One official, two from the staff:
Contract or Commitment to Participate on a Team and Perform other Duties (I)
Date Published: September 4, 2009
Type: Official Interpretation
The committee confirmed that if an individual signs a contract or commitment with an athletics organization (e.g., club) in which the individual agrees to participate on a team and perform other duties (e.g., coaching the same or another team in the club system) and the contract or commitment does not specify the amount of compensation to be received for each activity, all compensation provided as part of the contract or commitment must be included when determining whether the team on which the individual participated provided any of its players more than actual and necessary expenses. [References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 12.02.4 (professional athletics team) and 12.2.5 (contracts and compensation)]
Criteria for a Repeated Course to be Acceptable for Initial-Eligibility Certification (I)
Date Published: September 4, 2009
Type: Staff Interpretation
The academic and membership affairs staff determined that to be acceptable for initial-eligibility certification, a repeated course (including credit recovery) must be substantially comparable, qualitatively and quantitatively (e.g., content, textbook, assessments, duration), to the previously attempted course. [Reference: NCAA Division I Bylaw 14.3.1.2.8 (repeat courses)]
Criteria for Determining Seasons of Competition for Prospective Student-Athletes Presenting Secondary School Credentials from Countries with Multiple Tiers of Secondary School Education (I)
Date Published: September 4, 2009
Type: Staff Interpretation
The academic and membership affairs staff determined the following parameters apply for purposes of identifying the expected date of high school graduation pursuant to the seasons-of-competition legislation for prospective student-athletes from countries with multiple tiers of secondary school education, where successful completion of each of those tiers may equate to high school graduation.
(1) Prospective Student-Athlete Completes Secondary School in the Timeframe Prescribed by the Country's Ministry of Education.
A prospective student-athlete's expected date of graduation will advance to the date at which the prospective student-athlete's class completes each tier of the country's secondary school system, provided the prospective student-athlete completes the tier within the timeframe prescribed by the country's ministry of education.
(2) Prospective Student-Athlete Delays Completion of Secondary School Tier.
A prospective student-athlete's expected date of graduation will advance to the date at which the prospective student-athlete's class completes a tier of the country's secondary school system, even if the prospective student-athlete delays his or her completion of the tier.
(3) Prospective Student-Athlete Attempts but Does Not Successfully Complete Secondary School Tier.
If a prospective student-athlete begins a tier of the country's secondary school system, but never successfully completes the tier, the prospective student-athlete's expected date of graduation will remain the date on which the prospective student-athlete's class completed the previous tier.
The countries for which this policy applies are all multitiered leaving exam countries. This includes, but is not limited to, the United Kingdom; the University of Cambridge international exam program; New Zealand; Quebec, Canada; Scotland; the Caribbean exam countries and British patterned Africa.
[References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 14.2.3 (criteria for determining season of competition), 14.2.3.2 (tennis and swimming and diving), 14.2.3.2 (delayed enrollment -- tennis, swimming and diving, and women's volleyball), 14.3.1.2.1 (core-curriculum time limitation) and 14.3.5.5 (international academic standards)]