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SUPPLEMENT NO. 5<br />
DI Administration Cabinet 9/08<br />
Page No. 2<br />
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20.02.5 Emerging Sports for Women.<br />
The following shall be considered emerging sports for women and countable for purposes of<br />
revenue distribution (for sports sponsorship and grants-in-aid): (Adopted: 1/11/94 effective<br />
9/1/94)<br />
(a) Team Sports: team handball, rugby and synchronized swimming; and (Revised: 4/15/97,<br />
4/27/00 effective 8/1/00, 4/25/02)<br />
(b) Individual Sports: archery, badminton, equestrian and squash. (Revised: 1/12/99 effective<br />
8/1/99, 4/24/03 effective 8/1/03)<br />
20.02.5.1 Additional Emerging Sports.<br />
The Board of Directors periodically shall identify future emerging sports for women that shall be<br />
countable sports for revenue distribution and minimum sports sponsorship criteria and shall<br />
establish procedures to determine minimum contests and maximum grants in those sports.<br />
(Adopted: 1/11/94 effective 9/1/94)<br />
20.02.5.2 Removal of Emerging Sports.<br />
A sport shall no longer be considered an emerging sport once the sport has been established as a<br />
championship sport. Further, an emerging sport is limited to a 10-year time period to become a<br />
championship sport unless it can be demonstrated that steady growth has occurred during that<br />
time. (Adopted: 4/15/97)<br />
20.02.6 Bowl Subdivision Conference.<br />
A conference classified as a bowl subdivision conference shall be comprised of at least eight full<br />
bowl subdivision members that satisfy all bowl subdivision requirements. An institution shall be<br />
included as one of the eight bowl subdivision full members only if the institution participates in<br />
the conference schedule in at least six men's and eight women's conference-sponsored sports,<br />
including men's basketball and football and three women's team sports including women's<br />
basketball. A conference-sponsored sport shall be a sport in which regular season and/or<br />
championship opportunities are provided, consistent with the minimum standards identified by<br />
the applicable <strong>NCAA</strong> sport committee for automatic qualification. (Adopted: 10/31/02 effective<br />
8/1/05, Revised: 12/15/06)<br />
20.02.6.1 Exception.<br />
A bowl subdivision member institution shall be permitted to count as one of its required six<br />
men's sports and one of its required eight women's sports a sport in which its bowl subdivision<br />
conference does not sponsor or conduct a championship, provided the sport(s) is one in which it<br />
participates in another Division I multi- or single-sport conference. Different sports may be<br />
counted for men and women. (Adopted: 4/29/04 effective 8/1/05, Revised: 12/15/06)<br />
20.02.6.2 Grace Period.<br />
A conference shall continue to be considered a bowl subdivision conference for two years<br />
following the date when it fails to satisfy the eight bowl subdivision full member requirement
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