17.11.8.3 Annual Exemptions. The maximum number of contests in football shall exclude the following: (Adopted: 4/14/08)

(a) Conference Championship. Competition in one conference championship tournament or playoff;

(b) Independents Championship. Competition in one championship meet or tournament among independent member institutions that are not members of an intercollegiate athletics conference in all sports, or for a specific sport that is not part of a conference, conducted at the end of the championship segment and prior to the NCAA championship;

(c) Season-Ending Tournament. Competition in one season-ending tournament (e.g., NCAA championship, NAIA championship). A season-ending tournament involves competition after the end of the regular season between teams that are not identified until the close of the regular season;

(d) Alumni Game. One contest with an alumni team of the institution;

(e) Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Canada. Any contests played in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico or Canada, respectively, either against or under the sponsorship of an active member institution located in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico or Canada, by a member institution located outside those locales; (Revised: 7/20/10)

(f) Fundraising Activity. Any activities in which student-athletes from more than one of the institution's athletics teams participate (or in individual sports per Bylaw 17.02.16.2, in which team members of that sport participate) with and against alumni and friends of the institution, the purpose of which is to raise funds to benefit the institution's athletics or other programs, provided the student-athletes do not miss class as a result of their participation;

(g) Celebrity Sports Activity. Competition involving a maximum of two student-athletes from a member institution's team who participate in local celebrity activities in football conducted for the purpose of raising funds for charitable organizations, provided:

(1) The student-athletes do not miss class as a result of the participation; and

(2) The involvement of the student-athletes has the approval of the institution's athletics director;

(h) Spring Game. One contest at the conclusion of the spring practice period provided the contest is against a team comprised of bona fide alumni or students or both;

(i) Postseason Bowl Game -- Between Representatives of Two Division II Conferences. Participation in one postseason bowl game between representatives of two Division II conferences. The participating institutions shall be institutions not selected to participate in the Division II Football Championship;

(j) Postseason Bowl Game -- Between a Representative of a Division II Conference and an Independent Institution. Participation in one postseason bowl game between a representative of a Division II conference and an independent institution. For purposes of this legislation, an independent institution is one that is not a member of a conference in football. The participating institutions shall be institutions not selected to participate in the Division II Football Championship; and

(k) Postseason Bowl Game -- Between a Representative of a Division II Conference or Independent Institution and a Canadian Institution. Participation in one postseason bowl game between a representative of a Division II conference or an independent institution and a Canadian institution that is not a member of the NCAA. The participating NCAA institution shall be one not selected to participate in the Division II Football Championship. (Adopted: 4/19/16)