Following is a combined report of the January 6 Division I Management Council and January 8 Division I Board of Directors meetings in conjunction with the NCAA Convention in Orlando, Florida. This report is separated into two sections, the first of which includes actions taken on items considered only by the Board of Directors and the second of which includes actions taken on items considered by the Management Council and, if necessary, the Board of Directors. Highlights of both meetings were reported in the January 15 issue of The NCAA News.

Section One

Actions taken on items considered only by the Board of Directors.

BOARD ACTION: Noted that the conference nominations satisfied the legislated minimum ethnicity and gender requirements and approved the following appointments to the Management Council, effective after the January 2001 meeting (unanimous voice vote):

Robert Aronson, faculty athletics representative, University of Washington (reselection)

Ellen Perry, associate director of athletics, Pennsylvania State University (reselection)

Richard Tharp, director of athletics, University of Colorado, Boulder (reselection)

Darlene Bailey, senior woman administrator, Southwest Missouri State University

Mike Bobinski, director of athletics, Xavier University

Alison Cone, associate director of athletics, California Polytechnic State University

Paul Dee, director of athletics, University of Miami (Florida)

Cheryl Levick, director of athletics, Santa Clara University

Stephanie McDonald, assistant commissioner, Mid-American Conference

Bernadette McGlade, associate commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference

James Murphy, director of athletics, Davidson College

Kevin Porter, assistant director of athletics, Northeastern University

Lynda Tealer, associate commissioner, Southland Conference

BOARD ACTIONS:

(c) Requested that time be set aside at a future Board meeting, most likely in August, for an extensive discussion of the amateurism proposals that receive second approval from the Management Council and for a review of more detailed information regarding the specific problems that the proposals are addressing.

BOARD ACTION: Appointed the replacements for departing Board members on the following committees (unanimous voice vote):

a. Executive Committee:

Robert Hemenway, University of Kansas

William (Brit) Kirwan, Ohio State University

Linwood Rose, James Madison University

b. Division I Budget Committee:

Carol Cartwright, Kent State University

Linwood Rose, James Madison University

c. Executive Committee Subcommittee on Gender and Diversity:

Donald Beggs, Wichita State University

Section Two

Actions taken on items considered by the Management Council and, if necessary, the Board of Directors.

2. Minutes of the Management Council Administrative Committee Telephone Conferences.

3. Meeting Minutes.

FYI: Received a report of the Executive Committee November 2, 2000, meeting and took no action.

5. Litigation Update.

FYI: Each group received a report from the NCAA general counsel regarding current litigation involving the Association and took no action.

6. Federal Relations Report.

FYI: Each group received a report from the NCAA director of federal relations on key congressional and governmental activities of interest to the NCAA, including the major state and federal government issues anticipated for 2001.

MC ACTION: Received a report of key issues, including the Association's efforts with federal gambling legislation; the new format used for the 2000 NCAA Membership Report; the appointment of a marketing, licensing and promotions advisory committee to the president, which will include four members of the Division I Management Council; the status of the marketing rights associated with the new CBS contract; the status of the renegotiation of the television contract for the championships currently broadcast by ESPN; and the issues under review by the Knight Commission.

8. Review of the Convention Schedule.

MC ACTION: Reviewed the schedule for the following Convention events and took no action.

a. Association-wide programs for Saturday, January 6.

b. Division I forum on amateurism and basketball, Monday, January 8.

9. Cabinet Reports.

b. Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet -- Subcommittee on Legislative Review/Interpretations.

FYI: Received a report that no conference submitted an alternative amateurism legislative proposal.

11. Committee Reports.

(1) Heard presentations from the chairs of the Committee on Women's Athletics and the Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee (MOIC) regarding the following prioritized budget requests, totaling $590,700 for 2001-02:

Additional site for NACWAA/HERS -- $250,000

MOIC Leadership Institute -- $187,500

Increased number of NCAA internships -- $62,500

Increased number of postgraduate scholarships -- $13,200

Baseline study of diversity of officials -- $5,000

Professional development programs for coaches associations -- $67,500

Title IX brochures -- $5,000

(2) Agreed that the Division I Budget Committee should be informed that the Management Council considered the top two funding priorities for Association-wide expenses for 2001-02 to be the NACWAA/HERS additional site and the MOIC Leadership Institute; and supported the remaining requests for 2001-02, if funding is available. (Unanimous voice vote.) [See also Division I Budget Committee report, Item No. 11-c-(1) below.]

MC ACTION: Received a report regarding the discussions to date of the men's and women's subcommittees and noted that there would be further discussion at the forum on Monday, January 8.

BOARD ACTION: Discussed the need for the men's subcommittee of the Basketball Issues Committee to review the amateurism proposals and to determine the impact and unintended consequences of the proposals on the recommendations from the subcommittee and on basketball in general.

