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A.

Section 15.
Section 16.
Section 17.

Member colleges may request in writing to the NJCAA the addition of Benefits to Students for Academic Support Services that would
include the ability of institutions to make available to student-athletes general academic and support services the institu tion deems
necessary for student-athlete success. This would include use of institutionally owned computers and typewriters on a check-out and
retrieval basis; however typing/word processing/editing services or costs may not be provided, even if typed reports or other papers are a
requirement of a course in which a student-athlete is enrolled.
NOTE: The Benefits to Students for Academic Support Services cannot be used as enhancements for recruiting and must be requested
after the student-athlete has signed a Letter of Intent/Scholarship.
B. Member colleges may allow up to a maximum of two (2) meals per semester/quarter for a team not to exceed the cost per diem of the
meal.
C. General athletic-related medical coverage may be provided to all student-athletes by the college, regardless of the division in which the
college participates.
D. Member institutions shall declare divisional status in those sports offering more than one division for NJCAA participation. Such
declaration shall take place each even numbered year, and such designation shall be for a two year commitment. Each sport
committee shall formulate a two year plan (during the annual meeting in that even numbered year) for each commitment cycle.
Once the commitment cycle has been determined by the NJCAA sport committee, no changes shall be allowed within the
division structure.
E. Multi-sport student-athletes will only receive institutional athletic aid based on the maximum allowable scholarship aid of the
lowest division in the sports in which the student-athlete participates.
Practice Limits
The NJCAA supports the philosophical ideal of the student-athlete by recommending to all member colleges that in-season practices and
contests be limited to 20 hours per week.
HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS
A. Housing arrangements of any type with any member of the athletic staff are not permitted by the NJCAA.
B. Athletic staff may provide housing contact information to current and prospective student-athletes.
INSURANCE
A. The NJCAA and the sponsoring organization(s) shall not be liable or responsible for injury to any individual, or damages of any nature,
resulting from participation in any postseason events sponsored by the NJCAA.
B. The NJCAA shall not be liable or responsible for injury to any individual, or damages of any nature, resulting from participation in any
regular season events.

Article VII – Procedures for Appeal
Section 1.

Section 2.

GENERAL
A. Procedures set forth in this Article VII are the sole methods for challenge of decisions of the National Office and the Executive
Committee. No member college or any of its student-athletes or employees can institute any suit at law or in equity or seek any court
injunction or restraining order concerning any dispute or controversy involving the NJCAA enforcement or interpretation of any of the
bylaws, rules, or regulations of the NJCAA or any sanctions imposed by the NJCAA.
B. Only member colleges may challenge the interpretation and enforcement of the bylaws, rules, and regulations of the NJCAA and they
may do so only pursuant to and in the manner set forth by the provisions of this Article VII. No individual coach, student-athlete, booster
club, or other entity affiliated directly or indirectly with the member college shall have any standing to challenge a decision of the
NJCAA.
C. As a condition to membership in the NJCAA, each member college consents to be bound by the provisions of this Article VII. Any
member college who institutes any suit at law or in equity or seeks any court injunction or restraining order against the NJCAA in
connection with the interpretation or enforcement of the bylaws, rules, and regulations of the NJCAA or sanctions imposed by the
NJCAA shall be subject to sanctions, penalties, expulsion, fines, probations, or other penalties as may be prescribed by the Executive
Committee of the NJCAA.
AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL OFFICE
A. All decisions concerning challenges and/or questions of the interpretation and the enforcement of the bylaws, rules, and regulations of
the NJCAA shall be made in the first instance by the NJCAA National Office.
B. Questions concerning the interpretation or enforcement of the bylaws, rules, and regulations shall be made in writing to the National
Office. Such questions shall set forth in detail the facts giving rise to the question, including but not limited to the name and address of
the member college presenting the question, the name and address of each college involved in the question, any background facts
involved in the question, and the citation of the NJCAA bylaws, rules, and regulations involved in the question. Such request for decision
concerning questions must be signed by either the president of the member college posing the question or the athletic director for that
college.
C. Challenges to the interpretation or the enforcement of the NJCAA bylaws, rules, and regulations shall set forth in detail the name and
address of the member college presenting the challenge, the factual basis for the challenge, the jurisdictional basis of the challenge,
citation of the bylaws, rules, and regulations involved in the challenge, name and address of any other member college that would be
affected by the challenge, and any documentation to support the challenge.
D. The National Office shall provide its written decision concerning any such questions or challenge to the member college presenting the
question or challenge and to the Regional Director for the region in which the presenting college is located. The written decision shall set
forth:
1. The decision of the National Office.
2. The jurisdictional basis for the decision.
3. The citation of the NJCAA bylaws, rules, and regulations involved in the decision.
4. Any other matter deemed appropriate by the National Office.
In addition, in the event that the decision of the NJCAA affects any other member college, a copy of the written decision of the NJCAA
shall be provided to such affected college and the Regional Director for the region in which the affected college is located. In the event
that upon receipt of a question or challenge from a college, the National Office determines that further information or documentation is
necessary, the National Office may delay its decision until such other information or documentation is received by the National Office.

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