MINUTES OF THE
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
DIVISION III PRESIDENTS COUNCIL
Participants:
Joseph Bascuas,
David L. Beckley,
Richard Flynn,
John Fry,
Pamela Gann,
Marcia Keizs,
James Moseley,
John Nazarian,
Ivory Nelson,
Miriam R. Pride,
Deborah Stanley, State
Paul Trible,
Peggy R. Williams,
Matt Banker, NCAA
Jack Copeland, NCAA
Daniel T. Dutcher, NCAA
Jennifer Kearns, NCAA
Debbie Kresge, NCAA,
recording secretary
Leah Nilsson, NCAA
J.P. Williams, NCAA
Valerie
Cushman, Division III Management Council vice-chair and Michael Miranda,
Division III Management Council chair, also were in attendance. Myles Brand, NCAA president; Elsa Cole,
NCAA general counsel; Bernard Franklin, NCAA senior vice president for
governance and membership, Eric Hartung, NCAA research; Delise O’Meally, director
for governance and membership services; and Abe Frank, NCAA Washington office, attended
portions of the meeting. Rick
Torgerson, president of
[Note: These minutes contain only actions taken
(formal votes or stated "sense of the meeting") in accordance with
NCAA policy regarding minutes of all Association entities. While certain items on the Council's
agenda were acted on at various times throughout the meeting, all final actions
within a given topic are combined in these minutes for convenience of
reference.] The meeting was called
to order at 9:45 a.m. by the chair, President Nelson. The Council started with a joint session
with Divisions I and II, followed by its regular meeting. All members were present as noted above.
1. Announcements. Nelson welcomed Council and staff, and
acknowledged two new members attending their first meeting, President Marcia
Keizs and President John Nazarian.
He also extended congratulations to Leah Nilsson on her new appointment
as Director of Division III.
2. Review
Roster, Future Meeting Schedule, and the Division III Newsletter. The Council reviewed the documents,
noting no action.
3. Previous
Minutes. The Council reviewed
the minutes of the August 3 Presidents Council meeting.
It was VOTED
“That the minutes of the August 3 Presidents
Council meeting be approved as
distributed.”
5. August
3 NCAA Executive Committee Meeting.
The Council reviewed the minutes of the August 3 Executive Committee
meeting.
6. Report
of the October 16-17 Division III Management Council Meeting.
a. Association-Wide
Committees.
(1) Competitive
Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports. The Council:
(a) 2008
NCAA Convention Legislation – Extension of Committee Service. Approved the recommendation to sponsor
legislation for the 2008 Convention that would allow for an exception to extend
by one year the service of the chair of NCAA Committee on Competitive
Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS), if the chair becomes chair
with only one year left of the four years of committee service, effective
August 1, 2008. Service on CSMAS is
a true learning experience. Though
there is a mechanism for a rising chair, that person generally is not
identified until the completion of two years of service. After the rising year (third year of
service), the new chair then has only one year of the four years of committee
service to act as chair. The
complexities and impact of the issues before this committee, and the need for
consistent, learned leadership, require a chair that has had the opportunity to
“learn” the position and to provide continuity of service. This option would be enacted only
when
circumstances warrant the extension, i.e., the chair enters in the fourth year
of committee service.
(b) Division
III Academic Year Round Drug Education and Testing Pilot. Reviewed Management Council action and
suggested that the following details regarding drug education be included in
pilot communications:
• Allocate
$325,000 for 2006-07 for enhanced alcohol, tobacco and other drug education
programming for Division III institutions through the promotion of an annual
“Model Alcohol and Drug Education Program” and two existing NCAA
grant programs (CHOICES Grants and Health and Safety Speakers Grants).
° Provide
five additional institutions (total of eight for 06-07) a CHOICES Grant
($150,000).
° Provide
$1,000 grants to 100 additional institutions ($100,000) per NCAA Health and
Safety Speakers Grant.
° Provide
$500 matching speaker’s grants to 150 institutions with approved Association-wide
funding ($75,000).
• Implement
for 2007-09 a voluntary two-year (academic year September-May) comprehensive
drug education and testing pilot program without penalties for approximately
100 Division III institutions.
Annual overall cost totaling $600,000, with up to $250,000 of testing
costs covered by matching Association funds committed by President Brand.
° Education: $1,000 x 100 schools = $100,000.
° Testing: $250/test x 16 student-athletes =
$400,000 (20 student-athletes = $500,000).
° Total
cost: $600,000 with up to $250,000
through Association matching funds.
It
was also noted that more information will be shared during the Council’s
pre-Convention meeting regarding the comprehensive evaluation of the program
and the following components:
• Quality
of institutional drug education process.
• Collaboration
between institutional stakeholders and student-athletes regarding substance
use.
• Institutional
drug test results.
• Institutional
stakeholder perceptions about the drug education program.
• Student-athlete
perceptions about the drug education program.
b. Division
III Joint Presidents Council/Management Council Subcommittees.
(1)
Convention-Planning
Subcommittee. The Council reviewed the 2007
Convention schedule noting specific
Presidents Council meetings and expectations:
• Saturday,
January 7.
° PC/MC/SAAC
meeting 8-10 a.m.
° Presidents
Council meeting 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
° Opening
Business Session 4-5:30 p.m.
