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ARTICLE VI – NJCAA POLICY STATEMENTS
Section 1.

TRYOUTS/AUDITIONS
A. Before allowing a high school student to try-out/audition, an NJCAA member college shall determine if try-out/auditions are
allowed by the students State High School Activities Association regulations in the student-athlete’s home state.
B. A try-out/audition is any organized recruiting event that is open to the general public held in an effort to fill roster spots on a
colleges intercollegiate sport teams.
C. A member college may conduct a try-out/audition of a prospective student-athlete only on its campus or at a site at which it has
been approved to conduct practices or competition.
D. A college may conduct no more than two try-out/auditions per sport per academic year.
E. A college may conduct no more than one try-out/audition per prospective student-athletic per academic year.
F. A prospective student-athlete must have completed his/her junior year in high school to participate in a try-out/audition.
G. A prospective student-athlete must have valid verification that he/she has had a physical examination administered by a qualified
health care professional licensed to administer physical examinations within one year of the try-out/audition.
H. Member colleges may not expend funds on prospective student-athletes prior to, during or after the try-out/audition. This would
include, but not be limited to, transportation, meals, souvenirs, practice gear, etc.
I. Try-out/auditions per individual must not exceed two hours.
J. Competition against the member college’s team is permissible when counted in the regular season or off-season allowable hours
of practice.
K. Member college’s may provide equipment and clothing on an issuance and retrieval basis to a prospective student-athlete
participating in a try-out/audition.

Section 2.

PARTICIPATION OF FALL TOURNAMENT QUALIFIERS IN SPRING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
A student-athlete, who qualified through a Fall Tournament for participation in a Spring National Championship, may participate in
the Championship provided he/she is enrolled as a full-time student-athlete at the college which he/she qualifies during the semester or
quarter that the Spring National Championship is held.

Section 3.

POLLS
A. National Poll shall honor the submitted rankings within regions
B. National/Coaches Association Rankings will be as follows:
1. Hockey, Women’s Lacrosse will rank five (5) teams
2. Men’s Lacrosse will rank ten (10) teams
3. Division I Men’s & Women’s Basketball will rank twenty-five (25) teams
4. Division I and II will rank twenty (20) teams in each sport
5. Division III will rank ten (10) teams in each sport

Section 4.

SUBSTITUTIONS FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
A. Where national qualifying is done by a set standard (track, swimming, etc.) there shall be no substitution allowed.
B. Where national qualifying is done on the basis of team play (basketball, baseball, etc.) anyone listed on the NJCAA eligibility
form shall be allowed to be used as a substitute.
C. If a student-athlete qualifies as an individual winner and is also a member of a winning team (golf medalist and a member of the
winning team, top individual qualifier in cross country race and a member of the winning team, etc.) substitution shall be allowed
only for team competition. No substitution shall be allowed for the individual competitor.

Section 5.

NJCAA COMPETITION IN REGULAR AND POST SEASON
A. The NJCAA will allow women to participate with men on the same team providing that the female participant or participants are
otherwise qualified under NJCAA regulations and further providing that said participating college or institution does not have a
women's team in such sport or category.
B. Males are not allowed to participate on women's teams in any sport.
C. Those women listed on a men's eligibility form may participate in the men's regional/national tournament unless the National
Office is notified prior to the beginning of the regular season that the student-athlete will participate in women's postseason play.
This declaration must be signed by the athletic director and by the student-athlete.

Section 6.

TRANSGENDER
A. A transgender male (female to male) student-athlete who has received a medical exception for treatment with testosterone for
gender transition may compete on a men’s team but is no longer eligible to compete on a women’s team.
B. A transgender female (male to female) student-athlete being treated with testosterone suppression medication for gender
transition may continue to compete on a men’s team but may not compete on a women’s team until completing one calendar year
of documented testosterone-suppression treatment.

Section 7.

ALUMNI GAMES
Alumni games are not considered as regular season contests of a college sport. These games shall not be figured into the college's
records or statistics.

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