SUPPLEMENT NO. 12

DIII Presidents Council 8/01

RELATED TO
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
SUPPLEMENT NO. 13

DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS COMMITTEE

Summary of Recommendations

ACTION ITEMS -- MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ONLY

1.	ISSUE:	Sports Committee Recommendation (Men’s and Women’s Soccer).
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Create a consistent formula for the men’s and women’s soccer championships, effective beginning in 2002, such that the semifinals and finals be conducted each year the Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend. Further, direct the soccer committees to study the desirability of conducting the championships at pre-determined sites.
Management Council Action:
	Approved the recommendation.
2.	ISSUE:	Wrestling Committee.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Deny the appeal by the Wrestling Committee to extend the term of the chair.
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.
3.	ISSUE:	Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Deny the recommendation to discontinue the current practice of drug-testing announcements at NCAA championship sites.
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.
4.	ISSUE:	Football Rules Committee.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Deny the recommendation to delete the current exception and require Division III institutions to have visual play clocks on their home field, effective August 1, 2003.

Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.
5.	ISSUE:	Length of Playing and Practice Seasons.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Request that the Management Council playing and practice seasons subcommittee review the length of playing and practice seasons of all Division III sports to ensure that policies relative to seasons are consistent with the Division III philosophy and in the best interest of participating student-athletes.
Management Council Action:
	Referred to the Management Council playing and practice seasons subcommittee, noting that the review should include the time period from the preseason start date through the completion of championships, including scrimmages and contests.
6.	ISSUE:	Management Council Representation on Championships Committee.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Deny the recommendation that Management Council representatives on the Championships Committee specifically, and all committees in general, serve as ex officio, non-voting members. Further, the committee supported the proposal that through attrition, the number of Management Council members serving on the Championships Committee be reduced from five to three.
Management Council Action:
	a. Supported the proposal to reduce the number of Management Council representatives through attrition. b. Deferred action on “ex officio; nonvoting” status. (See Supplement No. 20, Proposal No. 16.)
7.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification (AQ) Principles Recommendations - Per Diem.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Delay until further notice the recommended per diem increase from $60 to $65 effective with the 2002-03 championships (at a cost of approximately $300,000) in order to provide funding to further enhance the automatic qualification principles for team and possibly individual-team sports.
Management Council Action:
	Approved the recommendation.

8.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification (AQ) Principles Recommendations - Bracket Expansion.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Expand team-sport brackets, with an ultimate access ratio goal of 1:7 (from the current 1:7.5).
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the concept of team-sport bracket expansion with an ultimate access ratio of 1:7.
9.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification (AQ) Principles Recommendations – At-Large (Pool C) Access.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Place special emphasis on more access for at-large (Pool C) participants during future bracket expansion.
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the concept.
10.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification (AQ) Principles Recommendations – Two Pool C Berths in all Team Sports.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Establish a minimum of two Pool C berths in all team sports. If approved, it could result in Pool C expansions for men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse and men’s ice hockey during 2001-02, with Pool C expansion in other sports, including women’s ice hockey and women’s rowing, during future years.
Management Council Action:
	a. Approved establishment of a minimum of two Pool C berths in all team sports. b. Directed the championships staff to identify or reallocate funds from 2000-01 or 2001-02 budgets in addition to the $40,000 emergency allocation to implement this goal. Pool C expansion in the new women’s ice hockey and women’s rowing championships would occur in future years if remaining funds are not available from the emergency allocation or from reallocation.
11.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification (AQ) Principles Recommendations – Definition of Regions.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Request that sports committees examine the definition of a region to provide greater flexibility to institutions in determining in-region schedules. Sports committees will be asked to provide input on how the concept (e.g., the established region plus a 100 mile radius; the established region plus a 50 institution radius) might be administered.
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.
12.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification (AQ) Principles Recommendations – Selection Criteria.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Clarify the selection criteria to reflect that the language stating “in priority order” does not mean that after reviewing the first criteria that the remaining criteria are not reviewed. Rather that all primary criteria must be examined, and should be done in sequential order.
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.
13.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification (AQ) Principles Recommendations – Individual-Team Sports.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Endorse the concept and request input from sports committees regarding the appropriateness of applying the automatic qualification principles to the selection of teams for all individual-team sports (e.g., cross country, golf and tennis).
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.
14.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification (AQ) Principles Recommendations – Selection of Individual Participants in all Individual-Team Sports.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	That all individual-team sports be studied to determine the appropriateness of applying the automatic qualification principles to the selection of individual participants. The sports committees in those sports would be requested to provide input about the concept.
Management Council Action:
	Approved the recommendation.
15.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification Legislation (Bylaw 31.3.4) – Pool Selection.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Clarify Bylaw 31.3.4 to reflect that conferences that meet the automatic qualification requirements and are eligible to be selected to a championship via Pool A and/or Pool C, may not elect instead to be selected via Pool B as independent institutions.

Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the concept, noting its commitment to the AQ principles. Further clarified that “institutions participating in a conference that meets the automatic-qualification requirements and are eligible to be selected to a championship via Pool A and/or Pool C may not elect instead to be selected via Pool B as independent institutions”.
16.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification Legislation (Bylaw 31.3.6) – Conference Representative.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Clarify Bylaw 31.3.6 to emphasize that the method by which the Pool A conference representative is determined must be done at the time of the automatic qualification declaration and that it must be objectively outlined.
Management Council Action:
	Approved the recommendation.
17.	ISSUE:	Automatic Qualification Legislation (Bylaw 31.3.6) – Guaranteed Allocation in Pool A.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Endorse the guaranteed allocation of only one berth in Pool A for conferences that meet the eligibility requirements, regardless of the size of the conference beyond the minimum requirement of seven eligible members.
Management Council Action:
	Approved the recommendation.
18.	ISSUE:	Championship Experience Subcommittee Recommendations – Sport Festivals.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Request all sports committees to officially provide input about the concept and the impact of conducting sports festivals (i.e., both positive and negative feedback as it relates to the championship experience, changing dates, etc.)
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.

19.	ISSUE:	Championship Experience Subcommittee Recommendation – Championships Manual.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Develop a championships manual that outlines for host institutions the bidding process and hosting requirements in order to better standardize the conduct of both preliminary- and final-round championships.
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.
20.	ISSUE:	Championship Experience Subcommittee Recommendation – Participation Award.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Request staff to gather preliminary information on the cost of providing a participation award for all championships travel party members to replace the current practice of providing participation certificates. The committee believes that this initiative also serves the goal of standardizing the championships experience in that it would apply to all rounds of the championships and provides a more permanent commemoration of the experience.
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.
21.	ISSUE:	Championship Experience Subcommittee Recommendation – Host Selection Notification.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Endorse the championships staff policy that potential hosts be notified of their selection to host a championship after the Championships Committee has provided its approval.
Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the recommendation.
22.	ISSUE:	All Committee Meetings Conducted in Indianapolis.
Committee’s Recommendation:
	Maintain the current practice of conducting a portion of committee meetings outside of the location of the national office.
Management Council Action:
	Approved the recommendation.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association

July 26, 2001 BB/DTD:skt