Re: The 2015-16 Schedules Thread
I'm not familiar with the exemption rules. So if Lowell plays Brown and Colgate in Belfast those games are exempt from the 34 game limit?
The NCAA by-laws for next year don't come out until August, but let's take a look at what's presently on the books:
17.12.5.1
Maximum Limitations—Institutional.
A member institution shall limit its total playing sched
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ule with outside competition during the institution’s ice hockey playing season to 34 contests (games or scrim
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mages), except for those contests excluded under Bylaws 17.12.5.3 and 17.12.5.4.
(Revised: 1/10/91 effective
8/1/91, 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)
17.12.5.1.1
In-Season Foreign Competition.
A member institution may play one or more of its
countable contests in ice hockey in one or more foreign countries on one trip during the prescribed playing
season. However, except for contests played in Canada and Mexico or on a certified foreign tour (see Bylaw
17.29), the institution may not engage in such in-season foreign competition more than once every four
years.
17.12.5.4
Once-in-Four-Years Exemption—Foreign Tour.
An institution may exempt the contests
played on a foreign tour, provided the tour is conducted by the member institution in accordance with the pro
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cedures set forth in Bylaw 17.29.
(Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, Revised: 4/26/07 effective 8/1/07)
17.29
Foreign Tours.
17.29.1
Institutionally Certified Tours.
A member institution may participate in competition in any
sport on foreign tours. The institution must certify in writing that the conditions set forth in this section are met
and must maintain the certification on file in the athletics department.
(Revised: 1/11/89, 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97,
7/30/10)
17.29.1.1
Tour to U.S. Territory or Commonwealth.
A tour to a U.S. commonwealth (e.g., Puerto Rico)
or a U.S. territory (e.g., Virgin Islands) is not considered a foreign tour.
17.29.1.2
Timing of Tour.
A tour may only be scheduled during the summer-vacation period between the
institution’s spring and fall terms or during an academic year vacation period (other than a Labor Day vacation
period) published in the institution’s official catalog. All travel to and from the foreign country must take place
during such a vacation period. However, if the team crosses the international date line during the tour, the
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change of date will be disregarded and the equivalent time as measured in the United States will be used to deter
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mine the institution’s vacation period.
(Revised: 10/18/89, 4/29/04, 10/29/04 effective 11/1/04, 5/12/05, 1/8/07,
1/17/09 effective 8/1/09; a contract signed before 4/14/08 may be honored, 7/30/10)
17.29.1.2.1
Summer Vacation Period.
A foreign tour taken during the summer vacation period shall
be considered to have occurred during the academic year after the summer for purposes of Bylaw 17.
(Re
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vised: 7/30/10)
17.29.1.2.2
Prohibition Prior to Championship Segment.
In sports in which separate dates are
specified for the first permissible date of practice and the first permissible date of competition for the
championship segment (e.g., women’s volleyball, basketball, baseball), an institution may not engage in a
foreign tour during the period beginning 30 days prior to the first permissible practice date until the first
permissible date for a contest or date of competition in the championship segment in the applicable sport.
In sports in which the same date is specified for the first permissible date of practice and the first permissible
date of competition (e.g., gymnastics, lacrosse, swimming and diving), an institution may not engage in a
foreign tour for a period of 30 days prior to the first day of the institution’s declared playing and practice
season (first permissible date of practice or competition) for the championship segment in the applicable
sport.
(Adopted: 6/11/07, Revised: 7/30/10)
17.29.1.3
Time Lapse Between Tours.
An institution shall not engage in a foreign tour in each sport more
than once every four years. In basketball, a student-athlete shall not participate in more than one foreign tour for
a particular institution.
(Revised: 1/11/89, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10, 7/30/10)
17.29.1.4
Eligibility of Student-Athletes.
