(a) The individual shall be enrolled in at least 50 percent of the institution’s minimum regular graduate program of studies, except that during the individual's final semester or quarter of the degree program, the individual may be enrolled in less than 50 percent of the institution’s minimum regular program, provided the individual is carrying (for credit) the courses necessary to complete the degree requirements. If the individual fails to complete all degree requirements during the term in which the individual is enrolled in less than 50 percent of the institution’s minimum regular program, the result shall be an institutional violation per Bylaw 8.01.3. An institution may appoint a midyear replacement graduate assistant coach who is enrolled in less than 50 percent of the institution’s minimum regular graduate program of studies (or is not yet enrolled), provided the graduate assistant coach has been accepted for enrollment in a graduate program beginning with the next regular academic term;

(b) The individual may not receive compensation or remuneration in excess of the value of a full grant-in-aid for a full-time student, based on the resident status of that individual, and the receipt of four complimentary tickets to all the institution’s intercollegiate athletics events;

(c) The individual may receive training table meals as provided to the institution's student-athletes without the value of the meals being included in the individual’s limit on remuneration;

(d) Graduate and postgraduate financial assistance administered outside the institution (e.g., NCAA postgraduate scholarship) shall be excluded from the individual’s limit on remuneration, provided such assistance is awarded through an established and continuing program to aid graduate students and the donor of the assistance does not restrict the recipient’s choice of institutions;

(f) Compensation for employment from a source outside the institution during the academic year shall be excluded from the individual’s limit on remuneration, provided the institution does not arrange such employment and the compensation is for work actually performed. The member institution may not arrange on- or off-campus employment opportunities except for summer employment, which is permissible regardless of whether the student remains enrolled in the graduate program during the summer;

(g) A graduate student coach may accept employment benefits available to all institutional employees (e.g., life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance), as well as expenses to attend the convention of the national coaches association in the coach’s sport, without the value of those benefits being included in the individual’s limit on remuneration;

(h) The individual may receive cash to cover unitemized incidental expenses during travel and practice for NCAA championship events or postseason bowl contests in accordance with the parameters by which student-athletes may receive such expenses pursuant to Bylaw 16.8.1.1;

(i) The institution may provide actual and necessary expenses for the individual’s significant other and children to attend a postseason football bowl game or an NCAA championship; and

11.02.3.1 Exception -- Professional Football Player. Time spent under contract as a professional football player is excepted from the application of the requirement that a graduate assistant coach must either have received the individual's first baccalaureate degree or have exhausted athletics eligibility within the previous seven years.

11.02.3.2 Replacement of Graduate Assistant Coach. The compensation or remuneration set forth in Bylaw 11.02.3 shall be charged against an academic year. Once the amount set forth in Bylaw 11.02.3-(b) is paid to a graduate assistant coach for that academic year, additional funds may not be spent on a replacement until the start of the next academic year, even though the graduate assistant coach leaves the institution's athletics program during the academic year.