The NCAA News - Digest

November 11, 1996

• PRESIDENTS COMMISSION -- Requests for Liaison Committee appearances due November 21
• LITIGATION -- NCAA, high-school assocaition both entitled to 'March Madness'
• CONVENTION -- Flat $100 fee to be used for delegate at '97 Convention

PRESIDENTS COMMISSION

Requests for Liaison Committee appearances due November 21

Groups that are interested in making an appearance before the NCAA Presidents Com-mission Liaison Committee are asked to make their request by November 21.

Requests for appearances should be directed to Stephen R. Morgan at the national office.

The Liaison Committee will meet December 11 at the Hyatt Regency at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.

Staff contact: Stephen R. Morgan.

LITIGATION

NCAA, high-school association both entitled to 'March Madness'

Both the NCAA and the Illinois High School Association are entitled to use the term "March Madness" in connection with their respective basketball events, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled October 30.

The high-school association had challenged the NCAA's use of the term in marketing the Division I Men's Basketball Championship, claiming that it has used the trademark since the early 1940s in reference to the Illinois high-school basketball tournament.

Staff contact: David E. Cawood.

CONVENTION

Flat $100 fee to be used for delegated at '97 event

A flat registration fee of $100 per person will be charged for the 1997 NCAA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

The only exception will be for individuals representing commercial enterprises, in which case a $200 fee will be charged.

The registration fee covers delegate entertainment costs, such as the delegates reception, luncheons and the honors dinner.

Chief executive officers are reminded that NCAA Bylaw 5.1.3.1 stipulates that institutions or conferences that designate both a male and a female as voting or alternate delegates on the appointment-of-delegates form will be allowed to appoint four accredited delegates. In all other circumstances, institutions will be limited to not more than three delegates. They may have any number of visiting (nonvoting) delegates.

Registration fees will be collected at the registration counters. American Express, Master-Card and Visa credit cards will be accepted, along with personal or institutional checks.

Staff contact: Louis J. Spry.