SUPPLEMENT NO. 3

DIII Presidents Council 1/03

NCAA COMMITTEE ON SPORTSMANSHIP AND ETHICAL CONDUCT

Summary of Recommendations

ACTION ITEMS ? MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ONLY

1. ISSUE:		Amendment to the NCAA Sportsmanship Award.
Committee Recommendation:
	Amend the criteria and selection process for the NCAA Sportsmanship Award as follows: (a) eliminate the noteworthy feat as a nomination criterion and indicate that teams and administrators are no longer eligible to receive the award; (b) designate conference offices or commissioners as nominators for the award; (c) request each conference to nominate one male and female student-athlete from among its membership; (d) request that independent institutions nominate one male and female student-athlete directly to the national office. [Note: A subcommittee of former committee members will select one male and female student-athlete for each division from the pool of nominees from independent institutions. The selected candidates from the independent schools will vie for the award with those nominated by the conferences.]; and (e) the committee shall select a male and female student-athlete from each division as award winners (six total).
Management Council Action:
	Approved the recommendation to amend the criteria.
Presidents Council Action:
	Endorsed the Management Council?s action.
2. ISSUE:			Discussion of Sportsmanship on Campus.
Committee Action:
	The staff was asked to research other means of integrating educational sessions on sportsmanship, ethical conduct and gambling to mandatory on-campus meetings with coaches and student-athletes.
Management Council Action:
	Recommended the development of a plan or process to assist athletics administrators in being proactive in promoting sportsmanship for athletics departments.
Presidents Council Action:
	Endorsed the Management Council?s action.

ITEMS OF INFORMATION

1. ISSUE:		Gambling Update.
Committee Action:
	A report was received on the progress of federal legislation that would curb gambling on intercollegiate athletics, a summation of penalties and reinstatement decisions for violations of the gambling legislation (Bylaw 10.3).
Management Council Action:
	Accepted the information.
2. ISSUE:		Public Service Announcements on Sportsmanship.
Committee Action:
	The committee reviewed two public service announcements on sportsmanship that were created by the University of Missouri, Columbia. The committee believed these public service announcements could serve as models for the Association.
Management Council Action:
	Accepted the information.
3. ISSUE:		Endorsement of Supplement Manufacturers by Association Coaches and Playboy All-American Team.
Committee Action:
	The committee agreed to forward a memorandum to the NCAA Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee and the NCAA Committee on Women?s Athletics encouraging them to support the committee?s concerns about two situations that send negative messages to student-athletes. One involves a Division I head football coach who has endorsed a supplement manufacturer (Met-Rx) that produces banned and non-banned products. The other is the committee?s concern that NCAA institutions allow their student-athletes to attend preseason Playboy All-American team festivities at the Playboy mansion (football, men?s basketball). The committee cites Playboy?s demeaning portrayal of women as a student-athlete welfare concern.
Management Council Action:
	Accepted the information.

4. ISSUE:		National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Director's Award Cup.
Committee Action:
	The committee determined that developing objective criterion to measure or score sportsmanship for an institution would be difficult and elected not to make any recommendations. The committee directed the staff to continue to gather information on methods to add academic performance as a category for the award.
Management Council Action:
	Accepted the information.
5. ISSUE:		Committee Poster.
Committee Action:
	The committee agreed on the layout for a new sportsmanship poster that will picture two small children watching a collage of college athletes in action with the caption, ?Be a hero. Little eyes are watching.?
Management Council Action:
	Accepted the information, noting that the collage also should include coaches.