Category: Article V, Section B

  • Medical Hardship Update – As of 2021-2022

    The new 20% Season of Competition bylaw that went into effect August 1, 2021 instituted a minimum number of intercollegiate contests a student must participate in before they would be charged a season of competition. This change has made the current medical hardship process for NAIA athletes non-applicible. Note that the contest limits under the…

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  • Outside Competitive Experience Update – As of 2021-2022

    Elite-Level Criteria & Chargeable Outside Competitive Experience Effective May 1, 2022 as applied to eligibility decisions for NAIA competition in August 2022 or beyond. Applied to eligibility decisions for NAIA competition in August 2022 and beyond. This means that this criteria is not retroactive. If a student was charged for a league prior to May…

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  • Concurrent Enrollment

    Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 21 “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. The word “term” as used throughout the bylaws refers to quarter, semester or trimester, whichever applies as the official unit of class…

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  • Greco Roman Wrestling

    Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 23 “Varsity Intercollegiate Sport: A sport that has been accorded that status by the institution’s chief executive officer or committee responsible for intercollegiate athletics policy and satisfies all of the following conditions: a. It is a sport that is administered by the department of intercollegiate athletics; b. It is…

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  • Discontinuance of a Sport During a Season

    Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 20 “Season of Competition: Participation in one or more intercollegiate contests whether in a varsity, junior varsity or freshman program. The NAIA shall count seasons of competition based on intercollegiate participation charged by another intercollegiate athletic association. Casebook Example When an NAIA institution discontinues a sport immediately, during the…

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  • Identification for Graduate Students

    Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 8 “Identification: Representing an institution in an intercollegiate contest or enrolling in 12 or more institutional credit hours with a minimum of nine institutional credit hours at the NAIA member institution in any given term (excluding summer session) as reported by the institution’s registrar on an official transcript based…

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  • Additional Hours Earned During a Term of Attendance

    Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 8 “Identification: Representing an institution in an intercollegiate contest or enrolling in 12 or more institutional credit hours with a minimum of nine institutional credit hours at the NAIA member institution in any given term (excluding summer session) as reported by the institution’s registrar on an official transcript based…

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  • Indoor Soccer & Futsal

    Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 23 “Varsity Intercollegiate Sport: A sport that has been accorded that status by the institution’s chief executive officer or committee responsible for intercollegiate athletics policy and satisfies all of the following conditions: It is a sport that is administered by the department of intercollegiate athletics; It is a sport…

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  • Online Courses – Identification

    Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 9 “Any credit hour attributed to a course that is recorded on the transcript with a grade and credit hours earned. Institutional credit hours shall be accepted for eligibility certification purposes only after the instructor submits the completed course grade in the normal manner to the institutional registrar for…

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  • Institutional Credit and Transfer Credit

    Bylaw Article V, Section B, Item 9 “Institutional Credit Hour: Any credit hour attributed to a course that is recorded on the transcript with a grade and credit hours earned. Institutional credit hours shall be accepted for eligibility certification purposes only after the instructor submits the completed course grade in the normal manner to the…

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