Wow..Lots of questions

I will try to address the questions. I would be great to have some added input from additional sources as well.

Oh here we go… I’ll try to stay in order...each paragraph is a response to a question asked

For the DIII rules I am still waiting for some material(DIII is different then DI) should have some info shortly. Anyone with DIII experience please add your input. For the wrestler, your eligibility would be up for DI, but I believe DIII counts the number of semesters, up to 10 semesters max. While DI has a continuous running clock once you become a full time student, even if you don’t participate in athletics. Should have additional DIII resources soon.

Lloyd,
Yes, your son must graduate from the two year school if he wants to be eligible to play at the DI school. Your son is what the NCAA calls a 4-2-4 transfer, and for DI graduation from the 2 year school is required.

Paul,
Sorry I don’t have an answer for u. That is a sport specific rule, not really compliance related. But I will try to find an answer for you. Hopefully someone else can help

Kody,
The requirement for a medical red shirt is that you can not have competed in more than 20% of the total contests and the contests must have been during the first half of the season. In addition the injury must have been one to keep you from participating in your sport for the remainder of the season.

Transfer from a DI to a DI. You only have to sit out a year in football, basketball and hockey. All other sports you can play immediately, if you are eligible at the previous school you are leaving, your previous school releases you, and you have not previously transferred from another 4 year school. There are also other exceptions, but those two are the most common used.

College coaches have to abide by the NCAA recruiting calendar. Volleyball is in a contact and evaluation period, so it is permissible for then to evaluate high school athletes at this time.

I don’t know of any rule pertaining to someone who graduated after 1998. I believe there may be a law suit that was filed in reference to this.

The academic requirements for DII www.ncaaclearingouse.net

LA,
Well you would have to know what exception he used when he went from the NAIA school to the DII school. Most likely he used the one time transfer. If so, he could not use it again. One of the conditions of the one time transfer exception is that you use it only one time. Thus the name “one-time transfer exception”…if there is extraordinary situation of something outside of his control he could always file for a waiver.

A full scholarship can consist of lab fees. You would have to review the scholarship award letter to see if this is included.

In DI once you become a fulltime student your clock starts running and does not stop. So if you take a year off your clock still runs. You could use it as a redshirt year but could run into problems with academic eligibility b/c you will be short credit hours.

The NCAA has waivers for student with learning disabilities. These types of waivers are filed all the time by many schools all over the county. Most are won if the student can prove they made an attempt to meet the criteria set by the NCAA.

TW,
The first thing to note is that its either all or nothing…the requirement for a scholarship is the same as the requirement to play. Well, the bylaw states she must have completed an average of 12 credits per each semester with a 2.0 while she was there, not just her last year. If she did this she should be ok. She could also graduate to meet the requirement for a scholarship and competition.