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Winter 2005-06
IUPUI Compliance Newsletter

Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
bshambau@iupui.edu

 

ARA During Vacation Periods

Bylaw 17.1.5.2.1 Institutional Vacation Period and Summer

  • A student-athlete may not participate in any countable athletically related activities outside the playing season during an institutional vacation period and/or summer.
  • Strength and conditioning coaches who are not countable coaches and who perform such duties on a department-wide basis may design and conduct specific workout programs for student-athletes provided such workouts are voluntary and conducted at the request of the student-athlete.

Bylaw 17.1.5.3.6 Vacation Period and Between Terms

  • If in season, daily and weekly hour limitations do not apply to countable athletically related activities occurring during an institution’s term-time official vacation period and during the academic year between terms when classes are not in session.
  • If a vacation period occurs during any part of the week in which classes are in session, the institution is subject to the daily and weekly hour limitations during that portion of the week when classes are in session and must provide the student-athletes with a day off.
  • NCAA Interpretation: Required Day Off Not Mandatory During Vacation Period: An institution is not required to provide student-athletes with one day off per week during a vacation period, provided classes are not in session during any portion of that week. [References: NCAA Bylaw 17.1.5.3.6]; Date Issued: Dec 18, 1992

 

NCAA Bylaw Proposals

(Proposed Changed Language in Bold)

Bylaw 12.5.1.1

  • 2005-25 Amateurism – Institutional, Charitable, Educational or Nonprofit Promotions – Sale of Items Bearing Names, Likenesses or Pictures of Student-Athlete
    • A member institution or recognized entity thereof (e.g. sorority or student government organization), a member conference or a non-institutional charitable, educational or nonprofit agency may use a student-athlete's name, picture or appearance to support its charitable or educational activities considered incidental to the student-athlete's participation in intercollegiate athletics, provided the following conditions are met:
    • 12.5.1.1 (a) through (g) unchanged
    • (h): Any commercial items with names, likenesses or pictures of multiple student-athletes (other than highlight films or media guides per Bylaw 12.5.1.8) may be sold only at the member institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled, institutionally controlled (owned and operated) outlets or outlets controlled by the charitable or educational organization (e.g., location of the charitable or educational organization, site of charitable event during the event).  Items that include an individual student-athlete's name, picture or likeness (e.g., name on jersey, name or likeness on a bobble-head doll), other than informational items (e.g., media guide, schedule cards, institutional publications), may not be sold"
  • Rationale: In an effort to address concerns related to student-athlete exploitation, an individual student-athlete's name, picture or likeness should not be used in connection with for-sale ventures. Some examples of these for-sale ventures include jerseys with a student-athlete's name and bobble-head dolls that are sold in campus stores. It is important to note that a distinction was made between producing items with a student-athlete's name, picture or likeness for sale versus providing these items as part of a marketing or promotional event, such as give-a-ways at games (e.g., posters, schedule cards, bobble-head dolls). Numerous discussions with institutional personnel and student-athletes and two national surveys were conducted of institutional presidents and chancellors and athletics department marketing personnel. The survey results indicate that although a majority of institutions are not using student-athletes in this manner, institutions should be held to the same standards as non-institutional entities. Therefore, individual student-athletes should not be used in for- profit ventures in a manner that may be perceived as exploitive. Finally, no change is being recommended in regard to allowing student-athletes to be involved in charitable promotional activities.

 

Bylaw 15.2.8.1.2

  • 2005-46-A Financial Aid – Elements of Financial Aid – Summer Financial Aid and Enrolled Student-Athletes – Proportionality
  • Intent: To eliminate the requirement that athletically related summer financial aid must be awarded in proportion to the amount of athletically related financial aid a student-athlete received during the previous academic year.
  • Rationale: Deregulation of the administration of summer school financial aid will allow student-athletes to use summer school as a time to advance their academic pursuits. The amount of athletically related aid a student-athlete may receive in the summer should not be conditioned on how much athletics aid was received during the regular academic year. The rules and interpretations regarding the proportionality of summer financial aid to athletics aid receiving during the academic year are often complicated and confusing. Further, given the new progress-toward-degree requirements, more student-athletes may need to attend summer school to maintain eligibility. An institution may also use the Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund to finance summer school, thus lessening the competitive and recruiting equity issues.
    Estimated Budget Impact: Increased opportunity to offer summer financial aid.

