NCAA Division II Sports Compliance Guide | Simplify, Organize, Prioritize

1. 2019 NCAA Division IIRegional Rules Seminar

2. WELCOME!

5. How do you help yourself?

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7. Objectives: • Simplify • Organize/Prioritize • Minimize Distractions

8. Housekeeping:

9. NCAA DIVISION II BYLAWS 17 & 20 AND CHAMPIONSHIPS SELECTION

10. THREE SEPARATE REQUIREMENTS Maximum number of Contests Permitted Championship Selection BYLAW 20 Bylaw 17 Minimum number of contests required to sponsor sport scheduling requirements for championship eligibility 17 20

11. NCAA BYLAW 20 Overall Department Requirements • All institutions must have 10 total sports. • Five men and five women; or • Four men and six women. Three Season Requirement • Must have at least one sport for males and one sport for females in each season (fall/winter/spring). BYLAW 20 Minimum number of contests Required to sponsor sport 20

12. NCAA BYLAW 20 cont. Sport Requirements To officially sponsor a sport: • Team sport = participate in and complete minimum number of contests. • Individual sport = participate in and complete minimum number of contests with the minimum required number of participants. BYLAW 20 Minimum number of contests REQUIRED to sponsor sport 20

13. NCAA BYLAW 20 cont. What if we don’t meet the minimums in a sport? • If department falls below overall sponsorship requirements, full program could be placed on probation and eventually lose Division II membership status. • If sport is not needed to meet overall department minimums, your conference may still be impacted. • Automatic qualification. • Loss of grant funds. BYLAW 20 Minimum number of contests required to sponsor sport 20

14. NCAA BYLAW 17 Maximum number of Contests Permitted Bylaw 17 Don’t exceed the maximum number of contests permitted! Things happen – Now what? • Violation must be reported. • No impact on student-athlete eligibility. • May result in loss of contests in future years. 17

15. CHAMPIONSHIPS SELECTION Championship Selection Each sport has unique minimum scheduling requirements that must be met to be eligible for selection. What happens if we don’t meet the minimums? • Loss of championship eligibility. scheduling requirements for championship eligibility

16. THREE SEPARATE REQUIREMENTS Maximum number of Contests Permitted BYLAW 20 Championship Selection Bylaw 17 Minimum number of contests Required to sponsor sport scheduling requirements for championship eligibility 17 20

17. WHOSE JOB IS THIS?

18. SCHEDULE REVIEW Maximum number of Contests Permitted Step 1: Can you sponsor the sport? Step 2: Do you have too many? Step 3: Can you be great? Minimum number of contests Required to sponsor sport scheduling requirements for championship eligibility 20 17

21. Instructions

22. MEN’S TENNIS

23. SCHEDULE REVIEW MEN'S TENNIS Sponsorship  Maximum Number of Contests Championship Selection • 14 dates of competition between both segments. • Can count up to seven singles and doubles tournaments as a single date of competition.

24. INSTRUCTIONS

25. WOMEN’S SOCCER

26. SCHEDULE REVIEW WOMEN'S SOCCER Sponsorship  Maximum Number of Contests Championship Selection • Only nine in-region contests scheduled.

27. INSTRUCTIONS

28. MEN’S BASKETBALL

29. SCHEDULE REVIEW MEN'S BASKETBALL Sponsorship  Maximum Number of Contests Championship Selection • Basketball conference challenge is on the wrong date to exempt contests. • 28 total countable contests.

30. INSTRUCTIONS

31. SOFTBALL

32. SCHEDULE REVIEWSOFTBALL Sponsorship  Maximum Number of Contests Championship Selection • 58 total countable contests after you combine both segments. • Nov. 3, 2018, contest vs. University of Florida counts; three exemptions have already been used.

33. INSTRUCTIONS

34. TRACK AND FIELD

35. SCHEDULE REVIEWTRACK & FIELD Sponsorship  Maximum Number of Contests Championship Selection • Only have three countable contests for sports sponsorship and championship selection. • You need 14 student-athletes to finish events.  • Men’s track & field countable: Indy Invite, National Invite, and Walsh Invite. • Women’s track & field countable: Indy Invite, National Invite, and Ferris Invite.

36. Key Takeaways • Include the compliance office in the review of schedule. • In individual sports, rely on official results to verify participation. • Consider the impact that failure to meet sponsorship minimums in a sport may have on the institution and the conference.

38. QUESTIONS?

39. Culture of Compliance

40. Present Future Past • Legislative review. • Developed resource documents. • Enhancing academic advising. • Professional development workshop. • Legislative histories. • Distribution of resource documents. • Rewrite of Compliance Assistant (CA). • Think Tank formed. • Summit held at NCAA national office. • Tools and resources documents identified.

41. Four-Year College Transfers Recruiting + Eligibility

42. Objectives

43. First things first, the basics:

44. Recruiting Legislation

45. Permission to Contact • Before making recruiting contact with a four-year college transfer from an NCAA institution, your institution must have permission to contact that individual. • Permission to contact is not needed for NAIA or international transfers. • Must send notification of intent to transfer for NAIA transfers.

46. What About the Transfer Portal? • Use of the NCAA Transfer Portal is highly encouraged. • Name in Transfer Portal = permission to contact. • Pay attention to any restrictions that may apply to a Division II student-athlete!

47. What if permission to contact is denied?

48. Transfer Legislation

49. General Transfer Rule • A four-year college transfer must serve a year in residence before being eligible for competition. • During this year, the student-athlete may practice and receive athletics aid. • Exception: Nonqualifer with only one term of attendance at a four-year institution.

50. Transfer Exceptions • Student-athlete cannot have an unfilled residence requirement at the previous institution. • During the first year of collegiate enrollment, only qualifiers can use a transfer exception.