MC ACTIONS: Reviewed the projected allocations for Division I ($1 million) and Association-wide expenses (about $1.5 million) and a preliminary list of possible budget requests for about $3 million for Division I championships and about $11 million for Association-wide expenses; and agreed that the Division I Budget Committee should be aware that the Management Council considered the following items to be the top funding priorities for 2001-02 (unanimous voice vote):

(a) Division I Championships -- Men's soccer bracket expansion and transportation reimbursement for play-in games.

(b) Association-wide Expenses -- The NACWAA/HERS additional site and the MOIC Leadership Institute; and all of the other requests for 2001-02 that have been submitted by the Committee on Women's Athletics and Minorities Opportunities and Interests Committee, if funding is available. [See Item No. 11-a-(2) above.]

(a) Received the report of the Management Council's priorities.

MC ACTIONS: Received a report regarding a suggested framework of the major components of the proposed revenue distribution method for the first five years of the new basketball contract and requested information at the April meeting regarding the use of the annual $1.1 million Hall of Champions allocation and what constitutes the "other" revenue line item on the projected budget.

MC ACTIONS:

FYI: Received a report from the Honors Committee and took no action

MC ACTION: Approved a request to extend, by one year, the term of Floyd Laisure, Bethune-Cookman College. (Unanimous voice vote.)

(a) Received a report regarding the committee's discussions at its Convention meeting and the preparation for the joint meeting with the Management Council.

12. Report of Management Council Subcommittees.

b. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Student-Athletes Issues.

FYI: Received a report from the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Student-Athletes Issues and noted that there would be more detailed discussion at the joint meeting with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee on Sunday, January 7.

MC ACTIONS:

(a) Noted that with the adoption of a one-year term for the chair of the Management Council, it was necessary to issue an interpretation clarifying the following three-term rotation requirement set forth in Constitution 4.5.3.3.1:

(2) Subdivision Representation Among the Chairs of the Board of Directors, Management Council and Cabinets. (Constitution 4.5.3.3.2)

(a) Noted that the following provision for subdivision representation among the chairs of the Board of Directors, Management Council and cabinets is inappropriate and constraining in the current structure, which has two cabinets instead of the original four cabinets:

Among the chairs of the Board of Directors, Management Council and cabinets, there shall be at least one representative from each subdivision serving as chair at any time.

(c) Agreed that each cabinet should be provided an opportunity to react to the draft legislation before Management Council review in April.

(3) Subdivision Requirements for Chair of the Board of Directors.

(a) Defeated a recommendation from the subcommittee to request the Board of Directors to react to a potential legislative proposal, which would delete the requirements in Constitution 4.5.3.3.1 and 4.5.3.3.2 regarding subdivisional representation for the chair of the Board of Directors. (For 18.5, against 31.5, not present 1.) [See Vote No. 1.]

(a) Noted that the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet currently has 34 members from 27 of the 31 Division I conferences and that, because four Division I-AA and Division I-AAA conferences currently are not represented on the cabinet, they do not receive the same level of information regarding the work of the cabinet; additional cabinet members would provide more members to assist the subcommittees with the greatest need and amount of work; and an expanded cabinet would present additional opportunities to provide for diversity, which would also allow conferences to develop the experience of individuals who could later serve on the Management Council.

(6) Management Council Mailings. Received a report that the subcommittee agreed to work with the Collegiate Commissioners Association of Compliance Administrators (CCACA) and NCAA staff to develop ways to insure that legislative proposals and other significant Management Council action items are made available, potentially through the CCACA list serve and/or NCAA Web site, to conference offices at least 30 days before the April and October Management Council meetings.

d. Membership Subcommittee.

(2) Division I Minimum Contests and Participant Waiver Request from Wofford College. Approved the institution's request for a waiver, in the sport of women's indoor track, of the minimum number of intercollegiate contests and the minimum number of participants in a contest, pursuant to NCAA Bylaw 20.9.3.3.8.1, to allow the institution to receive an additional revenue distribution "credit." (Unanimous voice vote.)

(3) Granting Waivers of Minimum Contests and Participants for Revenue Distribution Purposes. Approved the following policy change related to the review of waivers of minimum Division I contests and participant requirements that are submitted only for the purpose of counting for revenue distribution: (Unanimous voice vote.)

After August 1, 2001, the NCAA Division I Management Council Membership Subcommittee will no longer review requests for waivers of Division I sports-sponsorship requirements that are only for revenue-distribution purposes.

(1) Committee on Infractions. Noted that the deadline date for nominations for an interim vacancy had been extended until January 12, 2001, and that the Administrative Committee would make that appointment; and that the two September 1 vacancies would be considered during the April Management Council meeting.

(a) Noted that the committee strongly preferred to replace a president who had resigned from the committee with another president and that only one president had been nominated.

