RESOLUTION

“Whereas, the current NCAA committee structure consists of 182 committees, which involves over 1600 membership representatives at a cost of more than five million dollars annually;

“Whereas, the NCAA Executive Committee has a fiduciary duty to ensure the efficient management of the Association and intercollegiate athletics in keeping with good business practices and the NCAA Strategic Plan;

“Whereas, the NCAA Executive Committee has empowered the NCAA staff to assume a more active leadership role in the administration and direction of the NCAA, which has, and will continue to, result in changing the function of a number of committees;

“Whereas, recent technological advances have resulted in more efficient modes of communication such as telephone, video and Web-based conferencing, which have demonstrated cost savings;

“Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, that expenditures associated with the NCAA committee structure shall be reduced by:

• Increasing the use of new and different technologies to disseminate information and conduct committee meetings;

• Modifying current committee travel policies and practices so that more in-person meetings are conducted at the NCAA National Office in Indianapolis, Indiana; and

• Reducing the size of NCAA committees by an average of 25 percent through term expirations and appropriate actions in each division to reconsider the size and responsibilities of ad hoc and standing committees and, therefore, in some instances, requiring legislative action.

“Be It Further Resolved, that the NCAA staff shall continue to study and examine the NCAA committee structure to identify means of alleviating bureaucratic inefficiencies and that an annual report shall be provided to the NCAA Executive Committee each January on the efforts to further streamline the NCAA committee structure.”