Student-Athlete Hearings

University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics

NCAA Bylaws 13.1.1.3.1, 14.5.5.2.10, 15.3.2.4

 

 

 

1.              Athletic Department decides to take any of the following actions:

a.     denies request for any other four-year institution to contact the student-athlete about transferring,

b.     denies permission to use the one-time transfer exception,

c.     reduces or cancels the student-athlete’s athletic scholarship during the period of the award, or

d.     reduces or does not renew the student-athlete’s scholarship for the next academic year.

2.              Department issues letter of decision to student-athlete with copies to the head coach, and the Athletic Compliance Office.

3.              Student-athlete will be notified in this letter that he/she has two weeks from the date of the letter to appeal the decision to a hearing panel at which time the student-athlete has the right to present pertinent information and offer testimony of witnesses. Such request should be made to the Athletic Compliance Office using the Hearing Request form.

4.              Upon receipt of a request for a hearing the Athletic Compliance Office will contact one of the following to act as the chair of the committee:

a.     A representative from the Office of the Vice President & Chief of Staff for permission to contact and one-time transfer hearings, or

b.     A representative from the Office of Student Financials for reduction or cancellation of aid hearings.

5.              The chairperson will then assemble a hearing panel comprised of the following:

a.     The University Professor that is serving as the respective Faculty Athletics Representative,

b.     A member of either the Advisory Committee on Athletics or the Faculty Academic Oversight Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics, and

c.     A representative from the Office of the Vice President & Chief of Staff.

6.              The chairperson will attempt to schedule a hearing as soon as the hearing panel can be assembled and all interested parties are available.

7.              The hearing will closely resemble the attached order of proceedings.

8.              The hearing panel will issue a written decision within two weeks to the student-athlete, his/her parents, the athletic department, the head coach, and the Athletic Compliance Office.

9.              The decision of the hearing panel may not be appealed by the student-athlete.