Division II NCAA Eligibility Center Academics and Amateurism

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Division IINCAA Eligibility CenterAcademics and
Amateurism
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Case Study No. 1Core-Course Issues and
Nontraditional Coursework
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Case Study No. 1

• PSA took an online course titled "British
  Literature."
• Class taken through the PLATO system.
• Class was taken to replace another English core
  course.

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Case Study No. 1

• British Literature was on the high school's
• NCAA List of Approved Core Courses.
• After review of this class, it was
• determined that the content being taught was
  not British Literature.

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Core-Course andNontraditional Coursework Tips

• What to Look for
• Determine where course is beingtaken and if
  school has an NCAA List of Approved Core Courses.
• Verify how the course is being used.
• Look for assignment completion dates and when the
  coursework was finished.
• If replacing a class, must be comparable (English
  replacing an English).

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Core-Course andNontraditional Coursework Tips

• What to Look for
• Make sure the coursework being completed matches
  the course being taken.

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Case Study No. 2Multiple or Unknown High
Schools
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Case Study No. 2

• PSA attended public High School A forthree years
  and then transferred to private High School B.
• PSA retook multiple classes.
• PSA significantly increased his grades after
  transferring to High School B.

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Case Study No. 2

• PSA achieved just over the qualifying grade-point
  average and test-score combination on the sliding
  scale.
• PSA was flagged for PSA review.

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Multiple High Schools Tips

• What to Look for
• Get transcripts from each high school.
• Review each high school and verify thereis an
  NCAA List of Approved Core Courses.
• Have a complete history for a PSA.
• Verify PSA graduated in eight semesters.

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Unknown High School Tips

• Have the high school send the Eligibility Center
  a course catalog along with other pertinent
  information.
• Research high school to see what kindof
  curriculum it offers.
• Have high school contact the Eligibility Center.

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Recruit the High School Too
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Example No. 1

• New preparatory school with focus on football
  being ran by a former NFL playerfrom the state.
• School started in 2004-05 therefore, first
  graduating class was May 2008.
• Enrollment increased after Hurricane Katrina.
• Eligibility Center heard of the school, buthad
  never received a transcript.

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Example No. 2

• High school is a perennial USA Today
• top 10 football program.
• PSAs were held up because of an outdated NCAA
  List of Approved Core Courses.
• The delay affected the high school's other
  sports.

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Example No. 3

• American high school in a foreign country.
• High school has a CEEB code, but
• no core-course list with the Eligibility Center.
• The high school has no course catalog.
• Language barrier caused some issues.
• Other communication challenges.

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Recruit the High School Too Tips

• What to Look for
• Make sure there is an NCAA List of Approved Core
  Courses. If not, have information and a course
  catalog sent to theEligibility Center as quickly
  as possible.
• Some U.S. schools overseas do have CEEB codes
  however, it does not guarantee there
• is a core-course list.

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Recruit the High School Too Tips

• What to Look for
• Make sure the core-course list is accurate.
• Not all schools are aware of
• the NCAA initial-eligibility process.
• Have coaches encourage PSAs, parents and high
  school's to ensure the core-course list is
  current.

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• Amateurism

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Organized Competition Rule

• NCAA Division II Bylaws 14.2.4.2 and 14.2.4.2.2
• For each year after high school graduationand
  subsequent to one's first opportunity to enroll
  that a PSA does not enroll full-time at a
  collegiate institution and continues to compete,
  he or she will be subject to the loss of a
  season(s) of competition.
• Academic year in residence requirement.

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Graduation Date Determination

• Bylaw 14.2.4.2 is based on a PSA's expected date
  of graduation.
• Amateurism certification staff do not determine a
  PSA's high school graduation date.
• Amateurism certification staff may assist in
  collecting documents and transcripts to determine
  a graduation date.

