National Collegiate Athletic Association

The NCAA News - News and Features

March 3, 1997

Nominations due for I committees

Nominations are being sought to fill Division I committee positions in the new NCAA membership structure.

Vacancies for Division I exist not only on Division I committees but also on Association-wide and common committees (see list below).

Nominations for these vacancies must be made through the conferences listed in Constitution 4.5.1. Nominees from the conferences are due at the national office by March 21.

An individual must be "on staff" at a Division I institution to be eligible for Division I committee service. In this case, "on staff" is defined as an individual who is salaried on a regular basis by a Division I institution or conference and performs a regular staff function representing at least 50 percent of the normal workload for a staff member at that institution or conference.

On all Division I committees other than those relating to football, no subdivision is to have more than 50 percent representation. With regard to Association-wide and common committees, all subdivisions of Division I must be represented; in some cases, however, that representation will be achieved through attrition.

Division I members are reminded that in the new Division I structure, several new committees are similar to committees that already were in place. In cases in which the new committee function mirrors the previous function, the Division I Management Council has determined that Division I committee members will be retained, which means that the only vacancies to be filled will be those that would have occurred in September 1997 under the previous structure.

Division I committee vacancies
Rules committees (Association-wide)

Division I positions appointed by Championships/Competition Cabinet:

Committee -- No. of Div. I vacancies

Baseball Rules -- Vacancy for secretary-rules editor

-- (may be from any division).

Men's Basketball Rules -- 3

Women's Basketball Rules -- 1

Football Rules -- 2

Men's Ice Hockey Rules -- 2

Women's Softball Rules -- 1

Rules and championships committees (common)

Division I positions appointed by Championships/Competition Cabinet:

Committee -- No. of Div. I vacancies

Men's and Women's Rifle -- 1

Men's and Women's Skiing -- 2

Men's and Women's -- 2 representing men's

Swimming and Diving -- swimming; 1 representing

-- diving interests. Also,

-- vacancy for secretary-rules

-- editor (may be from

-- any division).

Men's and Women's -- 1 representing

Track and Field -- women's track and field.

Wrestling -- 1

Division I sports committees

Appointed by and report to Championships/Competition Cabinet:

Committee -- No. of vacancies

Division I Baseball -- 2

Division I Men's Basketball -- 1

Division I Women's Basketball -- 1

Division I Field Hockey -- 1

Division I-AA Football -- 1

Division I Women's Soccer -- 3

Division I Women's Softball -- 1

Division I Men's and Women's Tennis -- 2

Division I Women's Volleyball -- 2

Division I committees that administer National Collegiate championships

Appointed by and report to Championships/Competition Cabinet. May include representatives from Divisions II and III:

Committee -- No. of vacancies

Men's and Women's Fencing -- 1 representing men's fencing.

Men's Gymnastics -- 2

Women's Rowing -- 1

Division I standing committees that report directly to Division I Management Council

Appointed by Division I Management Council:

Committee -- No. of vacancies

Athletics Certification -- 6

Infractions -- 2 (individuals must be on staff of active

-- NCAA institution or conference).

Infractions Appeals -- 1

Student-Athlete Advisory -- 30 (one student-athlete from each conference

-- identified in Constitution 4.5.1).

Appointed by Academic/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet Committee:

Committee -- No. of vacancies

Financial Aid and Amateurism -- 2

Committee -- No. of vacancies

Appointed by Management Council; reports to Championships/Competition Cabinet:

Football Issues -- 10 vacancies; one representative

-- needed from each of the following

-- Division I-A conferences: Atlantic Coast,

-- Big East, Big Twelve, Big Ten,

-- Big West, Conference USA, Mid-American,

-- Pacific-10, Southeastern, Western Athletic.