Fall 2005
IUPUI Compliance Newsletter

Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
bshambau@iupui.edu

 

Revised Procedures for Hardship Requests

  • Head Coach notifies the Compliance Coordinator of the request.
  • The Compliance Coordinator determines whether or not a waiver is possible under NCAA guidelines.
  • If yes, the Compliance Coordinator contacts the Team Physician and Sports Information Office for supporting documentation.
  • The completed Mid-Con form and documentation is forwarded to the Athletics Director for signature.
  • The Athletics Director forwards to the conference office.
  • The Compliance Coordinator informs the Head Coach of the conference decision when it is received.

 

Recruiting Calendars

 

Dead Periods

  • Basketball
    • November 7-10
    • December 24-26
  • Softball
    • November 7-10
    • November 30-December 4
  • Volleyball
    • November 7-10
    • December 14-31

 

Athletically Related Activity (ARA)

  • NCAA Bylaw 17.1.5 – Time Limits for Athletically Related Activities
    • A student-athlete’s participation in countable athletically related activities is limited to a maximum of 4 hours per day and 20 hours per week.
      • Exception: A practice round of golf may exceed the 4 hour per day limit
    • During the playing season, all countable athletically related activities shall be prohibited during one calendar day per week, except during participation in one conference and postseason championship and any postseason licensed bowl games or National Invitation Tournaments, and during participation in NCAA championships.
    • A travel day related to athletics participation may be considered as a day off, provided no countable athletically related activities occur during that day.
    • It is permissible to utilize a vacation day to satisfy the day-off-per-week requirement.
    • Outside of the playing season during the academic year, all countable athletically related activities are prohibited during two calendar days per week.
    • A student-athlete may not participate in any countable athletically related activities outside the playing season during any institutional vacation period.

 

Competition

  • NCAA Bylaw 14.2.3.1 – Minimum Amount of Competition
    • Any competition [excluding preseason exhibition contests or practice scrimmages with outside competition (including approved two-year college scrimmages) during the student-athlete’s initial year of enrollment at the certifying institution], regardless of time, during a season in an intercollegiate sport shall be counted as a season of competition in that sport. 

 

Academic Calendar

  • August 24 – Classes begin
  • September 5 – No classes – Labor Day
  • September 13 by 6pm – Pass/Fail option deadline
  • October 18 at 5pm – Last day to withdraw with grade of W
  • November 15 at 5pm – Last day to withdraw with grade of W or F
  • November 23-27 – No Classes – Thanksgiving Break
  • December 12 – Classes end
  • December 13-19 – Final exams
  • December 23 – Grades available

 

Compliance Office Closed

  • September 5 – Labor Day
  • September 30 – Vacation Day
  • November 23-25 – Thanksgiving Break

 

Upcoming Rules Education Sessions

  • September 13 – Review of 2005-06 Coaches Certification
  • October 11 – Recruiting (Bylaw 13)
  • November 8 – Jaguars Jeopardy
  • December 13 – NCAA Pending Legislation Discussion

All sessions are 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the NIFS 2nd Floor Classroom.

 

Announcement to Representatives of Athletics Interests

  • Definition of a Rep (NCAA Bylaw 13.02.13):
    • A “representative of the institution’s athletics interests” is an individual who is known (or should have been known) by a member of the institution’s executive or athletics administration to:
      • Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization promoting the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program;
      • b. Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution;
      • c. Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospects;
      • d. Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or
      • e. Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution's athletics program.

 

IUPUI is proud to have the loyal support of our alumni and friends for its athletic programs. As we strive for national prominence, we must always seek the highest standard of ethical conduct.  Your assistance and cooperation will ensure that the eligibility of both prospective and currently enrolled student-athletes is protected.  Please contact Bret Shambaugh, Compliance Coordinator, with any questions regarding your involvement with prospective or enrolled student-athletes and the NCAA rules and regulations.

 

Compliance Office Staff Directory

  • Location: UC 3104
  • Compliance Coordinator – Bret Shambaugh
    •  (317) 278-1648 (office)
    • (317) 341-2412 (cell)
    • (888) 479-8425 (pager)
    • (317) 278-7588 (fax)
    • bshambau@iupui.edu  
  • Academic Advisor – Nicolas Nestor
  •  SAMP Coordinator – Angela Langreck
  • Compliance Intern – Casey Stafford