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RE: NCAA FBS Requirements
(06-02-2015 10:27 AM)Germdawg Wrote: http://www.ncaapublications.com/productd...s/D115.pdf
Skip down to page 353 and you get this:
Quote:20.9.9 Football Bowl Subdivision Requirements. [FBS] An institution classified in the Football Bowl
Subdivision shall meet the additional requirements listed below. (Revised: 12/15/06)
20.9.9.1 Sports Sponsorship. [FBS] The institution shall sponsor a minimum of 16 varsity intercollegiate
sports, including football, based on the minimum sports sponsorship and scheduling requirements set forth
in Bylaws 20.9.6 and 20.9.6.3, including a minimum of six sports involving all-male teams or mixed teams of
males and females, and a minimum of eight varsity intercollegiate sports (of which a maximum of two emerging
sports per Bylaw 20.02.4 may be used) based on the minimum sports sponsorship and scheduling requirements
set forth in Bylaws 20.9.6 and 20.9.6.3 and involving all-female teams, subject to the waiver provision in Bylaw
20.9.6.2. (Revised: 1/11/94 effective 9/1/94, 4/25/02 effective 8/1/04)
20.9.9.2 Football Scheduling Requirement. [FBS] The institution shall schedule and play at least 60
percent of its football games against members of the Football Bowl Subdivision. The institution shall schedule
and play at least five regular-season home games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents. For purposes of
satisfying the scheduling requirement, a contest shall be considered a home contest if it is played in the stadium
in which an institution conducts at least 50 percent of its home contests. In addition, an institution may use one
home contest against a Football Bowl Subdivision member conducted at a neutral site to satisfy the home-game
requirement. (Revised: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/04, 1/12/04, 12/15/06)
20.9.9.2.1 Exception—Football Championship Subdivision Opponent. [FBS] Each year, a Football
Bowl Subdivision institution may count one contest against a Football Championship Subdivision
opponent to satisfy the football-scheduling requirement specified in Bylaw 20.9.9.2, provided the Football
Championship Subdivision opponent has averaged 90 percent of the permissible maximum number of
grants-in-aid per year in football over a rolling two-year period. (Adopted: 4/28/05, Revised: 12/15/06)
20.9.9.2.2 Membership Classification of Opponents. [FBS] In determining whether an institution
meets the scheduling criteria of the Football Bowl Subdivision, each opponent shall be counted as it was
classified on September 1 of the academic year involved. (Revised: 12/15/06)
20.9.9.2.2.1 Reclassifying Opponents. [FBS] A reclassifying institution shall be counted as a
Football Bowl Subdivision opponent in the year the reclassifying institution must meet the Football
Bowl Subdivision scheduling requirements (year two of the reclassifying process). (Adopted: 4/15/97,
Revised: 3/10/04, 12/15/06)
20.9.9.2.2.2 Waiver. [FBS] The members of the Administration Cabinet representing Football
Bowl Subdivision conferences, by a two-thirds majority of its members present and voting, may grant a
waiver of the provisions of Bylaw 20.9.9.2.2 in cases of reclassification of an opponent when there is an
enforceable game contract, executed in writing, or in the case of similar contractual problems. (Revised:
12/15/06, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)
20.9.9.2.3 Canceled Games. [FBS] A canceled game shall not be counted toward meeting the Football
Bowl Subdivision scheduling criterion unless the members of the Administration Cabinet representing
Football Bowl Subdivision conferences, by a two-thirds majority of its members present and voting, approve
a waiver of the criterion in a situation in which: (Revised: 12/15/06, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)
(a) The member institution can document that it had scheduled (for that academic year) the appropriate
minimum percentage of contests with members of the Football Bowl Subdivision, under enforceable
game contracts executed in writing; (Revised: 12/15/06)
(b) An opponent canceled a game that it had contracted to play that academic year; and
© Despite a good-faith effort, the institution was unable to re-arrange its schedule to play the appropriate
percentage of contests with members of the Football Bowl Subdivision. (Revised: 12/15/06)
20.9.9.2.4 Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico. [FBS] Games played in Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico shall
not be counted for purposes of meeting the subdivision’s scheduling requirement if such games are exempt
from counting toward the playing-season limitations. (Adopted: 1/10/92)
20.9.9.3 Football-Attendance Requirements. [FBS] Once every two years on a rolling basis, the institution
shall average at least 15,000 in actual or paid attendance for all home football games. (Revised: 4/25/02
effective 8/1/04, 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)
20.9.9.3.1 Counting Attendance.
20.9.9.3.1.1 Actual Attendance. For purposes of computing actual attendance figures, an individual
may be counted if any one of the following conditions applies: (Revised: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/04,
4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)
(a) Attendees are issued tickets that are collected on admission to the game and retained;
(b) Attendees enter through and are counted by a turnstile that is monitored by a representative of
the department of athletics who verifies in writing the accuracy of the count on a per-game basis;
or
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© Attendees enter through a gate at which a representative of the department of athletics counts
them individually with a manual counter, and the representative provides a written statement
verifying the accuracy of the count on a per-game basis.
