1. Department of Athletics
New Legislation
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Bagels and Bylaws
September 13, 2017
Department of Athletics
Office of Compliance

2. Proposal
To specify that a student-athlete (beyond his or her initial year of enrollment at the certifying institution) may participate in preseason exhibition contests and preseason practice scrimmages without counting such competition as a season of competition.

3. Proposal
In baseball, women's beach volleyball, lacrosse, softball, men's volleyball and women's water polo, to specify that a student-athlete may engage in intercollegiate competition during the segment of the playing season that does not conclude with the NCAA championship without using a season of competition, provided the student-athlete remains academically eligible during the segment that concludes with the NCAA championship.

4. Proposal
To eliminate the requirement that a male student who practices with an institution's women's team on a regular basis must be certified as eligible for practice in accordance with all applicable NCAA eligibility regulations and specify that such a student must be enrolled full-time and must have eligibility remaining under the five-year rule; further, to permit a non-recruited, male student who is serving an academic year of residence as a non-qualifier to participate in practice sessions with a women's team.

5. Proposal
To permit on-campus contact between a former student-athlete and a prospective student-athlete, his or her relatives (traditional or nontraditional) or legal guardians and/or other individuals accompanying the prospective student-athlete.

6. Proposal
To permit a non-coaching staff member or coach who does not count toward the numerical limitations on head and assistant coaches to make unlimited telephone calls to a prospective student-athlete during the five days immediately preceding the prospective student-athlete's official visit.

7. Proposal
To specify that an athletics department staff member may make telephone calls and send electronic correspondence to a prospective student-athlete or those individuals accompanying the prospective student-athlete beginning the day immediately preceding the prospective student-athlete's unofficial visit until the conclusion of the visit.

8. Proposal
To permit in-person, off-campus contact between an institutional staff member and a prospective student-athlete or an enrolled student-athlete (or other student) and a prospective student-athlete to occur during an unofficial visit at a non-institutional facility within one mile of campus boundaries.

9. Proposal
To eliminate the restriction on providing a prospective student-athlete a photograph of him or her that is taken during a campus visit for the purpose of the institution's permissible publicity and promotional activities.

10. Proposal
To specify that an institution's coach may arrange and conduct a campus tour during the institution's camp or clinic, provided the format of the tour has been approved by an institutional authority outside the athletics department (e.g., admissions office).

11. Proposal
To specify that credit hours earned or accepted toward a minor may be used to satisfy credit-hour requirements after the first two years of enrollment, provided the minor is officially designated (pursuant to institutional policy) by the student-athlete by the beginning of the applicable term.

12. Proposal
To exempt time spent participating in an academic study-abroad program during a regular term of an academic year from the application of the five-year rule, as specified; further, to specify that (1) In head count sports, a student-athlete may be replaced in an academic term in which the student-athlete participates in an applicable full-time study abroad program; and (2) In equivalency sports, the financial aid received by a student-athlete who participates in an applicable full-time study abroad program may be exempted from the institution's maximum equivalency limits.

13. Proposal
To exempt time spent participating in a full-time internship or cooperative educational work experience program during a regular term of an academic year from the application of the five-year rule, as specified; further, to specify that (1) In head count sports, a student-athlete may be replaced in an academic term or terms in which the student-athlete participates in an applicable internship or cooperative educational work experience program; and (2) In equivalency sports, the financial aid received by a student-athlete who participates in an applicable internship or cooperative educational work experience program may be exempted from the institution's maximum equivalency limits.

14. Proposal
In sports other than men's basketball, to specify that a student-athlete who receives athletically related institutional financial aid in academic years following the departure of a head coach from the institution is not a counter, provided: (1) The student-athlete participated in the applicable sport and received athletically related institutional financial aid during the coach's tenure at the institution; and (2) The student-athlete does not participate in the applicable sport during subsequent academic years at the institution; further, to specify that if the student-athlete subsequently participates in the applicable sport at the institution, the student-athlete shall become a counter for all years during which he or she received athletically related institutional aid.

15. Proposal
In head count sports, to specify that an institution may replace a counter whose aid is canceled because the student-athlete rendered himself or herself ineligible for intercollegiate competition during a particular academic term (e.g., fall semester, winter quarter) by providing the financial aid to another student in the ensuing term (e.g., spring semester, spring quarter).

16. Proposal
To specify that a tour to a U.S. commonwealth or a U.S. territory may be considered a foreign tour.

17. Proposal
To specify that institutional financial aid awarded to an enrolled student-athlete after the first day of classes in any term may be made retroactive to the beginning of that academic year.

18. Proposal
To permit an institution, conference or the NCAA to provide reasonable entertainment to student-athletes during the playing season, outside the playing season during the academic year when classes are in session and during the period in which they are required to participate in required summer athletic activities.

19. Proposal
To add protein supplements as a permissible class of nutritional supplements.

20. Proposal
To specify that required athletically related activities other than competition (and associated activities) shall be prohibited during a continuous eight-hour period between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.; further, to specify that required athletically related activities shall be prohibited during an eight-hour period after release following a home contest that concludes after 9 p.m. (with an exception for travel) and upon return to campus from away-from-home competition after 9 p.m.

21. Proposal
To specify that an institution shall provide student-athletes with one day off per week during a preseason practice period and during a vacation period when classes are not in session.

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