Ralph Baer writes:
>Could someone explain what "Traditional Segment" and "Nontraditional
>Segment" mean?
 
I had to wait to check the NC$$ Manual (1995-96).  This hasn't changed
this year.
 
17.1.1 PLAYING SEASON.  The playing (i.e., practice and competition)
season for a particular sport is the period of time between the date
of an institution's first officially recognized practice session and
the date of the institution's last practice session or date of
competition, whichever occurs later.  An institution is permitted to
conduct officially recognized practice and competition each academic
year only during the playing season as regulated for each sport in
accordance with the provisions of this bylaw.  The institution must
conduct the same playing season for varsity and subvarsity teams in
the same sport.
 
17.1.2 SEGMENTS OF PLAYING SEASON.  For all team sports and for all
individual sports that do not utilize the 144-day traditional season
option, each member institution may divide the playing season into not
more than two distinct segments, as follows:
(a) Traditional Segment.  The portion of the playing season that
concludes with the NCAA championship in the sport shall be known as
the "traditional segment," and
(b) Nontraditional Segment.  The remaining portion of the playing
season shall be known as the "nontraditional segment."
 
According to 17.10.1, the length of the playing season is limited to
22 weeks in Div I-II and 21 weeks in DivIII.  And according to 17.1.9,
practice or competition during any part of a week counts as a full
week, but if no practice/competition is scheduled during any week that
includes a vacation, final-examination period or holiday period, it
doesn't count as part of the playing season.
 
I should add that no changes were made in section 17.10 ICE HOCKEY
other than the ones I posted earlier.
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