NCAA DIVISION III PRESIDENTS COUNCIL
WORKING AGENDA
NCAA National Office
CONSENT
PACKAGE
*1. Roster,
Newsletter and Future Meetings.
*2. Minutes
and Executive Committee agenda.
a. DIII
Presidents Council minutes.
b. DIII
Administrative Committee minutes.
b. NCAA
Executive Committee minutes.
c. NCAA
Executive Committee agenda.
3. Committee
reports:
a. AW
Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct.
[Page No. 6]
*b. MC/PC
– Convention-Planning Subcommittee.
[Page No. 7]
c. DIII Playing and
Practice Seasons Subcommittee. [Page No. 10]
*d. DIII
Budget.
e. DIII
Interpretations and Legislation Committee.
[Page No. 12]
*4. Membership
Sponsored Legislative Proposals. [Page No. 17]
*5. Governmental
relations update.
*6. Litigation
update.
ACTION ITEMS
*1. Mascot
Appeal –
*2. Division
III year-round drug-education/testing two-year pilot program. [Page No. 1]
*3. Strategic
Plan. [Page No. 9]
4. SAAC. [Page No. 11]
*5. DIII
Membership Committee. [Page
No. 12]
*6. 2007 NCAA Convention
Legislation.
·
Governance
structure sponsored legislative proposals.
*7. Nominations Subcommittee
update.
a. Chair
and vice-chair election process. [Page No. 17]
b. Presidents
Council immediate vacancy. [Page No. 18]
c. 2007
January vacancies slate.
*Supplemental material distributed on site.
REPORT OF THE
NCAA DIVISION III MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
MEETING
NCAA DIVISION III PRESIDENTS COUNCIL
MEETING
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AW – COMMITTEE ON COMPETITITVE SAFEGUARDS AND
MEDICAL ASPECTS OF SPORTS Staff Liaisons:
Klossner, Wilfert Council Rep:
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ISSUE: Division III Academic Year Round Drug
Education and Testing Pilot. |
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Management Council Recommendation: Consistent with
survey results, input from the Division III Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee and the following three goals:
enhance student-athlete well being; emphasis on education; and
competitive equity: 1.
Allocate $325,000 for 2006-07 to enhance
alcohol, tobacco and other drug education programming for Division III member
institutions through two existing NCAA grant programs (i.e., CHOICES Grant
and NCAA Health and Safety Speakers Grants). ·
Provide five additional institutions (total
of eight for 06-07) a CHOICES Grant ($30,000 each x 5 = $150,000). ·
Provide $1,000 grants to 100 additional
Division III institutions ($100,000) per NCAA Health and Safety Speakers
Grant Program. ·
Provide $500 matching speakers grants to 150
Division III institutions with approved Association-wide funding ($75,000). 2.
Implement for 2007-09 a voluntary two-year
(academic-year Sept-May) comprehensive drug education and testing pilot
program without penalties to include pre- and post survey 3.
Recommend CSMAS pursue social norming
information and data related to use of performance enhancing drugs by
Division III student-athletes. Subsequent to
the Management Council meeting, staff developed the following administrative
plan: Key Elements of Model
Alcohol and Drug Education Program. Annually: Develop a written policy on alcohol,
tobacco and other drugs. This
policy should include a statement on activities related to student-athlete
recruitment visits, drug testing, discipline, and counseling or treatment
options. ·
Review and update the NCAA, conference and
institutional drug-testing program policies. ·
Include NCAA list of banned substances and
written policies in student-athlete handbook. ·
Identify the rules regarding the use of
street drugs, performance enhancing substances, and nutritional supplements,
and consequences for breaking the rules. ·
Include the following printed warning in the
student-athlete handbook: “All
nutritional/dietary supplements carry some risk of containing an NCAA banned
substance because they are not well regulated and may be contaminated. Failure to check out any supplement
with your sports medicine staff prior to use may result in a failed appeal
for a positive drug test.
