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Championships
The National Collegiate Championships series began with a tennis tournament in 1883 and has been conducted under NCAA auspices since 1921, when the National Collegiate Track and Field Championships were initiated. National College Division Championships were held from 1957 to 1973, with 10 sports included.
Reorganization of the NCAA membership structure in 1973 led to the establishment of division championships in each of the Association's three new membership classifications. A football championship for the Division I-AA subdivision was added in 1978, and women's championships became part of the NCAA program in the 1981-82 season.
The championships group is responsible for the administration of the NCAA championships program. The championships staff administers 87 annual championships in 22 sports - 41 men's, 43 women's and three coeducational championships. More than 2,300 teams and 42,000 men and women student-athletes annually compete in these events for the coveted title of "National Collegiate Champion." More than 130 competitive events are conducted at sites determined by the popularity and/or administrative demands of the championship.
Championships staff members serve as liaisons to the sports committee for each championship, coordinate the submission of nominees for sports committee vacancies, coordinate all championships activities with host institutions, coordinate and oversee the selection of teams and individuals, games management and ancillary functions at the sites of competition (e.g., marketing, promotions, merchandising, television, media, YES clinics and drug testing), process and approve budgets and financial reports for championships, coordinate officiating improvement programs for selected sports and serve as liaisons with coaches associations and national governing bodies.
Education Services
The overall mission of this group is to provide education services to the membership through programs that encourage the development of and opportunities for student-athletes, youth and staff by offering resources, scholarships and research support for policy development on issues of diversity, gender equity, health and safety, access and community outreach. The functional areas within this group are education outreach, professional development, the Hall of Champions and research.
Education Outreach
The education outreach staff provides services and support to the membership to develop and enhance the life of the student-athlete through educational programs and resources focusing on gender equity, student-athlete welfare and life skills. This staff provides educational programs and resources on gender equity and Title IX to the membership and general public, and generally monitors issues affecting women in athletics by serving as liaison to the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics. In addition, the staff coordinates the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program, NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference and monitor student-athlete welfare issues by working with the National NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committees and the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports.
SAAC
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is a committee made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience to the membership and the national office. SAAC also offers input on rules, regulations and policies that affect student-athletes' lives on NCAA member institution campuses.
Presently there are separate national SAACs for Divisions I, II and III. Their primary focus is student-athlete welfare. These three divisions meet independently three times a year to represent and discuss their conference and campus SAAC opinion regarding NCAA policy and issues affecting the student-athlete. They also meet collectively twice a year to share ideas on improving the overall student-athlete experience and to establish the importance of a unified student-athlete voice.
The CHAMPS/Life Skills Program is made possible by funding from the NCAA Foundation. The mission of this program is to provide educational experience and services in order to develop well-balanced lifestyles for student-athletes; to encourage growth in decision making, planning and fulfillment of career and life goals; and to enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience within the university setting. Each participating institution is provided with program materials covering a variety of topics, as well as an orientation to administrative and programming issues and ideas, to accomplish this. Each year, approximately 45 institutions join the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program and there are now over 400 member institutions participating.
Education outreach, with financial support from the NCAA Foundation and various other sponsors, provides an annual forum for over 325 of America's finest student-athletes at the NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference. The Leadership Conference gives these student-athletes an opportunity to discuss and explore viable solutions to critical issues facing their peers around the country, to enhance their leadership skills, and to promote better communication among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty and communities.
STARR
Student-Athletes Taking Active Responsible Roles (STARR) is an innovative approach to address the issue of alcohol abuse by highlighting the responsible behavior of the majority. The STARR campaign uses social norms and peer education efforts to reinforce these positive behaviors and set the tone for incoming students. The goal of the STARR social norms campaign is to correct the inflated misperceptions that most student-athletes abuse alcohol. By presenting the true norm (i.e., the majority do not abuse alcohol), at-risk groups such as incoming first-year students are less likely to abuse alcohol. The NCAA is currently assisting eight Division III institutions in the implementation of this pilot, multimedia campaign through grants of $15,000 per institution over a period of two years.
Regional Leadership Conferences
The NCAA has always been committed to encouraging and promoting student-athlete welfare. In an effort to prepare student-athletes for leadership in a dynamic and diverse society, Divisions II and III created NCAA Regional Leadership Conferences. Institutions were divided into six regions and two regions will host a conference each year.
