(quoted without permission)
 
Bylaw  14.1.6.2.2.2
       14               Eligibility
          1             General Eligibility Requirements
            6           Full Time Enrollment
              2         Requirement for competition
                2       Full Time Program - 12 hour requirement
                  2     Waivers
                     b  Olympic, Pan American, or World University Games
                        The NCAA Academic requirements Committee may
                        waive the minimum full time requirement for
                        any participant in the olympic, pan american,
                        or world university games who, because of such
                        participation, may lose eligibility for
                        practice and competition in any sport
 
Application of Legislation:
        According to a 1990 NCAA interpretations committee
        interpretation, the academic requirements committee may grant
        waivers of the minimum full time enrollment requirements only
        for actual participation in the games:
 
Circumstances:
        SA had been participating with the national team during the
        fall of 1993 and was released Feb 1 1994.  From Feb 1 through
        Feb 11 the SA was scheduled to stay with the olympic team in
        europe to be available for placement on the final roster
        should any of the other players sustain an injury.  The
        appropriate waivers for participation for tryouts and
        competition for the national team were obtained.  There are
        two other SAs participating with the olympic team from the
        applicant institution who will receive waivers of the minimum
        full-time enrollment requirement for any participation in the
        olympic games who, because of such participation, may lose
        eligibility for practice or competition.  The SA, having been
        released just before participation in the olympic games and
        immediately after participation with the national team, will
        not be eligible for this waiver.
 
Request:
        Waive the normal application ofthe 12 hour enrollment rule for
        the SA's situation and consider the SA in the same light as
        those who did make the olympic team.  The request is based on
        the fact that the SA had no control over the date the SA was
        released by the olympic team and the disadvantage it created
        for the SA.  Further, the applicant institution is four weeks
        into its current sementer, which would preclude the SA from
        being registered in a full-time program of studies.
 
Action:
        Granted.
 
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