Abilene Christian University August 2011 Rules Education Coaches Certification Test Review

1. Bylaw A. Graduated from the two-year college. At least 25 percent of the credit hours used to fulfill the student’s academic degree requirements must be earned at the two-year college that awards the degree per Bylaw ; or B. Satisfactorily completed an average of at least 12-semester or 12-quarter hours of transferable-degree credit acceptable toward any baccalaureate degree program at the certifying institution for each academic term of full-time attendance with a cumulative minimum grade-point average of (see Bylaw ). (Revised: 1/12/04 effective 8/1/04, 1/10/05) C. Either A or B D. Both A and B A NQ who enrolled at a 2 year college as a FT student for two semesters beginning in the Fall of 2010 and then who transfers to a Div. II institution must present the following in order to be eligible for practice and competition.

2. New Legislation True or False? Online courses can never be used to meet core- course requirements?

3. Bylaw True or False? It is permissible for a booster (e.g. a representative of an institutions athletic interests) to make an off-campus contact with a PSA provided the contact was not at the direction of a coaching staff member.

4. Bylaw / A. A maximum of $40 for each day of the visit to cover all actual costs of entertaining the prospective student-athlete. B. Complimentary meals, provided the student host is accompanying the prospective student-athlete during the PSA’s official visit. C. Access to a university vehicle to drive the PSA to a restaurant of campus. D. Both A&B An institution may provide which of the following to a student host entertaining a PSA?

A member institution may conduct a tryout of a PSA only on its campus or at a site at which it normally conducts practice or competition. Which of the following conditions is NOT true regarding a tryout? 5. Bylaw A. The time of the tryout activities (other than the physical examination) shall be limited to the length of the institution’s normal practice period in the sport but in no event shall it be longer than four hours. B. No more than one tryout per prospective student-athlete per institution per sport shall be permitted. C. Competition against the member institution’s team is permissible, provided such competition occurs during the academic year and is considered a countable athletically related activity. D. The institution may provide equipment and clothing on an issuance-and-retrieval basis to a prospective student-athlete during the period of the tryout.

6. New Legislation True or False A student athlete may compete in one alumni game, one fundraising activity, and one celebrity sports activity during a season without counting such competition as a season of competition?

7. Bylaw A. Qualifier B. Partial Qualifier C. Non-Qualifier D. Any of the above A two year college transfer is not subject to residence requirement at a Division II school, if any one of the transfer exceptions is met. In order for a two year college transfer to use an exception to the residence requirement he/she must be a?

8. New Legislation A. Must serve a year in residence at the 4 yr school and then may be eligible to compete provided she meets the residence requirements. B. Is eligible at the 4 yr school because she only attended the 2 year college for one PT term and one FT term and graduated. C. Must serve a year in residence at the 4 yr school and then may be eligible to compete provided she meets the academic requirements. D. Transfer in 48 credits toward a degree with a 2.0 gpa and provide written documentation that she only competed in one season of basketball. If this is completed she is immediately eligible for practice, competition and financial aid. Jill attends a two year college for two FT terms then decides to attend a 4 year college for two FT terms. She then decides to return to a 2 yr. school where she attends PT for a term and FT for a term then graduates. Jill has used 5 FT terms and has only competed one year in the sport of basketball. Jill would now like to transfer to a 4 year school and compete in basketball. Jill …?

9. Bylaw A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. Any participation in a contest of date of competition triggers the use of a season of competition. What % of contests or dates of competition may a SA participate in before triggering the use of a season of competition?

10. Bylaw (b)/ (f) True or False. A SA from another NCAA institution wants to transfer to your institution and participate in athletics. After the SAs sport season has concluded and your institution has received permission from the original institution to contact the PSA, your school wishes to invite the PSA to participate for a tryout. It is permissible for the prospect to tryout on your campus for three hours at the end of the playing season.

11. Bylaw True or False? A student who participated in countable athletic related activity (e.g. practice) while enrolled less than FT is considered a transfer student.

12. New Legislation True or False? A non-traditional course cannot be used to satisfy core-course requirements if the student and instructor do not have regular interaction and ongoing access to each other throughout the duration of the course.

13. Bylaw A. 13 B. 14 C. 15 C. 16 Evan’s first FT term of collegiate enrollment will be the 2013 fall term. If Evan enrolls at a NCAA Div. II institution how many core courses will he be required to fulfill to become a qualifier?

14. Bylaw True or False? Any electronically transmitted human voice exchange is considered to be a telephone call.

15. Bylaw True or False? During an official visit to your campus, any member of the institution’s athletic staff may provide ground transportation for a PSA between the campus and any bus or train station or airport?

16. Bylaw True or False? Will is a senior in high school. It is permissible for an institution to arrange for employment, provided the employment does not begin until after the completion of Will’s senior year.

17. New Legislation True or False? A non-traditional course can be used to meet the core-course requirements even if it can be completed at the individual’s pace with no specific end date.

