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Bylaw 20.11.4.8
20.11.4.8 Minimum Contests and Participants Requirements for Sports Sponsorship. In each sport, the institution's team shall engage in at least a minimum number of intercollegiate contests (against the varsity programs of four-year, degree-granting collegiate institutions) each year. In the individual sports, the institution's team shall include a minimum number of participants in each contest that is counted toward meeting the minimum-contests requirement. The following minimums are applicable: (Revised: 1/12/99 effective 8/1/99, 1/8/05, 1/10/05, 4/8/05 effective 8/1/05, 10/27/05, 1/9/06 effective 8/1/07, 1/17/09 effective 8/1/09, 1/18/14 effective 8/1/14, 1/17/15, 8/1/15, 8/19/15, 1/16/16)
| Team Sports | Minimum Contests | Minimum Participants | Individual Sports | Minimum Contests | Minimum Participants |
| Acrobatics and Tumbling | 6 | 18 | Bowling | 8 | 5 |
| Beach Volleyball | 8 | Cross Country | 5 | 5 | |
| Baseball | 25 | Fencing | 8 | 5 | |
| Basketball | 18 | Golf | 6 | 4 | |
| Field Hockey | 12 | Men's Gymnastics | 6 | 6 | |
| Football | 7 | Women's Gymnastics | 6 | 5 | |
| Ice Hockey | 18 | Rifle | 6 | 4 | |
| Lacrosse | 10 | Skiing | 5 | 5 | |
| Women's Rowing | 8 | Swimming and Diving | 8 | 8 | |
| Women's Rugby | 8 | Tennis | 10 | 4 | |
| Soccer | 13 | Track and Field, Indoor | 5 | 10 | |
| Softball | 24 | Track and Field, Outdoor | 6 | 12 | |
| Stunt | 6 | 16 | Women's Triathlon | 4 | 3 |
| Volleyball | 17 | Wrestling, Men's | 7 | 6 | |
| Water Polo | 13 | Wrestling, Women's | 7 | 6 |
(Note: The minimum-contest requirements set forth in Bylaw 20.11.4.8 apply only to the provisions of this section and do not apply to minimum-contest requirements in Bylaw 14 and Bylaw 17.) (Revised: 1/27/20 effective 8/1/20, 1/16/24 effective 8/1/24)