 

Alternative Proposal Bylaw 15.2.8.1.2

  • 2005-46-B Financial Aid – Elements of Financial Aid – Summer Financial Aid and Enrolled Student-Athletes – Proportionality
    • Intent: To specify that athletically related summer financial aid is not required to be awarded in proportion to the amount of athletically related financial aid a student-athlete received during the previous academic year, provided the student-athlete is enrolled in a degree program that will qualify the student-athlete to earn a baccalaureate degree within five years of initial full-time enrollment and has completed his or her third or fourth year of collegiate enrollment and has completed 60% or 80%, respectively, of the course requirements of his or her specific degree program.
    • Subsequent to initial full-time enrollment during a regular academic year, a student-athlete shall not receive athletically related financial aid to attend the certifying institution's summer term or summer school unless the student-athlete received such athletically related aid from the certifying institution during the student-athlete's previous academic year at that institution. Further, such aid may be awarded only in proportion to the amount of athletically related financial aid received by the student-athlete during the student-athlete's previous academic year at the certifying institution, except that this proportionality restriction shall not apply to a student-athlete who:
      • (a) Has exhausted his or her eligibility and is enrolled in a summer program of studies that will permit the student-athlete to complete his or her degree requirements; or
      • (b) Is enrolled in a degree program that will qualify the student-athlete to earn a baccalaureate degree within five years of initial full-time enrollment and:
        • (1) Has completed his or her third year of collegiate enrollment (i.e., six full-time semesters or nine full-time quarters) and has completed successfully at least 60% of the course requirements in his or her specific degree program; or
        • (2) Has completed his or her fourth year of collegiate enrollment (i.e., eight full-time semesters or 12 full-time quarters) and has successfully completed at least 80% of the course requirements in his or her specific degree program."
    • Rationale: The intent of the original legislation that established the proportionality requirement was related to both recruiting and cost controls. This modification would retain the proportionality requirement during the first two years, and thereafter, permit the removal of the requirement for those student-athletes who have already met percentage of degree requirements prior to their fourth and fifth years of enrollment, and who are on track to complete their degrees within five years or less. This would enhance and possibly expedite degree completion, and thereby has the potential to reduce costs associated with complete deregulation of the proportionality requirements. This proposal also permits student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility to receive summer aid without the proportionality limits specifically for degree completion.
    • Estimated Budget Impact: Potential reduction in costs as compared to Proposal No. 2005-46-A.

 

Bylaw 17.1.5.4 amended by adding new 17.1.5.4.7

  • Intent: In basketball, to provide an exception to the required day off when the institution participates in three contests in a given week, provided the student-athletes do not engage in any countable athletically related activities for two days during either the preceding week or the following week.
  • Exception -- Basketball.  If an institution's team participates in three contests in a given week, an institution is not subject to the one-day-off-per-week requirement, provided the student-athletes do not engage in any countable athletically related activities for two days during either the preceding or the following week.
  • Rationale: A team that takes its required day off during the week it is scheduled to compete in three contests is only left with one day to prepare for the next opponent. In many instances, a three-contest week is the result of conference scheduling to uphold a network television commitment to provide games for a particular time slot. This conference obligation should not limit the individual institution's ability to prepare for each contest.

 

Recruiting Calendars

 

Signing Periods

  • Soccer
    • January 30-February 2

 

Dead Periods

  • Men’s Basketball
    • December 24-26
  • Women’s Basketball
    • December 24-26
  • Soccer
    • January 30-February 2
  • Softball
    • November 30-December 4
  • Volleyball
    • December 14-31

 

Academic Calendar

  • November 23-27 – No Classes – Thanksgiving Break
  • December 12 – Classes end
  • December 13-19 – Final exams
  • December 23 – Grades available
  • January 9 – Classes begin
  • January 16 – No Classes – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • January 17 – 100% refund period ends at 6:00 p.m.
  • January 18 – Withdrawal with automatic grade of W until March 3, 2006
  • January 21 – 75% refund period ends at 12:00 p.m.
  • January 28 – 50% refund period ends at 12:00 p.m.; pass/fail option deadline at 12:00p.m.
  • February 4 – 25% refund period ends at 12:00 p.m.
  • March 31 – Last date to withdraw
  • March 13-17 – No Classes – Spring Break

 

Compliance Office Closed

  • December 26 – Holiday
  • December 30 – Vacation
  • January 2 – Holiday
  • January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

 

Upcoming Rules Education Sessions

  • December 13 – NCAA Pending Legislation Discussion
  • January 10 – NCAA Bylaw 15 & 16
  • February 14 – NCAA Bylaw 12
  • March 14 – NCAA Bylaw 17
  • April 11 – Preparation for 2006-07 Coaches Certification
  • May 10 – 2006-07 NCAA Coaches Certification Examination

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