NCAA WOMEN’S WATER
POLO COMMITTEE
ACTION ITEMS.
1. 2008 Automatic
Qualification (AQ).
a. Recommendation. That the following conferences receive
automatic qualification for the 2008 National Collegiate Women’s Water
Polo Championship: Collegiate Water Polo Association, Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Southern California
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Western Water Polo Association.
b. Rationale.
c. Estimated Budget
Impact. None.
d. Student-Athlete
Impact. None.
2. Officiating
Improvement Program Increase.
a. Recommendation. That effective 2008-09, the budget for
the officiating improvement program for water polo be increased by $5,000.
b. Rationale. Currently, the allocated figure for the
program is $14,800, and this is significantly below other improvement programs in
the other Division I sports. The men’s and women’s water polo
committees are putting forward the same request to help continue to enhance
this program. The officiating coordinator has been building the plans
through the first two years of the program and the committees feel with a larger
c. Estimated Budget
Impact. $5,000.
d. Student-Athlete
Impact. None.
3. Increase Fee for
Championship Officials.
a. Recommendation.
That effective for the 2009 championship, the fees for championship officials
be increased from $125 to $150 per game.
b. Rationale. Currently, officials receive $125 per
game at the championship. The committee feels that the championship is the
elite event in collegiate water polo and thus the officials that are qualified
and selected to work this event should be compensated accordingly. Information
was also gathered from sponsoring conferences that indicated their payment for
regular season games ranged from $75-$115 and for conference tournament games
ranged from $90-$115. Thus the committee feels it necessary for the payment for
officials to work the NCAA championship to be a step higher than the
compensation level at the conference level. The men’s committee is
putting forward the same request to keep the format consistent between the two
events.
c. Estimated Budget
Impact. This would result in a total annual budget increase of $600.
d. Student-Athlete
Impact. None.
4. Flights for Table
Workers.
a. Recommendation.
That effective for the 2009 championship, there be three flights available to
be used for the key desk-personnel at the championship.
b. Rationale. Currently, the key desk-personnel
(official scorer, exclusion secretary, exclusion board operator, game-clock
operator, 35-second clock operator, timeout secretary and announcer) travel
expenses are all incurred by the championship host. There are times when the championship
is not conducted in the west coast which increases the difficulty in locating
individuals who can work all weekend and are familiar enough with the duties to
serve at a high enough level for the championship. In these situations, the
committee would like to have the flexibility to pay for up to three flights for
those individuals to ensure quality and experienced workers can be assigned to
the championship.
c. Estimated Budget
Impact. This would result in a total annual budget increase of $1,950
(3 flights at $650 a flight)
d. Student-Athlete
Impact. None.
5. Increase
Fees for Table Workers.
a. Recommendation. That effective 2007-08, the fees for key
table personnel (official scorer, exclusion secretary, exclusion board
operator, game clock operator, 35-second clock operator, timeout secretary and
announcer) be increased from $250 for 3 days to $35 per game to be consistent
with the fee paid to goal judges during the championship.
b. Rationale. Currently, these workers receive $250
for the 3-day championship (total of $1,500 – not including the
announcer’s fees) and the committee would like to see the fee move to a
per-game format and to the level of that of a goal judge. The host institutions are responsible
for finding and securing these individuals from the local area. This type of arrangement often leads to
multiple people with limited experience filling a position at the
scorer’s table. These
positions are important to the championship to keep accurate information and
statistics and to keep matches running effectively. Increasing the compensation
for these individuals would help to
ensure consistency throughout the weekend and help
attract qualified individuals to these positions, who are often difficult to
find, especially when the championship is located away from the west
coast. The men’s committee
also is requesting the same
c. Estimated Budget
Impact. This would result in a total annual budget increase of $1,020.
d. Student-Athlete
Impact. None.
6. Committee Chair Extension.
a. Recommendation. That Daniel Smith, associate director of
athletics and compliance coordinator at
b. Rationale. Mr. Smith has served in the chair role
successfully and has done an exceptional job managing this committee and
championship for the past two years. The committee has had turnover in its
members over the past year, having to replace two coaches, (1 this summer, 1 in
September), two administrators (one new this September and one appointed in
May). Mr. Smith is the senior
member on the committee, and the other committee member who has not been
appointed in the last year is a coach who will be in his second year on the
committee. The committee feels to maintain
continuity and the work that has been accomplished that Mr. Smith would be the
best individual to continue his term as chair for one additional year.
c. Estimated
Budget Impact. None.
d. Student-Athlete
Impact. None.
Committee Chair: Daniel Smith,
Staff Liaison: Kristin M.
Steckmesser, Championships