17.2.2 Roster Limit Inclusion. Beginning the day after an institution’s deadline for roster submission, an individual must be on the sport’s submitted roster to participate in athletically related activities (countable, required, or voluntary) for the remainder of academic year or the end of the sport’s playing season, whichever is later (see Bylaw 17.2.4). An institution must include a student-athlete who receives athletically related financial aid or payments, benefits or expenses permitted under the settlement on a sport’s submitted roster during the academic year in which the student-athlete receives the athletically related financial aid or settlement-related payments, benefits or expenses. A multiple sport student-athlete must be included on the submitted roster for each sport in which the student-athlete participates in athletically related activities. An institution must indicate a designated student-athlete who is exempted from a sport’s roster limit (see Bylaw 17.2.2.2) on the sport’s submitted roster.

[17.2.2.1 through 17.2.2.2 unchanged.]

17.2.2.3 Exception -- Season Ending Injury or Illness Before Roster Submission Date. A student-athlete who sustains a medically documented season-ending injury or illness before the sport’s roster submission date may continue to use institutional facilities and resources for rehabilitation purposes and may participate in practice activities, when medically cleared, during the academic year without counting in the sport’s roster limit. The student-athlete may not participate in competition that is considered in individual or team selections for postseason opportunities and may not participate in postseason competition. Application of this exception shall be administered by the member conferences.

17.2.2.4 Exception -- Medical Disqualification. A student-athlete who is included on a roster and sustains a medically documented incapacitating injury or illness that results in the student-athlete’s inability to compete ever again may be exempted from the roster limit beginning with the roster year following the incapacitating injury or illness (e.g., football student-athlete sustains incapacitating injury during fall 2025 season may be exempted from the 2026-27 football roster). The student-athlete may continue to receive benefits from the institution. Such a student-athlete may not participate in athletically related activities (countable, required, or voluntary). Application of this exception shall be administered by the member conferences.

[17.2.2.5 through 17.2.2.10 unchanged.]

17.2.2.11 Exception -- Exhausted Eligibility. A student-athlete who exhausted eligibility in a sport may continue to participate in voluntary athletically related activities in that sport and/or continue to receive athletically related financial aid and permissible settlement-related benefits without being included on the sport’s submitted roster.

17.2.5 Roster Limit Replacements. A student-athlete included on a submitted roster may be replaced after the roster submission deadline only in the following circumstances:

(a) Injury Between Submission Date and First Contest. A student-athlete who sustains a medically documented season-ending injury after the required roster submission date but before the first contest used for championship selections may be replaced. Application of this exception shall be administered by the member conferences.

[17.2.5-(b) through 17.2.5-(d) unchanged.]

(e) Exhausted Eligibility -- Between Terms. A student-athlete who exhausts athletics eligibility in a sport at the end of a term or between terms may be replaced. The replaced student-athlete may continue to receive benefits from the institution but may not participate in countable or required athletically related activities (countable, required or voluntary).

[17.2.5-(f) unchanged.]

(g) Professional Draft Entry. A student-athlete who enters a professional draft while enrolled full time at the institution may be replaced. If an institution replaces such a student-athlete, the student-athlete may receive benefits consistent with Bylaw 17.2.3.2, use athletics facilities and participate in voluntary athletically related activities, with or without institutional staff members, on an individual basis.

22.1.1 Institutional Involvement in Student-Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Activities. An institution or an entity owned, controlled, funded or operated by the institution may:

[22.1.1-(a) through 22.1.1-(b) unchanged.]

[22.1.1.1 unchanged.]

22.1.1.2 Actual and Necessary Expenses. An institution may provide a student-athlete with actual and necessary expenses related to participation in name, image and likeness activities considered incidental to the individual’s participation in intercollegiate athletics (e.g., institutional promotions).  Payment of such expenses is not considered compensation for use of the student-athlete’s name, image and likeness and does not count toward the benefits cap.