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The NCAA News DigestMarch 10, 1997
TITLE IXRegistration deadline changed for Kansas City Title IX seminar The registration deadline for a Title IX seminar scheduled May 12-13 in Kansas City, Missouri, has been moved back to April 7. The deadline to register for the other seminar, which will be conducted April 21-22 in Atlanta, remains March 17. The seminars are designed to help institutions provide equitable opportunities for wo-men athletes by offering information, assistance and ideas about Title IX compliance for intercollegiate athletics administrators. The 1997 seminars will be conducted at Ritz-Carlton Hotels in both cities. At Atlanta, speakers will include Debbie Brake, senior counsel for the National Women's Law Center; Daniel DiBiasio, president, Wil-mington College (Ohio); Christine Grant, women's director of athletics, University of Iowa; Mary Frances O'Shea, Title IX coordinator, Office for Civil Rights; and Dee Todd, associate commissioner, Atlantic Coast Confer-ence. At Kansas City, speakers will include Mary Ann Connell, university attorney, University of Mississippi; NCAA Executive Director Cedric W. Dempsey; Robert E. Frederick, director of athletics, University of Kansas; Grant; and Cheryl Levick, senior associate director of athletics, Stanford University. Individuals with questions about the Title IX seminars may contact Janet M. Justus, director of education outreach, at the national office. Those with questions about registration may contact Kaily Sola, also at the national office.
REVENUE DISTRIBUTIONDates established for mailing 1997 revenue-distribution checks 1997 revenue-distribution checks The first checks from the 1997 NCAA revenue-distribution plan will be mailed April 18. The following schedule has been established for the six funds: Basketball ($50 million, estimated $67,000 per unit): Checks to be mailed April 18. Division II ($3 million, estimated $6,500 equal distribution): Checks to be mailed May 23. Academic enhancement ($15.25 million, $50,000 per Division I institution): Checks to be mailed June 20. Special assistance ($10 million): Checks to be mailed August 1. Sports sponsorship ($16.33 million): Checks to be mailed August 8. Grants-in-aid ($33.67 million): Checks to be mailed August 22. Staff contact: Keith E. Martin
BASKETBALLNCAA, sports editors group compromise on credential issue The NCAA and the Associated Press Sports Editors have reached an agreement that is de-signed to focus more attention on the problem of sports gambling. Under the agreement, the Association will provide credentials to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship for all qualified media agencies. In return, the APSE will send a letter to the publishers of APSE member newspapers, joining the NCAA in acknowledging the problem of gambling on college sports. The NCAA earlier had notified several newspapers that they would not receive credentials to the Division I Men's Basketball Champion-ship because they carry advertising for gambling "tout sheets." For more information, see page 1. Staff contact: David E. Cawood.
DIVISION IIIGovernance bodies prioritize educational, competitive goals A statement reasserting the importance of the educational and competitive value of in-season and conference play was endorsed during a joint orientation meeting for members of the new Division III Management Council and Presidents Council. Participants noted that the championships discussion of the past two years had drawn attention away from what they considered the most important experience of Division III athletics participation -- in-season play. There also was concern that not enough importance has been placed on automatic qualification for conference champions in the enhanced championships structure. Before the statement is forwarded to the Division III membership, it is to be approved by the Management Council, the Presidents Commission subcommittee and the Presidents Council. For more information, see page 1. Staff contact: Daniel T. Dutcher.
ATHLETE BENEFITS1995-96 athlete benefits The 1996 NCAA Financial Report, which will be mailed to the membership later this month, notes that in the 1995-96 fiscal year, the NCAA spent $35 million on student-athlete and youth benefits. Some of the programs include the following: Degree-completion program The NCAA degree-completion program has provided $4 million in grants in its 10 years of existence. More than 700 former student-athletes who exhausted their eligibility have been accepted into the program, and nearly 90 percent have completed their undergraduate degree.
Academic enhancement The academic-enhancement fund assures that student-athletes are given access to the resources they need to succeed academically. For example, using the academic-enhancement fund, an institution was able to provide an expensive diagnostic test for a basketball student-athlete. After the test revealed that he had a problem in processing information, the school was able to use the same funds to provide appropriate tutoring. The athlete went on to make the conference honor roll and now has the second highest grade-point average on the team. The academic-enhancement fund also gives student-athletes across the country the opportunity to receive tutoring assistance and access to computer services and academic advising that will assist in obtaining a college degree. Special assistance fund A number of student-athletes have special financial needs that require additional funds above and beyond their scholarship to meet the basic necessities. Since that the establishment of the NCAA special assistance fund, many student-athletes have been able to acquire necessities that they otherwise may not have been able to afford. The special assistance fund has helped hundreds of young people get necessary medical treatment, dental and eye care, clothing, course supplies, and other essentials. One student-athlete used money from the fund to put his life back together after a hurricane destroyed his home in Home-stead, Florida. Another athlete relied on the fund to help pay for diagnostic treatment, surgery and after care for cancer. Today, the special assistance fund contains $10 million a year. In addition, flexibility has been added in how the dollars may be used.
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