NCAA COMMITTEE ON
SPORTSMANSHIP AND ETHICAL CONDUCT
Summary of
Recommendations
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
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1. ISSUE: |
Organized
Gambling Activities (Bylaw 10.3, Gambling Activities) |
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Committee Action: |
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Discussed proposed
changes to Bylaw 10.3, regarding the
meaning of the term ?organized gambling activities,? to state that participation in pools, fantasy
leagues and auctions are contrary to the provisions of the bylaw. Staff will contact the membership services staff
to determine the appropriate legislative process. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information, noting its support for the proposed changed. |
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2. ISSUE: |
Sports Wagering. |
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Committee Action: |
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Received
information and agreed to take action where noted: (1) The
final results of the NCAA National Study on Collegiate Sports Wagering and Associated
Health Risks Behavior study on gambling will be completed by the spring of 2004. (2) Agreed
to prepare a list of ?Dos and Don?ts? to educate student-athletes and athletics
staff when an institution has elected to participate in regular-season events
in metropolitan areas with open sports books.
The list will be provided to the membership. (3) Reviewed
a study by ESPN on sports wagering by fans during the 2003 NCAA Division I
Men?s Basketball Championship. Trends
indicated an increase in participation in pools and an overall decrease on
wagering on the tournament. (4) Received
a report regarding several Division I football playing institutions whose
game-day radio announcers made promotional comments for Internet gambling services
that the announcers had contractual obligations with. The institutions have interceded and discontinued
the practice. (5) A
former member of organized crime will be the featured speaker at the American
Football Coaches Convention and will discuss how organized crime involved student-athletes
in point-shaving schemes. (6) Sports
wagering services have used the likeness of head football coaches to promote
their service without the knowledge or consent of the coach or the institution. (7) ESPN?s
new morning talk show, ?Cold Pizza,? included segments with a live feed from
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information. |
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3. ISSUE: |
MET-Rx/Playboy Update. |
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Committee Action: |
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Approved
a draft letter that will be sent to the membership discouraging member institution?s
from participating in events or programs that are sponsored or supported by
organizations involved with performance enhancing drugs, sports wagering or
the portrayal of women in a degrading and diminishing way. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information. |
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4. ISSUE: |
Sportsmanship
Initiatives. |
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Committee Action: |
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Noted issues related to positive sportsmanship initiatives
and sportsmanship summits that were being
held on member institution?s campuses nationwide, including several student-lead
summits. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information and requested the specific timetable for distribution of the sportsmanship tool kit. |
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5. ISSUE: |
Misconduct
Legislation for Regular-Season Competition and All Postseason Events. |
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Committee Action: |
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Forwarded a recommendation to
adopt legislation to Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet will
establish a definition of and consequences for acts of misconduct during
regular-season and all postseason competition, as is currently the case in
NCAA championships competition. The
committee agreed to submit this proposed legislation to the Divisions II and
III Management Councils for their April meeting. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Accepted the information. |
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