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Bylaw 13.11.3.7. Such activities are limited to eight hours per week. (Adopted: 4/24/03 effective 5/1/03,Revised: 1/14/08, 1/16/10)(c) All remaining days between the conclusion of the academic year and the institution’s reporting date forpreseason practice that are not part of the institution’s designated summer conditioning period and notalready designated as student-athlete discretionary time shall be considered student-athlete discretionarytime. (Adopted: 1/16/10)17.9.6.3 Strength and Conditioning Coach First Aid/CPR Certification and Authority of SportsMedicine Staff. [FBS/FCS] A strength and conditioning coach who conducts voluntary weight training orconditioning activities is required to maintain certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In addition,a member of the institution’s sports medicine staff (e.g., athletic trainer, physician) must be present duringall voluntary conditioning activities (running, not lifting) conducted by the institution’s strength coach. Thesports medicine staff member must be empowered to have the unchallengeable authority to cancel or modify theworkout for health and safety reasons, as he or she deems appropriate. (Adopted: 4/24/03 effective 5/1/03)17.9.6.4 Spring Practice. [FBS/FCS] Fifteen postseason practice sessions [including intrasquad scrimmagesand the spring game permitted in Bylaw 17.9.5.2-(a)] are permissible. An institution is not required to countas one of its 15 designated days any day during which countable athletically related activities are limited solelyto required conditioning activities and/or review of game film. Practice sessions must meet the following conditions:(Revised: 6/21/01, 12/15/06)(a) All practice sessions are conducted within a period of 34 consecutive calendar days, omitting vacationand examination days officially announced on the institution’s calendar and days during which the institutionis closed due to inclement weather. (Revised: 1/9/06 effective 8/1/06)(b) Any such practice sessions held during vacation days may not be of longer duration than those normallyheld when academic classes are in session.(c) Only 12 of the practice sessions may involve contact, and such contact shall not occur prior to the thirdpractice session.(d) The noncontact practice sessions may involve headgear as the only piece of protective equipment.(e) Of the 12 permissible contact sessions, eight sessions may involve tackling, and not more than three ofthe eight tackling sessions may be devoted primarily (greater than 50 percent of practice time) to 11-on-11 scrimmages.(f) Tackling shall be prohibited in four of the 12 contact sessions. An institution has the discretion to determinethe practice activities (other than tackling) that may occur during the four contact nontacklingsessions as well as the protective equipment to be worn by the student-athletes.(g) If an institution conducts a “spring game” per Bylaw 17.9.5.2-(a), the game shall be counted as one of thethree sessions that may be devoted primarily to 11-on-11 scrimmages.(h) The amount of time that a student-athlete may be involved in such postseason countable athleticallyrelated activities shall be limited to a maximum of four hours per day and 20 hours per week. (Revised:1/10/90, 1/10/91, 1/10/92, 1/11/94, 1/13/98)17.9.6.5 Summer Practice. [FBS/FCS] Practice that is organized or financially supported by a member institutionshall be prohibited during the summer unless specifically authorized in the bylaws (e.g., foreign tour)or through official interpretations. An institution may pay fees associated with the use of institutional practiceand competition facilities by student-athletes engaged in voluntary athletically related activities in their sport.(Adopted: 4/28/05, Revised: 9/27/05, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)17.9.7 Camps or Clinics.17.9.7.1 Employment in Camps or Clinics—Bowl Subdivision. [FBS] There are limits on the numberof student-athletes in bowl subdivision football who may be employed (e.g., as counselors) in camps or clinics.Currently enrolled student-athletes may not participate as campers in their institution’s camps or clinics. (SeeBylaw 13.12 for restrictions on such employment.) (Revised: 1/11/89, 1/11/94, 1/10/95, 5/9/06, 12/15/06)17.9.7.2 Employment in Camps or Clinics—Championship Subdivision. [FCS] There are no limits onthe number of student-athletes in championship subdivision football who may be employed (e.g., as counselors)in camps or clinics. Currently enrolled student-athletes may not participate as campers in their institution’scamps or clinics. (See Bylaw 13.12 for restrictions on such employment.) (Revised: 1/11/89, 1/11/94, 1/10/94,5/9/06, 12/15/06)17.9.8 Other Restrictions. [FBS/FCS]17.9.8.1 Noncollegiate, Amateur Competition. [FBS/FCS] A student-athlete shall be ineligible for intercollegiatecompetition in football for the duration of the football season and for the next academic year if, followingenrollment in college and during any year in which the student-athlete is a member of an intercollegiatefootball squad or team, the student-athlete competes or has competed as a member of any outside football teamin any noncollegiate, amateur competition (e.g., tournament play, exhibition games or other activity). (Adopted:1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, Revised: 1/16/93)17Playing Seasons259