A student-athlete may not engage in more than four seasons of intercollegiate competition in any one sport.
A student-athlete must complete his or her seasons of participation during the first 10 semesters or 15 quarters in which the student is enrolled in a collegiate institution in at least a minimum full-time program of studies.
A student-athlete is considered to have used a semester or quarter under this rule when the student-athlete is officially registered in a collegiate institution (domestic or foreign) in a regular term of an academic year for a minimum full-time program of studies, as determined by the institution, and attends the first day of classes for that term, even if the student-athlete drops to part-time status during that first day of classes.
Redshirting
The head coach and student-athlete may make the decision that the student-athlete will not compete in a given academic year and the student-athlete is “redshirted” in order to retain that year of eligibility. In the event of a redshirt, the head coach must be sure the student-athlete is not deemed to have competed for that year.
Defining Competition
If the student-athlete engages in any of the following activity, the student-athlete will be deemed to have competed in that playing season:
* Representing an institution in any contest against outside competition;
* Competing in the uniform of an institution;
* Competing and receiving expenses (e.g. transportation, meals, room, or entry fees) from an institution for the competition;
* Competing in outside competition as a member of a club team at a two-year or four-year collegiate institution, provided the institution sponsors the sport on the varsity level;
* Participating in any competition (including non-exempt scrimmages), regardless of time, during a season in an intercollegiate sport; AND
* For an individual who does not enroll in a collegiate institution as a full-time student in the regular academic term that begins immediately after a one-year time period following his or her high school graduation date shall use one season of intercollegiate competition for each consecutive 12-month period after the one-year time period and before initial full-time collegiate enrollment in which the individual participates in organized competition; organized competition occurs when:
- Competition is scheduled in advance;
- Official score is kept;
- Individual or team standings or statistics are maintained;
- Official timer or game officials are used;
- Admission is charged;
- Teams are regularly formed or team rosters are predetermined;
- Team uniforms are used;
- An individual or team is privately or commercially sponsored; OR
- The competition is either directly or indirectly sponsored, promoted, or administered by an individual, an organization, or any other agency.
Missed Class Time
No class time shall be missed for practice activities except when a team is traveling to an away-from-home contest and the practice is in conjunction with the contest.
In team sports (as defined in Bylaw 17.02.14.1) no class time shall be missed for competition, including activities associated with such competition (e.g. travel and other pregame or postgame activities), conducted during the non-championship segment.
In addition to the NCAA policies on missed class time, NDC has the following institutional class attendance policy:
Regular attendance in classes is expected of all students; however, some College sponsored co-curricular and extra-curricular events may occasionally be scheduled during class hours. It is College policy that students who are participants in a College sponsored event are excused from a class for the specific event. (Exceptions to this policy: students fulfilling nursing clinicals and student teaching requirements.)
* Participants in College sponsored co-curricular and extra-curricular events:
- Are not excused for practice.
- Are expected to make-up all work they miss.
- Are not penalized by the instructor for their excused absence.
- Are expected to communicate with each faculty member before the date of the excused absence.
- Must meet individual faculty requirements to complete work due for each missed class.
* College personnel who are responsible for the College sponsored co-curricular and extra-curricular events will inform faculty of the game/event schedules at the beginning of each semester.
- When weather is a factor in College sponsored events and games, the event or game may result in cancellation and require rescheduling
- It is the student’s responsibility to inform the faculty of any change in the original schedule.
* Student-athletes are subject to the additional rules and procedures of the NCAA, Notre Dame College’s Department of Athletics, and their individual coaches.
