DIVISION I

Committee recommends major review of college football

The Division I Football Issues Committee is recommending that the Association undertake a comprehensive study of college football that would be conducted by a presidential task force under the guidance of the NCAA Division I Board of Directors.

Staff contact: Dennis L. Poppe.

NCAA FOUNDATION

Lilly Endowment provides $1.5 million to Foundation

Lilly Endowment Inc., an Indianapolis-based private philanthropic foundation that supports the causes of education, community development and religion, will provide a $1.5 million grant to the NCAA Foundation in support of a new character-development program for youth called Common Ground.

Staff contact: Marion Peavey.

LIFE SKILLS

Application sought for 2000-01 life skills class

The NCAA currently is accepting applications for the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program 2000-01 class. The next orientation is February 8-10, 2001, in Long Beach, California. Information about the program and the application are available on NCAA Online (www.ncaa.org).

The 2001 CHAMPS/Life Skills Continuing Education Conference will be held February 10-13, 2001, in Long Beach, California. Registration materials will be sent to all CHAMPS/
Life Skills coordinators this fall.

Staff contact: Lori Hendricks.

INTERNET

Web-based legislative database to aid compliance community

The Legislative Services Database for the Internet (LSDBi) will be unveiled to the membership August 1.

The new delivery system means that the three division Manuals and interpretations will be available through a Web browser and at a faster access speed than before.

Staff contacts: David Schnase.

CHAMPIONSHIPS

Division I cabinet endorses cost-savings initiatives

The Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet has recommended changes in travel policies for Division I and National Collegiate Championships.

The cabinet, which met June 27-28, approved a policy that would require participants located within 300 miles (rather than the current 250 miles) of a Division I or National Collegiate Championship site to travel via ground transportation rather than by air. The change would save about $288,000 annually.

In addition, the cabinet approved a policy that if an institution is eligible to use air transportation to the site of a championship (that is, if it is more than 300 miles from the site) and an airport is located within 120 miles of either the destination or the institution, the institution would be required to use ground transportation to and from that airport. This policy, which would save about $382,000, would not be applied for Division I men's and women's basketball.

Staff contacts: Tricia Bork.

CHAMPIONSHIPS

Division II committee seeks equal participation opportunities

The Division II Championships Committee is recommending expanding championship brackets and squad sizes for the 2001-02 academic year in order to achieve gender equity in championship participation opportunities.

At its most recent meeting, the committee recommended increasing the women's softball bracket from from 32 to 48 teams and the soccer bracket from from 16 to 24 teams. It also proposed squad-size increases in field hockey, women's soccer, softball and men's soccer.

Staff contacts: Tom Jacobs.

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