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17.8.5.1.1 Hawaii or Alaska Exception—Nonchampionship Segment Travel. Once every fouryears, an institution may use any form of transportation for travel to Hawaii or Alaska for nonchampionshipcompetition against an active member institution located in Hawaii or Alaska. (Adopted: 4/28/11 effective8/1/11)17.8.5.1.2 In-Season Foreign Competition. A member institution may play one or more of its countablefield hockey contests or dates of competition in one or more foreign countries on one trip during theprescribed playing season. However, except for contests or dates of competition played in Canada andMexico or on a certified foreign tour (see Bylaw 17.28), the institution may not engage in such in-seasonforeign competition more than once every four years.17.8.5.2 Maximum Limitations—Student-Athlete. An individual student-athlete may participate ineach academic year in not more than 20 field hockey contests during the segment in which the NCAA championshipis conducted and five dates of competition in field hockey during another segment. This limitationincludes those contests or dates of competition in which the student represents the institution in accordancewith Bylaw 17.02.8, including competition as a member of the varsity, junior varsity or freshman team of theinstitution. (Revised: 1/10/92 effective 8/1/92)17.8.5.3 Annual Exemptions. The maximum number of contests or dates of competition in field hockeyshall exclude the following (unless such contests are played pursuant to Bylaw 17.8.3.1): (Revised: 2/24/03,12/14/07)(a) Conference Championship. Competition in one conference championship tournament in field hockey(or the tournament used to determine the conference’s automatic entry in an NCAA field hockeychampionship);(b) Conference Playoff. Competition involving member institutions that tie for a conference field hockeychampionship. Such teams may participate in a single-elimination playoff to determine the conference’sautomatic entry in an NCAA field hockey championship without the game(s) being counted as a postseasontournament;(c) NCAA Championship. Competition in the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship; (Revised:1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)(d) NCAA Championship Play-In Competition. Competition in play-in contests conducted before theNCAA championship;(e) Alumni Game. One contest or date of competition in field hockey each year against an alumni team ofthe institution;(f) Foreign Team in the United States. One contest or date of competition in field hockey each year witha foreign opponent in the United States;(g) Hawaii or Alaska. Any contests or dates of competition played in Hawaii or Alaska, respectively, againstan active Division I member institution located in Hawaii or Alaska, by a member institution locatedoutside the area in question; (Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)(h) Fundraising Activity. Any field hockey activities in which student-athletes from more than one of theinstitution’s athletics 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’sfield hockey team who participate in local celebrity field hockey activities conducted for thepurpose of raising funds for charitable organizations, provided:(1) The student-athletes do not miss classes as a result of the participation;(2) The involvement of the student-athletes has the approval of the institution’s athletics director;(3) The activity takes place within a 30-mile radius of the institution’s main campus; and(j) U.S. National Team. One contest or date of competition played against any team as selected and designatedby the appropriate national governing body in field hockey 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)17.8.5.4 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)17.8.6 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 17.8.1 except as permitted in Bylaw 17.1.6.2. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91)17.8.6.1 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 competition252