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The NCAA News -- March 15, 1999

Manuals scheduled for summer mailing

Member institutions are reminded that the 1999-00 NCAA manuals will be mailed in July.

This year's manuals are the third set produced since the Association restructured in 1997 and the second to be produced with a summer mailing date.

Manuals used to be printed and shipped in April under the old NCAA structure, but now the manuals are printed in June in order to accommodate final legislative actions that take place during the Division I Board of Directors' April meeting. Because the Divisions II and III Manuals have the same legislative citations as Division I, any Division I legislative changes approved by the Board in April could have an effect on the Divisions II and III Manuals.

As a result, the three manuals are produced in a 90-day period as opposed to a four-month schedule allowed under the old structure.

Manuals are distributed to directors of athletics; faculty athletics representatives; senior woman administrators; chief executive officers; conference commissioners; compliance officers; and provisional, affiliated and corresponding members.