What requirements do student-athletes need to meet to be eligible?
What are the rules for recruiting, schedule limits an ?
NAIA CONCEPTS:
Every NAIA student-athlete has 10 terms of attendance to compete in 4 seasons of competition.
NEW LEGISLATION: Effective May 1, 2023
Students who complete their baccalaureate/undergraduate degrees can only continue competing if they are pursuing a post-baccalaureate/graduate degree.
Click through the slides below for more information:
MAJOR BYLAWS:
These are the four rules that each student needs to meet to be certified in every semester they intend to compete:
RECOMENDATION:
Review the presentations for students on the Compliance website so that you know what is being communicated. The presentations below provide more information.
Click through the presentations to view the details of each bylaw:
NEW LEGISLATION: Effective August 1, 2023
POST-BACCALAUREATE ELIGIBILITY
"A student who has completed all academic requirements for graduation from a four-year institution may continue to competeprovided the student is enrolled in and pursuing post-baccalaureate coursework as described in Article V, Section E. A studentwho is not enrolled in such additional coursework and who has completed all academic requirements for graduation from a four-year institution as defined by that institution shall no longer be eligible to compete in intercollegiate athletics."
TRANSFER RESIDENCY
Click through the following slides to review GSAC, SAC, and NAIA transfer rules:
NEW LEGISLATION: Effective Date: May 1, 2023 as applied to eligibility decisions for NAIAcompetition in August 2023 or beyond
"A student who has identified at a previous institution(s) and thentransfers to an NAIA member institution is not required to sit aresidency period prior to competing in the NAIA. Intra-conferenceresidency requirements may apply."
Intent: To remove the 16-week residency requirement that currentlyexists when a student has transferred from a four-year institutionwhere they competed to an NAIA institution.
Recruiting Rules
Schedules and Participation Limits:
Each team has a maximum number of varsity games, contests or playing dates an institution may schedule.
No student may compete in a sport in an academic year in more than the number of games, contests or playing dates.
For a contest of any kind (i.e. scrimmage, exhibition, game/meet, etc.), once the contest has commenced the designation of the type of contest will be officially recorded as such, and the designation cannot be changed retroactively.
EXPECTATIONS:
You are not expected to know all the rules, but you are expected to know that there is a rule and to look for the answer or ask the question.
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