Can the NWA Champion wear a mask?

Apparently a masked wrestler can be NWA Champion now. Back in the 1980's, there was a NWA bylaw stating a masked wrestler could not be champion. Dusty Rhodes, suspended at the time by NWA, won a NWA title match over Ric Flair while wearing a mask, but the title never changed hands and was not recognized because Rhodes refused to unmask.