° Presidents
Council Hosted Reception 5:30-6:30 p.m.
• Sunday,
January 8.
° President
Brand’s breakfast 7:30-8:30 a.m.
° Division
III Forum – 8:30-11:30 a.m.
° Division
III Chancellor/Presidents Issues Forum 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Monday,
January 9.
° Division
III Business Session 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
c. Management
Council Subcommittees. The
Council endorsed the Management Council recommendation:
· Playing
and Practice Seasons Subcommittee.
To support the membership-sponsored legislation: 2007 Convention Division III Proposal
No. 1-4 – Playing and Practice Seasons – Basketball – Annual
Exemptions – Exhibition Context and Practice Scrimmages. The subcommittee supports the proposal
because it provides more flexibility for institutions to schedule exhibition
contests against Division I or II opponents without extending the playing
season or overall number of competition opportunities in basketball. The subcommittee also noted that the
student-athlete experience could be positively impacted through the unique
exhibition opportunity against Division I or II institutions.
d. Division
III Committees. The Council:
(1) Budget
Committee. Endorsed the actions
of the Management Council.
(2) Championships
Committee. Endorsed the actions
of the Management Council.
(3) Financial
Aid Committee. Endorsed the
actions of the Management Council.
(4) Interpretations
and Legislation Committee. Endorsed
the actions of the Management Council.
(5) Membership
Committee. Endorsed the actions
of the Management Council.
(6) Nominating
Committee. Endorsed the actions
of the Management Council.
(7) Committee
on Student-Athlete Reinstatement.
Endorsed the actions of the Management Council.
7. 2007
Convention. The Council:
a. Convention
Proposal Groupings. Approved
the Convention proposal groupings as outlined below; noting the significance of
order for membership proposals:
Presidents
Council Grouping (12-Roll Call Votes)
2-5 – Ethical Conduct –
Sports Wagering Activities.
2-7 – Personnel – Conduct of Athletics
Personnel – Sports Safety Training.
2-12 – Playing and Practice Seasons –
Preseason Practice – Medical Examinations.
2-13 – Playing and Practice
Seasons – Nontraditional Segment – Limitations on Athletically
Related Activity and Competition Activity on the One Date of Competition.
2-8 – Recruiting – Tryouts
– Prohibited Activities – Tryout Camps.
2-9 –
Eligibility – General Eligibility Requirements – Male Practice
Player Eligibility – Requirements.
2-11 – Eligibility – Seasons of Participation –
Participation.
2-10
– Eligibility – Criteria
for Determining Season of Participation – Minimum Amount of Participation
– Nontraditional Segment.
2-3 –
Division Membership – Provisional and Reclassifying Membership –
Application Standards and Compliance with Division Regulations.
2-1 – Division Membership – Conditions and
Obligations of Membership – Educational Initiatives.
2-2 – Division Membership – Maximum Capacity.
2-4 – Legislative Process – Amendment Process
– Sponsorship Requirements.
General
Grouping (Two-Individual Votes)
2-6 – Ethical Conduct – Gambling Activities
– Sanctions – Timing of Reinstatement Request.
2-14 – Playing and Practice Seasons –
Basketball – Annual Exemptions – Exhibition Contest and Practice
Scrimmages.
b. Proposed
Speaker Assignments. Endorsed
the speaker assignments with necessary modifications.
c. Governance
Structure-Sponsored Legislation.
Reviewed and took formal position on all membership-sponsored proposals:
CON
2 – Division
III Membership – Maximum Capacity – Oppose.
CON-10 – Eligibility –
Criteria for Determining Season of Participation – Minimum Amount of
Participation – Nontraditional Segment – Oppose. The Council acknowledged that
spring-sport student-athletes may have more opportunity than fall-sport
student-athletes to practice during a year without losing a season of
participation, but the Council is unwilling to support expanding practice
opportunities and will charge relevant committees to develop instead an
alternative solution to any inequities between fall and spring sports.
CON-11 – Eligibility – Seasons
of Participation – Participation at any Collegiate Institution –
Oppose.
CON-14 – Playing and Practice
Seasons – Basketball – Annual Exemptions – Exhibition Contest
and Practice Scrimmages – Support.
d. Noncontroversial
Legislation. Endorsed the actions
of the Management Council.
e. Incorporations
of Interpretations Legislation.
Endorsed the actions of the Management Council.
f. Administrative
Regulations Legislation.
Endorsed the actions of the Management
Council.
8. General
Issues. The Council
a. 2007
Committee/Subcommittee Assignments.
Solicited interest for service on the following:
• Strategic
Planning and Finance Committee [2 vacancies].
• Nominations
Subcommittee.
• Executive
Committee Subcommittee on Gender and Diversity Issues.
b. Youth
Basketball Initiative.
Discussed ways to address issues facing basketball, particularly at the
youth level. A working group with
members from the NCAA, NBA, Nike, Adidas,
c. Committee
on Ways and Means. Accepted an
update regarding the status of the inquiry contained in an October 2 letter
from the committee’s chair.
d. Executive
Committee Working Group on International Membership and Working Group on
Membership. Discussed and
endorsed recommendations to be forwarded to the Executive Committee by the
working group.
9. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 1:19 p.m.
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