2014 ncaa convention voting review/new bylaws january 2014 wsc rules presentation 1 wayne state...

2014 NCAA Convention

Voting Review/New

BylawsJanuary 2014 WSC Rules Presentation

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2014 NCAA CONVENTION VOTING REVIEW/NEW BYLAWS

January 2014 WSC Rules Presentation

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Rejected Proposals

REJECTED PROPOSALS

• Prop 2014-8: Women’s rugby• Would have allowed “sevens” in addition

to current “fifteens” contests• Also would have limited the number of

matches against club teams that can count in the minimum number of competition benchmark to two• As it is, current legislation still applies to

women’s rugby

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REJECTED PROPOSALS

• Prop 2014-17: PTD Changes• Would have changed the requirements

to meet PTD to 27 credit hours per year in each of the first two years of college (or 54 total prior to third year of college), and then 24 PTD credit hours each year beyond that• Proposal would have effective

eliminated the averaging method in third year of college and beyond• SAAC opposed this proposal

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REJECTED PROPOSALS

• Prop 2014-22: Exempting Academic Awards• Technically was not defeated; removed

from voting and sent back to Management Council for further consideration• Would have allowed for many more

academic awards to be exempted from student-athlete and team equivalency limits

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Approved Proposals – Immediate

Effective Date

APPROVED PROPOSALS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

• Prop 2014-2: Contact With Recruits After They Have Signed An NLI• Coaches may now have contact with a

PSA at any site on the day or days of competition, as long as they have signed an NLI• Previously, needed to wait until PSA was

released from team following competition• If PSA has not signed an NLI, the current

recruiting rules still apply

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APPROVED PROPOSALS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

• Prop 2014-3: Advertisements In High School Programs• Permits institutions to place non-

athletically related advertisements in high school and/or two-year college publications – including in game programs• College athletic departments are still

prohibited from doing this• Example: WSC Admissions could place an

ad in WHS basketball game programs, but WSC Athletics cannot

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All Other Approved Proposals

ALL OTHER APPROVED PROPOSALS

• Prop 2014-1: Catastrophic Sport Injury Reporting• Institutions will be required to submit

data to the NCAA on an annual basis on various catastrophic injuries• Effective August 1, 2014

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• Prop 2014-4: Timing Of Tryouts For High School PSA’s• Tryouts for PSA’s will now be permitted

to begin on June 15th prior to the PSA’s junior year of high school• Tryout cannot occur during the PSA’s

high school season, but any other time• New date aligns with all other recruiting

regulations (unlimited texting, phone calls, etc.)• Effective June 15, 2014

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• Prop 2014-5: Freshman Eligibility • Specifies certain requirements that AP

credits must meet in order to be used to determine initial eligibility• Also states that international student-

athletes can use AP credits as well, as long as it is approved by the NCAA Eligibility Center• Effective August 1, 2014

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• Prop 2014-6: Expenses For Non-institutional Awards• Allows various entities to pay for SA’s to

attend and receive specified awards/recognition• Effective August 1, 2014

• Prop 2014-7: Expenses For All-Star Contest• Allows institutions to pay for SA’s travel to

various specified all-star contests, as long as they have exhausted eligibility in the sport• Effective August 1, 2014

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• Prop 2014-9: Non-athletically Related Promotional Activities• SA’s can no take part in non-athletically

related modeling or promotional activities, as long as they are not identified as a college athlete, nor selected for the activity for that reason• Besides modeling, could extend to

music, writing, a SA’s own business, etc.• Effective August 1, 2014

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• Prop 2014-10: Division II Membership Process• Alters the timeline of the membership

process for new D-II applicant institutions• Makes new D-II schools get fully

compliant with NCAA requirements sooner• Effective August 1, 2014, for schools

applying to be part of D-II on February 1, 2015 and after

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• Prop 2014-11: Selection Criteria For Postseason• Five universal criteria across all sports• Overall D-II in-region winning percentage• Overall D-II winning percentage• Overall D-II strength of schedule• D-II head-to-head• Results vs. D-II common opponents

• Each sport may add up to three additional criteria, which must last for at least three years• Effective August 1, 2015

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• Prop 2014-12: Basketball Exempted Event• Allows both men’s and women’s basketball

to exempt a maximum of two conference challenge games each year from the maximum game limit of 26 (i.e., can be at least 28)• Game must occur in a period beginning on the

first permissible date of competition through that Sunday

• Two or more conferences/institutions from the same region can organize these events

• SAAC Supported• Effective August 1, 2014

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• Prop 2014-14: Football Summer Workouts• For the sport of football only, summer

workouts may now by conducted by a strength & conditioning coach, not just monitored• S&C coach must work with the

institution’s teams during the year and be certified through a national program• All other sports are limited to current rules

