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B. Club and Varsity Participation: A member college may not sponsor a club team and varsity team in the same sport during the
same academic year (A team may not participate as a club team in the fall, and varsity in the spring, for example).
C. Student-Athlete Participation:
C.1. Seasons of Participation: Participation in a club sport (includes four-year and/or two-year colleges) shall count as one (1) season
of participation in that sport; student-athletes participating in club sports shall be subject to the two-year limit on participation.
C.2. Participation in Regional, District, or National Competition: Student-athletes who participate in a club sport may not participate in
NJCAA postseason competition.
C.3. Student-athletes who participate in a club sport do not qualify for hardship consideration, individual postseason honors and are
not recognized in national statistics. Teams who participate as a club sport do not qualify for team postseason honors and are not
recognized in the national statistics.

Section 5 - Non-NJCAA Sanctioned Games
A. Alumni Games: Member colleges are permitted to hold one alumni game/match per academic year/per sport. Alumni games are not
considered regular season contests or scrimmages of a college sport for any purpose and shall not be counted in the college’s record or
statistics. All participants making up the alumni team must actually be alumni of the program and/or college.
B. Recreation Leagues: Teams/Individuals associated with member institutions must not participate in non-intercollegiate leagues under
any circumstances, during the NJCAA official sport season. Member colleges may participate against recreation teams as part of the
published sport schedule but are not permitted to join the league.

Section 6 - Polls
A. The National Poll shall honor the submitted rankings within regions.
B. National/Coaches Association Rankings shall be structured as follows:
B.1. Women’s Lacrosse will rank five (5) teams
B.2. Men’s Lacrosse will rank ten (10) teams
B.3. Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball will rank twenty-five (25) teams
B.4. Division I and II will rank twenty (20) teams in each sport
B.5. Division III will rank ten (10) teams in each sport

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