Following is the report of the August 10 meeting of the Division I Board of Directors at the NCAA national office in Indianapolis. All actions taken by the Board of Directors are included. Highlights of the meeting were reported in the August 28 issue of The NCAA News.

1. Meeting Minutes.

BOARD ACTION: Approved as distributed the minutes of the April 27, 2000, Board of Directors meeting. (Unanimous voice vote.)

2. Division I Management Council and Board of Directors Appointments.

BOARD ACTION: Approved the following interim appointments (unanimous voice vote):

a. Management Council.

Dan Beebe, Ohio Valley Conference

Teresa Kuehn, West Coast Conference

John McCutcheon, California Polytechnic State University, Big West Conference

b. Board of Directors.

Francis Lawrence, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, Big East Conference

Joseph A. Steger, University of Cincinnati, Conference USA

c. Division I Budget Subcommittee.

Milton Gordon, California State University, Fullerton, Big West Conference

3. Report of the Division I Budget Subcommittee.

BOARD ACTIONS:

a. 2000-01 Budget.

(1) Approved the Division I budget for 2000-01. (Unanimous voice vote.)

(2) Expressed concern that there was insufficient opportunity for all Board members to review the details of the 2000-01 budget and consult with conference associates before approval, as NCAA staff did not provide the full Board with a copy of the 2000-01 budget before the meeting.

b. 2002-03 Revenue Distribution and Budget Planning. Reviewed a solicitation sent to Division I conference commissioners regarding the timeline and policies to allocate new revenue under the new CBS contract, effective 2002-03.

4. Basketball Issues.

BOARD ACTIONS:

a. Status Report. Received a status report concerning the collection of information by NCAA staff members from attendance at summer evaluation camps and from meetings with a variety of individuals and groups, including representatives of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) (assistant and head coaches), Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), National Federation of State High School Associations, National Basketball Association (NBA), National Basketball Association Players Association (NBAPA), Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and NABC Student Basketball Council, Nike, adidas and media.

b. Appointed the following individuals to the Basketball Issues Committee (unanimous voice vote):

Men's Subcommittee

Steven Bilsky, University of Pennsylvania, Ivy Group, director of athletics (I-AA)

Jim Delany, Big Ten Conference, commissioner (I-A)

Bob Frederick, University of Kansas, Big 12 Conference, director of athletics (I-A)

Doug Fullerton, Big Sky Conference, commissioner
(I-AA)

Ernie Kent, University of Oregon, Pacific-10 Conference, men's basketball coach (I-A)

Floyd Kerr, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Southwestern Athletic Conference, director of athletics (I-AA)

Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University, Atlantic Coast Conference, men's basketball coach (I-A)

Bob Lawless, University of Tulsa, Western Athletic Conference, president (I-A)

Phil Matthews, University of San Francisco, West Coast Conference, men's basketball coach (I-AAA)

John Parry, Butler University, Midwestern Collegiate Conference, director of athletics (I-AAA)

Lorenzo Romar, Saint Louis University, Conference USA, men's basketball coach (I-A)

Kenneth Shaw, chair, Syracuse University, Big East Conference, president (I-A)

Tubby Smith, University of Kentucky, Southeastern Conference, men's basketball coach (I-A)

Jon Steinbrecher, Mid-Continent Conference, commissioner (I-AAA)

[Two student-athletes also will be appointed to the subcommittee.]

Women's Subcommittee

Linda Bruno, Atlantic 10 Conference, commissioner (I-AA)

Carolayne Henry, Mountain West Conference, assistant commissioner (I-A)

Lynn Hickey, University of Texas, San Antonio, Southland Conference, director of athletics (I-AA)

Bernadette McGlade, Atlantic Coast Conference, assistant commissioner (I-A)

Diane Murphy, University of Denver, Sun Belt Conference, director of athletics (I-AAA)

Andrea Seger, Ball State University, Mid-American Conference, director of athletics (I-A)

Marsha Sharp, Texas Tech University, Big 12 Conference, women's basketball coach (I-A)

Rebecca Stafford, chair, Monmouth University, Northeast Conference, president (I-AA)

Vivian Stringer, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, Big East Conference, women's basketball coach (I-A)

Pat Summitt, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Southeastern Conference, women's basketball coach (I-A)

James Sweat, Norfolk State University, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, women's basketball coach (I-AA)

Tara VanDerveer, Stanford University, Pacific-10 Conference, women's basketball coach (I-A)

Patty Viverito, Missouri Valley Conference, senior associate commissioner (I-AAA)

Miechelle Willis, Ohio State University, Big Ten Conference, associate director of athletics/senior woman administrator (I-A)

[Two student-athletes also will be appointed to the subcommittee.]

c. Recruiting Calendar Time Frame. Noted that the men's subcommittee is expected to initially meet in October to review the information collected by NCAA staff and to begin developing a new men's recruiting calendar, that discussion will occur at the 2001 Convention during a Division I forum on the subcommittee's recommendations, that the subcommittee's recommendations regarding the men's recruiting calendar will be submitted to the Management Council for initial review in April 2001, and that final Management Council and Board review will occur in October 2001.

