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The NCAA Executive Committee has voted to honor its existing contracts for championships in South Carolina and Georgia, where issues around the prominent display or sovereign position of the Confederate battle flag had prompted requests for the events to be relocated.
As a result of the Executive Committee's action during its April 27 meeting in Indianapolis, the 2002 first and second rounds of the Division I Men's Basketball Championship will be conducted in Greenville, South Carolina, as scheduled, along with the 2002 and 2007 Men's Final Four and the 2003 Women's Final Four scheduled for Atlanta.
There also are a number of other predetermined championships already contracted for sites in both states that will be conducted as planned.
However, the committee restated its opposition to awarding future predetermined championship sites where the battle flag continues to have a prominent presence.
The committee voted to delay making a decision about awarding future predetermined championship sites in South Carolina, pending additional discussion by its Subcommittee on Gender and Diversity Issues.
While there are no predetermined championships already committed to sites in Mississippi, the Executive Committee agreed that given the recent vote in that state to maintain its flag, which includes a significant representation of the Confederate battle flag, no predetermined sites will be awarded to Mississippi for the foreseeable future.
The Executive Committee took action in response to internal requests from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the NABC's Student Basketball Council and the Black Coaches Association to relocate championships scheduled for South Carolina and Georgia until there is resolution to the prominent display of the Confederate battle flag in those states. After Georgia voted to change its flag in January, reducing the size of the battle flag represented in the state's ensign, those internal constituents withdrew their request regarding Georgia.
In addition, the committee approved criteria for selecting predetermined championship sites in the future for all of its events. Decisions about future predetermined championship sites in the state of Georgia also will be made using the criteria established by the Executive Committee.
None of the Association's championship sites that might be awarded based on competitive record or seeding will be affected by the committee's action.
For current and future predetermined championship sites in general, the Executive Committee adopted the following standards:
Among other criteria considered when selecting current and future championship sites, the NCAA will continue to consider the ability of a site to provide a quality experience for the participants and fans and to conduct those events safely.
In determining whether a proposed site can provide a quality experience, the NCAA will consider the site's ability to assure that the benefits inherent in championship competition will flow fairly to all participants and its ability to promote an atmosphere of respect for and sensitivity to the dignity of every person.
The NCAA's focus will be on education and a quality championships experience.
Each division's governance structure will use those criteria when considering predertermined-site recommendations.
New budget process
The Executive Committee tentatively approved the 2001-02 budget, and the group also approved changes to the budget process for Association-wide and Divisions I, II and III for fiscal-year 2002-03. The changes include moving to a biennial budget process for Association-wide, divisional and championships initiatives, which the Executive Committee believes will allow other committees more time to remain focused on the priorities of the Association when formulating budget requests.
Thus, the Executive Committee is recommending that future budget requests be submitted in November, allowing for Management Council consideration in January.
In a related matter, the Executive Committee also agreed that future budget requests must include the full cost of new programs or program expansion. In other words, budget requests must include costs for "overhead" (additional staffing, operations, travel and capital costs). For those programs where dollars are just passed through to another entity, no overhead rate will be applied. But where an initiative requires staffing, a 25 percent rate increase will be applied. For those programs where only indirect costs are necessary, a 10 percent rate will be applied.
The Executive Committee noted that all three divisions' budget committees, Management Councils and presidential bodies have supported the concept.
In another matter, the Executive Committee modified a policy regarding speaking agents of the Association to state that positions of advocacy by committee chairs have prior approval from the Executive Committee or the NCAA president before they are issued to external groups or individuals.
Other highlights
NCAA Executive Committee
April 27/Indianapolis
Referred the issue of American Indian mascots, nicknames and imagery to the Subcommittee on Gender and Diversity Issues and the Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee.
Approved requests from the Committee on Women's Athletics, the Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee and the Postgraduate Scholarship Committee for a waiver of the two-meetings-per-year requirement (each group will have three meetings in 2001-02).
Approved a request from Division III for an exemption to the men's and women's basketball rule change requiring institutions to have a shot clock and a red indicator light mounted on each basket, due to the significant financial impact on its member institutions.
Approved a proposal from the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports that adds the drug "ecstasy" to the list of NCAA-banned substances. (All three divisions also approved the proposal.)
Approved the following new appointments to the NCAA Foundation Board of Directors: Robert J. Brown, chair and CEO of B&C Associates, Inc.; Napoleon Brandford III, chair and co-founder of Siebert, Brandford Shank & Company, LLC; Kare L. Katen, president of U.S. Pharmaceuticals Pfizer, Inc.; David B. Mathis, chair and CEO of Kemper Insurance Companies; Richard D. Parsons, president of Time Warner, Inc.; Robin Roberts, ESPN and ABC Sports commentator; and Donna F. Tuttle, president and co-founder of the Korn Tuttle Capital Group, Inc.
Noted that due to high costs and the lack of available space, the 2003 NCAA Convention, originally scheduled to be held in San Francisco, will be conducted in Anaheim, California.
Received an update on the work of the Executive Committee Ad Hoc NCAA Review Committee.
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