Season tickets

pilotbmg wrote:Hm, well I know there's going to be a scrimmage around that date. The day before perhaps...I'll ask again and see what I come up with.

Stonehouse wrote:Geezer... this is just off the top of my head, but I think you are indeed allowed to have a scrimmage as long as it is "closed doors" - no tickets sold, no advertising, no keeping score, no team uniforms, etc.

I know this happens in basketball and I know it has happened with the men's team a few years a go in the fall.

Not sure what the NCAA rules on it are, but I'm fairly certain it's pretty common practice to do one or two of these types of games.

(e) Alumni Game. One soccer contest or date of competition each year against an alumni team of the insti-
tution;

(f) Foreign Team in U.S. One soccer contest or date of competition each year with a foreign opponent in
the United States;
(g) Hawaii or Alaska. Any soccer games played in Hawaii or Alaska, respectively, against an active Division
I member institution located in Hawaii or Alaska, by a member located outside the area in question;
(Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)
(h) Fundraising Activity. Any soccer activities in which student-athletes from more than one of the institu-
tion’s athletics teams participate with and against alumni and friends of the institution, the purpose of
which is to raise funds for the benefit of an institution’s athletics or other programs, provided the student-
athletes do not miss classes as a result of their participation (see Bylaw 12.5.1.1);
(i) Celebrity Sports Activity. Competition involving a limit of two student-athletes from a member institu-
tion’s soccer team who participate in local celebrity soccer activities conducted for the purpose of raising
funds for charitable organizations, provided:
(1) The student-athletes do not miss classes as a result of the participation;
(2) The involvement of the student-athletes has the approval of the institution’s athletics director; and
(3) The activity takes place within a 30-mile radius of the institution’s main campus.
(j) U.S. National Team. One contest or date of competition played against the U.S. national team as selected
and designated by the appropriate national governing body for soccer (e.g., Under-21 U.S. national
team). (Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, Revised: 9/6/00)

17.02.8 Intercollegiate Competition. Intercollegiate competition is considered to have occurred when
a student-athlete in either a two-year or a four-year collegiate institution does any of the following: (Revised:
1/10/95)
(a) Represents the institution in any contest against outside competition, regardless of how the competition is
classified (e.g., scrimmage, exhibition or joint practice session with another institution’s team) or whether
the student is enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies; (Revised: 1/10/91)
(b) Competes in the uniform of the institution, or, during the academic year, uses any apparel (excluding ap-
parel no longer used by the institution) received from the institution that includes institutional identifica-
tion; or (Revised: 1/16/93, 1/11/94, 1/9/06)
(c) Competes and receives expenses (e.g., transportation, meals, room or entry fees) from the institution for the
competition.

I will note that the Oregon game is listed as an exhibition in the NSCAA/Adidas scoreboard, but not on either school's schedule. It does, however, count as one of the 20 dates.

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:
I noticed, by the way, that Gonzaga is playing only two games against teams outside the West Region -- Colorado and Denver in Colorado's annual tournament. This means that Gonzaga once again will be under-rated by the NCAA's RPI, since the RPI discriminates against West Region teams so that the way to beef up an RPI is to play as many games as possible against non-West Region teams.

(j) U.S. National Team. One contest or date of competition played against the U.S. national team as selected
and designated by the appropriate national governing body for soccer (e.g., Under-21 U.S. national
team). (Adopted: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, Revised: 9/6/00)

17.20.5.2 Maximum Limitations—Student-Athlete. An individual student-athlete may participate in
each academic year in not more than 20 soccer contests during the segment in which the NCAA championship
is conducted and five dates of competition in soccer during another segment. This limitation includes those con-
tests in which the student represents the institution in accordance with Bylaw 17.02.8, including competition as
a member of the varsity, junior varsity or freshman team of the institution. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91)