SUMMARY OF ACTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS
NCAA DIVISION
III MANAGEMENT COUNCIL MEETING
NCAA DIVISION
III PRESIDENTS COUNCIL MEETING
August 9, 2001
[NOTE: SUPPLEMENT NUMBERS REFER TO THE MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL SUPPLEMENT, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.]
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SUPPLEMENT NOS. 2 AND 3 |
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All Staff |
ISSUE: Updated strategic plan (MC Supplement No.
2). |
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Management Council Action: |
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Approved the Strategic
Plan for 2001-03 (Section I – Preface; Section II – Vision; Section III – Mission;
Section IV – Timeline; Section V – Planning Priorities; Section VI –
Accomplishments; and strategic-planning scorecards. |
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Presidents Council Action: Approved the Division III Strategic Plan for 2001-03, noting the continued link between Division III priorities and funding. |
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ISSUE: Division III initiatives update (MC Supplement No. 3). |
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Collins, J. |
Management Council Action: Accepted the information,
noting the success of the first year of Division III grants. [Division III initiative grant
applications (103 submissions) and STARR pilot program (19 applications for
eight pilots).] The membership
submitted 103 Division III initiative grant applications (11 diversity; 34
membership education/communication and 58 student-athlete welfare) with a
total requested of approximately $632,000. |
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Presidents Council Action: a. Received an update on
2001-02 initiative grants, noting that $461,225 of the $600,000 was allocated
as follows:
b. Other task force
initiatives: (1) Postgraduate
scholarships – four of six allocated. (2) Senior woman
administrator enhancement grants – 10 of 12 awarded. (3) Minority male
enhancement grants – 14 of 24 awarded. (4) Division III
commissioners meeting – 32 of 40 attendees. (5) Independent institutions
regional seminar grants – 12 awarded. |
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 4 |
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Isch |
ISSUE: Additional subcommittee meeting. |
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Martin, K. |
Management Council Recommendation: |
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Approved
the recommendation to permit attendance of drug-education and drug-testing
subcommittee members at a one-day training session in September 2001 offered
by the UCLA drug-testing lab. |
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Presidents Council Action: |
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Approved and forwarded to the Executive Committee. |
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ISSUE: NCAA drug-testing results for January
through June 2000. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information that the committee provided regarding the results from the NCAA year-round and championships drug-testing program from January through June 2000. A full report of NCAA drug-testing programs and results will be presented with the results of the 2001 NCAA Study of the Substance Use and Abuse Habits of College Student Athletes, following the committee’s review at its October 2001 committee meeting. |
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Pohl |
ISSUE: Women’s lacrosse protective eyewear. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information that representatives of
the committee and the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Protective Eyewear Project Team
met with representatives from United States Lacrosse in late May in
Baltimore. Topics of discussion
included eye protection in women’s lacrosse and commotio cordis (chest
trauma, usually from a ball, that results in an abnormally arranged heart
rhythm) fatalities in men’s lacrosse.
The protective eyewear plan developed at the meeting includes identification
of optimal specifications for eyewear with input from the NCAA Women’s
Lacrosse Committee. Specifications
would be forwarded to equipment manufacturers for review and comment. It is anticipated that the practicality of
an appropriate eyewear device would be determined over the next six to eight
months. |
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ISSUE: Wrestling issues. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information that the full committee supported the following recommendations developed at an April meeting of selected NCAA Wrestling Committee and Competitive Safeguards Committee members: a. Wrestling practice rooms should not
exceed 80 degrees Fahrenheit. b. Require all freshmen and other new
incoming wrestlers, to participate in the two-part weight certification
program as currently exists. Allow
returning wrestlers to perform the initial certification to determine a
minimum wrestling weight but define the participating weight class by the
weight at the first match rather than by a second certification process. This modification should reduce
administrative burdens while not compromising safety. The Council noted that the Division III
Championships Committee reviewed and supported the recommendations. |
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HONORS COMMITTEE |
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The Management Council received an oral report of
the work of the committee. |
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SUPPLEMENT
NO. 5
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ISSUE: Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority
Males. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information
that the committee reviewed the first session of the NCAA Leadership
Institute for Ethnic Minority Males, including workshop materials and
participant biographies. The content
format of the session was consistent with the program’s mission and met the
needs of the participants. The
committee will review session evaluations from participants and administrators
and finalize the content for session two, Human Resource Management, by August
15. The Council noted the
inclusion of the Institute as part of the available programs for the 2002 Division
III minority male enhancement initiatives. |
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ISSUE: NCAA football study. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information
that he committee received a progress report from the subcommittee to review
diversity issues in NCAA football. The Council recommended
the inclusion of one or two Division III individuals, noting that diversity
in coaching ranks is also an issue in Division III. |
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ISSUE: Issue of eliminating the use of American Indian mascot nicknames. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information
that per the request of the Executive Committee, the committee reviewed and
discussed the use of American Indian mascots by NCAA member institutions. The committee agreed that the use of
American Indian mascots in intercollegiate athletics must be a concern to the
NCAA. The committee determined that
it will develop a briefing report on these historical and complex issues to
be submitted to the Executive Committee Subcommittee on Gender and Diversity
Issue. A final report will be presented
for the subcommittee’s August 2002 meeting. |
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ISSUE: Conference officials study. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information
that the committee reviewed results from the 2002 conference officials
survey. The committee agreed to distribute
the results to the membership. |
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 6 OLYMPIC SPORTS LIAISON
COMMITTEE |
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Berst |
ISSUE:
United States General Accounting Office (GAO) report on four-year
colleges’ experiences adding and discontinuing teams. |
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Green |
Management Council Recommendation: |
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Isch |
Support
and forward to the Executive Committee the recommendation that the NCAA
oppose the legislative bill sponsored by Senator Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota)
to provide for the revitalization of Olympic sports and request that the NCAA
federal relations office closely monitor its progress. |
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Presidents Council Action: |
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The Council took no
action. |
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Martin, C. |
ISSUE:
World University Games – NCAA Bylaw 14.7.5.1. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Agreed to adopt
noncontroversial legislation to specifically include the World University
Games as an exception in Bylaw 14.7.5.1-(e). |
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ISSUE:
NCAA research presentation on emerging sports. |
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Management Council Action: |
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