18. Bylaw A. Transportation provided by an institution’s staff member to view practice and competition sites in the PSAs sport. B. Transportation provided by an institution’s staff member to an away contest within 30 miles of the PSAs residence. C. Transportation to attend a home contest (on or off campus) through transportation available to PSAs generally. D. Transportation provided by an institution’s staff member to view institutional facilities on campus. Which of the following types of transportation is NOT permissible for an institution to provide for a PSA during an unofficial visit?

19. New Legislation A. Graduates from the 2 yr college B. Partial Qualifiers C. Non-Qualifiers D. B and C You are recruiting a 2 yr college PSA who would transfer to your school in the fall Which two year college prospects will be required to have completed 6 semester hours/8 qtr hours of English and 3 semester hours/4 qtr hours of math at the 2 yr college that are transferable to your institution in order to be eligible for competition during the first year at your school?

20. Bylaw A. Anytime B. Beginning Sept. 1 at the beginning of the PSAs sophomore year in high school C. July 1 after the completion of the PSAs sophomore year in high school D. Beginning Sept. 1 at the beginning for the PSAs junior year of high school. When may an institution provide electronic media materials to a prospective student athlete?

21. New Legislation True or False? A SA who has previously attended a 4 yr institution transfers to a 2 yr institution and graduates after one semester. The SA must have earned 25% of the credit hours for his/her degree at the two year institution to be eligible for competition and aid.

22. Bylaw True or False? An institution may provide athletically related financial aid during the first academic year to a 4 yr transfer student-athlete regardless of whether the institution received permission to contact from the previous NCAA institution or NAIA institution.

23. New Legislation Yes or No? Billy Chase is a PSA in men’s soccer, He has signed an NLI with ABC University. He will graduate from High school on May 18 th. XYZ College is in Billy’s home town and would like to hire him to work their summer soccer camp. Can Billy accept this employment and work the camp?

24. Bylaw True or False? An institution may pay for eye glasses, contact lenses, or protective eyewear needed to participate in a sport?

25. Bylaw A. It is not permissible to send a PSA electronic media with this content. B. Anytime after the PSA begins his/her freshman year in high school. C. September 1 at the beginning for the PSAs junior year in high school. D. The day after the PSA signed acceptance of an NLI, or the institutions written offer of admission or financial aid. Coaches wish to send a electronic media to a PSA. The electronic media would show a tour of the coliseum, athletic department, clips of practices and competitions, and a message from one of the coaches talking about the benefits of joining their program. When is it permissible to send such media to a PSA?

1. Coaches should complete and submit to compliance the Prospective Student-Athlete Request for Action Form indicating you are requesting to bring a student to our campus for an official visit (Form should be filled out completely). This should be done one week in advance of the visit dates and no later than 72 hours prior to the visit dates. Our policy states anything submitted less than 72 hours in advance will be automatically denied. Request submitted outside of these parameters will be looked at on a case-by-case basis, but every effort should be made to work within the one week to 72 hour submission requirement. Official Visit Requirements at ACU NCAA Bylaw 13.6 Official (Paid) Visit NCAA Bylaw Notification of Organized Competition Legislation

Prospective Student-Athlete Notification & Request for Action

2. Your PSA/SA should be entered into the JumpForward software and you should complete the official visit portion answering questions 1-4. This allows you to exercise the official visit exception and make unlimited phone calls five days prior to the official visit. Without doing this will cause potential violations within the JumpForward system and on your call reports. 3. Submit High School transcripts and test scores if the PSA is a high school student coming on the visit. If it is a transfer (2 or 4 year) submit the most current transcript possible (official or unofficial), just submitting a course listing is not appropriate. 4. Compliance will then place the PSA/SA on to the Institutions IRL (This is required by NCAA Bylaw) and enter the student into CAi Recruiting in order to track the visit, track communication from compliance and have the student available for roll-over to our rosters if required. Official Visit Requirements cont.

5. Compliance will prepare the official visit notification letter which includes required notifications such as organized competition ByLaw and other pertinent data. (Required by NCAA Bylaw). 6. Compliance will either mail or the prospect and copy the coach, showing the visit is approved and ready to move forward. If the visit is submitted within 72hrs, compliance and coach should talk to determine if the visit can occur. If approved coach will be copied via of approval. 7. Coaches must abide by all Official Visit and Student-Host regulations while the student is on campus. See Bylaw 13.6 and Bylaw Official Visit Requirements cont.

8. Once the visit concludes, coaches should have the student sign the ACU Acknowledgement of Official Visit form and submit to the compliance office. 9. The final step is to complete the official visit information inside of the JumpForward System and run the official visit report that is submitted to compliance once all data regarding the visit is documented. (meals, lodging, transportation, student host information, etc. This report is due the first business.day of each month Official Visit Requirements cont.

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