Regional Leadership Conferences are designed to encourage student-athletes to become confident change agents in their campuses and in their communities. In addition to student-athletes participating in the conference, a coach or athletics administrator from each institution will also attend. The participants will develop leadership skills, build rapport with their peers and address division-specific issues. Once participants return to campus they will implement a self-directed project created at the NCAA Regional Leadership Conference.
Health and Safety
This staff works to provide resources, programs and research support that protect the health and safety of student-athletes and promote the ideals of fair and equitable competition. The following programs are administered by the health and safety staff:
NCAA Hall of Champions
The NCAA Hall of Champions, constructed in 1990, is a photographic and video salute to NCAA championship events and the student-athletes that participate in them. This unique tribute to intercollegiate athletics includes recognition of outstanding current and former student-athletes who have achieved success in both athletics and academics.
The staff of the Hall of Champions provides guided tours of the Hall, updates displays and exhibits in conjunction with NCAA championship seasons, conducts marketing and promotion activities for the Hall, develops photographs and multimedia presentations, and manages the day-to-day operations of the Hall and its souvenir gift shop.
Professional Development
The goal of the professional development staff is to identify, provide and enhance opportunities for ethnic minorities and women in coaching, athletics administration and officiating. This goal is achieved by administering programs that increase the pool of ethnic minorities and women in the field; by assisting current staff with career advancement and by keeping the membership informed of issues relating to ethnic minorities and women.
The staff administers the following programs that enhance the knowledge and practical work experiences of ethnic minorities and increases the pool of qualified staff members: 1) Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Internship Program; 2) Division III Internship Program; 3) Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship program; 4) Division II Strategic alliance Matching Grant; and 5) Division III Strategic Alliance Matching Grant. The staff also administers the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Program, which is available to all student-athletes pursuing postgraduate education.
Programs designed for the professional development and career advancement of staff currently in the filed that are administered by the professional development s staff include: 1) NCAA Fellows Program; 2) NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males; 3) Matching Grants fro Minority Women Coaches; 4) Division III Initiatives Grants; and 5) NACDA Management Institute and NACWAA/HERS Scholarships.
Finally, the professional development staff provides the following educational programs and resources to keep the membership informed of issues relating to ethnic minorities and women; 1) Division III Initiatives Grants; 2) Diversity Education; 3) Race demographic of NCAA Member Institutions' Athletics Personnel Report; and 4) Conference Officials Survey.
The NCAA Minorities and Opportunities and Interests Committee, the Committee on Women's Athletics, the Postgraduate Scholarship Committee and the Divisions II and III Initiatives Task Forces oversee professional development programs.
Research
The NCAA research staff?s mission is to provide broad, high-quality, reliable information to the membership, the media and the general public, and is responsible for all research endeavors conducted by the Association. These include research conducted by the national office staff, research conducted by consultants hired for specific tasks and research funded through Association grants to be conducted by researchers at NCAA member institutions.
The NCAA research staff is responsible for several research reports, including the Participation Statistics Report, the Gender-Equity Report, the Revenues and Expenses Reports, the Graduation-Rates Report, the Race Demographics Reports on athletics department personnel and student-athletes, and the Drug Use and Abuse Study. The research staff also manages the NCAA Library and Archives, preserving the historical record of the Association and providing reference services for the staff and membership. Collections include Byers Papers, championship results files, committees collection, NCAA News, NCAA staff collection, Schultz Papers, and a women?s collection.
The research staff also administers two of the Association?s scholarship programs. The Walter Byers Scholarship is annually awarded to one male and one female student-athlete in recognition for outstanding academic and athletic achievement and potential for success in graduate study. The NCAA Degree Completion Award is a scholarship that is awarded to student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility for institutional financial aid, but are within 30 semester hours of the degree requirements.
The National Center for Drug Free Sport (The Center)
The Center provides services to organizations to evaluate, develop and administer drug-testing operations in sport. It functions within three service areas:
These services are provided by a professional staff with years of experience in sport drug testing.
The Center began operations July 1999 in Kansas City, Missouri.
