The NCAA Eligibility Center manages the daily operations of the National Letter of Intent (NLI) program while the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) provides governance oversight of the program. Started in 1964 with seven conferences and eight independent institutions, the program now includes 612 Division I and II participating institutions.

Two-Year to a Four-Year school looking to go Division II

NCAA Transferring Rules can be complicated depending on the division and conference. Transferring between conferences could have more restrictive rules than the basic NCAA rules. For example, conferences can differ on how long you have to attend a school before you able to compete. (Bylaw 14.5)

What is Red Shirting?
Red shirting is when a student-athlete who does not participate in competition in a sport for an entire academic year. This means if you did not compete for a year you still have four years of playing eligibility.

What is a Hardship Waiver? (Bylaw 14.2.5)
A Hardship Waiver is when a student-athlete applies for athletic hardship due to season ending injury or illness. Check with your institution and conference on the guidelines for red-shirting or hardship.

A new part of the NCAA Clearinghouse is the amateurism process. NCAA created this process to eliminate unfair advanages of playing at higher level for payment.  (Bylaw 12.1)

Financial Support
Institutional financial aid is administered by each member institution and begins with "the cost of attendance (which is) an amount calculated by an institutional financial aid office, using federal regulations, that includes (NCAA, p. 176):

Transferring from a two-year school to a four-year school
NCAA Transferring Rules can be complicated depending on the division and conference. Transferring between conferences could have more restrictive rules than the basic NCAA rules. For example, conferences can differ on how long you have to attend a school before you able to compete. (Bylaw 14.5)

There are some important things to know before signing the National Letter of Intent.

Getting recruited by a college to play basketball, especially by an NCAA-sanctioned school, is one of the biggest honors a high school basketball  player can receive. However, there are only a limited amount of scholarships available each year and getting noticed is becoming more and more competitive. To be one of the lucky few to gain a college scholarship in basketball, follow these steps.

Getting recruited by a college to play football, especially by an NCAA-sanctioned school, is one of the biggest honors a high school football player can receive. However, there are only a limited amount of scholarships available each year and getting noticed is becoming more and more competitive. To be one of the lucky few to gain a college scholarship in football, follow these steps.

The pressures young athletes feel to play at the next level whether it be at the collegiate level or making it pro are sometimes overwhelming. Athletic scholarships are becoming more and more competitive. With the pressures from parents, club coaches etc. young athletes are looking for ways to get ahead of the competition.  Steroids are on a rise in young athletes among other performance enhancing drugs. Below you will find  a list of banned substances from the NCAA.