20.9.9.3.1.2 Paid Attendance. [FBS] For purposes of computing paid attendance figures, tickets
must be sold for at least one-third of the highest regular established ticket price as established prior to
the season, regardless of whether they are used for admission. Tickets sold at less than one-third of the
highest regular established price may be counted as paid attendance only if they are used for admission.
Student attendance may be counted as paid attendance if the student pays at least one-third of the
highest regular established ticket price or, if the student actually attends the game and any one of the
following conditions applies: (Adopted: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)
(a) The student paid an athletics fee;
(b) The student paid an institutional fee of which a certain portion was allocated to the department
of intercollegiate athletics; or
© The student paid no athletics fee, but the institution allocated to the department of intercollegiate
athletics a certain portion of tuition income or general operating funds as the equivalent
of a student athletics fee.
20.9.9.3.1.2.1 Student Attendance. [FBS] Student attendance must be verified through one
of the following methods: (Adopted: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)
(a) Such students are issued tickets that are collected on admission to the game and retained;
(b) Such students enter through and are counted by a turnstile (which is not used by others in
attendance) that is monitored by a representative of the department of athletics who verifies
in writing the accuracy of the count on a per-game basis; or
© Such students enter through a gate (that is not used by others in attendance) at which a representative
of the department of athletics counts them individually with a manual counter,
and the representative provides a written statement verifying the accuracy of the count on a
per-game basis.
20.9.9.3.1.2.1.1 Noncounted Students. [FBS] Student-athletes and cheerleaders scheduled
by the institution to be at the game and students performing services at the stadium
(e.g., concessionaires, ticket takers, parking-lot attendants, ushers, groundskeepers) shall not
be counted toward meeting the attendance requirements. (Adopted: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)
20.9.9.3.1.2.2 Exchange of Tickets With Opponent. [FBS] For an institution to meet the
Football Bowl Subdivision attendance requirements, tickets for a football contest obtained by an
institution through an exchange agreement or a purchase agreement with another institution may
be used only if sold for at least one-third of the highest regular established ticket price and are used
to attend the game. (Adopted: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, Revised: 12/15/06)
20.9.9.3.2 Certified Audit. [FBS] In meeting the football-attendance requirements of the Football Bowl
Subdivision, an institution must undertake an annual certified audit verifying its football attendance. The
audited football-attendance figures must be received in the NCAA national office not later than the February
15 following the completion of the football season, and NCAA national office staff shall verify compliance
with all the Football Bowl Subdivision attendance requirements. The certified audit and materials (including
the ticket manifest) must be available for inspection for a four-year period. (Revised: 10/17/05, 12/15/06)
20.9.9.4 Additional Financial Aid Requirements. [FBS] The institution shall satisfy the following additional
financial aid requirements: (Adopted: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/04)
(a) Provide an average of at least 90 percent of the permissible maximum number of overall football grantsin-aid
per year during a rolling two-year period; and
(b) Annually offer a minimum of 200 athletics grants-in-aids or expend at least $4 million on grants-in-aid
to student-athletes in athletics programs.
20.9.9.4.1 Type of Financial Aid Counted. [FBS] The institution shall count only athletically related
financial aid awarded to counters (as defined in Bylaw 15.02.3). (Adopted: 3/10/04 effective 8/1/04)
20.9.9.4.2 Exception—National Service Academies. [FBS] The national service academies are exempt
from all financial aid requirements set forth in Bylaw 20.9.7. (Adopted: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/04)
20.9.9.5 Noncompliance with Football Bowl Subdivision Criteria. [FBS]
20.9.9.5.1 Notice of Noncompliance. [FBS] An institution that fails to satisfy any of the Football
Bowl Subdivision membership requirements shall receive notice of such noncompliance. After receiving
notice, any further noncompliance with the Football Bowl Subdivision requirements within a 10-year period
shall cause the institution to be placed in restricted membership. (Adopted: 8/5/04, Revised: 12/15/06)
20.9.9.5.2 Restricted Membership. [FBS] While in restricted membership, the institution shall not
be eligible for postseason football competition. At the conclusion of the one-year period, the institution
shall be granted membership in its preferred subdivision, provided the institution complies with the subdivision’s
criteria. If the member does not meet the criteria of any subdivision at the end of the restricted
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membership period, the institution may continue to be classified as a Division I member in sports other
than football, provided the institution satisfies the Division I membership requirements set forth in Bylaws
20.9.3 through 20.9.7. A Division I member that loses Football Bowl Subdivision status must comply with
the multidivision classification requirements set forth in Bylaw 20.4 to regain such status. (Adopted: 8/5/04,
Revised: 12/15/06)
20.9.9.6 Waivers. [FBS] There shall be no waivers of the Football Bowl Subdivision membership requirements.
(Adopted: 4/24/03 effective 8/1/03, Revised: 12/15/06)
Couldn't UAB just take the noncompliance (or be restricted member) for this year and the be back in compliance for 2017 season?
I'm going to make a guess here....
you and I are the only ones, or less than five others, that reads every word :)
Don't believe so because they already gave the NCAA notice they were dropping the sport. But then again this will probably be the first time a school actually dropped a sport and brought it back in the same year.
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