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(15 in men’s basketball), they have no scholarships available for Student-Athlete R during the summer session. To offer a scholarship to this
student-athlete, the college must first release one student-athlete as per the reasons in Article VI, Section
1.D.1 prior to signing this student-athlete to a Letter of Intent for the summer term.
Case 7
SITUATION: NJCAA Letters of Intent – Manager Scholarships
Community College A wishes to give an athletic scholarship to the manager of their men’s basketball team. Does this scholarship count
towards the overall number of scholarships allowed for the sport of basketball as per the NJCAA Sport Procedures?
ANSWER:
No. Manager scholarships are monitored by individual colleges, regions, and/or conferences in the NJCAA and are not to be
submitted in the online NJCAA Letter of Intent program. However, if a manager receiving an athletic scholarship participates during the
season or any season thereafter, he/she would then be considered a student-athlete and would count towards the overall number of
maximum scholarships. They would be counters in the current year as well as retroactively in years which they received the mangers
scholarship. Appropriate penalties would be assessed should the college be over the allowable limits in any of those years.
Case 8
SITUATION: NJCAA Letter of Intent - Club Team
May Community College A, who has declared themselves a club team, utilize the NJCAA Letter of Intent to bind a student- athlete to their
college?
ANSWER:
No. Only intercollegiate varsity/jv programs may utilize the NJCAA Letter of Intent.
SIGNING PROCEDURES
Case 1
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SITUATION: Signing NJCAA Letter of Intent by 18 Calendar Day of the Term
Can Community College A’s athletic and financial aid departments go ahead and start giving athletic scholarships to members of their
men’s basketball team at the start of the fall term even though the student-athletes haven’t signed NJCAA Letters of Intent?
ANSWER:
No. According to NJCAA bylaws, the original terms of the grant-in-aid (athletic scholarship) must be submitted online in the form of an
online NJCAA Letter prior to any benefit being provided.
Case 3
SITUATION: Issuing a Letter of Intent to Another Athlete Within the Same Academic Year
Community College A signed eight (maximum number of letters of intent) student-athletes in men’s golf. The college had to release one
student-athlete from his letter of intent during the fall term. When can that athletic scholarship be issued to another student-athlete on the men’s
golf team?
ANSWER:
That athletic scholarship may be awarded to another member of the men’s golf team after the end of the fall term and that letter of intent
must be submitted prior to any benefit being provided.
Case 4
SITUATION: NJCAA Signing Date
Student-Athlete R is being recruited to compete in volleyball and track & field. Which signing date must Student-Athlete R abide by when
signing a NJCAA Letter of Intent?
ANSWER:
NJCAA Letters of Intent must be signed and submitted separately – one for each sport. The signing date for each sport must be abided
by.
Case 5
SITUATION: Submitting NJCAA Letter of Intent
Community College A signs Student-Athlete R to a 2020-2021 NJCAA Letter of Intent and the form is signed in accordance with the
signing procedures and within the signing dates indicated on the form. Community College A then mails the Letter of Intent to the NJCAA
National Office. Is this proper procedure?
ANSWER:
No. All signings of letters of intent beginning with the 2007-2008 academic year and beyond must be submitted online and the original
signed copies of the letters of intent should be kept on file at the college and submitted to the NJCAA National Office only upon request or as
part of the college’s eligibility audit.