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Article VII
MEMBER COLLEGE SPORT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

Section 1 - Sport Procedures
A. Termination of a Sport or Season: If circumstances cause an NJCAA member college to terminate its participation in a sport or season
the member college shall notify the NJCAA National Office in order to ensure eligibility, website and organization records are accurate.
B. Multi-Sport Participants: A student-athlete who receives institutional athletic aid shall count against the total number of scholarships
allowed in each sport in which the student-athlete participates.
B.1. Exemption: Cross Country, Half Marathon and Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field shall be exempt from the above as outlined in
the NJCAA Sports Procedures Chart counting requirement.
C. Limits and Dates Established in Sports Procedure Chart: The Sports Procedures Chart contains the following limits and dates as
applicable for each individual sport: (APPENDIX B)
C.1. Starting date for practice,
C.2. Starting date for games,
C.3. Ending date for practice and/or games,
C.4. Number of contests allowed per season,
C.5. Number of Letters of Intent allowed per academic year,
C.6. Letter of Intent signing date for each sport.
D. Additional Sport Specific Procedures: The following limitations shall apply in addition to those listed in the NJCAA Sports Procedures
Chart:
D.1. Tennis: Men’s and women’s tennis shall be allowed a maximum of three (3) full-scholarships, and six (6) partial scholarships,
limited to tuition, fee, course related books and up to $250 in course required supplies.
D.2. Outdoor Track and Field: Meets conducted following the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championship Meet shall be
considered outdoor track and field events, for all records and statistics, even if conducted indoors due to weather.
Section 2 - Practices & Scrimmages
A. Practice:
A.1. General Information & Definitions:
A.1.a. Practice Definition: Practice is any meeting, activity, or instruction involving sports related information and having an
athletics purpose, held for one or more student-athletes at the direction of, or supervised by, any member(s) of an
institution’s coaching staff.
A.1.b. Enrollment: Practice participants must be enrolled/registered in the current term at the college.
A.1.c. Physical examination: Practice participants must have a valid physical on file.
A.1.d. Coach Definition: Any individual who represents the college on behalf of the athletic department, including but not
limited to, instructing individual/team sport skills, provide strategy and coach against competition on game day,
provide video, statistics, scout opponents, recruit, provide fitness training for a sport team or an individual athlete.
A.1.d.i. All coaches, regardless of classification (head, assistant, part-time, volunteer) are subject to all NJCAA
regulations and limitations.
A.1.d.ii. Outgoing Coach: A coach whose contract is expiring, or has expired, shall be subject to all NJCAA
regulations and limitations.
A.1.d.iii. Incoming Coach: A coach where an agreement (either verbal or written), has been made, but whose
contract has not yet begun, shall be subject to all NJCAA regulations and limitations.
A.2. In Season Practice: In Season practice begins the first day practice is allowed for that particular sport as defined in the
NJCAA Sports Procedures Chart and concludes when the team or individual is eliminated from advancement to the national
championship either by elimination or their own choice.
A.2.a. Limits: The NJCAA recommends that all member colleges limit in season practices and contests to a
combined twenty (20) hours per week, on the basis of the philosophical ideal of the student-athlete.
A.2.b. In Season Activities: Participation by one or more coaches and/or one or more student-athletes in the
following activities is confined to the time period defined as in season and are subject to in season regulations.
A.2.b.i. Field, floor, course, track, pool or on court activity, OR
A.2.b.ii. Activities conducted as a physical education class which is open exclusively to members of an
intercollegiate team, OR

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