MINUTES OF THE

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

COMMITTEE ON COMPETITIVE SAFEGUARDS AND MEDICAL ASPECTS OF SPORTS

The Carolina Inn

June 21-23, 2002

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Participants:

Amy Barr, Eastern Illinois University

Dewayne Barnes, Whittier College

Peter D. Carlon, University of Texas at Arlington

Lauren Costello, Princeton University

Pam Gill-Fisher, University of California, Davis

Gary A. Green, University of California, Los Angeles

Letha Y. Griffin, Georgia State University

Arnold Mazur, Boston College

Melinda L. Millard-Stafford, Georgia Institute of Technology

Matt Mitten, Marquette University

Rochel Rittgers, Augustana College (Illinois)

Darryl D. Rogers, Southern Connecticut State University

Brian J. Sharkey, University of Montana

Bryan W. Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, chair

Jerry Weber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Connee Zotos, Drew University

Randall W. Dick, NCAA

Mary E. Wilfert, NCAA

Cindy D. Brauck, Missouri Western State College and Jerry L. Diehl, The National Federation of State High School Associations, were unable to attend the meeting.

Terry Madden, United States Anti-Doping Agency; Tom Murray, The Hastings Center; Nicole Porter, Shippensburg University; Frank Uryasz and Andrea Wickerham, The National Center for Drug Free Sport; and Elsa Cole, NCAA, were in attendance for portions of the meeting.

[NOTE: These minutes contain only actions taken (formal votes or stated “sense of the meeting”) in accordance with NCAA policy regarding minutes of all Association entities. While certain items on the committee’s agenda were acted on at various times throughout the meeting, all final actions within a given topic are combined in these minutes for convenience of reference.]

Friday, June 21

The meeting was called to order at 8 a.m. by the chair, Dr. Smith. All members were present as noted above.

1. Opening Remarks. Dr. Smith welcomed the members and reviewed the meeting schedule.

2. Previous Minutes.

It was VOTED:

“That the minutes of the December 2-4, 2001, committee meeting be approved as distributed.”

3. Mission Statement and Strategic Plan. The committee reviewed and updated the strategic plan through its subcommittees.

4. Public Affairs Plan Update. The committee reviewed the NCAA public affairs plan, including its “Champions” program, to assist the committee in framing its work.

5. NCAA Governance Actions and Issues. The committee reviewed relevant actions from the NCAA Executive Committee, the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet and the NCAA Divisions II and III Management Councils, and took the following actions:

a. The committee approved the recommendation to appoint Dr. Smith as liaison to the Football Study Oversight Committee (FSOC) and the NCAA Football Rules Committee for one year following his committee term completion. Effective September 1.

b. Responding to a request from the NCAA Division II governance staff, noting that the workload of athletic trainers is full and any additional training needs should rely on outside presenters with expertise in the identified issue, the committee recommended that the Division II Health and Safety Conference Grants provide for the following:

(1) Coaches education on issues impacting the health and safety of student-athletes during conditioning, practice and competition.

(2) Conference-wide meetings for medical personnel and athletic trainers at member institutions.

(3) Conference-wide CPR training for athletics personnel.

(4) Conference-wide training on nutrition and performance, and performance- enhancing substance use.

(5) Technology upgrades to allow conferences to access the Web-based Injury Surveillance System.

c. In response to the NCAA Division III Management Council request for health and safety input on playing and practice decisions, the committee agreed that 20 pre-season practice opportunities seemed appropriate for most sports, as long as compression in the fall season was not extreme and the student-athletes came in with a base level of fitness. Football offered unique challenges and might warrant extra days due to the extra acclimatization demands of the sport.

6. Out of Season Conditioning and Pre-Season Practice. The committee noted increased divisional interest in out-of-season and pre-season practice issues in all sports. It identified three areas of consideration for all three divisions when making decisions regarding conditioning and practice sessions:

a. Acclimatization. Scientific literature recommends seven to 14 days for acclimatization to the heat. Individuals with greater body fat, those in poor fitness and individuals wearing equipment (which decreases the body’s ability to cool) generally will take longer to acclimate. For sports with protective equipment, acclimatization should occur in phases, initially without equipment and then gradually adding equipment in stages.

b. Resources. Every practice or contest has a “cost” in terms of medical resources prior to, during and after the activity. Increasing practice times or opportunities extends a medical staff that also is needed for other sport activities. Any practice or game, including out-of-season conditioning, should incorporate the recommendations contained in the NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook Guideline 1f regarding medical care and coverage.

c. Recovery. Recovery from activity is important in minimizing health and safety concerns. Multiple double-session practices make it difficult for student-athletes to maintain appropriate hydration. Fatigue is also an issue as these sessions accumulate. Consideration of recovery in planning out-of-season or pre-season practice schedules in all sports is an essential component of student-athlete welfare. Fall sports are of particular concern because allowable pre-season practice opportunities often are compressed into fewer days (e.g. 29 practice opportunities into 20 days). Football, with its contact nature and protective equipment, is a primary example. Establishing hourly limitations on daily practice opportunities, modifying the interpretation that automatically counts days prior to the start of school as two practice opportunities, and limiting the number or type of activities occurring in double sessions should be considered.

