PLAYING AND PRACTICE SEASONS -- GENERAL PLAYING SEASON REGULATIONS -- TIME LIMITS FOR ATHLETICALLY RELATED ACTIVITIES -- DAILY AND WEEKLY HOUR LIMITATIONS -- NONCHAMPIONSHIP SEGMENT

Convention Year: 2025

Date Submitted: November 17, 2023

Status: Not Properly Sponsored

Effective Date: August 1, 2024

Official Notice Number: 2025-9

Source: Colorado Mesa University

Proposal Category: Membership Proposal

Topical Area: Playing and Practice Seasons

Intent: In baseball, to (1) permit a student-athlete to engage in countable athletically related activities during the nonchampionship segment, limited to a maximum of four hours per day and up to a 18 hours per week during a 45-consecutive calendar day period (2) that a baseball intersquad scrimmage game may exceed the four-hours-per-day limitation provided that the weekly limit of 18 hours remains in effect

Bylaws: Amend 17.1, as follows:

Rationale: All sports place specific, yet vastly different demands upon student-athletes and coaches. In recent years the governing bodies of college athletics have acknowledged these differences by drafting and approving sport-specific amendments/exceptions that helped to establish the flexibility required to focus on student athlete safety, growth and development. Unfortunately, within the sport of baseball, the current model has unintentionally pushed student-athletes towards outside training organizations and/or internet-based training routines in an effort to develop their skill set. They are participating in programs that are not fully monitored, less controlled and often dangerous simply because they cannot receive the training they need from their coaches. Increasing the weekly hour limitation from 15 to 18 hours would grant coaches an enhanced ability to balance their student- athletes' on-field development with proper supervision and protocols. In addition, given the large squad sizes often carried by baseball teams, as an enrollment tool for their institutions, the extra time would allow coaches to give more attention and opportunities to all members of the team. This would enhance student-athlete experience and therefore retention.

Primary Contact Person:
  Taya Baumgartner
  Email: tabaumgartner@coloradomesa.edu

Co-sponsorship - Conference:
  None

Co-sponsorship - Institution:
  American International College
  Augustana University (South Dakota)
  Colorado School of Mines
  Montana State University Billings
  Metropolitan State University of Denver
  Missouri University of Science and Technology
  Catawba College
  Missouri Southern State University
  Texas A&M International University
  Lubbock Christian University

Position Statement(s):
  None

Review History:
  None

Convention Vote:
  No Convention Record

Legislative References

Division	Number	Title
II	17.1.6.2	Daily and Weekly Hour Limitations - Nonchampionship Segment.