These guidelines form a harmony of agreement between coaches, players, game officials and administrators which places each contest in an environment of fairness and sportsmanship. Every participant in the collegiate football scene shares a responsibility for ethical conduct that enhances the future of this American tradition.

In each edition of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules, there are several areas that are given special attention. These are identified as points of emphasis. While they may not represent any rules changes as such, their importance must not be overlooked. In some cases, the points of emphasis are more important than some of the rules changes.

At its annual meeting March 8-11, 1998, the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Committee voted to adopt FINA/United States Water Polo rules with certain exceptions. NCAA exceptions are indicated in bold. The chart below refers to rule and section, respectively. The major changed segments for 2000 are identified in the rules by a screened background.

Division I Manual from the year 2000-01.

Division II Manual from the year of 2000-01.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is the organization through which the nation’s colleges and universities speak and act on athletics matters at the national level. It is a voluntary association of 1,261 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals devoted to the sound administration of intercollegiate athletics.

The NCAA has compiled the following statistical information regarding participation in intercollegiate athletics at its member institutions. This information provides a general view of historical trends in participation by gender, sport and division. This information has been collected in detail since the 1981-82 academic year. Statistics from the 1956- 57 through the 1981-82 academic year are included but are only available at five-year intervals and include recreation programs.

This is the continuation of a series of research reports about prospective student-athletes (PSAs) who applied to the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse (IEC). Specifically, this report is an extension of NCAA Research Reports 96-02 and 97-02 and focuses on IEC data from the most recent high-school classes for which complete data are available—the 1997 and 1998 high-school graduates. The goal of this and other reports in this series is to provide descriptive information for further research. The focus of this report is on the following academic characteristics for those PSAs who applied to the IEC for initial-eligibility certification: · High-school core courses; · High-school core-course grades; · Nationally standardized SAT and ACT Assessment scores; and · The final initial-eligibility certification under the existing Division I rules (see Bylaw 14.3 of the NCAA Division I Manual).

For the seventh consecutive year, the NCAA compiled the following statistical information regarding student-athlete race and ethnicity in intercollegiate athletics at its member institutions. This information provides a general view of recent historical student-athlete race and ethnicity trends by gender, sport and division.

This is a descriptive analysis of trends in NCAA Division I graduation-rates data during the past seven years. The data were collected on students in the entering freshman classes between 1983 and 1989. The individual-year data were published previously in the respective class’ NCAA Division I Graduation-Rates Reports; however, this is the first published summary of trends in enrollment and graduation rates over multiple years.

This study is the fourth in a series conducted for or by the NCAA to measure the substance-use patterns of NCAA college student-athletes. The initial National Study of the Substance Use and Abuse Habits of College Student- Athletes was presented in 1985. Subsequent studies have been conducted at four-year intervals.

This is the continuation of a series of research reports about student-athlete data from the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse (IEC) data. It is an extension of NCAA Research Report No. 96-02 that focuses on data from the most recent high-school class for which data are available—1996 high-school seniors. For comparison, data from the 1995 high-school class also are presented and updated. Descriptive features include demographic characteristics of the IEC students, their high-school core courses and core grades, their nationally standardized SAT and ACT scores, and their final initial-eligibility certification under Bylaw 14.3, Prop. 48 and Prop. 16. This presentation is intended to provide some basic information on high-school academic performances of current student-athletes.

This is the first in a series of research reports about student-athlete data from the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse (IEC). This report focuses on two high-school classes with largely complete data — the 1994 seniors and the 1995 seniors.Descriptive features include demographic characteristics of the IEC students, high-school core courses and core grades, nationally standardized test scores, either the SAT or the ACT, and the final initial-eligibility certification under the existing rules (Bylaw 14.3). This presentation of IEC data is intended to provide some basic information on high-school academic performances of current student-athletes.