5. Status Report on Confederate Flag Issue.

BOARD ACTION: Received a report regarding the chronology of issues related to the Confederate flag and offered comments to the Division I members of the Executive Committee to assist them in addressing this issue for the Association at the Executive Committee meeting.

6. Update from the Chair of the Board.

FYI: Noted that the Board and Executive Committee will be selecting new chairs, who will take office after the January meetings.

7. Division I Administrative Committee Report on Interim Actions.

a. Agreed to adopt emergency, noncontroversial legislation (Proposal No. 2000-45) to specify that the vice-chair of the Management Council shall be one of the four members of the Administrative Committee and shall serve as its chair, effective immediately. (Unanimous voice vote.)

8. NCAA President's Report.

BOARD ACTIONS:

a. Reviewed and discussed the NCAA's involvement with the Knight Commission and the President's initiatives for the next several years, including basketball issues, amateurism deregulation, the growing athletics financial "arms race," football issues and the need for individuals involved in intercollegiate athletics to refocus on the educational mission of the Association.

b. Requested that the NCAA continue to maintain a chronology of presidential involvement in intercollegiate athletics beginning in 1980 and including key events such as the establishment of the Presidents Commission and the Knight Commission.

c. Discussed correspondence received on behalf of the Division I-A conference commissioners regarding the proposed NCAA study of football issues, noted that the Football Issues Committee has recommended that the Championships/Competition Cabinet endorse this study in September and that the Management Council and Board of Directors would then review this recommendation at a future meeting, and suggested that any recommendation for the study should clearly specify the issues to be included (and not included) in the study.

9. Litigation Update.

a. Waiver of Legislation to Eliminate Preseason Football Games.

BOARD ACTIONS:

(1) Noted that Proposal No. 98-90 eliminates all preseason exempted football contests subsequent to the 2002 football season and adds an opportunity for a 12th regular-season game in certain years; that during its July 26-27, 1999, meeting, the Management Council modified the wording of Proposal No. 98-90 to clarify that an institution may not participate in both a preseason exempted football contest and a 12th regular-season football contest during the 2002 playing season.

(2) Noted that since the July 1999 meeting, the NCAA has received correspondence from the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) (sponsors of the Pigskin Classic and Kickoff Classic), the Black Coaches Association (BCA) (sponsors of the BCA Football Classic) and the Eddie G. Robinson Foundation (sponsors of the Eddie Robinson Football Classic) documenting that the terms of the pre-existing contractual agreements between their organizations and the television networks cannot be fulfilled adequately for the 2002 season in light of the July decision by the Management Council.

(3) Agreed to approve a waiver that would allow universities to participate in one of these four preseason football games in 2002, in addition to playing a 12th regular-season game, noting that this is a one-time waiver and that member institutions should be aware that their contractual relationships are subject to NCAA bylaws. (Unanimous voice vote -- Frohnmayer abstained.)

10. Discussion of National Youth Sports Program (NYSP).

BOARD ACTION: Adopted emergency, noncontroversial legislation (Proposal No. 2000-46) to eliminate the National Youth Sports Program Committee, effective immediately. (Unanimous voice vote.)

11. Collegiate All-Star Contests -- Division I Football (Bylaws 11.1.6 and 30.2.2.).

BOARD ACTION: Adopted emergency, noncontroversial legislation (Proposal No. 2000-43) to eliminate the certification process for Division I-A all-star football games, effectively immediately. (Unanimous voice vote.)

12. Cabinet Authority to Waive Sports Committee Requirements (Bylaw 21.6.6.3.3.3.3.1).

BOARD ACTION: Adopted emergency, noncontroversial legislation (Proposal No. 2000-44) that establishes a process for the cabinet to request Management Council Administrative Committee approval of waivers of sports committee composition requirements, except subdivisional requirements, and to stagger or extend terms for sports committees members when necessary, effective immediately. (Unanimous voice vote.)

13. Requests for Exceptions to the Membership Moratorium.

BOARD ACTION: Approved the waiver criteria used by the Management Council and noted that Indiana University/
Purdue University, Fort Wayne, had submitted additional information for review by the Membership Subcommittee and the Management Council. (Unanimous voice vote.)