LRIC has three new items of interest from its March 28, 2007, call:
1. Credit-Hour Requirement for a Nondegree-Seeking Graduate Student. (I) The committee recommends that the NCAA Division I Management Council amend a previous Council approved official interpretation [Reference: 11/15/06, Item No. 1] to change the application of the second sentence of the interpretation from a confirmation to a determination. The committee agreed that the interpretation was issued in the context of stating it is permissible for a nondegree-seeking graduate student to complete credits that would apply to any graduate-degree program offered by the certifying institution in order to satisfy the six-hour requirement. However, the committee agreed that the underlying requirement that such a student must complete credits that would apply to any graduate degree program (as opposed to credits that would count toward another undergraduate-degree program) to satisfy the six-hour requirement is a determination of the legislation. [References: NCAA Bylaws 14.4.3.1 (fulfillment of credit-hour requirements) and 14.4.3.5 (exceptions to progress-toward-degree rule)] 2. Counting Recruiting-Person Days Subsequent to National Letter of Intent Signing or Other Written Commitment – Men's Basketball. (I) The committee determined that, in men's basketball, off-campus recruiting activities involving a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent (or signed acceptance of the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid) must count toward the institution's recruiting-person days limit. [References: Bylaws 13.02.7 (recruiting-person days - men's basketball) and 13.1.6.8 (contacts subsequent to National Letter of Intent signing or other written commitment sports other than women's basketball)] 3. Counting Recruiting-Person Days Subsequent to National Letter of Intent Signing or Other Written Commitment – Women's Basketball. (I) The committee confirmed that, in women's basketball, off-campus recruiting activities involving a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent (or signed acceptance of the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid) must count toward the institution's recruiting-person days limit. [References: Bylaws 13.02.8 (recruiting-person days - women's basketball) and 13.1.6.8.1 (contacts subsequent to National Letter of Intent signing or other commitment women's basketball)]