Participation Prior to Enrollment

From the NAIA Casebook

Participation Prior to Enrollment in the Fall

Approved Ruling: When an institution has scheduled an intercollegiate contest prior to the opening of school in the fall, a student shall be allowed to represent the institution although the student is not officially enrolled at the time of participation. The NAIA Official Eligibility Certificate must be filed with the Eligibility Chair with the column requesting “Institutional Credit Hours Enrolled in this Term” left blank. This column would then be completed during the first week of enrollment and a second, complete certificate would be sent to the Eligibility Chair.

Should a student compete and then not enroll in the term in which competition occurs, a season of competition and a term of attendance shall be charged for such competition.

Comments

[Ben Cherry]

I think we need to be clear that this only for students who are "not officially enrolled at the time of participation." In most cases, our athletes will be officially enrolled, they just will not have attended classes prior to participation.