Article XII.
Rules of Eligibility.
The following rules apply to all sports:
Rule 1. Bona Fide Students. No one shall participate in any intercollegiate
contest unless he is a bona fide matriculated student regularly
enrolled and doing full work as defined by the regulations of the institution
in which he is enrolled.
A student in special agricultural or other special courses who does not
present the full entrance credits is not eligible under this rule.
Rule 2. No person shall participate in intercollegiate athletics at an
institution until after the expiration of twelve months from the date of his
matriculation there, and until he shall have completed the scholastic requirements
of that institution.
Rule 3. Attendance. No student having been a member of any athletic
team of his college during any year and having been in attendance less than
six months of the college year shall be permitted to participate in any intercollegiate
contest thereafter until he shall have been in attendance six calendar
months.
Note.—Attendance during Summer Sessions is not counted as "attendance"
for the purpose of this rule.
Rule 4. Migrant students.
(a) No person who has participated in any intercollegiate contest as a
member of any college team shall be permitted to participate in any intercollegiate
contest as a member of a team of any institution in this Conference.
(b) Students who have pursued courses of study at one university or
college but who have not participated in any intercollegiate contest, shall be
eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics at another institution, but
only when they have satisfied the conditions as set forth in Rule 2—the
one-year-residence rule.
Rule 5. Limit of Participation. Participation in intercollegiate athletics
shall be limited to three years, over a five-year period, counting from the
time of first matriculation. Participation in any intercollegiate sport in any
college year shall constitute one year of athletic participation.
Rule 6. Compensation.
(a) No person who receives any compensation from his institution for
services rendered by way of regular instruction shall be allowed to participate
in intercollegiate contests.
(b) No person shall be allowed to participate in any intercollegiate
contest who receives any gift, remuneration, or pay for his services on a
college team.
(c) No person shall be permitted to participate in any intercollegiate
contest who has ever used or is using his knowledge of athletics or his
athletic or gymnastic skill for gain.
Note.—This rule does not apply to any person who has work in connection
with a playground or a summer camp where the requirements do not
call for a man with technical preparation in physical training.
Exception—
Rule 7. Summer Baseball.
No student shall be eligible if he plays summer baseball for more than
expenses as follows: First-class railroad fare, including parlor car and
single berth sleeping car fares actually paid and the amount actually paid for
meals and lodging, which amount for meals and lodging shall not exceed
$7.00 per day, and the amount for any single meal shall not exceed $2.00; no
payment for loss of time or wages shall be received either directly or indirectly.
Expenses as recognized under the rule include expenses of a player no
matter where he plays just as long as the team on which he plays conforms
with the rules of the Conference.
Rule 8. No student shall be eligible to participate in intercollegiate
contests if he has played on any baseball team which is a member of an
organized league operating under the National agreement and under supervision
of the National Baseball Commission.
To the list of professional teams thus proscribed shall be added all the
teams in any state which the Conference Institutions of such state declare
professional and from which they debar their own players.
Rule 9. Assumed Name. No person shall take part in any intercollegiate
contest under an assumed name.
Rule 10. Delinquency in Studies. No student who is found delinquent
in his studies by the faculty shall be permitted to participate in any intercollegiate
contest.
Resolution Defining Retroactive.
Be it Resolved, that men who shall have regularly matriculated at any
college by January 1, 1922, shall have all rights and privileges accorded
them which the present athletic rules of that college accord them, shall have
their eligibility judged by those rules, and shall be allowed to finish their
athletic careers under those rules except that the right to play in intercollegiate
contests after transference from one college to another shall cease
January 1, 1922.
Transfer after that time shall cause the loss of this privilege.
This rule shall in no way be construed to allow participation of a student
as a summer baseball player after January 1, 1922, on any other basis
than as set forth in Rules 7 and 8 of Article XII.
