NCAA test Questions And Answers!!

National Collegiate Athletic Association - Answer-The collegiate model of athletics in which students participate as an avocation, balancing their academic, social, and athletics experiences - Highest levels of integrity and sportsmanship - Excellence in both academics and athletics Administers 23 sports and championships for those sports Provides vehicle to enforce: player eligibility, recruiting, financial aid/scholarships, playing/practice schedules, championship events Eligibility - Answer-3 requirements: - Graduated high school - Qualifying GPA (2.3) and ACT/SAT score (sliding scale, more strict for lower GPAs and less strict for higher GPAs) - Must be completing min number of required courses Four years excluding redshirts Academic redshirt - Answer-Year used to get in compliance with standards at the college level Medical redshirts - Answer-Hardship waivers; granted in special circumstances to injured/ill athletes who appear in fewer than 30% of team competitions (none beyond midpoint ) Recruiting - Answer-Any solicitation of prospective student-athletes or their parents by an institutional staff member or by a representative of the institution's athletics interests for the purpose of securing a prospective student-athlete's enrollment and ultimate participation in the institution's intercollegiate athletics programContact period - Answer-A period where coach may have face-to-face, written and verbal contact with college-bound student-athletes and their parents, visit their high schools, and watch them compete Evaluation period - Answer-No face-to-face contact in off-campus settings, but they can attend and watch high school games Contact - Answer-Occurs anytime a coach says more than "hello" during face-to-face interactions with an incoming student-athlete or his or her parents in an off-campus setting Quiet period - Answer-Allows for on-campus, face-to-face contact; letters and phone calls are allowed, but coaches cannot visit high schools or attend games in person Dead period - Answer-No face-to-face contact is permitted in any form or setting; phone calls and letters are still allowed Official visit - Answer-Any visit to a college campus by a college-bound student athlete and his or her parents in which the college pays for transportation to and from the campus, lodging, three meals per day, and reasonable entertainment expenses (i.e., three tickets to a home sporting event); only five official visits and one to each school can be taken by prospective student-athletes. Unofficial visit - Answer-Visit that only includes reasonable entertainment expenses National Letter of Intent - Answer-Signed by a college-bound student-athlete when the student-athlete agrees to attend a Division I or II college or university for one academic year. Participating institutions agree to provide financial aid for one academic year to the student-athlete as long as the student-athlete is admitted to the school and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules.