Year: 2018

  • Earning TOA Without Graduating High School

    Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 22 “Term of Attendance: A term of attendance is any quarter, semester or trimester (excluding summer sessions) in which the student becomes identified at a single institution.” Bylaw:  Article V, Section B, Item 12 (Definition of Non-Term) Casebook Example “Non-Term — High School Approved Ruling: High school students may…

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  • Class Rank 1-1

    Bylaw: Article V, Section C, Item 2c “An entering freshman student must meet two of the three entry-level requirements below. Students not meeting at least two of the three standards shall be denied athletics participation at a member institution for the first full year of attendance (two semesters, three quarters, or the equivalent) that such…

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  • Type of Doctors Considered in Requests for an Exception

    Bylaw: Article V, Section L “In exceptional cases, where extenuating circumstances exist, an institution may request an exceptional ruling to a standard rule.” Interpretation The National Eligibilty Comittee has determined that Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants should not be the deciding party in supporting medical documentation for requests for exceptions that involve medical extenuating circumstances.…

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  • Competitive Cheer and Stunt

    Bylaw: Article V, Section A “Institutional membership within either or both programs (men’s and/or women’s) or institutional membership on a sport-by-sport basis within a program charges each institution with the responsibility of knowing, administering and enforcing the eligibility standards adopted by the members of the Association in respect to the institution’s intercollegiate sports affiliated within…

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  • Joint Practice

    Bylaw: Article I, Section H, Item 6 “Practice will be defined as follows: An activity organized and/or directed by an identified member of the coaching staff of that sport in which appropriate equipment is used or instruction and/or evaluation of the athlete takes place.” Interpretation Any time sport-specific activities are performed between or against competitors…

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  • Definition of a Practice

    Bylaw: Article I, Section H, Item 6 “Practice will be defined as follows: An activity organized and/or directed by an identified member of the coaching staff of that sport in which appropriate equipment is used or instruction and/or evaluation of the athlete takes place.” Interpretation The definition of practice has two components: an activity organized…

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  • Competitive Cheer and Competitive Dance Camps

    Bylaw: Article I, Section H, Item 6 “Practice will be defined as follows: An activity organized and/or directed by an identified member of the coaching staff of that sport in which appropriate equipment is used or instruction and/or evaluation of the athlete takes place.” Interpretation If a Competitive Cheer or Competitive Dance camp occurs on…

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  • Use of a Substitute Faculty Athletic Representative for Certification

    Bylaw: Article V, Section I, Item 1 “It shall be the responsibility of the faculty athletics representative of each member institution to check the eligibility of each student prior to allowing the student to represent the institution in any manner (i.e. scrimmages, intercollegiate contests) against competitors not directly identified with the institution in any sport…

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  • 2-1 Penalty for Ineligible Student-Athletes

    Bylaw: Article VI, Section B, Item 9 b-c “Any member institution which permits the use of a student who is ineligible according to NAIA rules and standards in either program in which it holds membership shall thereby automatically*: … Charge the ineligible student with a season of competition for participating pursuant to Article V, Section…

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  • Practice and Competition Breaks During Natural Disasters

    Bylaw: Article I, Section H, Item 5 “There shall be no more than three break periods during the 24 weeks. NAIA-approved postseason participation shall not be counted as part of the 24-week period. A week is defined as Monday (12:00 a.m.) through Sunday (11:59 p.m.). Any practice or competition during this period shall constitute one…

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