[Federated provision, FBS only]

13.9.2.3 Limitation on Number of National Letter of Intent/Offer of Financial Aid Signings -- Bowl Subdivision Football. In bowl subdivision football, there shall be an annual limit of 25 on the number of prospective student-athletes who may sign a National Letter of Intent or an institutional offer of financial aid and student-athletes who may sign a financial aid agreement for the first time. [D]

[13.9.2.3.1 unchanged.]

13.9.2.3.2 Exception -- Agreement After Second One Year. A student-athlete who has been in residence at the certifying institution for at least two one academic years year may sign a financial aid agreement for the first time without counting toward the annual limit on signings.

[13.9.2.3.3 unchanged.]

[Federated provision, FBS only]

15.5.1.9.1 Limitation on Number of National Letter of Intent/Offer of Financial Aid Signings -- Bowl Subdivision Football. In bowl subdivision football, there shall be an annual limit of 25 on the number of prospective student-athletes who may sign a National Letter of Intent or an institutional offer of financial aid  and student-athletes who may sign a financial aid agreement for the first time.

[15.5.1.9.1.1 unchanged.]

15.5.1.9.1.2 Exception -- Agreement After Second One Year. A student-athlete who has been in residence at the certifying institution for at least two one academic years year may sign a financial aid agreement for the first time without counting toward the annual limit on signings.

[15.5.1.9.1.3 unchanged.]

[Federated provision, FBS and FCS, divided vote]

15.5.6.3 Initial Counters -- Football (Also see Bylaw 15.02.3.1).

[15.5.6.3.1 through 15.5.6.3.2 unchanged.]

15.5.6.3.43 Nonrecruited Student-Athlete Receiving Institutional Financial Aid During First Year. A student-athlete not recruited (per Bylaw 15.02.8) by the institution who receives institutional financial aid (based in any degree on athletics ability) after beginning football practice during the first year of enrollment becomes a counter but need not be counted as an initial counter until the next academic year if the institution has reached its initial limit for the year in question. However, the student-athlete shall be considered in the total counter limit for the academic year in which the aid was first received.

[15.5.6.3.5 renumbered as 15.5.6.3.4, unchanged.]

15.5.6.3.65 Aid First Awarded After Second First Year. A student-athlete who has been in residence at the certifying institution for at least two one academic years year may receive athletically related financial aid for the first time without such aid counting as an initial award, provided the aid falls within the overall grant limitation.

[15.5.6.3.7 through 15.5.6.3.11 renumbered as 15.5.6.3.6 through 15.5.6.3.10, unchanged.]