In a report to the Management Council, Harold P. "Chappy" Menninger, director of athletics at Mount St. Mary's College (Maryland) and chair of the Strategic Planning Cabinet, acknowledged that the responsibility for strategic planning rests with the NCAA Executive Committee, the Division I Board of Directors and the Division I Management Council.

However, Menninger said he believes the Strategic Planning Cabinet could be "a valuable asset" in developing a strategic plan not only for the six Association-wide committees whose Division I members report to it but also for the entire Division I governance structure.

The Management Council will meet July 27-28.

The Strategic Planning Cabinet also declined to support a request from the NCAA Professional Sports Liaison Committee to continue as a stand-alone Division I committee in the new structure. The committee noted that:

Two other Division I cabinets met for the second time recently.

The Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet met June 30 in Kansas City and approved the chairs and makeup of each of its six subcommittees. They include:

Academics/initial eligibility -- James A. Castaneda, Rice University, chair; David Goldfield, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Sam F. McClanahan, Northern Arizona University; Noel M. Ragsdale, University of Southern California; and Pauline N. Saternow, Youngstown State University.

Amateurism and agents -- Harold R. Bardo, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Forest J. Bowman, West Virginia Univer-sity; Christine H. B. Grant, University of Iowa; Sondra Norrell-Thomas, Howard University; M. Lee Pelton, Dartmouth College, chair; Lyman Porter, University of California, Irvine; and Barbara G. Walker, University of Oregon.

Legislative review/interpretations -- William T. Collins, Campbell University, chair; R. Elaine Dreidame, University of Dayton; Tedi Ellison, Texas A&M University, College Station; Mary Kay Hungate, Louisiana Tech University; Thomas F. Perry, Syracuse University; and Walker.

Academics/continuing eligibility -- Keith Carodine, University of Florida; Denise J. Cohen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Judith K. Devine, Kent State University, chair; Cecil O. Huey Jr., Clemson University; Jerome P. Rogers, Eastern Illinois University; and Anne M. Sullivan, University of Vermont.

Student-athlete reinstatement -- Anne S. Barbour, Tulane University, chair; Barbara Church, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference; John J. Coyle, Pennsylvania State University; Craig Littlepaige, University of Virginia; and Richard J. Mazzuto, St. Mary's College (California).

Recruiting -- Karen Adams, Lehigh University; Bud K. Haidet, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Littlepaige; Michael B. McGee, University of South Carolina, chair; Janis Sanchez-Hucles, Old Dominion University; and Waneen W. Spirduso, University of Texas at Austin.

The chairs of the subcommittees and the chair of the cabinet, David B. Knight, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, will make up the cabinet's administrative committee, which will conduct any necessary business of the group between meetings of the full body.

The six subcommittees received updates on issues and descriptions of duties from staff members who have served as liaisons to NCAA standing committees subsumed by the cabinet. In some cases, the work of the new subcommittees will begin immediately after the new structure becomes effective August 1.

In other action, the cabinet:

The Championships/Competition Cabinet met June 19 and discussed a pair of legislative proposals from the 1997 NCAA Convention.

The cabinet reviewed Proposal No. 125, which would have provided for changes in the number of contact days in spring football in Divisions I and II. The proposal was referred to the Championships/Competition Cabinet in Division I and to the Management Council in Division II.

The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports and the American Football Coaches Association recently announced a compromise agreement that is described elsewhere in this issue of The NCAA News. The Championships/
Competition Cabinet will review the proposal at its September meeting and hopes to have appropriate legislation in place for approval in spring 1998.

Proposal No. 129, a resolution that would have directed a special committee to develop legislation that would permit the membership to consider moving the traditional seasons for baseball and softball in Division I, also was referred to the new governance structure. At its June 19 meeting, the cabinet asked the staff to develop a survey of Division I chief executive officers to determine their interest in moving the seasons. The results will be reviewed at the cabinet's September 23-25 meeting.