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20.9.6.3.3.1 Meets With No Team Scoring. In the individual sports, a meet at which no teamscoring is kept counts as a contest for the purpose of meeting the minimum-contest requirement, providedat least the minimum number of participants per Bylaw 20.9.6.3 participate on the institution’s team.20.9.6.3.3.2 Regional Cross Country Qualifying Meets. An institution may count participationin a regional cross country meet in meeting the minimum-contest requirement, provided the institutionmeets the minimum-participant requirement per Bylaw 20.9.6.3 and no qualifying standardsexist for participation in the meet. (Adopted: 1/11/94)20.9.6.3.4 Individual Sports—One or More Sites. In the individual sports, if the minimum numberof student-athletes participating on one or more teams, at one or more sites, on behalf of the institutionon the same day equals or exceeds the minimum number of participants per Bylaw 20.9.6.3, an institutionmay use the competition as a contest in meeting the minimum-contest requirements (see Bylaw 17.02.6.1).(Adopted: 1/16/93)20.9.6.3.4.1 Exception—Multiday Meets—Track and Field. In track and field, if the numberof student-athletes participating in a multiday meet on behalf of the institution during the course of theentire meet equals or exceeds the minimum number of participants per Bylaw 20.9.6.3 and the meetis conducted on consecutive days, an institution may use the competition as a contest in meeting theminimum-contest requirements. (Adopted: 1/17/09 effective 8/1/09)20.9.6.3.5 Contests in Two Seasons. If an institution sponsors the same sport in two different seasonsof the same academic year, it may count contests in both seasons, provided regular varsity competition issponsored in both seasons and is so listed on the institution’s official schedule in that sport.20.9.6.3.6 Contests vs. Club Teams. A contest against a collegiate institution’s club team may not becounted toward meeting minimum-contest requirements. However, a member is not precluded from schedulingclub teams.20.9.6.3.6.1 Exception—Women’s Sand Volleyball. One dual, one-day contest against a fouryearcollegiate institution’s club team per year may count toward meeting minimum-contest requirements.A multi-opponent tournament (see Bylaw 20.9.6.3.8) may count toward meeting minimumcontestrequirements if not more than 40 percent of the participating teams are club teams affiliatedwith four-year collegiate institutions. (Adopted: 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11)20.9.6.3.7 Indoor Track and Field and Outdoor Track and Field. A member institution may receivecredit for sponsoring both indoor track and field and outdoor track and field, provided its team participatesin a total of at least 12 indoor and outdoor meets during the year, including at least four indoor and fouroutdoor meets.20.9.6.3.8 Women’s Sand Volleyball. The following additional criteria shall apply to women’s sandvolleyball: (Adopted: 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11)(a) Not less than three of the minimum eight contests shall be dual, one-day competitions in which fivetwo-person teams compete (institution versus institution on a single day on which no other competitionoccurs); and(b) The remaining number of minimum contests shall be dual, one-day competitions in which five twopersonteams compete or be multi-opponent competitions. For a tournament to qualify as a contest,it must culminate in the determination of a winner based on the performance of each institution’sfive, two-person teams.20.9.6.3.9 Waivers.20.9.6.3.9.1 Minimum Contests and Participants. The Administration Cabinet, by a two-thirdsmajority of its members present and voting, may approve waivers of the minimum number of intercollegiatecontests or the minimum number of participants in a contest in situations in which unforeseencircumstances beyond the institution’s control have prevented the completion of a scheduled competitionor the participation of the required minimum number of individuals and, despite a good-faitheffort, the institution was unable to engage in at least the required minimum number of intercollegiatecontests. (Revised: 1/10/90, 4/24/03 effective 8/1/03, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)20.9.6.3.9.2 Minimum Contests. The Administration Cabinet, by a two-thirds majority of itsmembers present and voting, may approve an additional waiver of the minimum number of intercollegiatecontests in a situation in which: (Revised: 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)(a) The member institution can document that it had scheduled (for that academic year) the appropriateminimum number of contests under enforceable game contracts executed in writing;(b) An opponent canceled a game that it had contracted to play that academic year; and(c) Despite a good-faith effort, the institution was unable to re-arrange its schedule to play the appropriateminimum number of contests.20Division Membership349