The baseball rulebook of the NCAA, aside from governing the games of that organization's members, is also utilized by several other competitions involving college-aged players.

The NCAA defines a " counter " as " an individual who is receiving institutional financial aid that is countable against the aid limitations in a sport.

At the collegiate level, the NCAA closely regulates the activities of booster clubs and strictly defines what actions would cause a person to be considered an official booster of an athletic program.

Geneva joined the NCAA as a provisional member in 2007 and during the transition process was not eligible for post season play or conference Player of the Week honors until gaining membership in July 2011.

On September 8, 2011, the university was confirmed as a full member of the MEAC Conference, making the Tigers eligible to participate in all conference championships and earn the conference's automatic berth to NCAA postseason competition in all sponsored sports.

In 2013, the MAAC will become eligible for its 15th NCAA Championship when Women's Rowing will fulfill qualifying requirements.

Both universities will begin GSC competition in the 2012 – 13 academic year but will not be eligible for NCAA national tournaments until the 2014 – 15 academic year.

Starting in the 2012-2013 season, the women's team will be part of the College Hockey America conference, and will be eligible for conference postseason play, but not NCAA postseason play.

Although the Cougars would not be eligible for OVC or NCAA post-season competition until the 2012-13 season, they were invited to play in the 2012 Women's Basketball Invitational ( WBI ) tournament.

In the 1994 – 95 NCAA season, the sophomore was soon called one of the most eligible NBA prospects, along with his peers Joe Smith, Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse.

If the Big Ten does not have an eligible team, the game will feature a team from the Sun Belt that meets the NCAA requirement of at least six wins.

The two teams also represented two of the three lowest-ranked bowl eligible teams in the NCAA that season.

According to NCAA rules, college golfers are not eligible.

At the NCAA top level of football, the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( known as Division I-A from 1978 through 2005 ), teams must earn the right to be bowl eligible by winning at least six games and by not having a losing record during the season.

Unlike the CHL it does not pay a stipend to its players, who thus retain amateur status and are eligible to play in the NCAA.

With the departure of the final two mainland members, Montana State University-Billings and Western New Mexico University, to join the Heartland Conference in 2005, the four Hawaii universities played one season as “ independents ” after receiving a waiver from the NCAA to keep the conference in name, while searching for new members, because in order to be eligible for conference membership in the NCAA, a conference must consist of a minimum of six member institutions who sponsor at least ten sports, with two team sports for each gender.

As an active member, TAMIU is eligible for conference championships and NCAA tournament berths.

Since the NCAA Rowing Championships does not have a lightweight event for women, a select number of these teams ( e. g., University of Wisconsin ) are eligible to compete at IRAs with the top men's programs.

The 2012 – 13 school year is SVU's first as a provisional NCAA Division III member ; it will join the Capital Athletic Conference in July 2013, and will become eligible for conference championships in 2014 – 15.

Due to the past academic performance of Calhoun's players, UCONN may not be eligible for the 2013 NCAA tournament.

As part of the transition process into the NCAA, the college will begin NCAA Division II and Peach Belt Conference schedules for its athletic teams and be immediately eligible for all regular-season championships and all other conference awards.

During the 2012-13 year, the university will operate as a provisional NCAA member and follow all NCAA rules and regulation but will be ineligible for NCAA postseason competition ; McKendree will be eligible for GLVC championships in football, cross country, men ’ s soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field, and women ’ s golf during the provisional year.

The university will be eligible for all conference and NCAA championships in 2013-14 after attaining full membership into the NCAA.

In his first year with the Buffaloes, two of his receivers, Charles Johnson and Michael Westbrook, became just the fourth pair of receivers on the same team in NCAA history to each have over 1, 000 receiving yards.

Players also noticed that receivers dropped passes considerably more than NCAA Football 2004.

Arizona State University's NCAA Division I-A program competes in 9 varsity sports for men and 11 for women.

Walsh was viewed as a strong advocate for African-American head coaches in the NFL and NCAA.

The accident caused the Missouri Valley Conference to ban its member schools from allowing cheerleaders to be " launched or tossed and from taking part in formations higher than two levels " for one week during a women's basketball conference tournament, and also resulted in a recommendation by the NCAA that conferences and tournaments do not allow pyramids two and one half levels high or higher, and a stunt known as basket tosses, during the rest of the men's and women's basketball season.

The NCAA Football Rules Committee determines the playing rules for Division I ( both Bowl and Championship Subdivisions ), II, and III games ( the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) is a separate organization, but uses the NCAA rules ).

Generally, NCAA rules allow for dives to be changed while the diver is on the board, but the diver must request the change directly after the dive is announced.

To qualify for a diving event at the NCAA championships, a competitor must first finish in the top three at one of five zone championships, which are held after the various conference championship meets.

Under NFL and NCAA rules, once the quarterback moves out of the pocket, and there is no good option for a forward pass, the ball may be legally thrown away to prevent a sack.

* In 2011, Butler returned to the NCAA title game for a second straight year.

* Five NCAA National Championships ( 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987 ), placing them in a tie for third most all-time

* Notre Dame all-time leading scorer Austin Carr currently holds the record for the most points in an NCAA tournament game, scoring 61 against Ohio in 1971.

* The Saint Joseph's Pumas, led by current coach Richard Davis, returned to the NCAA Elite Eight for the fourth time in 2010.

It can be reconfigured to seat 70, 000 or more for NCAA basketball and football and concerts.

The stadium also features a retractable roof, with electrification technology developed by VAHLE, Inc. Other than being the home of the Colts, the stadium will host games in both the Men's and Women's NCAA Basketball Tournaments and will serve as the back up host for all NCAA Final Four Tournaments.

He is TNT's lead NBA voice, calls NFL games for CBS, and also calls NCAA tournament action for CBS and Turner Sports.

In the 2011-12 season Albert decided to leave the YES Network upon joining CBS Sports for both NFL and NCAA March Madness coverage.

In 2011, Albert was named an announcer for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, the result of longtime tournament broadcaster CBS handing off some of its coverage to Turner Sports.

Reed has no fraternities or sororities, and few NCAA sports teams, although physical education classes ( which range from kayaking to juggling ) are required for graduation.

The IRA, formed in 1895, preceded the NCAA by at least ten years and provided a guideline for the rules of eligibility and sportsmanship later adopted by the NCAA when it was formed.