(i.e., monitored only)• Effective June 1, 2014

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• Prop 2014-14: Women’s Triathlon• Adds women’s triathlon to the emerging

sport category, along with all of the various bylaws accompanying that move• Effective August 1, 2014

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• Prop 2014-15: Freshman Academic Requirements• Moves to a sliding scale for initial

eligibility (i.e., the better your Core Course GPA, the worse your ACT sum score can be)• Preserves the concept of Partial

Qualifiers• Core Course requirements unchanged• Effective August 1, 2018 (i.e., this year’s

eighth-graders)

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• Prop 2014-16: PTD Term & GPA Requirements• Six credit rule now increases to needing to

pass nine PTD credits to be eligible to compete the subsequent term• Incoming transfers will need to bring in nine

transferrable hours in their previous term• Still allows institutions to set own definitions

of Good Academic Standing, which is required for competition• SA’s must earn at least 18 PTD credit hours

during the fall and spring semesters combined

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• Prop 2014-16 Continued• GPA requirement will now be 2.00

throughout a SA’s entire academic career• Effective: August 1, 2016 for all

student-athletes • Translation: 2014-15 will be the last year

of current PTD rules SA’s will essentially need to meet these new PTD rules during the 2015-16 school year in order to be cleared for competition beginning in the 2016-17 school year

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• Prop 2014-18: PTD 24-Hour Requirement• Essentially eliminates the averaging

method of PTD for all SA’s following their first two years of college• All SA’s must pass at least 24 PTD credit

hours each school year to be cleared to compete the following year• At the end of a SA’s second year of college,

if they have 48 total credit hours, they can still meet this requirement (i.e., 26 credits in Year 1 + 22 credits in Year 2 = okay)

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• Prop 2014-18 continued• PTD credit hour rules remain the same• In first four semesters, any credits count• In fifth semester and beyond, only credits

in gen eds, major and required minor classes can count

• Can still use summer school to meet PTD requirements• Paired with Prop 16, will almost always

limit maximum number of summer credits that can be used for PTD to six each year

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• Prop 2014-18 continued• Closest vote of the entire convention

(passed 163-130)• SAAC did support this proposal• Effective: August 1, 2016 for all

student-athletes • Translation: 2014-15 will be the last year

of current PTD rules SA’s will essentially need to meet these new PTD rules during the 2015-16 school year in order to be cleared for competition beginning in the 2016-17 school year

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• Prop 2014-19: Two-year transfers• If two-year transfers have their AA

degree, they basically will be eligible to compete immediately• Pretty much any other transfer now

needs:• Attended two-year school for at least two

semesters• Present a GPA of at least 2.20 for credits that

typically would transfer in• Pass at least an average of at least 12

transferrable credit hours per full-time semesters used at the two year school

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• Prop 2014-19 continued• Two-year transfer requirements continued• Still required to have at least six transferrable

English and three transferrable Math credits• Also required to have three transferrable

Science credits• Maximum of two Physical Education credits

can be used, unless the SA is a PE Major• If the transfer was a qualifier or does not

have a 2.20 GPA, but does have at least a 2.00, they can practice but not compete (i.e., effectively a partial qualifier)

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• Prop 2014-19 continued• Effective: August 1, 2016 for all transfer

SA’s initially enrolling at a D-II institution in the Fall of 2016• Translation: This year’s high school

seniors could potentially fall underneath this requirement

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• Prop 2014-20: Official & Unofficial Visits• Official Visit changes• Can no longer pay for any portion of a

recruit’s OV if the PSA also takes part in a camp/clinic while on the trip• Can no longer give complimentary tickets

to conference tournament events• Can provide the actual cost of all meals

on an OV (i.e., not limited to just three meals per day)

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• Prop 2014-20: Official & Unofficial Visits• Unofficial Visit changes• Meals can take place on or off-campus

(although recruiting calendar rules still take precedence)• Special parking arrangements can now

be made• Tickets for a PSA cannot be provided to a

conference tournament event• Effective: June 15, 2014 for both official

and unofficial visit changes

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• Prop 2014-21: Official Visit Timing• May now occur beginning on June 15 prior

to the PSA’s junior year of high school (matching up with all other recruiting activities)• PSA’s still limited to one OV their entire

high school career (can’t do one junior year to school, and then another one in senior year)• Now a transcript is required before an OV

instead of a test score• Effective: June 15, 2014

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• Prop 2014-23: Drug Testing• All NCAA Drug Testing will now include

testing for “street drugs”• If a SA tests positive for anything other

than street drugs, current penalty structure remains in effect• If SA test positive for street drugs, then

penalty structure is as follows:• First test: 50% loss of season• Second test: Loss of one year of competition• Third test: Permanent loss of eligibility

• Effective: August 1, 2014

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• Prop 2014-23: Team Physicial• All D-II institutions will be required to

have a team physician (MD or DO) designated for each of its varsity programs• The same physician serve as the team

physician for all of a department’s programs• Effective: August 1, 2014

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