LRIS has issued three new interps, dated June 13 and July 11, 2007:
Providing Financial Aid to the Children of Members of an Institution's Letterman's Club. (I)
Date Issued: Jun 13, 2007
The committee determined that it is not permissible for an institution to award financial aid through a scholarship program available only to children of members of an institution's letterman's club, even if individuals other than former student-athletes are members of the letterman's club (e.g., former student-managers, cheerleaders). [References: NCAA Bylaws 13.2.1 (general regulation), 15.02.4.1 (institutional financial aid), 16.02.3 (extra benefit) and 16.11.2.1 (general rule)]
Use of Service or Software that Converts Electronic Mail into a Text Message. (I)
Date Issued: Jul 11, 2007
The committee determined that it is not permissible for institutional staff members to use a service or software that converts electronic mail (e.g., e-mail) sent by an institutional staff member into a text message when received by the prospect. [References: NCAA Bylaw 13.4.1.2 and NCAA Proposal No. 2006-40]
Eligibility of Four-Year Transfer Student for Institutional Athletically Related Financial Aid. (I)
Date Issued: Jul 11, 2007
The committee determined that a four-year transfer student-athlete may receive institutional athletically related financial aid during his or her first academic year at the certifying institution regardless of whether he or she would have been academically eligible to compete during the next regular academic term at the previous institution, provided:
a. The student-athlete transferred from a four-year institution that did not sponsor the sport on the intercollegiate level while the student-athlete was in attendance, provided the student had never transferred from any other collegiate institution that offered intercollegiate competition in that particular sport; or
b. The student-athlete never competed in intercollegiate competition and did not engage in other countable athletically related activities in the sport beyond a 14-consecutive day period. [References: NCAA Bylaws 14.5.5.2.6.1 and 14.5.5.4]