The below resources can be viewed by clicking on all of the links that are highlighted in blue. These resources serve as a starting point to answer many compliance questions that may arise throughout the academic year. Conference Carolinas is committed to developing compliance throughout the conference.
NCAA Compliance Resources
NCAA Countable Athletically Related Activities
NCAA Enforcement
-Links within enforcement site are listed
NCAA Membership
NCAA Academics
NCAA Division II Resources
NCAA Certified Basketball Events and Summer Leagues
NCAA Agent Information
NCAA Sports Wagering
NCAA Amateurism Information
-NCAA Division II Coaches Off-Campus Recruiting Guide
NCAA Waivers & Appeal Forms
Committee for Legislative Relief Waiver Information and Application (formally ARS)
-Common requests reviewed by CLR include: recruiting, organized competition or training before enrollment, transfers, outside competition, financial aid, awards and benefits, and playing and practice seasons)
1. Student-Athlete Academic Waivers (PTD/Two-Year Transfers)
2. Initial Eligibility Waivers
3. Legislative Relief Waivers
NCAA Initial and Continuing Eligibility
-Eligibility Center
-Amateurism Certification
-Transfer Guide
-Academic Guidelines
National Letter of Intent Program
-National Letter of Intent Website
-NLI Form
-NLI Null & Void/Invalid NLI Form (to be distributed by the member institution to the student-athlete within five days upon learning the NLI was invalid)
-NLI Violation Form (used for recruiting ban violations)
Conference Compliance Reminders
Eligibility
Eligibility rules of the Conference shall pertain to each member institution in all intercollegiate contests involving a Conference sanctioned team.
Student-athletes shall conform to all eligibility rules and regulations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association with the following specific additions.
A. A student-athlete who becomes identified with a conference institution shall be ineligible to participate in any sport in which that student-athlete previously participated at another league institution.
*Exception: If at the end of one calendar year following identification with the second league institution, the former Conference institution gives its approval, the student-athlete could become eligible to participate in any sport, provided all other rules of eligibility are met. However, during that one calendar year, the student-athlete shall not receive any athletic grant-in-aid.
B. When a member institution drops a sport, a student-athlete may transfer to another member institution in the Conference and be eligible in that sport immediately, provided all other eligibility requirements are met.
C. A student-athlete who originally attends one league institution, and then enters a two year institution, must meet NCAA eligibility requirements for "4-2-4" "2-4" College Transfers (By-law 14.5.6). However, in addition to meeting NCAA eligibility requirements, the student-athlete must also have a written release from the previous conference institution in order to participate at the certifying league institution.
D. When a student-athlete is found to be ineligible to participate in a particular sport or sports, all contests in which the student-athlete has participated after the date of the act or conditions that rendered the student-athlete ineligible shall be considered a loss in conference standings, a win in conference standings for the respective opposing team or teams, and any individual championship forfeited. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to notify the member institutions of such loses and forfeitures (10/22/03).
*Student-athlete grant-in-aid limitations will be the NCAA regulations with the following additional requirements:
a. Athletic grant-in-aid shall not be given to defray expenses of student-athletes in summer school.
b. Grant-in-aid of any kind may not be given to defray the expenses of a student-athlete's non-general fees, books and supplies except when need is demonstrated through a federally approved system of needs analysis.
c. Veterans benefits shall not be considered as part of a full grand-in-aid.
Administrative Requirement
1. The National Letter of Intent form shall insure the privilege of a prospective student to finalize his/her chosen institution of affiliation.
a. All member institutions shall consider the National Letter of Intent binding.
b. Notification to the Commissioner of Declaration information shall occur promptly.
2. A Confidential Report prepared for each season and verified by the Financial Aid officer and Athletics Director shall be submitted to the Conference Commissioner. The use of the NCAA software compliance form is suggested.
a. The report must have a postmark date prior to:
Fall Sports -- September 15
Winter Sports -- November 15
Spring Sports -- February 1
b. The report, in a form approved by the Commissioner shall include the names and complete payment sources of each student-athlete and all student-athletes listed on the eligibility form in each conference sport.
Enforcement, Penalties and Appeal
Section A -- Reporting Violations
The Commissioner shall receive and investigate reports of alleged violations of the Conference Constitution, Bylaws, and Regulations.
Section B -- Enforcement Regulations
The Commissioner shall be the principal enforcement officer of the Conference Rules and Regulations. He shall, upon the request of the Athletics Director showing reasonable ground therefore, or upon his own initiative, make such investigations as may be necessary to determine whether there has been a violation. If such investigation reveals that a violation may exist, he shall inform the Chief Executive Officer, the Faculty Athletics Representative, and the Athletics Director of the member institution involved, and afford them an opportunity to be heard. If after affording a hearing or failure of such institution to appear for a hearing, the Commissioner concludes there is a violation, he is empowered to impose penalties as provided below.
a. The offending institution or staff member may be reprimanded by the Commissioner and warned against repetition of the offense.
b. The guilty staff member may be denied the privilege of contact with any prospective student-athlete for one year, and the same penalty may be imposed upon all staff members of the sport involved.
c. The institution may be denied the right to compete for a conference championship in the sport involved and in additional sports in which it competes for a championship for one or more years, depending on the severity of the violation. This action shall be subject to the approval of the Executive Committee.
d. The institution may be denied the right to schedule games with other Conference members in the sport in which the violation occurred. The Commissioner has the power to forbid scheduling of games in other sports, depending on the severity of the violation. This action shall be subject to the approval of the Executive committee.
e. A violation of any of the following will render the student-athlete forever ineligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics at any of the member institutions and will result in the conference standings noted lose of all games in which the student-athlete participated after the violation
A student-athlete may not:
a. Accept any financial aid or assistance in money or in kind except that which comes from members of a student-athlete's immediate family or from those whom the student-athlete is legally dependent or from the student-athlete's member institution.
b. Receive a grant-in-aid from a member institution during the freshman year of the student-athlete should the student-athlete enter one member institution while the student-athlete's "National Letter of Intent" is in effect at another member institution.