Student-athletes are responsible for anything they ingest”. Summer: Send out the NCAA list of Banned
Drugs, the above warning and the REC* bookmarks to all returning
student-athletes and known incoming student-athletes. Orientation
at start of academic year: ·
Ensure that student-athletes sign compliance
forms. ·
Provide student-athletes with a copy of the
written drug policies. ·
Show NCAA Drug-Education and Testing video. ·
Provide student-athletes a copy of the
brochure “NCAA Drug Policies – for your health and safety.” ·
Verbally explain drug policies with
student-athletes: o
NCAA banned drug classes with examples (note
that all related compounds under each class are banned, whether or not they
are listed as an example.) o
NCAA drug-testing policies and consequences
for testing positive, including failure to show or tampering with urine
sample. o
Risks of using nutritional/dietary
supplements – read the statement from the handbook: §
Potential for contamination – Buyer
Beware! What’s on the label
is not necessarily what’s in the bottle. §
Legally purchased over-the-counter and
internet products may contain NCAA banned substances. §
Check any supplement or medication with
athletic trainer before consuming. o
Conference and institutional drug-testing
program policies. o
Street drug use policies and institutional
sanctions for violations. o
NCAA tobacco use ban during practice or
competition. Start of Second Semester: Repeat orientation agenda at start of
new semester to reinforce messages and to ensure transfer student-athletes
are exposed to this information. Team Meetings: Repeat the information from the
orientation at team meetings throughout the year. Through-out the year: ·
Educational programming – utilize NCAA
resources in addition to institutional resources. ·
NCAA Health and Safety Speakers Grant
program to bring in an outside speaker each semester to address alcohol and
other drug issues. ·
Participate in the APPLE Conferences: Promoting Student-Athlete Wellness and
Substance ·
Display posters and other NCAA educational
materials in high-traffic areas. *For
authoritative information on NCAA banned substances, medications and
nutritional supplements, contact the Resource Exchange Center (REC) at
877-202-0769 or www.drugfreesport.com/rec
(password in ncaa1, ncaa2 or ncaa3 according to your divisional affiliation). Key NCAA Alcohol Tobacco
and Other Drug (ATOD) Educational Programs. Program Name: CHOICES Grant Goal: The CHOICES program seeks to encourage
NCAA institutions and conferences to implement and evaluate effective
campus-wide programs that integrate student-athletes and athletics into
alcohol-education efforts. Funding
programs are designed to work toward the elimination of high-risk consumption
of alcohol on college campuses by promoting low-risk choices. The implications
of the CHOICES grant for NCAA institutions are many, including: ·
To provide resources for small institutions
to accomplish broad goals and objectives, and larger institutions to improve
or focus in on target areas. ·
Providing peer education, under adequate
supervision, as a viable intervention. ·
Encouraging campus collaboration as an
effective method for effecting change on a much broader scale than just in
the athletics department. $30,000 grants
are awarded for a three-year project.
The award payout is provided as follows: $15,000 the first year, $10,000 the
second year and $5,000 the third year.
The approach is designed to encourage the institution to assume
greater responsibility for maintaining the program. Target Audience: This program integrates
student-athletes and athletics into campus wide alcohol Number of Participants: Since 1991, 153 institutions have received
awards, broadly impacting student-athletes and other students on these
campuses (over 1.5 million). Recent Division III
Participation History: 2003-04 –
20 of 45 proposals submitted were from DIII (44%); 3 out of 10 awards to DIII
(33%). 2004-05 –
21 of 59 proposals submitted were from DIII (36%); 6 out of 15 awards to DIII
(40%). 2005-06
– 21 of 58 proposals submitted were from DIII (36%)’ 4 out of 15
awards to DIII (27%). Program Name: Health and Safety Speakers
Grant. Goal: The Association
offers funds to assist member institutions in bringing expert speakers to
campus to address issues related to wellness and drug education. Target Audience: ·
Primary: student-athletes. ·
Secondary: athletics administrators and other
students. Number of Participants: Over 2000 programs have been funded in
the past seven years with an average of 86,000 students attending the speaker
sessions per year. Recent Division III
Participation History: 2003-04 –
59 out 198 grants were for DIII (36%) (spring only, when we began to keep
divisional data). 2004-05 –
172 of 470 grants were for DIII (36%). 2005-06
– 76 of 254 grants were for DIII (30%). Program Name: APPLE Conferences –
Promoting Student-Athlete Wellness and Substance Abuse Prevention. Goal: The APPLE model is a comprehensive
design for improving substance abuse prevention ·
Identify their school’s current
programs and policies. ·
Learn a peer education program specifically
for student-athletes (SAM – Student-Athlete Mentors). ·
Design an individualized action plan. ·
Implement an action plan within their
athletic department. ·
Assess their Athletic department’s strengths
and weaknesses in substance abuse prevention. ·
Share ideas and resources with teams from
other colleges and universities. ·
Participate in a training session on
implementing the SAM program. ·
Learn about exemplary programs and policies. ·
Listen to exciting speakers and experts in
the field. Target Audience: Every NCAA Institution: A prevention team made up of
student-athletes, athletic administrators, athletic trainers and campus
wellness staff is sent to each conference. Teams work together on policy
enhancement, encouraging collaboration between student-athletes and athletics
administrators. Following the
conference, the team returns to campus and implements policy and programs
that impact all student-athletes. Number of Participants: Each year approximately 60 NCAA
institutions send team to the APPLE Conferences. NCAA funding equals approximately
$2,500 per school. Approximately
one third of the NCAA membership has participated in this program with some
programs returning to focus on a new topic. To date, over 600 prevention teams
representing 400 NCAA-affiliated institutions have participated in the APPLE
conferences. Recent Division III
Participation History: 2003-04 –
18 DIII schools out of 49 NCAA schools participating (37%). 2004-05 –
18 DIII schools out of 55 NCAA schools participating (33%). 2005-06
– 23 DIII schools out of 71 NCAA schools participating (32%). Drug Education and
Testing Survey 2003 – 165
surveys returned from all DIII schools, 40% response rate for the division. 2005
– 157 surveys were returned from all DIII schools, 36% response rate
for the division. 2005
– 50% report current drug and alcohol education program. Median expenditure - $1,000. 2005
– 13% report current drug-testing program for student-athletes. Median expenditure - $1,000. 2005
– 55% favor year-round testing program for Division III. Key Elements of
Educational Drug-Testing Pilot. · |