Brian Martin
Masters Student
Posts: 963
Loc: Washington, DC
Reg: 11-21-04
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07-28-06 03:44 PM - Post#21695
In response to Bison137
http://www.bsk.com/archives/infomemo.dbm?StoryID=707
Amendments to the current basketball season restrictions with a primary focus on the start of the season and the counting of multi-team events (many of which have traditionally been conducted immediately prior to or at the beginning of the regular season) were reviewed by the Council and adopted by the Board to become effective for the 2006-07 basketball season (see Proposal No. 2006-14). Specifically, the second Friday in November was established as the first permissible playing date for both regular season and "qualifying" multi-team events and the requirement of NCAA certification of "qualifying" events was eliminated, as was the limitation of participating in such an event only twice in four years. A "qualifying event" must meet certain criteria, including: (1) the event must be sponsored by the NCAA, an active or affiliated member, or a member conference and must take place in the United States or one of its territories; (2) the event may include no more than four contests per institution and must conclude within 14 days after the first contest of the event; (3) participation must be limited by conference to one team per conference annually and by institution to not more than once in the same event in any four-year period; and (4) an institution that participates in such an event shall limit its other regular season contests to a total of 27.
Further, the new legislation exempts conference season-end tournaments from counting toward the maximum number of contests and establishes an annual limit of 29 regular-season games for those institutions that do not participate in a "qualifying" event. Participation in a foreign tour, which must take place during a vacation period and not within 30 days of the beginning of practice in basketball, will not impact a team's opportunity to participate in a "qualifying" multi-team event in the same year. For purposes of applying the new legislation, the "slate is wiped clean" and an institution will begin to apply the regulations regarding participation in a "qualifying" event from August 1, 2006, forward without regard to any participation in events in previous years.
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