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Ross Downin
SM 7109-4
Sport Compliance
July 28, 2019
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Introduction

It definitely looks like Jane as gone through quite a bit during her college athletic career.
She has a rather interesting case in wanting to come back to college athletics. Jane, like many
college athletes experience there first year, is the amount of work load a student-athlete must go
through. Many tend to not realize the requirements of a full-time student athlete. What it looks
like in Jane’s situation, the weight of the final few games of the season, there was possibly more
focus on the court than off. What will be key for her in this situation, most importantly is what
does the NCAA say about it. They have strict requirements that specifically pertain to 2-year and
4-year transfers. As well as being a transfer, which has entirely different implications to its
requirements and processes. Hopefully, in Jane’s case, we can figure out her options as she
pursues to get back out onto the court.
The Issue

Before finding out Jane’s solution, it is important to understand and determine what a
transfer student-athlete is. According to the Jane’s school, during her second year at the NCAA
institution, when her academic progress plummeted to a cumulative 1.6 GPA the school
mandatorily dismissed Jane. This is the result in not upholding the required credits and grade
point average and was dismissed by the university. First, we must determine if Jane actually is a
transfer’s student- athlete. Jane must ask herself a view questions;

1. Have you been a full-time student at a two- or four-year college during a regular
academic term?
2. Have you received any financial aid while attending an NCAA Division I school during
the summer?
3. Have you practiced or competed with a college team? This includes during any full-time
and part-time enrollment and includes reporting to any practice that occurred prior to the
start of an academic term.
4. Have you received any athletics aid from a college while attending summer school?

After Jane answers these questions she then need to understand, if she does not know
already, that the academic side are just as important as athletics. Each school, which are a part of
different conferences and divisions will have their own admission policies. Going back to her
original school maybe quite difficult and immediately back on the team. Returning to her
original school, Jane must use an exception immediately if she were not sitting out an academic
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year of residence at the Division I school when you transferred to the two-year school (NCAA).
Unfortunately, it looks like Jane attended a community college for the summer, earning only 15
credits though achieving a 4.0 GPA which is great however this is not a full academic year. Also,
as a basketball student-athlete that transfers back to Division I school starting winter or spring
term will not be eligible to compete until the next term.

Goal Analysis & Eligibility Status

Jane’s situation is definitely what many college athletes face with every year. Without
looking too close to eligibility requirement for the NCAA, I can just think that immediately
stepping onto the court right away will unfortunately not happen for Jane. However, looking to
see how long Jane can continue to play basketball is something that is worth looking over. The
initial rues of eligibility are quite different for continuing eligibility. Initial-eligibility rules affect
your first year at a Division I and II schools, continuing-eligibility rules are determined on how
long you may compete. If you are transferring to an NCAA school, the length of time you may
compete for that school will be based in part on continuing-eligibility rules (Currie, 2014). In
Jane’s case, being a red shirt for her first year of play actually helped her in the amount the time
of play she has time remaining. Literally, Jane’s clock continues to tick down, even if she spent
an academic year of residence as a result of transferring, red shirt, if she does not attend school
or even if she enrolled part time during the summer (Currie, 2014). Even so, Jane would also
have to spend a full academic year of residency for she attends to do any type of competition.

Rules to This Case

Furthermore, Jane will have to go through the student athlete reinternment process. The
student-athlete reinstatement or the SAR is an administered group under the NCAA’s academic
and membership affairs department. Their duty is to analyze case such as Jane’s, that directly
affect her eligibility of a prospective student-athlete or an enrolled student-athlete. During this
process, SAR will declare the prospective student-athlete or enrolled student-athlete ineligible
and may request their eligibility be reinstated through the Requests/Self Reports Online (RSRO)
system (NCAA). For her assistance, I will display the submission process below; On the menu
bar above, click on the My Apps tab.
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1. On the My Apps page, click on Requests/Self-Reports Online.

2. Click on the Request or Self-Report.
3. Select from the drop-down menu to begin a request.
4. If you have questions or have trouble with submission of your SAR request, please send
an email with her issue to rsro@ncaa.org. Please provide the case number in your email.

Recommendations
When it’s said and done, while putting these steps into practice, Jane will play college
football again. I would actually suggest her to stay at the community college for another semester
if not another year to lessen the work requirement as well as to increase her GPA. I would also
recommend her have periodic updates with her coach. I think coaches like to hear their current
and former athletes doing well, as well as making a smooth transition back to the team.
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References

Currie, K. R. (2014). Signaling Eligibility: Evaluating the Messaging of NCAA Eligibility

Requirements to Prospective Student-Athletes. SSRN Electronic Journal.
NCAA Public Home Page - NCAA.org. (2019). NCAA public home page - NCAA.org.
from http://www.ncaa.org/
Mcdonnell, B., & Pinckney, Q. (2012). History of the ncaa. Behind the curtain of the ncaa: the
imbalances in the definition of the student athlete (1st ed., p.33-37).