• In order be eligible for competition each academic year, the student-athlete must:
- Satisfactorily complete at least an average of 12-semester or quarter hours of academic credit during each of the terms enrolled or have earned 24-semester hours or 36-quarter hours the previous two semesters or three quarters ( Bylaw 14.4.3.1);
- Earn at least 75 percent of the semester or quarter hours required for satisfactory progress during the regular academic term (Bylaw 14.4.3.1.4);
- Declare a major that leads to a specific baccalaureate degree by the beginning of the third year (fifth semester or seventh quarter) of enrollment and, thereafter, shall make progress toward that specific degree (Bylaw 14.4.3.1.5).
- Achieve the Millersville and NCAA minimum grade-point average requirements (2.0)per Bylaw 14.4.3.2 and 14.4.3.2.1;
- Earn six-semester or six-quarter hours of academic credit the previous term
Transfer Student Eligibility
• A student who transfers to a member institution from any collegiate institution is required to complete one full academic year in residence at the certifying institution before being eligible to compete for or receive travel expenses, unless the student satisfies the applicable transfer requirements or receives a waiver as set forth in Bylaw 14.5.4 and 14.5.5.3.
• A transfer student-athlete must earn six-semester or six-quarter hours of transferable degree credit the previous academic term (Bylaw 14.4.3.1.1).
Awards and Benefits
• An extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or representative of the institution’s athletics interests to provide a student-athlete or their relatives or
friends a benefit generally not made available to the institution’s student body or their relatives or friends (Bylaw 16.02.3).
• It is permissible for an institution to pay the actual and necessary expenses for the cost of telephone, copying, faxing or using Internet services when the student-athlete is away from campus and the expense is for purposes related to the completion of required academic course work (Bylaw 16.3.1.1).
• A student-athlete may not accept free-of-charge, or purchase at a discounted or reduced price, athletics equipment, supplies or clothing that is not offered to the general student body. Such items may be provided to student-athletes on an issuance and retrieval basis only (Bylaw 16.11.2.5).
Outside Competition, Sports other than Basketball
• A student-athlete becomes ineligible for intercollegiate athletics in his/her sport (other than basketball) if, after enrollment in college and during any year in which the student-athlete is a member of an intercollegiate squad or team, he or she competes or has competed as a member of any outside team in any noncollegiate, amateur competition during the institution’s intercollegiate season in the sport (Bylaw 14.7.1)
Outside Competition, Basketball
• A student-athlete who participates in any organized basketball competition except while representing the institution in intercollegiate competition in accordance with the permissible playing season becomes ineligible for any further intercollegiate competition in basketball. (Bylaw 14.7.2)
Playing and Practice Season
• Countable athletically related activities (CARA) include any required activity with an athletics purpose, involving student-athletes and at the direction of, or supervised by, any member of an institution’s coaching staff and must be counted within the weekly and daily limitations ( Bylaw 17.02.1).
• A student-athlete’s participation in countable athletically related activities shall be limited to a maximum of four hours per day and 20 hours per week during the playing season (Bylaw 17.1.6.1).
• During the playing season, all countable athletically related activities shall be prohibited during one calendar day per week, except during postseason play as defined by Bylaw 17.1.6.4.
• Outside the playing season, during the academic year, all countable athletically related activities shall be prohibited during two calendar days per week (Bylaw 17.1.6.5).
• No class time shall be missed for practice activities except when a team is traveling to an away contest and the practice is in conjunction with the contest (Bylaw 17.1.6.6.1).
• In team sports, no class time shall be missed for competition conducted during the non-championship segment (Bylaw 17.1.6.6.2).
• Outside the playing season, a student-athlete shall be limited to8-hours of Countable Athletically Related Activity. Of those eight hours, two may be dedicated to either individual skill instruction and/or team activities, depending upon the sport and the time period.
Extra Benefits
• An
extra benefit is considered to be any special arrangement or preferential treatment given to prospective student-athletes or enrolled student-athletes, their families/relatives, and/or their friends that is not expressly authorized by NCAA regulations. Receipt by a student-athlete of an impermissible award, benefit or expense allowance can render the individual ineligible. Some examples of extra benefits that are
not allowed are:
- Entertainment (such as tickets to sporting events, concerts, movies, meals at a restaurant, etc.) paid for by Black and Gold Club donors, alumni, fans or others not related to you
- Money, loans or transportation services not available to all other Millersville University students
- Discounts on tickets, services, products or rent not available to all other Millersville students
- Use of an automobile (except owned by you or your family)
- Meals at a restaurant provided by athletic boosters, alumni, fans, or others not related to you
- Free or discounted typing services
- Use of telephone or telephone credit card at no charge
- Use of copy/fax machine at no charge or reduced rate
- Co-signing of loans (except by family members)
