The NCAA News - Digest

September 23, 1996

• DIVISION I -- Transition Management Council seeks revenue provision change
• HONORS PROGRAM -- 1997 honors nominations to be submitted by November 1
• PRESIDENTS COMMISSION -- Presidents to address legislation at their September meeting

DIVISION I

Transition Management Council seeks revenue provision change

The Division I Management Council Transi-tion Team has recommended that the NCAA Council use its constitutional authority to modify restructuring legislation relating to Division I revenue distribution.

At a September 10-11 meeting, the Division I Management Council Transition Team also discussed diversity of representation on the Division I Management Council; voted to support Proposal Nos. 1-23 and 1-24, which specify that Division I legislation may be sponsored by any member of the Division I Board of Directors or Management Council and that the Division I membership may override the Division I Management Council's failure to act on legislative proposals in areas delegated to it by the Division I Board of Directors; voted to support Proposal No. 1-12, which would allow each member conference to designate a permanent alternate who would participate in any Management Council meeting at which the regular representative was unable to participate for a compelling reason; supported Proposal No. 1-5, which would affirm that not more than one national championship may be conducted in each men's and women's Divi-sion I sport except football; and reaffirmed its earlier position that student-athletes who participate on the Division I Management Council will not be permitted to vote.

Staff contact: Stephen R. Morgan.

HONORS PROGRAM

1997 honors nominations to be submitted by November 1

Nominations for fall sports candidates for the 1997 Honors Program must be received at the NCAA national office by November 1.

Nomination folders will be mailed September 25 to athletics directors, faculty athletics representatives and sports information directors at all member institutions.

The folders contain nomination forms for the 1997 Today's Top VIII and the Award of Valor. The awards will be presented during the honors dinner January 12, 1997, at the NCAA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Honors Program at the annual Convention includes the Today's Top VIII, the Silver Anniversary Awards, the Theodore Roosevelt Award and the Award of Valor.

Nomination forms must be submitted to James A. Marchiony, director of broadcast services, NCAA, 6201 College Boulevard, Overland Park, Kansas 66211-2422.

Staff contact: James A. Marchiony.

PRESIDENTS COMMISSION

President to address legislation at their September meeting

Legislation for the 1997 NCAA Convention will be the primary agenda item for the NCAA Presidents Commission when it meets September 24-25.

The Commission will identify which legislative proposals will be considered as part of the Convention's Presidential Agenda Day, which will be January 13. The Commission also will develop plans to assure support for Commission proposals and will begin planning for the Chief Executive Officers Forum.

Each division subcommittee will discuss the ongoing issue of membership restructuring, as will the full Commission. The NCAA Transition Oversight Committee also will report to the full Commission.

Staff contact: Stephen R. Morgan.