The NCAA Division I Council passed legislation on Wednesday to allow equivalency sports such as swimming and diving to stack need-based aid and/or merit aid with athletic aid with only the athletic aid counting against the scholarship limits for the sport. Division I swimming and diving programs are limited to 14 scholarships for women and … Continue reading NCAA D1 Council Votes to Allow Combining Merit/Need Aid With Athletic Aid
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Lepesant Associates profite de ce moment de confinement pour mener une série de mini-séminaires afin de présenter le système universitaire des États-Unis. Chaque semaine nous traiterons un sujet spécifique. Session 1 : Introduction au système universitaire des USA Jeudi 23 avril 2020 https://youtu.be/BBUWEAPw4CI Session 2 : La NCAA et les organisations qui gère le sport en … Continue reading Série en confinement : les universités américaines et le recrutement
May 1, 2019 marked the first day of the new recruiting rules set out by the NCAA Division I Council last week. The regulations affect a large number of sports (but not American football, basketball, lacrosse, softball, and men’s ice hockey, which have their own recruiting timelines) and are meant to curb early recruiting of … Continue reading New NCAA Division I Recruiting Rules Go into Effect on May 1, 2019
New rules regarding National Letters of Intent (NLIs) will eliminate the “early” signing period, unifying it with the previous “regular” signing period, for all sports other than football and basketball. NLIs are one-year scholarship agreements that make up the framework of the NCAA scholarship system. An NLI is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete … Continue reading New NLI Rule Eliminates Early Signing Period for Most Sports
The NCAA Division I Council adopted legislation this week that will change the way student-athletes are recruited for all sports except football and men’s and women’s basketball. The new rules aim to give a prospective student-athlete more time in the recruiting process, mirroring the schedule other students follow when choosing where to go to college. … Continue reading NCAA Division I Council Adopts New Recruiting Rules
You may have heard that November 9th was Signing Day. But what does that mean? Who signed? What did they sign? What happens to me if I didn’t sign? To begin with, there is no one Signing Day. November 9th kicked off the week-long “Early Signing Period” for all sports other than football, soccer, and … Continue reading Signing Day 2016
Collegiate athletes were well represented in swimmming and diving at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. All members of the United States men's and women's teams, as well as a good number of foreign athletes, had competed, are currently competing, or will compete in the NCAA. Click on the link below to see … Continue reading NCAA Swimming and Diving Athletes Competing in 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, NCAA athletes past, present and future comprised the rosters for the men's and women's teams of the United States. A scattering of other countries fielded water polo players who had competed in the NCAA. Click on the link below to see the universities represented by water … Continue reading NCAA Water Polo Athletes Competing in 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
What are your chances of competing in sports in college? The NCAA, which is the main organization that sanctions collegiate athletics in the United States, has published information about the number of athletes participating on teams in their member institutions for the 2013-14 school year. In the table below, you can see how many high … Continue reading Estimated Probability of Competing in College Athletics
