Important Dates & Reminders
OCTOBER 3-4: NAIA Fall Meetings (virtual)

PAYMENT ADDRESS REMINDER:
All NAIA invoice payments should be mailed to:

NAIA
P.O. Box 410244
Kansas City, MO 64141

Note: This is separate from the discontinued P.O. Box no longer in operation for sending Eligibility Center transcripts.
Rules
NEW: NAC Adopts NCAA's Playing Rules for Men’s Wrestling, Softball, Women’s Lacrosse, and Men’s Lacrosse

Please click on the links to view the new NCAA playing rules that the NAIA has adopted:


NOTE: Bat testing goes into effect for baseball and softball contests beginning January 1, 2022.
News
NEW: Full NAC Meeting Summary

The National Administrative Council (NAC) met on September 9 for their first quarterly meeting of the 2021-22 academic year. The full meeting summary can be found here.
Requests for Student-Athlete Exceptions

The response time for a student-athlete exception request is currently two weeks from the time of receipt by Legislative Services. September is the peak time for these requests and national office staff is expediting decisions as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
NEW: NAIA RISE Intern Program

The NAIA, in partnership with the newly formed NAIA RISE committee, is seeking candidates for an intern position focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. This part-time internship must be filled by a current NAIA graduate student. For more details and to apply, check out job posting.
Sponsors
NEW: NAIA Signs Extension with USCAH

The NAIA announced last week that it has come to terms with the USCAH to remain its ‘Official Athletic Health and Safety Partner through June 2024. Read more about the continued partnership here.
NEW: NAIA Continues Partnership with Baden Sports

The NAIA has agreed to terms with volleyball manufacturer Baden Sports to extend the current deal to make it the ‘Official Women’s Volleyball of the NAIA’ through December 2022. Read more details about the partnership here.
NEW: Team Travel Made Easy Webinar with Short's Travel

Short’s Travel invites you to join STM’s athletic travel leaders of air, hotel, and ground transportation to hear about recent industry updates and how the travel climate will impact your program. Save Your Seat Today.
Return on Athletics®
ROA Research Brief #2: Retention Rate By Roster Size

How does roster size impact retention? Do sports with smaller than average roster sizes have high retention rates? How does this look on your campus?
 
Through ROA data, we examine this in our second in a series of research briefs, Retention Rate by Roster Size.
Championships
Host Site Named for 2021 and 2022 Men's Soccer Championship

Decatur Morgan County Tourism has been selected to host both the 2021 and 2022 Men’s Soccer National Championships. The 63rd and 64th iterations of the tournament will be played at Jack Allen Soccer Complex in Decatur, Alabama with additional assistance by the Southern States Athletic Conference. For more information, click here.
Eligibility
Fall Cancellations Occur October 1

Beginning October 1, annual cancellations (previously referred to as inactivation) will begin for students with fall 2021 applications for fall sports. Cancellations will only affect students who are registered for fall sports and have taken no action in PlayNAIA since September 1.
NEW: EC by the Numbers

The following numbers reflect the eligibility center’s processing status as of September 20, 2021.
  • About 9,964 students are currently within the eligibility process*.
  • 39,652 students have begun registration for the 2021-22 academic year so far, 29,958 of whom have already received a decision.
*This includes students who have registered but not yet submitted their profiles, need to make payment, are in line for review and students whose reviews are currently underway.
 
For the past two weeks:
All (domestic and international) freshmen without a break.
  • We are issuing decisions for these students in an average of 0.25 business days from their ready date.
  • We are currently working on freshmen students without a break who became ready on 9/17/2021.
Domestic students with a break and transfers
  • We are issuing decisions for these students in an average of 10.74 business days from their ready date.
  • We are currently working on break/transfer students who became ready on 9/16/2021.
International students with a break and transfers
  • We are issuing decisions for these students in an average of 12.01 business days from their ready date.
  • We are currently working on international break/transfer students who became ready on 9/13/2021.
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