National Youth Sports Corporation (NYSC)
The NYSC is located in downtown Indianapolis and functions as an independent 501-c-3 corporation.
Enforcement Services
Creation of a mechanism to enforce the Association's legislation, which all members pledge to observe, occurred in 1952 after careful consideration by the membership. This decision established an enforcement program designed to be a cooperative undertaking involving member institutions and conferences working together through the NCAA for an improved administration of intercollegiate athletics.
The enforcement staff is responsible for evaluating, investigating and processing information concerning self-reported and alleged violations of NCAA rules. The enforcement staff also determines whether a possible violation is secondary or major in nature, subject to review by the NCAA committees on infractions. Approximately 1500 secondary infractions cases and 15 to 20 major infractions cases are processed annually. Enforcement staff decisions concerning secondary violations and penalties are subject to the approval of a designated member of each committee on infractions, while penalties in major cases are determined solely by committee members. If sufficient information has been developed for the staff to reasonably expect the committee to find a major violation, appropriate documents are generated to implement administrative hearing procedures or to initiate the summary disposition process. The enforcement staff also presents information collected concerning alleged violations to the committees on infractions during hearings. Throughout this process, the enforcement staff communicates with the involved institution and individuals regarding their opportunities to participate.
Findings of the committees on infractions and the resultant penalty in major cases are reported to the institution, which may appeal the findings or penalty to an appeals committee. After considering written reports and oral presentations by representatives of the committees on infractions and the institution, the committee acts on the appeal. Action may include accepting the infractions committee's findings and penalty, altering either, or making its own findings and imposing an appropriate penalty.
The student-athlete reinstatement staff is responsible for the processing of institutional eligibility appeals on behalf of prospective and enrolled student-athletes who have been involved in violations, as well as for the consideration of certain hardship and waiver requests. The staff is authorized to make initial decisions regarding conditions for restoration of eligibility for prospective and enrolled student-athletes, subject to appeal to a division committee. Over 1,200 eligibility cases and approximately 700 hardship, waiver or Administrative Review Panel requests are processed each year.
Administrative Services
This group provides the administrative, financial, human resources and technological services within the national office. Its mission is to safeguard the assets of the Association and its associated organizations, provide approved services to the NCAA membership and support the efforts of the national office staff in maximizing operating efficiencies in the performance of its duties. The functional areas that constitute this diverse group are finance and operations, human resources, information services and technology, and the NCAA service center.
Finance and Operations
The Finance and Operations staff handles accounting and business operations.
The accounting team's mission is to maintain fiscal accountability over the Association's assets, to provide timely financial reporting, to administer the Association's transportation programs, to administer payroll and related functions, to adhere to state and federal requirements regarding financial matters, and to verify that the Association is receiving equitable treatment from its financial arrangements. The accounting staff administers the revenue-distribution plan approved by the Executive Committee and provides administrative assistance in the development and control of the annual operating budget.
The business operations staff is responsible for purchasing, construction, real estate, office operations, security, concessions, risk management and insurance, and student-athlete insurance programs like catastrophic injury and exceptional student-athlete disability insurance.
Human Resources
The human resources staff is responsible for staffing issues, benefits, training, compensation, administration, performance management and internal programs.
Information Services and Technology
This staff is responsible for developing and maintaining telecommunications and computer-based systems for the staff and membership that will assist them in performing their jobs more efficiently. Software applications are written by in-house programmer/analysts or purchased externally, and integrated into the operations of the national office. A variety of classes are offered to improve the computer skills of the national office staff and a technical support help desk is provided to assist staff and member institutions with trouble-shooting.
NCAA Service Center
The NCAA service center provides office support for mail and shipping services, copying, labeling, laminating, assembly of mailings and duplicated materials, mail distribution, circulation of publications, building and office machinery maintenance, office supplies, materials for checkout, office furniture, office moves, and recycling.
Branding and Communications
The mission of the branding and communications group is to enhance the visibility of the Association to internal and external publics and to encourage the positive aspects of intercollegiate athletics. The goal of the staff is promote, domestically and internationally, exposure for member institutions and the NCAA's activities through business relationships with various corporate entities. The responsibilities of the staff include broadcasting and media integration, rights administration, brand management and licensing, and promotions and special events.
