Requests/Self-Reports Online (RSRO)
Legislative Services Database for the
internet (LSDBi)
Sarah Otey
NCAA Staff
Overview
• Access to applications.
• Legislative Services Database for the internet
(LSDBi).
• Requests/Self-Reports Online (RSRO).
• Practical application.
Session Objectives
• Identify appropriate search options within
LSDBi for legislation, interpretations and
educational columns.
• Learn to submit waiver requests
interpretive requests using RSRO.
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Access to Applications
ncaa.org
Single-Source Sign-On
Adding Applications
If you do not see the application you need,
consult with the system administrator on your
campus.
Adding Applications
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System administrator.
– Go to ncaa.org and click the "My Apps" link.
– "Users" tab in toolbar.
– Select a name from the "Users" tab.
– "Access To" dropdown menu.
– Highlight applications to give user access.
– "Add Application Access".
System Administrators must also give themselves user access
to the applications they wish to use.
Adding a User
LSDBi
Accessing LSDBi
Overview of Search Capabilities
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Legislation.
Interpretations.
Educational Columns.
Proposals.
Multi-search.
LSDBi Home
LSDBi Search
LSDBi Search
Search - Ground Rules
• Answer the question.
• Provide the bylaw cite or interpretation/
education column publication date.
• Explain your process for finding the answer.
Legislation Search
• Using legislation search.
– When may institutions send any form of
electronically transmitted correspondence to a
prospective student-athlete (PSA), provided the
PSA has submitted a financial deposit to the
institution?
Legislation Search
Legislation Search
• NCAA Division III Bylaw 13.02.11.4 Exception
- After Receipt of Financial Deposit.
Legislation/Interpretation Search
• What if an institution does not require a paid
acceptance or financial deposit for admission?
Legislation/Interpretation Search
Legislation/Interpretation Search
Legislation/Interpretation Search
Interpretation Search
• What are the sport sponsorship requirements
for a single-gender institution that enrolls a
small number of students of the
underrepresented gender?
Interpretation Search
Interpretation Search
• October 21, 2013 Official Interpretation.
Educational Column Search
• Your president is interested in adding
women's sand volleyball at your institution
but wants some additional information on the
sport.
• Find an Educational Column that will help
you inform your president on women's sand
volleyball in Division III.
Educational Column Search
Educational Column Search
• January 20, 2015 Educational Column.
Multi-Search
• Your director of financial aid has contacted
you and wants to educate the staff on the ways
that the financial aid office can and cannot
interact with the athletics department staff.
• What resource would you provide?
Multi-Search
Multi-Search
Multi-Search
Multi-Search
LSDBi Resources
LSDBi Help Document
RSRO
Accessing RSRO
RSRO Disclaimer
RSRO Home Screen
RSRO Home Screen
Submitting a Request
RSRO Case Types
• Legislative relief waivers.
• Interpretation requests.
• NCAA Division III Management Council
Subcommittee on Academic Issues
waivers.
• Student-athlete reinstatement requests.
• Secondary/level II violations.
RSRO Case Types
• Membership requirements waivers.
• Season-of-participation waivers.
• Extension-of-eligibility requests.
• Hardship waivers - independent institutions
only.
• Appeals of hardship waiver decisions.
RSRO Wizard
• Transfer waiver on behalf of a Division III to
Division III transfer
• Not meeting the Division III transfer
legislation due to being academically
ineligible at previous Division III institution.
• What is the appropriate waiver type?
RSRO Wizard
• Legislative Relief Waiver.
Legislative Relief Waiver
NCAA ID
Add Legislation or Interpretation
Add Legislation or Interpretation
Legislative Relief Waiver
Legislative Relief Waiver
Signatures
Submission
Interpretation Request
Interpretation Request
RSRO Help
• Practice getting comfortable with using RSRO
to request or self-report.
• Please do not officially submit anything at this
time.
• NCAA staff available throughout the room to
help with questions.
RSRO Search
RSRO Search
• You are looking for precedent on a legislative
relief waiver.
• Your institution was scheduled to play a contest
today and has already conducted a morning shoot
around.
• Severe weather has forced cancellation of the
contest. The contest has been rescheduled to
tomorrow.
• Tomorrow is the 7th day of your declared week –
and was supposed to be your day off.
RSRO Search
• Is there waiver precedent that makes it
sensible for your institution to submit a
waiver requesting relief from the "day off"
legislation?
• How would you search for that waiver
precedent?
RSRO Search
RSRO Search
RSRO Search
RSRO Search
Additional RSRO Resources
Self-Guided Practice
• NCAA staff available to answer questions.