scholarships is strictly enforced. As an example of how seriously the NCAA takes this rule, in 2005 MacMurray College became only the fifth school slapped with a "death penalty" after its men's tennis program gave grants to foreign-born players. The two service academies that are D-III members, Merchant Marine and Coast Guard, do not violate the athletic scholarship ban because all students, whether or not they are varsity athletes, receive the same treatment, a full scholarship. Another aspect that distinguishes Division III from the other NCAA divisions is that D-III institutions are specifically banned from using the National Letter of Intent, or any other pre-enrollment form that is not executed by other prospective students at the school. The NCAA provides for one exception—a standard, nonbinding celebratory signing form that may be signed by the student upon his or her acceptance of enrollment. However, this form cannot be signed at the campus of that college, and staff members of that college cannot be present at the signing. Conferences All-sports conferences An "all-sports conference" is defined here as one that sponsors both men's and women's basketball. While the NCAA has a much more detailed definition of the term, every NCAA conference (regardless of division) that sponsors basketball meets the organization's requirements for "all-sports" status. Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference American Rivers Conference American Southwest Conference Atlantic East Conference Centennial Conference City University of New York Athletic Conference Coast to Coast Athletic Conference College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Collegiate Conference of the South Colonial States Athletic Conference Commonwealth Coast Conference Empire 8 Conference Great Northeast Athletic Conference Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Landmark Conference Liberty League Little East Conference Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Middle Atlantic Conferences Midwest Conference Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Collegiate Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference New Jersey Athletic Conference North Atlantic Conference North Coast Athletic Conference Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Northwest Conference Ohio Athletic Conference Old Dominion Athletic Conference Presidents' Athletic Conference Skyline Conference Southern Athletic Association Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference State University of New York Athletic Conference United East Conference University Athletic Association Upper Midwest Athletic Conference USA South Athletic Conference Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Notes Single-sport conferences Football Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Ice hockey New England Hockey Conference (men and women) Northern Collegiate