7. NCAA Presidential Search. The committee received information identifying opportunities to provide input to the search committee working on the NCAA presidential search.

8. NCAA Insurance Task Force. The committee appointed Mr. Weber to serve on this body, whose mission is to review the Association’s insurance programs.

9. NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Report. The committee SAAC representatives, Mr. Barnes, Ms. Barr and Ms. Porter, updated the committee on issues under consideration by their respective divisional SAAC. The committee heard from these three regarding health and safety rules addressing the issue of pregnant student-athletes. Mr. Barnes, Ms. Barr and Ms. Porter agreed this issue should be addressed at the institutional level.

10. Budget Issues. The committee reviewed the progress on approval of its Association-wide budget initiatives.

11. Outreach. The committee reviewed outreach opportunities with various sports medicine, college health and health education organizations and received reports from members and staff working with these groups. The committee identified the following areas for further review and comment:

a. Automatic External Defibrillators (AED).

b. Pole Vault Safety.

c. Female Athlete Triad Summit Attendance.

12. Ethical Issues. The committee welcomed guest Dr. Murray from the Hastings Center for Bioethical Research. Dr. Murray presented an ethical framework for the committee consideration as the committee moves forward on health and safety recommendations. This framework included an emphasis on the importance of data analysis to define the true nature of the problem, and a principle to view any recommendation as to its impact on the essence of the sport.

[Note: The meeting recessed at 10 a.m.]

Saturday, June 22.

The meeting was called to order at 8 a.m. All members were present as noted above.

13. Campus Medical Personnel Identified in the NCAA Data Base. The committee recommended requiring each member institution to provide annually to the NCAA the name and contact information of the Director of Sports Medicine or equivalent title by July 15.

14. Committee Staffing Needs. The committee moved to add a “truly at-large” position to the committee makeup, noting that the existing at-large position has been filled with a needed drug-testing expert. The membership has requested more opportunities for other “truly at-large” members to serve on the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport (CSMAS).

15. Legal Issues.

a. The committee reviewed language recommended by Ms. Cole to amend Bylaw 13.12.2.5 in order to clarify the intent as remaining within the intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The committee approved to add the following as an additional proviso at the end of the bylaw: "and that the results of the examination are not used by the institution to determine the admission of the prospect"

b. The committee reviewed proposed new language on the Student-Athlete Statement form that addressed possible confidentiality issues regarding electronic transfer of student-athlete injury and exposure information.

16. Education Issues.

a. The committee made a recommendation to NCAA staff to prepare a letter for Dr. Smith’s signature requesting that the editor of The NCAA News adjust the title of The Centerpiece insert so that the name Sports Sciences Education Newsletter (or the new name Health and Safety Education Newsletter) is more prominent. The committee also reviewed the following potential articles for the fall SSEN:

(1) Alcohol and Recruiting – Ms. Gill-Fisher.

(2) The APPLE Experience – a NCAA member institution.

(3) AED – Ms. Rittgers and Dr. Smith.

(4) CHOICES Corner- State University College at Oneonta.

(5) Final Drug-Education and Drug-Testing Survey Report – Dr. Mazur.

(6) Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) Ban – The National Center for Drug Free Sport.

(7) Resource Exchange Center (REC) Update - Rachel Olander.

(8) SAAC on piercing – Ms. Barr and Ms. Porter.

b. The committee identified an ad hoc committee of members Ms. Barr, Dr. Mazur and Dr. Millard-Stafford to review the recommendations from the NCAA staff on revising the health and safety Web site, and provide final review for staff to take to the NCAA information technology staff. The committee also directed staff to prepare a letter for Bryan Smith’s signature urging that health and safety, the foundational issue for the NCAA, be placed on the NCAA home page because it is not easily found as it is currently placed under Education Outreach.

c. The committee discussed options for promoting the NCAA nutrition and eating disorders web site, including e-mailing the flier to student-athlete listservs and creating a poster and a refrigerator magnet of the flier.

17. Other Business.

a. The committee recommended that health and safety guidelines be separated from the main text of NCAA sport rules books and placed in the appendix. Each of these

Friday, June 21

Sunday June 23