The eligibility of student-athletes on the tour shall be governed
by the following (see Bylaw 12.8.3.6):
(Revised: 8/11/98, 7/30/10)
(a)
If the tour takes place during the summer, the student-athletes shall have been eligible for intercollegiate
competition during the previous academic year or shall have been enrolled at the institution as a full-time
student during the previous academic year and have established by the beginning of the tour that he or
she is eligible for competition during the academic year immediately following the tour; or
(b)
If the tour takes place after the academic year has started, the student-athletes shall be regularly enrolled
in the institution and eligible for intercollegiate competition.
17.29.1.4.1
Incoming-Student Participation.
It is permissible for an eligible incoming student-ath
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lete to represent the institution on a foreign tour that begins after the permissible starting practice date in the
sport involved or after the first day of classes of his or her first regular term at the institution. An incoming
student-athlete (freshman or transfer) may participate in practice sessions conducted in preparation for a
foreign tour only if such practice sessions occur either:
(Revised: 5/4/05, 7/30/10)
(a)
On or after the first permissible practice date in the involved sport; or
(b)
On or after the first day of classes of the student-athlete’s first regular academic term at the institu
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tion.
17.29.1.5
Practice Limitation.
Not more than 10 days of practice are permitted prior to departure. Practice
is prohibited outside the playing season one week prior to the beginning of the institution’s final examination
period for the applicable regular academic term through the conclusion of the final examination period.
(Revised:
1/14/08, 7/30/10)
17.29.1.6
Maximum Number of Contests/Competition Dates.
A team shall be limited to a maximum
of three football games, 10 basketball games, or 10 contests or dates of competition in any other sport during
and as part of the tour.
(Revised: 1/10/91, 7/30/10)
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17.29.1.7
Opponents.
The team shall not compete during the tour against other American teams (colleges
or other U.S. teams) other than teams composed of U.S. armed forces personnel stationed at U.S. military bases
in foreign countries.
(Revised: 7/30/10)
17.29.1.7.1
Exception—Women’s Rowing.
It is permissible for rowing teams representing NCAA
member institutions to compete against each other as part of the Henley Women’s Regatta and the Henley
Royal Regatta.
(Adopted: 4/20/99, Revised: 7/30/10, 4/16/12)
17.29.1.8
Football Postseason Opportunity.
A foreign football tour shall be considered that institution’s
postseason opportunity for that season, the accounting period to commence with the start of the institution’s
normal beginning of fall football practice.
(Revised: 7/30/10)
17.29.1.9
Per Diem.
An institution may provide a student-athlete $20 cash per day to cover unitemized
incidental expenses incurred in connection with a foreign tour in his or her particular sport. This expense allow
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ance may be provided each day of the tour, up to a maximum of 21 days.
(Adopted: 11/1/01, Revised: 7/30/10)
17.29.1.10
Passports.
An institution may purchase passports for its student-athletes that are required for
travel in connection with a foreign tour, and student-athletes may retain ownership of such passports. The insti
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tution also may provide student-athletes with reasonable local transportation to obtain such passports.
(Adopted:
11/1/01, Revised: 7/30/10)
17.29.2
Outside-Team Tours.
An outside team that includes student-athletes from more than one member
institution may participate in international competition in any sport on a foreign tour. However, any such outside
team that includes more than the following number of student-athletes from the same member institution must
be certified by the institution in accordance with procedures set forth in Bylaw 17.29.1.
(Revised: 1/14/97 effective
8/1/97, 10/31/02, 1/16/10)
Baseball
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4
Basketball
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2
Cross Country
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2
Fencing
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4
Field Hockey
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5
Football
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5
Golf
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2
Gymnastics
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2
Ice Hockey
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4
Lacrosse
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5
Rifle
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2
Rowing
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4
Skiing
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4
Soccer
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5
Softball
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4
Swimming and Diving
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5
Tennis
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2
Track and Field
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7
Volleyball
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2
Water Polo
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4
Wrestling
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5
17.29.2.1
Institutional Foreign-Tour Limitations.
A member institution shall be charged with its foreign-
tour opportunity in a sport and its once-in-four-years limitation if the institution is represented by more than
the number of student-athletes specified under Bylaw 17.29.2 on an outside team participating in a foreign tour
in that sport.
