SUMMARY OF ACTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS
NCAA DIVISION III MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
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NCAA DIVISION III PRESIDENTS COUNCIL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Association-wide
committees… |
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Committee on Competitive
Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) |
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Honors Committee |
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Minority Opportunities and
Interest Committee (MOIC) |
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Committee on Sportsmanship and
Ethical Conduct |
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Committee on Women’s
Athletics (CWA) |
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Joint Meeting of the
Committee on Women’s Athletics (CWA) and Minority Opportunities and
Interests Committee (MOIC) |
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Division
III committees/subcommittees… |
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Strategic Initiatives Grant
Program |
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MC/PC Future of Division
III – Phase II |
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MC Academics Issues
Subcommittee |
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MC Administrative Review
Subcommittee |
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Budget Committee |
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Financial Aid Committee |
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Committee on Infractions |
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Interpretations and
Legislation Committee |
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Membership Committee |
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Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
(SAAC) |
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Convention-Planning
Subcommittee |
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2006 NCAA Convention |
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Legislation… |
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Governance Structure |
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Noncontroversial |
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Administrative Regulations |
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General
Issues… |
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Management/Presidents Council
Committee/Subcommittee Assignments |
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Presidents Council
Attendance Policy |
REPORT OF THE
NCAA DIVISION III MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
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NCAA DIVISION III PRESIDENTS COUNCIL
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NCAA DIVISION III POST-CONVENTION
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL MEETING
2006 CONVENTION VOTING RESULTS (Attachment B)
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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 Year-Round Drug Testing
Two-Year Pilot. |
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Council
Recommendation: 1.
Support in principle $400,000 in the 2006-08
biennial budget to potentially establish a voluntary Year-Round Drug Testing
Two-Year Pilot program in Division III. 2.
Request the committee to develop a formal
proposal for review at the Council’s April 2006 meeting noting: ·
Inclusion of Division III specific data to
assist with evaluation of issue. ·
Number of Division III campuses that
currently engage in some type of drug testing, if available. ·
Turn around time for pilot data/results. ·
Plan for institutional solicitation,
communication and broad-based representation. The Council also noted: ·
Initiative supports student-athlete
well-being. ·
Division responsibility to consider, given
well established year-round testing in Divisions I and II. ·
May be viewed as invasive, particularly for
testing beyond performance enhancement. ·
Education remains an important component of
student-athlete well-being. |
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Presidents
Council Action: Approved the recommendation. |
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AW –
HONORS COMMITTEE Staff
Liaisons: Lawrence Council Rep:
Gleason |
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ISSUE: 2006 Silver Anniversary Award
Selections. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the information
that the committee selected the following honorees for the Silver Anniversary
Award: Valerie Ackerman ( |
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ISSUE: Top VIII Award Selections. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the information
that the committee selected eight NCAA Top VIII Award Recipients: ·
Division I. Samantha Arsenault (University of
Georgia); Nicholas Hartigan (Brown University); DeMeco Ryans (University of
Alabama, Tuscaloosa); Richard Simpson (University of Nebraska, Lincoln); Christine
Sinclair (University of Portland); and Jamie Southern (California State
University, Fresno). ·
Division II. Sarah Dance ( ·
Division III. Carter Hamill ( |
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ISSUE: Theodore Roosevelt Award Selection. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the
information that the committee selected Robert K. Kraft as the 2006 Theodore
Roosevelt Award recipient. |
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ISSUE: 2006 Inspiration Award Recipients. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the
information that the committee selected Raul Altreche ( |
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ISSUE: 2006 Honors Reception. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the
information that the 2006 Honors Reception will be held Saturday, January 7
at the Murat Theatre in |
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ISSUE: Committee Chair. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the
information that Timothy W. Gleason (Ohio Athletic Conference) was selected
as the new committee chair. |
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NCAA MINORITY OPPORTUNITIES AND INTERESTS COMMITTEE (MOIC) Staff
Liaisons: Westerhaus, Jackson,
Shipps Council Rep:
Wong |
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ISSUE: The 2004 Racial and Gender Report
Card. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the information
that the committee discussed the 2004 Racial and Gender Report Card that was
published The committee noted
that although the national office received a “B+” and
“A+” with regard to race and gender, there seems to be constant
turnover at the staff level. The
committee asked the staff to determine where people of color and women go
after leaving the NCAA national office and whether those individuals leave
for better opportunities or decide to leave intercollegiate athletics. |
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ISSUE: NCAA Coaching Academies. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the
information that the committee received an update regarding the NCAA
Men’s Coaches Academy and the NCAA Women Coaches Academy. The committee discussed the perception
of the programs and the participants’ preparedness for upper athletics
coaching positions upon completion of the academies. The committee also asked the staff to
take a detailed review of the academies to determine if the academies should
include coaches from all sports. |
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ISSUE: MOIC Strategic Plan. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the information that the committee reviewed each objective
of the 2003-05 MOIC Strategic Plan noting its relevance and whether it was
met in the prescribed time period.
