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(a) Conference Championship. Competition in one conference championship tournament in baseball (orthe tournament used to determine the conference’s automatic entry in an NCAA baseball championship);(b) Conference Playoff. Competition involving member institutions that tie for a conference baseballchampionship. Such teams may participate in a single-elimination playoff to determine the conference’sautomatic entry in an NCAA baseball championship without the game(s) being counted as a postseasontournament;(c) Season-Ending Tournaments.(1) NCAA Championship. Competition in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; (Revised:1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)(2) NAIA Championship. Competition in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)baseball championship; (Revised: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)(d) NCAA Championship Play-In Competition. Competition in play-in contests conducted beforeNCAA championships;(e) Alumni Game. One baseball contest each year against an alumni team of the institution;(f) Foreign Team in the United States. One baseball contest each year with a foreign opponent in theUnited States;(g) Hawaii or Alaska. Any games played in Hawaii or Alaska, respectively, against an active Division I institutionlocated in Hawaii or Alaska, by a member located outside the area in question; (Adopted: 1/9/96effective 8/1/96)(h) Fundraising Activity. Any baseball activities in which student-athletes from more than one of the institution’sathletics teams participate with and against alumni and friends of the institution, the purposeof which is to raise funds for the benefit of the institution’s athletics or other programs, provided thestudent-athletes do not miss classes as a result of their participation (see Bylaw 12.5.1.1);(i) Celebrity Sports Activity. Competition involving a limit of two student-athletes from a member institution’sbaseball team who participate in local celebrity baseball activities conducted for the purpose ofraising funds for charitable organizations, provided:(1) The student-athletes do not miss class time as a result of the participation;(2) The involvement of the student-athletes has the approval of the institution’s athletics director; and(3) The activity takes place within a 30-mile radius of the institution’s main campus.(j) U.S. National Team. One game played against any team selected and designated by the appropriatenational governing body in baseball as a U.S. national team (e.g., “Under-21” U.S. national team). (Adopted:1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, Revised: 9/6/00)17.2.5.4 Once-in-Four-Years Exemption—Foreign Tour. An institution may exempt the contests playedon a foreign tour, provided the tour is conducted by the member institution in accordance with the proceduresset forth in Bylaw 17.28. (Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, Revised: 4/26/07 effective 8/1/07)17.2.6 Out-of-Season Athletically Related Activities. Student-athletes and members of the coachingstaff shall not engage in countable athletically related activities outside the institution’s declared playing season perBylaw 17.2.1, except as permitted in Bylaw 17.1.6.2. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91)17.2.6.1 Summer Practice. Practice that is organized or financially supported by a member institution shallbe prohibited during the summer unless specifically authorized in the bylaws (e.g., foreign tour) or through officialinterpretations. An institution may pay fees associated with the use of institutional practice and competitionfacilities by student-athletes engaged in voluntary athletically related activities in their sport. (Revised: 1/10/91effective 8/1/91, 4/28/05, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)17.2.7 Camps and Clinics. There are no limits on the number of student-athletes in baseball who may beemployed (e.g., as counselors) in camps or clinics (see Bylaw 13.12). Currently enrolled student-athletes may notparticipate as campers in their institution’s camps or clinics. (Revised: 1/10/92)17.2.8 Other Restrictions.17.2.8.1 Noncollegiate, Amateur Competition.17.2.8.1.1 During Academic Year. A student-athlete in baseball who participates during the academicyear as a member of any outside baseball team in any noncollegiate, amateur competition (e.g., tournamentplay, exhibition games or other activity) except while representing the institution in intercollegiate baseballcompetition shall be ineligible for intercollegiate baseball competition unless eligibility is restored by theCommittee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement (see Bylaw 14.6.3 for exceptions). (Revised: 1/10/91 effective8/1/91, 1/16/93, 10/3/05)17.2.8.1.1.1 Vacation-Period Exception. A student-athlete may compete outside the institution’sdeclared playing and practice season as a member of an outside team in any noncollegiate, amateurcompetition during any official vacation period published in the institution’s catalog. The number ofstudent-athletes from any one institution shall not exceed four. (Adopted: 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94)17Playing Seasons239