Technology staff will be migrating computing services over the holiday break. As a result, all NCAA Oracle and web services will be unavailable beginning Friday, December 24th until Wednesday, December 29th.
The following is a list of some of the applications that will be impacted by the IT migration over the break: Statistics, Compliance Assistant, LSDBi, Eligibility Center, Championships Selection, Academic Performance Program, Coaches Tests, Division II Academic Tracking, Championships Host Bid and Membership Financial Reporting. This list is not all inclusive and serves only as an example as all of our Oracle applications will be unavailable.
During the migration if a user attempts to access one of the applications they will be redirected to a page that notes the down time and the estimated resolution date. It is expected that the national office will re-open after the holidays January 3 fully operational.
We've posted our first set of recruiting calendars for several sports. They are standard .ics files and work as subscribed calendars, meaning that updates are provided automatically (just remember to activate that setting in your calendar client).
Give them a try and let us know if they work for you.
As the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship nears, a dead period arrives with it. Pick up a reminder.
Dead periods are coming with the winter chill. Pick up a reminder for track and field and cross country and football.
This staff confirmation shows how it's possible for the use of banned drugs to cost a student-athlete two seasons of competition in one academic year:
Season of Competition and Banned Drugs (I)
Date Published: December 2, 2010
Type: Staff Interpretation
The academic and membership affairs staff confirmed that a student-athlete who, as a result of a drug test administered by the NCAA, is found to have used a substance on the list of banned drug classes automatically loses one season of competition, regardless of whether the positive test occurs prior to or during the institution's playing season in the applicable sport. Further, if a student-athlete has participated in intercollegiate competition during an academic year prior to the positive drug test or participated in intercollegiate competition during an academic year after the restoration of his or her eligibility, the student-athlete also uses a season of competition per NCAA Bylaw 14.2.3.1. Consequently, it is possible for a student-athlete to be charged with the use of two seasons of competition during one academic year as follows:
2008-09 season: Student-athlete competes entire season. (Use of Season No. 1)
2009-10 season: Student-athlete competes in first four contests (Use of Season No. 2- minimum amount of competition), tests positive for a banned substance and is declared ineligible for further participation in postseason and regular-season competition in accordance with the ineligibility provisions of Bylaw 18.4.1.5.1. (Automatic charge of Season No. 3- banned drug penalty)
2010-11 season: Student-athlete sits out 365 days and the next four contests of the season (including postseason contests if the institution’s team qualifies). Student-athlete competes in last four contests of the season. (Use of Season No. 4-minimum amount of competition)
[References: Bylaws 14.2.3.1 (minimum amount of competition); 18.4.1.5 (ineligibility for use of banned drugs) and 18.4.1.5.1 (duration of ineligibility)]
LSDBi has a new EdCol today about the John Hancock of institutional financial aid authorities.
