Division II winter sport student-athletes who compete during the 2020-21 academic year will receive an additional season of competition through a waiver the Division II Management Council approved this week.
The Division II Management Council recommended the Division II Presidents Council sponsor several legislative proposals for the 2021 NCAA Convention, most of which permit student-athletes to benefit from their name, image and likeness.
The Division III Management Council approved a proposal to allow schools and conferences to have flexibility in conducting and/or continuing fall sports practices and competition into the spring. The action is effective immediately, pending a request for expedited ratification by the Presidents Council.
The Division II Management Council on Friday voted to recommend the Presidents Council reduce the maximum number of permissible contests for the 2020-21 academic year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Division III Management Council this week approved allowing student-athletes to compete during their final season of eligibility while enrolled in school less than full time in the final term of a minor or undergraduate certificate program.
The Division II Management Council voted this week to recommend the Presidents Council sponsor a proposal for the 2021 NCAA Convention to allow access to institutional athletics aid to all incoming freshman student-athletes and two-year college transfers regardless of their initial-eligibility status.
The Division II Management Council took positions on membership-sponsored proposals for the 2020 NCAA Convention, indicating support for a long-discussed proposal to adopt the notification of transfer model in Division II and five other proposals.
The Division III Management Council has formally voiced its support for a proposal that would loosen restrictions on the snacks that Division III schools can provide its student-athletes.
The Division III Management Council recommended a proposal that calls for all member schools and conference offices to add an athletics diversity and inclusion designee.
A proposal to adopt the “notification of transfer” model in Division II is one step closer to a membership vote. The Division II Management Council this week voted to recommend the Presidents Council sponsor the proposal for the 2020 NCAA Convention.
