14.4.3.7.1.3 Extenuating Circumstances. Extenuating circumstances include, but are not limited to, the following: (Adopted: 1/13/03 effective 8/1/03)

(a) The student-athlete is unable to compete as a result of a life-threatening injury or illness suffered by a member of the student-athlete's immediate family, which clearly is supported by contemporaneous medical documentation; (Revised: 1/10/05 for any competition occurring on or after 8/1/03)

(b) The student-athlete is unable to compete as a result of extreme financial difficulties as a result of a specific event (e.g., layoff, death in family) experienced by the student-athlete or an individual on whom the student-athlete is legally dependent. These circumstances must be clearly supported by objective documentation (e.g., decree of bankruptcy, proof of termination) and must be beyond the control of the student-athlete or the individual on whom the student-athlete is legally dependent; (Revised: 1/10/05 for any competition occurring on or after 8/1/03)

(c) The student-athlete's institution dropped the sport (in which the student has practiced or competed) from its intercollegiate program; and

(d) The student-athlete participated in nonregular-season competition (e.g., alumni contest, exhibition contests, scrimmages, nonchampionship segment contests) due to a coach's documented misunderstanding of the legislation. The competition must have occurred while the student-athlete was representing an NCAA institution. (Adopted: 1/14/08, Revised: 7/22/08 effective 8/1/08, 10/21/08)