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NCAA News Archive - 2002
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| June 24-26 | Women's Water Polo Committee | Washington, D.C. |
| June 24-27 | Women's Rowing Committee | San Francisco |
| June 25-27 | Division I Men's Golf Committee | Indianapolis |
| June 25-27 | Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet | Indianapolis |
| June 25-28 | Division II Championships Committee | San Francisco |
| June 26-27 | Division I Committee on Athletics Certification | Indianapolis |
| June 27-28 | Division III Interpretations and Legislation Committee | Indianapolis |
| June 27-28 | Division III Membership Committee | Indianapolis |
BASKETBALL
Records established in men's and women's attendance for 2001-02
A record number of fans watched NCAA men's and women's basketball games during the 2001-02 season.
For the men, Division I attendance topped the 24 million mark for the third straight season. The Division I season total of 24,499,611 fans was 217,837 more than the record number set two years ago.
Women's attendance passed the nine million mark for the first time in 2001-02, the 18th consecutive record. National women's attendance jumped by more than 700,000, as 9,532,781 spectators flocked to the 2001-02 games, a record 6,937,813 of them in Division I.
CONTACT: Gary K. Johnson for men's and Richard M. Campbell for women's.
CORPORATE CHAMPIONS
Coca-Cola is first member of corporate champion program
The Coca-Cola Company has been selected as the NCAA's first corporate champion that will support and advance the NCAA's mission and values.
Coca-Cola will pay CBS more than $500 million for the 11-year marketing and media package. The deal is the first of its kind under the NCAA's new $6 billion bundled-rights agreement with CBS, whereby the corporate champion agreements are used to offset CBS' purchase of the rights fees from the NCAA.
Projected NCAA revenue for the duration of the CBS contract is not affected by this agreement.
CONTACT: David Knopp
DIVISION II
Graduation-rate survey material to be returned by July 1
Responses to a Division II pilot study on student-athlete graduation rates are due at the national office by July I.
The pilot study, which was mailed May 22 to Division II athletics directors, is designed to measure the academic outcomes of a broader section of student-athletes than what is measured in the annual study mandated by the federal Student-Right-to-Know Act. That study tallies graduation rates only for student-athletes receiving athletically related aid. It also does not allow institutions to count incoming transfers, even if they subsequently graduate, and requires that outgoing transfers count as not having graduated.
The completed form should be sent via facsimile (317/917-6808) to Mike Racy, chief of staff for Division II, by July 1.
CONTACT: Mike Racy
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