Brand ManagementThe NCAA Brand Management Program incorporates branding and graphics functions. This group is responsible for the protection and management of the NCAA brand and all sub-brands. The brands gain exposure through incorporation in the corporate partner program, national advertisement and premium promotional campaigns, PSAs, television programming, Internet sites, publications, radio and messaging.
Graphic Services
This group is responsible for all visual identification of the NCAA, including championship logos.
Community Outreach
This group is responsible for managing community affairs initiatives on local, regional and national bases.
Licensing
The goals of the NCAA licensing program, established in 1975, are to protect the registered marks of the Association and its member institutions, to promote the programs of the Association, to return maximum royalties to member institutions participating in the NCAA licensing program and to protect, promote and enhance the NCAA brand. The Association has licensing agreements with approximately 50 manufacturers.
Official Ball Supplier: The NCAA began licensing official balls/equipment for championships in 1981. It currently has contracts for baseball, softball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, football, lacrosse, men's and women's tennis, field hockey, golf, basketball mats, wrestling scales and water polo.
Championships Merchandising: The official event merchandising program is designed to provide exposure for NCAA championships. It provides consumers with quality products bearing the registered marks of the NCAA and its member institutions that are participating in the championship. The official merchandiser is Event 1, Inc., a subsidiary of Gear for Sports. Event 1 administers merchandising activities at all sites for 88 championships.
NCAA Registered Marks: The NCAA markets its registered marks and the marks of member institutions when competing in NCAA championships through official licensees.
Public Relations
The public relations staff is responsible for developing and implementing plans for ongoing direct communications with the various constituent groups of the NCAA (e.g., governing bodies and committees of the Association, CEOs of member institutions, athletics directors, conference commissioners, faculty athletics representatives, coaches, student-athletes and other defined groups that have an interest in or a role to play in intercollegiate athletics) and the media and general public. To accomplish this, the staff coordinates media relations and NCAA press conferences, writes NCAA press releases, develops media opportunities for the NCAA president and officers, assists NCAA staff with message development, prepares and executes public relations plans for major NCAA issues or programs, coordinates media activities at the NCAA Convention, responds to media requests for information and provides media training for NCAA spokespersons. The staff is also responsible for developing and overseeing the online information services provided by the NCAA through the Internet and other media.
Promotions and Special Events
The promotions and special events (P/SE) unit is responsible for enhancing the championship experience of student-athletes and fans alike.
The promotions program is designed to increase the internal and external publics' awareness of and attendance at the NCAA's 87 championships and to assist in the promotion of selected regular-season sports. The P/SE staff is responsible for developing and implementing a championship promotional model that will seek to increase attendance (both paid and turnstile), increase national awareness and increase revenue (e.g., sale of licensed merchandise, ticket sales). This unit also provides direction and promotional resources for NCAA sports festivals.
In the area of special events, the P/SE staff is responsible for planning and executing fan festivals (e.g., NCAA Hoop City) at both the Men's and Women's Final Fours, NCAA Welcome Centers at selected championships, the Men's Final Four Salute Presentation, the Women's Final Four Salute Dinner, Woman of the Year activities and the NCAA Honor's Dinner program. In addition, beginning in 2002 the staff is responsible for overseeing the NCAA Convention and the administration of the corporate hospitality program operated by Host Communications, Inc.
All P/SE initiatives are designed to complement and support the NCAA branding strategy and the NCAA public relations plan.
Corporate and Broadcast Alliances
The mission of the NCAA corporate and broadcast alliances unit is to
The unit strives to maximize opportunities that these relationships can produce for the NCAA, its corporate and broadcast partners, its programs/events, member institutions/conferences and ultimately student-athletes while ensuring adherence to contractual obligations. The staff will align its actions and the outcomes of the bundled rights agreements with CBS and ESPN to those within the Association's strategic plan by enhancing the exposure opportunities for the NCAA's messages, championships and a variety of other activities.
Broadcasting Alliances
The objectives of the broadcast alliances part of the unit are to (1) bring awareness to NCAA championships, student athletes and events; (2) support the value of the bundled rights sold to CBS and the television rights sold to ESPN; (3) promote NCAA messages through television, radio and Internet programming; (4) provide promotional value to NCAA championships and (5) build awareness of the NCAA as a whole.
