paraphrasing, as pertaining to NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey... from EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES (17) Release of Rating Percentage Index Currently, the RPI is released to each conference once ...at the end of the conference's championship. It only includes numbers for the teams in the respective conference. (Hence, the CCHA might see that Michigan is rated third, but wouldn't know who was #1, #2, #4, and so on.) It was voted that the RPI will now be released once to "the membership in their entirety" following the respective championship. What championship? Apparently, each Div I team will receive the RPI numbers...once. Either at the end of the conference championship or the national championship...I'm not sure which, but I presume conference. Either way, there are no games remaining that impact the NCAA selection process. Why not just send it to 'em in mid-July. :-) from ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PANEL (case 718) Someone wanted the season-of-competition rule to be waived for a player that appeared in three games and was then cut. It was denied. (Hence, the three games played will cost the player a full year of eligibility/competition.) (case 638) Someone requested that the satisfactory-progress regulation, as it pertains to upperclassmen, be waived for a player who enrolled in Astronomy 109 without the knowledge that the course was not countable toward his degree in chemical engineering. The school claimed the player relied on (incorrect) advice from the academic advisors. Presumably, the player was not otherwise enrolled in enough credit hours toward his degree to remain eligible. Request was granted. (case 682) Someone requested to waive the application of the 4-2-4 transfer requirements. The student began at a four year school, transferred to a two-year school, then back to a (different?) four-year school...without meeting all of the transfer requirements. However, the student has never participated in college athletics and his academics were argued to meet the "spirit" of the rule. Request was granted. (case 624) A player who was receiving financial aid turned pro following the beginning of the term. The school requested to be allowed to use the aid (scholarship) to benefit one of the remaining players. Request was granted. from INSTITUTIONAL SECONDARY INFRACTIONS * An AD had contact with a prospect and his parents off-campus. The prospect will attend another school. The AD was scolded by the NCAA and the prospect is ineligible, unless restored through the appeals process. * A head coach promised five years of grant-in-aid to a player. The school reviewed the rules with the coach and said it wouldn't happen again. The NCAA requested that the school report on whether or not they checked other players and other sports to identify this as an isolated incident. * A banquet was paid for by the booster club without going through the proper university channels. The school closed the booster account and reviewed its expenditures for two years to check for similar occurrences. No NCAA action. from ELIGIBILITY APPEALS other than those involving recruiting (case 2) A player went to camp with the London Knight (OHL junior A), played two exhibition games and five regular season games (was on the roster for 17). The player loses a year of eligibility, may not play during his first year in residence at the NCAA school and must sit out the first five regular season games of his second year. Otherwise, he's eligible for NCAA play. John H U Mich