REPORT OF THE
NCAA
DIVISION III MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
1. ACTION ITEMS.
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Conference Membership
Request – Great South Athletic Conference.
(1) Recommendation. That the Great South Athletic
Conference be granted member conference status.
(2) Rationale. On its review of the aforementioned conference's
application, the NCAA Division III Membership Committee agreed that the conference
should be granted member conference status, noting that the conference clearly
demonstrated that institutional chief executive officers have the ultimate
authority and final responsibility for the operation of the conference, and
that the conference student-athlete advisory committee is established.
2. INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS.
a. Conference
Autonomy Survey. The committee updated the results of
its conference policy survey based on responses receives since the June
preliminary publication of results.
The summary results are provided in Attachment A. Complete results will be forwarded to the
NCAA Division III conference commissioners and will be made available to the NCAA
Future of Division III, Phase II Oversight Committee to aid in the discussions
on conference autonomy.
b. Sports-Sponsorship
Summary.
In Attachment B, the committee has
provided a summary of provisional member sports sponsorship, as requested by
the NCAA Division III Management Council at its July meeting.
c. Secondary
Infractions Proposal. The committee reviewed the Management
Council action to require institutions to submit either an annual report of
Level II secondary violations or annual confirmation that the institution did
not commit any Level II secondary violations. The committee determined that it was
appropriate to establish that requirement as a condition and obligation of membership.
d. NCAA
Membership Quarterly Reports. The
September quarterly membership reports are included in Attachment C for
informational purposes.
Staff Liaisons:
Leah Nilsson, Membership Services