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Bylaw 14.2.4.2

• For team competition If a team providesany of
  its members with expenses.
• Actual and necessary expenses include meals,
  transportation, lodging, medical insurance and
  expenses and stipends (for food, gas).
• For individual competition If a PSA competes in
  any kind of event that offers expenses (i.e.,
  prize money) to any of the participants.

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Exceptions

• Reasonable expenses and fees.
• National/international competition.
• Postgraduate college preparatory school
  exception.

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Bylaw 14.2.4.2 Analysis

• Establish expected date of graduation.
• Determine if there is a delay.
• Gather athletics participation information during
  delay.
• Determine if participation constitutes the use of
  a season.

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Road Blocks to Certification

• Irregular educational path.
• Cooperation from third parties.
• Changing agreed on set of facts.
• Incomplete and inaccurate information.
• Institutional involvement/communication in
  preventing "future" organized competition issues.
  

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Case Study No. 1

• PSA completed secondary school in June 2001 and
  enrolled full time at a junior collegein August
  2006.
• PSA has delayed enrollment for five academic
  years.
• PSA competed during his delay.
• PSA competed for two club teams and
• his national team during the delay.

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Case Study No. 1 Cont.

• PSA responds to amateurism certification staff
  request.
• PSA received bus rides to away games
• and postgame meals for the team he competed
  for three seasons (2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06).
• PSA does not meet any exceptions.
• PSA competed on team in 2001-02 that did not
  provide the PSA or his teammates with expenses.
  
• PSA competed for the national team from 2002-06.

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Case Study No. 1 Cont.

• Amateurism staff confirms receipt of expenses and
  participation from PSA's former teams.
• PSA will not be charged a season
• for his national team participation in 2002.
• PSA will be charged with three seasons
• and a year in residence for his participation
  from 2003-06.

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Case Study No. 2

• PSA completes secondary school in June 2008.
• PSA does not enroll fall 2008 and
• continues to compete.
• PSA intends to enroll fall 2009.
• PSA has delayed enrollment for one year
  (2008-09).

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Case Study No. 2 Cont.

• Amateurism certification staff e-mails PSA.
• PSA does not respond and is 'Not Certified Due
  to No Response.'
• Institution contacts the Eligibility Center and
  asks to have questions re-sent to PSA.

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Case Study No. 2 Cont.

• PSA responds to amateurism certification staffs
  e-mail.
• PSA competed for one team during the 2008-09
  year.
• PSA received expenses from team.
• PSA did not pay a fee.

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Case Study No. 2 Cont.

• Amateurism certification staff communicates facts
  and decision to institution.
• PSA is charged with one season of competition and
  must serve a year in residence.
• Institution agrees to decision.

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Case Study No. 2 Cont.

• Institution files an NCAA Division II Committee
  on Legislative Relief (CLR) waiver.
• Institution and PSA now assert the PSA paid a
  fee for his expenses.
• Disagreement in facts causes file to return to
  amateurism certification staff for further
  review. Waiver request suspended.

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Case Study No. 2 Cont.

• Disagreement in facts results in file returning
  to amateurism certification staff for further
  review.
• CLR waiver request is suspended.
• Amateurism staff must determine if PSA paida
  fee.
• Amateurism staff requests receipts of fee
  fromPSA and team. Reaches out to league
  office/federation for confirmation.

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Case Study No. 2 Cont.

• No contemporaneous documentation of fee can be
  located for several weeks.
• PSA misses first game of the season.
• Institution and amateurism staff discuss bringing
  case to the NCAA Division II Fact-Finding
  Committee to determine if fee was paid.
• Institution determines fee was not paid and
  amends waiver request. Amateurism certification
  staff decision stands.

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Best Practices

• Keep Institutional Requests Lists up to date.
• Have PSAs fully complete amateurism
  questionnaire.
• Encourage PSAs to be prepared to provide
• amateurism staff with complete participation
  information for delay period.
• Remind PSAs they must provide accurate and
  complete information to you and amateurism
  certification staff.
• Have PSAs complete a Student-Athlete Statement
  during recruitment.