NCAA Legislation 2017-2018

This new rule would allow a prospective student-athlete to participate in elite junior level competition (like on a U19 world cup team or U19 national team) for one year after they join a collegiate team.

 

Right now this isn't allowed because it is considered "junior level" and you aren't allowed to do that while playing collegiately. The NCAA is proposing this because they want student athletes to get the chance to support their country, and they understand that a U19 team is often a gateway to making the real national team.

This rule would allow people who are in the armed forces, on an official religious mission, or anything of this sort (during a year of college), to participate in some organized form of their sport without losing a year of eligibility.

 

Right now you would lose a year of eligibility for doing so.

If a coach made the decision to redshirt you (not for medical reasons) and then you got hurt another season and decided to take a medical redshirt, you would still be able to play 4 full years.

 

Example: Hillary asks you to redshirt as a freshmen because she doesn't think you are ready for the college game, then you tear your ACL your sophomore year and get a medical redshirt.  

 

Right now there is something called a 5-year clock, which means that you only have 5 years to get all of your athletic years in.  But, like in the situation listed above, if you sat out 2 years (one for Hillary and one for your knee), 4 more years of playing would put you at 6 years, passing the 5-year clock.  This rule allows for the wavering of a 5-year clock in this type of scenario.

This one was pretty wordy and dealt more with the coaches than with us, but basically the NCAA just wants to simplify the rules surround electronic correspondence with recruits.  Especially with the greater role social media plays.

 

 

Here is the exact the quote for anyone that wants to try and decode it, I did my best to explain:

 

"To (a) Eliminate restrictions related to endorsements of entities and events related to prospective student-athletes, as specified; (b) Specify that an institution may provide recruiting materials, including general correspondence related to athletics, and send electronic correspondence (including posts on social media) to an individual (or his or her parents or legal guardians) at any time; and (c) Eliminate restrictions on publicity related to the recruitment of a prospective student-athlete before his or her commitment, as specified."

Also more for coaches but:

This new rule would state, "No restrictions on the design or content of a recruiting questionnaire."

 

In the instance that a head coach leaves, schools would be allowed to provide one additional official visit to a prospective student-athlete as long as the prospective student-athlete signed an NLI/paid deposit.

So for example: If Hillary left tomorrow, the incoming class of freshmen would get another official visit (paid for by the school) since they've all signed their NLI's.  This would give them the chance to bond or not bond with the new head coach we brought in.

 

Example: Say we have a recruit we are interest named Jane Doe.  My friend from home and Jane Doe played on the same high school team.  My friend from home posts and picture Instagram of her high school lacrosse team (tbt).  This rule would allow me to comment, "Jane Doe is nasty at lax" on her picture, as long as im not @ing the coaches.

This rule would allow schools to pay for a student-athlete to take summer coursework at another institution.  This would only be if the major courses you need to take weren't offered at your school over the summer.

This one is super applicable to us so read this one carefully!

 

As of right now, during 8 hour weeks, we are only allowed to do 2 total hours of skill.  This rule would allow us to have no limit on the amount of skill instruction (within the eight hours).

 

Similar to the last one, of the 8 hours we participated in lift, running, and skill, this rule would cut off "skilled related workouts" at 4 hours max.  This means we couldn't do skill groups for more than 4 of the 8 hours in 8-hour weeks.