The rights in the CBS and ESPN contracts provide for tremendous exposure opportunities for NCAA championships: live broadcasts, seasonal anthology shows, promotional campaigns and cross-platform opportunities to name a few. This staff is responsible for ensuring that all NCAA programs and assets are integrated in order to better build NCAA brand awareness. Radio broadcasts promote the championship Web sites and television exposure. Television coverage promotes radio broadcasts and information on championship Web sites. The championship Web sites drive the public to television coverage and radio broadcasts. All of the broadcasting platforms must be activated together and it is the responsibility of this unit to encourage this approach at all levels.
Corporate Alliances
The objectives of the corporate alliances team are coordinated to work within the strategic plan of the NCAA to build the value of the NCAA corporate partnership program. By increasing the value to current and future NCAA Corporate Champions and Corporate Partners, the corporate alliances team works to provide additional promotional exposure and enhancements for NCAA events thereby delivering additional value to our membership, NCAA championships and student-athletes alike.
The current family of NCAA Corporate Champions and Partners includes Cingular Wireless, Coca-Cola, and General Motors (Pontiac) at the premium champion level and CompUSA, DiGiorno, Enterprise, The Hartford, Lowe's and State Farm at the partner level. Each of these organizations is committed to forwarding the objectives of the NCAA and works through the corporate alliances team to explore, develop and implement promotional and marketing initiatives in support of those beliefs, fans of collegiate athletics, NCAA student-athletes and our membership.
Membership Services
The membership services group provides a coordinated program to assist the NCAA membership in understanding the Association's legislation and complying with it. The staff is committed to supporting the development and governance of an Association whose members take responsibility for understanding and complying with the legislation they adopt.
The staff supports these efforts by working with institutions, conferences and other interested parties to:
Legislation
The staff assists Division I, II, and III cabinets and committees throughout the Association's governance structure in evaluating the application and possible modification of current legislation, and in preparing legislative supplements for the management councils, presidents councils, Division I Board of Directors and Executive Committee. In supporting the legislative process and annual NCAA Conventions, the staff also prepares proposed legislation and amendments-to-amendments. Following action by the Convention or at the conclusion of the Division I legislative process, the staff prepares text for revision of the NCAA Manuals and related publications.
Interpretations
Membership services also responds to specific questions about the application of NCAA rules from member institutions, the media and the general public. This interpretations team conducts a conference-contact program to communicate with member conferences (primarily in Division I) about interpretations and possible legislation, reviews interpretations with the appropriate divisional governance entities, provides interpretive summaries for The NCAA News, and maintains a comprehensive rules source in the interpretations computer database.
Education
The staff is engaged in educational efforts to increase institutions' understanding of compliance and legislative issues, highlighted by regional seminars each spring. Staff members routinely present information concerning legislative and compliance issues in conference meetings and in regional and national meetings of selected professional organizations (e.g., high-school educators, registrars, financial aid administrators) and coaches associations throughout the year.
Membership services also coordinates the application of new members to the Association and monitors active members' compliance with membership criteria. At the direction of Division II chief executive officers, the staff completed a comprehensive enhancement of educational programs for active and provisional members that became available in that division beginning with the 1997-98 academic year.
The staff makes available resource tools that help institutions evaluate their compliance programs, including the Compliance Assistant computer software, which lets compliance coordinators build a database that generates an accurate squad list of financial aid awards and that also tracks eligibility and recruiting information. In addition, the group publishes an array of educational materials directed primarily toward prospective and enrolled student-athletes, and campus and conference administrators.
Self-Study
The membership services staff assists member institutions in maintaining institutional control over their intercollegiate athletics programs. It supports the NCAA Committee on Athletics Certification in the committee's administration of the Division I athletics certification program and coordinates the completion of periodic campus self-studies of athletics in Divisions II and III.
The staff also provides on-campus compliance reviews upon request. During such reviews, NCAA staff members conduct interviews and review records to help institutions evaluate their compliance programs. Because of the demands imposed by athletics certification, the number of compliance reviews scheduled in recent years has been reduced.
The most direct forms of assistance to conferences are through participation in conference-organized workshops with compliance coordinators and development of a guide that contains suggested procedures for conducting a conference-administered institutional compliance review.
