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(i) Foreign Tour. [FBS/FCS] The football games played on a foreign tour, provided the tour occurs onlyonce in a four-year period and is conducted by the member institution in accordance with the proceduresset forth in Bylaw 17.28;(j) Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico. [FBS/FCS] Any football games played in Hawaii, Alaska or Puerto Rico,respectively, either against or under the sponsorship of an active member institution located in Hawaii,Alaska or Puerto Rico, by a Division I member institution located outside the area in question; and(k) Celebrity Sports Activity. [FBS/FCS] Competition involving a limit of two student-athletes from amember institution’s football team who participate in local celebrity football 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; and(3) The activity takes place within a 30-mile radius of the institution’s main campus.17.9.6 Out-of-Season Athletically Related Activities. [FBS/FCS] Student-athletes and members ofthe coaching staff shall not engage in countable athletically related activities outside the playing season, exceptas set forth in this bylaw (see Bylaw 17.1.6.2): (Revised: 4/24/03 effective 5/1/03, 3/10/04, 1/8/07 effective 5/1/07)17.9.6.1 Conditioning Activities—Bowl Subdivision. [FBS] In bowl subdivision football, student-athletesmay participate in conditioning activities pursuant to Bylaw 17.1.6.2 as follows: (Revised: 1/16/10)17.9.6.1.1 January 1 Until the Start of Preseason Practice. [FBS] In bowl subdivision football,between January 1 and the institution’s reporting date for preseason practice, an institution shall conduct itsout-of-season conditioning period as follows: (Adopted: 4/24/03 effective 5/1/03, Revised: 12/15/06, 1/16/10)(a) An institution shall designate eight weeks as student-athlete discretionary time (see Bylaw 17.02.14).The designated eight weeks (each week must be seven consecutive calendar days) must be placed onfile in writing in the department of athletics prior to January 1. Any changes in the designated weeksare permissible and shall be on file in the office of the institution’s athletics director. Institutions arepermitted to designate institutional vacation periods (e.g., holiday break, spring break) as studentathletediscretionary time. (Adopted: 4/24/03 effective 5/1/03, Revised: 7/1/11, 12/6/11)(b) Required conditioning, weight-training activities and review of game films shall remain permissibleduring the academic year outside the eight weeks designated as student-athlete discretionary time.A student-athlete’s participation in such activities shall be limited to a maximum of eight hours perweek, of which not more than two hours per week may be spent on the viewing of game film. (Adopted:4/24/03 effective 5/1/03, Revised: 7/1/11)(c) Spring football practice per Bylaw 17.9.6.4 shall remain permissible outside the eight weeks. (Adopted:4/24/03 effective 5/1/03)(d) An institution shall designate nine consecutive weeks between the conclusion of the academic yearand its reporting date for preseason practice as its summer conditioning period. During this nineweekperiod, institutions shall designate one week as student-athlete discretionary time. (Adopted:4/14/03 effective 5/1/03, Revised: 1/16/10)(e) During the remaining eight weeks of the summer conditioning period, student-athletes may beinvolved in voluntary weight training and conditioning activities pursuant to Bylaw 17.1.6.2.1 andprospective student-athletes may be involved in voluntary weight training and conditioning activitiespursuant to Bylaw 13.11.3.7. Such activities are limited to eight hours per week. (Adopted: 4/24/03effective 5/1/03, Revised: 1/14/08)(f) All remaining days between the conclusion of the academic year and the institution’s reporting datefor preseason practice that are not part of the institution’s designated summer conditioning periodand not already designated as student-athlete discretionary time shall be considered student-athletediscretionary time. (Adopted: 1/16/10)17.9.6.1.1.1 National Service Academies. [FBS] National service academies shall be subject tothe restrictions governing conditioning activities in Bylaw 17.9.6.1.1, except that they shall be able todesignate nine weeks of student-athlete discretionary time between January 1 and the start of the preseasonpractice period. (Adopted: 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, Revised: 12/15/06)17.9.6.2 Conditioning Activities—Championship Subdivision. [FCS] In championship subdivisionfootball, student-athletes may participate in conditioning activities pursuant to Bylaw 17.1.6.2. Between theconclusion of the academic year and the institution’s reporting date for the preseason practice, an institution shallconduct its summer conditioning period as follows: (Revised: 1/16/10)(a) An institution shall designate nine consecutive weeks as its summer conditioning period. During thisnine-week period, institutions shall designate one week as student-athlete discretionary time. (Adopted:4/24/03 effective 5/1/03, Revised: 1/16/10)(b) During the remaining eight weeks of the summer conditioning period, student-athletes may be involvedin voluntary weight training and conditioning activities pursuant to Bylaw 17.1.6.2.1.2 and prospectivestudent-athletes may be involved in voluntary weight training and conditioning activities pursuant to258