The committee recommended several changes for the 2006-08 MOIC
Strategic Plan noting that the plan will be finalized at the next committee
meeting in January 2006. |
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ISSUE: Budget. |
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Management Council Action: Accepted
the information that the committee discussed budget priorities for the
2006-07 and 2007-08 fiscal years.
Specifically, the committee reviewed current allocated programs for
the 2005-06 fiscal year, reallocations and new budget requests for the
2006-07 and 2007-08 fiscal years.
The committee met jointly with the Committee on Women’s
Athletics to discuss budget items that are sponsored by both committees. The committee chairs will meet with
staff at a later date to finalize all budget requests. |
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ISSUE: Native American Mascot Issue. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the
information that the staff provided the committee an overview of the issues
surrounding American Indian mascots, imagery or nicknames in intercollegiate
athletics including the actions of the Executive Committee Subcommittee on
Gender and Diversity Issues and Executive Committee actions regarding this issue. In addition, the staff reviewed the
appeals process and provided the committee with an update of all appeals
decided at the staff level. |
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ISSUE: Office for
Diversity and Inclusion. |
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Management Council Action: Accepted
the information that Charlotte Westerhaus provided a brief update on external
and internal office for diversity and inclusion initiatives including staffing
the office of diversity and inclusion.
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ISSUE: Senior Woman
Administrator Update. |
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Management Council Action: Accepted
the information that staff provided the committee with an update from the
Executive Committee regarding the role of the senior woman administrator
(SWA). Specifically, the staff
informed the committee that the Executive Committee requested that the
appropriate governance entities sponsor legislation as a common provision in
all three divisions, amending the definition of an SWA as follows: “An institutional senior woman
administrator is the highest ranking female involved with the management of a
member institution’s intercollegiate athletics program. An institution with a female director
of athletics may designate a different female administrator involved with the
management of the member’s program as a fifth representative to the
NCAA governance system.” The
Council requested a formal membership communication regarding this issue. |
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ISSUE: Hurricane Katrina. |
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Management Council Action: Accepted
the information that the committee discussed the NCAA response regarding
relief efforts in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama noting that there was
not much public information on the NCAA’s response to the hurricane relief
efforts. In addition, the
committee noted that some Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the
region suffered extreme structural and financial damage as a result of
Hurricane Katrina and that some of these institutions will not be able to recover
as quickly as other institutions in the area. |
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AW – COMMITTEE ON SPORTSMANSHIP AND ETHICAL CONDUCT. Staff Liaisons:
Newman, Roe, Stratten Council Rep:
Slabik |
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ISSUE: Committee Discussion on Philosophy and
Charge of the Committee. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the
information that the committee discussed the purpose of the committee,
questioning what issues the committee should be engaged in and what relevance
the committee should have in the membership in terms of being a resource,
being a watchdog and being an advocate related to sportsmanship. The members agreed that the committee
should have a two-pronged approach to its work. The first prong should address the
strategic plan, including a focus on best practices to achieve and foster an
environment of sportsmanship. The
second prong would relate to holding institutions, administrators, coaches
and student-athletes accountable for the actions that undermine good
sportsmanship. Also, it would
recognize actions that promote and exemplify good sportsmanship. The committee agreed to
form two subcommittee representing all three divisions to carry forth the
charge of the committee:
Each subcommittee will
convene prior to the committee’s next meeting to specify its charge and
action plan. Ron Loghry, Big Sky
Conference, will chair the accountability subcommittee, and Alan Patterson, Carolinas-Virginia
Athletic Conference, will chair the Strategic Planning Subcommittee. |
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ISSUE: Mission Statement Discussion. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted the information that the committee reviewed and reaffirmed
the mission statement. |
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ISSUE: Division III Commissioners Association
Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted
the information that Chuck Mitrano (Empire 8) reported on the work of the
Division III commissioners group, which is examining initiatives to explore
and implement. The group has
identified two focus areas: (1)
compiling and sharing best practices for addressing sportsmanship issues
ranging from game management and fan conduct to educational programs; and (2)
conducting a comparison between institutions and conferences that track
conduct fouls in real time with those institutions and conferences that do
not track and report the information contemporaneously. The committee also received a copy of the
Division III Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference soccer program as a
resource to use in addressing concerns in the sport of soccer. |
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ISSUE: Sports Wagering Update. |
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Management
Council Action: Accepted
the information: (1)
Sports
Wagering Task Force Initiative Update. ·
Staff noted that the sports wagering Web
site dedicated to student-athletes is nearing the end of the design phase and
the staff will be seeking reaction and feedback from the · |