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| June 8-10 | Division II Membership Committee | Key West, Florida |
| July 8-10 | Divisions I, II and III Men's and Women's Tennis Committees | Indianapolis |
| July 8-11 | Baseball Rules Committee | Indianapolis |
| July 11 | Division II Budget and Finance Committee | Atlanta |
| July 15-17 | Committee on Women's Athletics | New York |
| July 15-17 | Division III Women's Golf Committee | Indianapolis |
| July 15-18 | Division I Baseball Committee | Cape Cod, Massachusetts |
| July 16-18 | Division II Men's Golf Committee | Indianapolis |
| July 17-18 | Division II Deregulation Summitt | Providence, Rhode Island |
| July 17-19 | Division II Legislation Committee | Providence, Rhode Island |
| July 18-21 | Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee | Providence, Rhode Island |
| July 18-21 | Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee | Providence, Rhode Island |
| July 22-23 | Divisions I, II and III Management Councils | Providence, Rhode Island |
GENDER EQUITY
Blue-ribbon commission selected to study issues related to Title IX
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige announced the formation of a blue-ribbon commission to study Title IX during a June 27 hearing.
The 15-member Commission on Opportunity in Athletics will be co-chaired by former WNBA star Cynthia Cooper and Ted Leland, director of athletics at Stanford University. Other members include Deborah A. Yow, athletics director at the University of Maryland, College Park; Percy Bates, faculty athletics representative at the University of Michigan; University of Notre Dame women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw; and Gene DeFilippo, athletics director at Boston College.
Paige noted during the hearing that the commission will gather information on Title IX and provide advice to the Department of Education, but that the Department would not automatically adopt any recommendations.
MINORITY OPPORTUNITIES
ommittee cites areas of focus for CEOs, athletics administrators
The NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee, nearing completion of its report to the NCAA Football Study Oversight Committee, has cited several areas on which college presidents and athletics administrators should focus in the coming months to improve a stagnant hiring situation in football
CONTACT: Rochelle Collins
DIVISION I
AEC cabinet endorses revised athlete reinstatement philosophy
The Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet met June 19-21 in Indianapolis to discuss a number of items, including student-athlete reinstatement issues in amateurism violations. The cabinet endorsed a new standard that is a shift from the "intent to professionalize" analysis, and would render an individual "who engages in activities that professionalize himself or herself" permanently ineligible for Division I athletics. Under those terms, however, the individual's actions shall be reviewed under a "reasonable person" standard to determine if those actions warrant the individual not being reinstated for intercollegiate athletics eligibility.
CONTACT: Julie Roe
DIVISION I
Championships cabinet addresses regionalization issues
One of the primary issues the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet addressed during its June 25-27 meeting in Indianapolis was clarifying the uncertainty surrounding the concept of regionalization in bracketing.
The cabinet agreed that sports committee policies and procedures regarding seeding and bracketing should return to those in effect before September 11, 2001. Also, the cabinet agreed that its bracket/format subcommittee should continue its review of the issue in order to make sure that sports committees are operating under uniform guidelines when selecting their championship fields.
The cabinet has agreed to study several proposed models that might better guide sports committees in seeding and bracketing teams.
CONTACT: Judy Sweet
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