Academics
Membership services provides direct support to the membership, high schools, prospective student-athletes and other constituent groups regarding initial- and continuing-eligibility legislation. In supporting these groups and individuals, the staff works directly with member institutions in preparing and processing initial-eligibility and satisfactory-progress waivers, interacts with the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse regarding prospective student-athlete's initial-eligibility certification and works with students with disabilities.
Additionally, support is provided to the clearinghouse staff regarding publications and direction for improved procedures and customer service. Interaction among the staff and high-school administrators, students and parents occurs on a regular basis specific to high schools' lists of NCAA Approved Core Courses (formerly Form 48-H), initial-eligibility requirements and accommodations for students with disabilities. Direct interaction with educational organizations (e.g., National Association of Secondary School Principals, American School Counselors Association, National Federation of State High School Associations) occurs regularly to enhance the collaborative efforts regarding student-athletes' academic and athletics success.
The public affairs group educates and informs the internal and external constituencies of the Association. The goals of the group are to improve awareness and understanding of the Association's history, mission and governance and to increase support for the NCAA's activities. The public affairs group comprises broadcast services, federal relations, graphics, The NCAA News, public relations, publishing, and statistics and records.
Government Relations
The NCAA's office of government relations was established in the spring of 1995 to provide the NCAA with up-to-date information on federal activities of interest (state and federal legislation, regulatory activity and congressional hearings) and to advise NCAA management on policy decisions related to governmental interaction. This office, located in Washington, D.C., works closely with other higher education associations and serves as an information resource for members of Congress and their staff, education associations, and the media on issues pertaining to the government and intercollegiate athletics.
The NCAA News
The NCAA News is the Association's primary communications link with the membership. It is published 26 times annually (bi-weekly). The primary purpose of the News is to keep the membership abreast of activities occurring within the Association's vast committee structure. Other information provided by the News includes reports on NCAA championships and guidance material from the membership services group in the areas of rules compliance, enforcement and legislation.
The NCAA News staff plans the content of each issue, writes stories for the News, edits and manages its publication, acquires and typesets copy and graphics for weekly publication, maintains the subscription list, manages placement and billing of classified ads, and posts each issue on the NCAA's online web site.
Publishing
The publishing staff is responsible for writing, technical support, editorial guidance and production of all NCAA publications and general printing, and has supervision of the distribution, sale and storage of those publications. In all, the staff processes more than 900 printing orders per year. The publishing staff also serves as liaisons to sports committees with rules-making responsibilities and administers the rules-oversight responsibility of the Executive Committee.
Statistics
The NCAA statistics service was created in 1937. Its basic purpose is to gather, compile and preserve records and national rankings and distribute them to the NCAA membership and national media. For selected sports, the staff compiles and disseminates national statistics rankings, compiles records books, edits and distributes statisticians' manuals, compiles annual national attendance surveys, compiles and edits Rating Percentage Indices (RPI), compiles and edits press books for national championships, and provides media coordination for national championships.
Governance
The governance staff provides administrative support to the NCAA's federated governance structure, which includes Divisions I, II and III, as well as Association-wide governance entities. The overall governance structure includes approximately 1100 representatives from NCAA schools and conferences serving on over 125 committees.
The governance staff's primary duties include working directly with the presidential bodies and Management Councils that direct the affairs of each division, including identifying options and recommendations on relevant policy issues, as well as the preparation and distribution of meeting agendas, supplements, meeting summaries and minutes. The governance staff also oversees the work and composition of the various cabinets and committees that exist in each division, as well as the work and composition of 12 Association-wide committees. The governance staff works closely with the staff liaisons to the various committees, preparing for and attending committee meetings and facilitating the communication between the governance structure and the membership as whole.
General Counsel
The Association's office of general counsel manages all litigation in which the NCAA is involved, approves and retains outside counsel and directs the legal strategy used by counsel representing the NCAA. The office also reviews and approves NCAA contracts for execution, handles copyright and trademark registration and infringement issues, addresses legal implications of policy decisions contemplated by staff or committees, formulates Association policy involving legal issues associated with NCAA and its staff members, advises staff on a wide range of legal issues, advises the human resources staff at the national office on employment law, and acts as NCAA spokesperson on legal matters.
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