NCAA TEST STUDY GUIDE
National Collegiate Athletic Association - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - Year used to get in compliance with standards at the
college level
Medical redshirts - Answers - Hardship waivers; granted in special circumstances to
injured/ill athletes who appear in fewer than 30% of team competitions (none beyond
midpoint )
Recruiting - Answers - 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 program
Contact period - Answers - 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 - Answers - No face-to-face contact in off-campus settings, but they
can attend and watch high school games
Contact - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - No face-to-face contact is permitted in any form or setting;
phone calls and letters are still allowed
Official visit - Answers - 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 - Answers - Visit that only includes reasonable entertainment expenses
National Letter of Intent - Answers - 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.
- Ends the recruiting process
Athletic Scholarships - Answers - Awards of financial aid given to a
student-athlete to attend a
college or university based
predominately on his or her
ability to play a specific sport.
Division 1 - Answers - Highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the
NCAA; typically these schools have larger budgets, more elaborate facilities, and more
athletic scholarships than other divisions
Must have at least 7 men's and 7 women's or 6 men's and 8 women's; avg enrollment
12,900; nearly 60% of NCAA revenues given to these programs
Football Bowl Subdivision - Answers - FBS; allows maximum of 85 scholarships per
year; championed determined by College Football Playoff
No fewer than 90% of FBS scholarships can be awarded; full scholarships
Football Championship Subdivision - Answers - FCS; limited to 63 scholarships per
year; can offer partial scholarships by dividing 63 scholarships; no fewer than 76.5
players must receive some form of support
National Collegiate Athletic Association - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - Year used to get in compliance with standards at the
college level
Medical redshirts - Answers - Hardship waivers; granted in special circumstances to
injured/ill athletes who appear in fewer than 30% of team competitions (none beyond
midpoint )
Recruiting - Answers - 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 program
Contact period - Answers - 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 - Answers - No face-to-face contact in off-campus settings, but they
can attend and watch high school games
Contact - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - No face-to-face contact is permitted in any form or setting;
phone calls and letters are still allowed
Official visit - Answers - 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 - Answers - Visit that only includes reasonable entertainment expenses
National Letter of Intent - Answers - 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.
- Ends the recruiting process
Athletic Scholarships - Answers - Awards of financial aid given to a
student-athlete to attend a
college or university based
predominately on his or her
ability to play a specific sport.
Division 1 - Answers - Highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the
NCAA; typically these schools have larger budgets, more elaborate facilities, and more
athletic scholarships than other divisions
Must have at least 7 men's and 7 women's or 6 men's and 8 women's; avg enrollment
12,900; nearly 60% of NCAA revenues given to these programs
Football Bowl Subdivision - Answers - FBS; allows maximum of 85 scholarships per
year; championed determined by College Football Playoff
No fewer than 90% of FBS scholarships can be awarded; full scholarships
Football Championship Subdivision - Answers - FCS; limited to 63 scholarships per
year; can offer partial scholarships by dividing 63 scholarships; no fewer than 76.5
players must receive some form of support
