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number of contests per Bylaw 17.19.5.3 shall count against the maximum if they are played during the preseasonpractice period prior to the date specified for the first permissible contest. (Adopted: 12/14/07)17.19.4 End of Regular Playing Season. A member institution shall conclude all practice and competition(games and scrimmages) in soccer by the last date of final exams for the regular academic year at the institution.(Revised: 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97)17.19.5 Number of Contests and Dates of Competition.17.19.5.1 Maximum Limitations—Institutional. A member institution shall limit its total playing schedulewith outside competition in soccer during the institution’s soccer playing season in any one year to 20 contestsduring the segment in which the NCAA championship is conducted and five dates of competition duringanother segment, except for those contests and/or dates of competition excluded under Bylaws 17.19.5.3 and17.19.5.4. Travel to competition in the nonchampionship segment shall be restricted to ground transportation,unless there are no Division I institutions that sponsor the sport located within 400 miles of the institution.(Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10)17.19.5.1.1 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 nonchampionshipsegment competition against an active member institution located in Hawaii or Alaska. (Adopted: 4/28/11effective 8/1/11)17.19.5.1.2 In-Season Foreign Competition. A member institution may play one or more of itscountable contests in soccer in one or more foreign countries on one trip during the prescribed playingseason. However, except for contests played in Canada and Mexico or on a certified foreign tour (see Bylaw17.28), the institution may not engage in such in-season foreign competition more than once everyfour years.17.19.5.2 Maximum Limitations—Student-Athlete. An individual student-athlete may participate ineach academic year in not more than 20 soccer contests during the segment in which the NCAA championshipis conducted and five dates of competition in soccer during another segment. This limitation includes those contestsin which the student represents the institution in accordance with Bylaw 17.02.8, including competitionas a member of the varsity, junior varsity or freshman team of the institution. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91)17.19.5.3 Annual Exemptions. The maximum number of soccer contests and dates of competition shall excludethe following (unless such contests are played pursuant to Bylaw 17.19.3.1): (Revised: 2/24/03, 12/14/07)(a) Conference Championship. Competition in one conference championship tournament in soccer (orthe tournament used to determine the conference’s automatic entry in an NCAA soccer championship);(b) Conference Playoff. Competition involving member institutions that tie for a conference soccer championship.Such teams may participate in a single-elimination playoff to determine the conference’s automaticentry in an NCAA soccer championship without the game(s) being counted as a regular-seasoncontest or postseason tournament;(c) Season-Ending Tournaments.(1) NCAA Championship. Competition in the NCAA Division I Soccer Championship; (Revised:1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)(2) NAIA Championship. Competition in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)soccer championship;(d) NCAA Championship Play-In Competition. Competition in play-in contests conducted before theNCAA championship;(e) Alumni Game. One soccer contest or date of competition each year against an alumni team of the institution;(f) Foreign Team in the United States. One soccer contest or date of competition each year with a foreignopponent in the United States;(g) Hawaii or Alaska. Any soccer games played in Hawaii or Alaska, respectively, against an active DivisionI member institution located in Hawaii or Alaska, by a member located outside the area in question;(Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)(h) Fundraising Activity. Any soccer 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 purpose ofwhich is to raise funds for the benefit of an institution’s athletics or other programs, provided the studentathletesdo 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’ssoccer team who participate in local celebrity soccer activities conducted for the purpose ofraising 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.17Playing Seasons279