ncaa-manual

17.1.6.6.2.1 Exception—Championship Practice. At any conference or NCAA championship,student-athletes from the team representing the host institution shall be permitted to miss class timeto attend practice activities conducted the day before the competition. (Adopted: 4/27/00, Revised:4/26/01)17.1.6.6.3 Countable Athletically Related Activities Between Midnight and 5 a.m. Countableathletically related activities shall not occur between midnight and 5 a.m. (Adopted: 1/16/10)17.1.6.6.3.1 Exceptions. Countable athletically related activities may occur between midnight and5 a.m. under the following circumstances: (Adopted: 1/16/10)(a) During participation in a conference championship or an NCAA championship;(b) Participation in any competition that begins before midnight and concludes after midnight; or(c) Participation in a promotional practice activity (e.g., first practice of the season).17.1.6.6.4 Preseason Off-Campus Intrasquad Games and Practice Activities Prohibition. Preseasonoff-campus intrasquad games shall be prohibited in all sports. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91,Revised: 10/27/98 effective 8/1/99, 8/11/11)17.1.6.6.5 Publicity of Preseason Off-Campus Practice Activities. An institution may publicizeoff-campus preseason practice activities that are conducted at a single designated site, provided the institutionnormally conducts preseason practice activities at that particular site. (Adopted: 8/11/11)17.1.6.7 Exception—Eligibility Exhausted. A student-athlete who has exhausted his or her eligibility ina sport, but is eligible for practice under the five-year rule, is not subject to the time limits of Bylaw 17.1.6.(Adopted: 4/24/08 effective 8/1/08)17.1.7 General Regulations for Computing Playing Seasons Applicable to All Sports.(a) Makeup Contests. An institution is not permitted to extend the playing season to make up suspended orcanceled games (including games that determine a conference champion or the automatic qualifier to theNCAA championship); (Adopted: 1/10/92)(b) NCAA or NAIA Championships Participation in Team Sports. Neither practice for nor participation inany NCAA or NAIA championship event (including play-in contests conducted pursuant to NCAA championships)is considered part of the institution’s declared playing season. A member institution that has reasonto believe it is under consideration for selection to participate in an NCAA championship event may continueto practice (but may not compete against outside competition) beyond its last regular-season contest, includingthe conference championship (if any), without counting such practice against the institution’s declaredplaying-season limitation until it is determined by the appropriate committee whether the institution will beselected to participate in the NCAA championship competition. An institution that is not selected to participatein the NCAA championship may continue to practice or compete until the end of that championshiponly if it has time remaining in its declared playing season;(c) NCAA Championships Participation in Individual Sports. Only appropriate squad members considerednecessary for effective practice by the individual(s) preparing for the NCAA championships may continue topractice without counting such practice against the institution’s declared playing-season limitation;(d) Post-NCAA Championships Participation. Following the conclusion of an NCAA (or NAIA) championshipin a sport, an institution may resume practice and/or competition in the sport, provided it is continuingits permissible playing season in the sport and provided the activity occurs during the academic year;(e) Conference Championships. Conference championships must be included within the institution’s playingseason;(f) Non-NCAA Postseason Championships Participation. Practice and/or competition in non-NCAA (ornon-NAIA) postseason championships (e.g., an invitational tournament scheduled after a conference championship)must be counted against the institution’s declared playing-season limitation; except that practiceand competition for one postseason championship in each non-NCAA championship sport used for sportssponsorship purposes pursuant to Bylaw 20.9.6.1.1, practice and competition for one recognized nationalintercollegiate championship event in an emerging sport for women pursuant to Bylaw 20.02.4 and practiceand competition for the National Invitational Softball Championship, for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association(IRA) Women’s Lightweight Rowing Championship, the National Invitational Volleyball Championshipand the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championship are exempt from the institution’s declared playing-seasonlimitations in those sports; (Revised: 1/16/93, 1/11/94, 8/11/98, 4/26/01, 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04,10/28/10)(g) Foreign Tours. Participation by a member institution on a certified foreign tour (see Bylaw 17.28) need notbe included within the institution’s declared playing-season limitation in the sport.17.1.7.1 Combining Segments. In those sports that have different contest limitations in the segment concludingwith the NCAA championship and the other segment, a member institution that conducts a singlecontinuous segment in a sport (rather than dividing its playing season for that sport into two distinct segmentsas permitted in Bylaw 17.1.2) shall be limited to the number of contests or dates of competition permitted onlyfor the segment that concludes with the NCAA championship. (Adopted: 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97)234