(b) Noted that the one president nominated was from a conference already represented on the committee and agreed that because of the nature of the work of the committee and the need for CEO involvement, it would be appropriate in this instance to allow a conference to have two representatives on the committee. (For 26.5, against 23.5, not present 1.) [See Vote No. 3.]

MC ACTION: Received a draft outline of the Division I priorities and objectives for the strategic plan and took no action.

g. Vacancies on Management Council Subcommittees After the January 2001 Meeting. Noted that Management Council members had been requested to complete a survey indicating their interest in serving on Management Council subcommittees, for use by the Administrative Committee in making future appointments.

a. Composition of the Division I-AA Football Committee. The committee recommended that the Management Council adopt, and forward to the Board of Directors, emergency, noncontroversial legislation to modify Constitution 4.5.6.1-(a) to provide that if a Division I-AA conference representative to the Management Council is not from a participating member of the Division I-AA Football Conference, the conference may appoint another representative, who is from an institution that plays football in that conference, as its representative on the Division I-AA Football Governance Committee. (Unanimous voice vote.)

b. Division I-A to Division I-AA Transfer Rule. The committee discussed the rationale for and ramifications of the transfer rule that allows Division I-A football student-athletes to transfer to a Division I-AA institution without serving a year-in-residence and defeated a motion to request conference offices to tally for the past five years the transfers from Division I-A to Division I-AA, how many seasons of competition remained when the student-athlete transferred, and how many seasons the student-athlete actually completed. (For 4, against 9.)

c. Membership Standards. The committee continued its discussion regarding potential Division I membership standards and appropriate scholarship requirements.

d. Conference Scheduling. The committee discussed flexibility in conference scheduling and conference membership and agreed that institutions requesting relief from playing a conference schedule have the option of competing as an independent in football.

a. Defeated a request to approve as emergency, noncontroversial legislation a modification to the 2001 men's basketball recruiting calendar to allow institutions to conduct institutional camps and clinics during the 10 days in July that are currently classified as a dead period. (For 8, against 40, abstain 2, not present 1.) [See Vote No. 4.]

b. Defeated a motion to consider as emergency, noncontroversial legislation a proposal to permit Division I men's basketball coaches to evaluate men's basketball prospective student-athletes during 20 consecutive days in the month of July (July 8-27), effective for the summer of 2001. (The motion failed because emergency, noncontroversial legislation requires a three-fourths majority -- for 28.5, against 20.5, abstain 1, not present 1.) [See Vote No. 5.]

FYI: Each group reviewed a request for volunteers from the Board of Directors and Management Council to participate in round-table and panel discussions at the 2001 Leadership Conference and agreed that interested individuals should notify the NCAA Division I governance staff.

BOARD ACTION: The chair reported that the study protocol had been approved and that he had appointed the following individuals to the Committee to Oversee the NCAA Football Study:

Voting members.

Leroy Davis, president, South Carolina State University

Carol Harter, president, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Robert E. Hemenway, president, University of Kansas

William E. Kirwan, president, Ohio State University

Edward A. Malloy, president, University of Notre Dame

V. Lane Rawlins, president, Washington State University

Joseph A. Steger, president, University of Cincinnati

Charles Wethington, president, University of Kentucky, chair

Ex officio, nonvoting members.

Deloss Dodds, director of athletics, University of Texas at Austin

Charles Harris, commissioner, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Jerry E. McGee, president, Wingate University

Greg Sankey, commissioner, Southland Conference

John Swofford, commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference

Grant Teaff, executive director, American Football Coaches Association

19. Quarterly Membership Report.

20. Confirmation of New Management Council Chair.

MC ACTION: Noted that NCAA staff would solicit Management Council members for nominations in January and that balloting would then be conducted via facsimile/e-mail.

23. Other Business.

a. Discussion Items for Joint Meeting with the Board of Directors. Agreed that the vice-chair would identify Management Council members to discuss the following items at the joint meeting with the Board on January 8: budget priority initiatives, Confederate flag issue, report regarding the work of the Management Council subcommittee examining the trust gap with the student-athletes, Basketball Issues Committee and amateurism proposals.

(2) Noted that the Management Council has the responsibility to oversee the general administration of the enforcement process and that the NCAA enforcement services staff administers the NCAA enforcement program and has the authority to determine how to process a particular case when reasonably reliable information concerning a possible violation is received.

(4) Directed the chair of the Management Council to convey these concerns to the vice-president for enforcement services in order to determine if an alternative approach is feasible before the deadline.

(After the meeting, the enforcement staff sent a January 9 memorandum, withdrawing the request for releases, to the institutions and conferences that received the original request, and reminding the institutions to be diligent in investigating questions about any student-athlete who may have received impermissible educational expenses.)

Division I Management Council voting summary

Key: Y=Yes, N=No, A=Abstain, NP=Not Present.

Carolayne Henry, alternate for Chris Hill.