Compliance Corner

The NCAA Division I Legislative Council Subcommittee for Legislative Relief approved a blanket waiver of NCAA Bylaw 20.8.1 for the 2009-10 academic year to permit institutions eligible for national collegiate championships in sports that have two-thirds of the membership in one division to follow NCAA rules of the institution's division. Currently, all sports that have the national collegiate championships as the postseason opportunity include two-thirds Division I members. It has come to the attention of the NCAA staff that Divisions II and III members have not been complying with the requirement in Bylaw 20.8.1 for several years. Thus, the blanket waiver only impacts Divisions II and III institutions; however, since this is a common legislative provision that applies to all three divisions, a blanket waiver in each division is necessary. The subcommittee noted the blanket waiver is appropriate to provide some flexibility for the 2009-10 academic year while the membership discusses solutions for this issue (e.g., legislative proposal to amend the rule, communicate compliance is required). To view this blanket waiver in its entirety, please access SLR Case No. 12273 on LSDBi.