The NCAA national office has received 44 requests from the Division I membership for an override vote on Proposal 2005-54, which would allow a student-athlete who has graduated with eligibility remaining to attend graduate school at a different institution and be immediately eligible, even if they participate in sports that do not allow use of the one-time transfer exception.

Based on receipt of at least 30 such requests, the Division I Board of Directors will review its previous legislative action at its August 3 meeting. If the Board does not change its previous legislative action, an override vote of Division I members will take place at the 2007 NCAA Convention.

Also at its August meeting, the Board will reconsider its defeat of a proposal to add a 12th football game for Division I-AA.

Last year's NCAA Convention featured the first override vote since Division I went to a representative governance structure in 1997. Delegates at the 2006 Convention in Indianapolis approved an override vote on increasing scholarships in three women's sports. A similar vote for women's soccer was defeated.

The Executive Committee Membership Working Group, meeting for the first time in person June 16, agreed to explore the Association-wide impact of divisional reclassification policies and also to study ways of controlling Division III’s growth without harming other divisions. It also agreed to meet again this fall to discuss possible options for addressing those issues.

Working group members agreed to two principles during their meeting in Chicago:

Members of the group also indicated that efforts to address membership issues facing Divisions II and III should include an Association-wide commitment to greater research, publicity and support.

Using the principles as a base for discussions, working group members considered ideas ranging from a suggestion by Division III representatives to study establishment of a fourth division to support by Division II representatives for encouraging institutions re-evaluating current membership classification to study Division II as a viable option.

The seven-member working group is chaired by President Michael Adams of the University of Georgia.

Division III institutions have until September 29 — the final Friday of the month — to report financial aid information through the Financial Aid Data Management System.

This is the reporting program’s second year. It requires all Division III institutions to provide financial information to the NCAA for all new students — freshmen and transfers — who entered school during 2005-06.

Institutions participating in the program this year will receive a full report by December 1 indicating whether justification will be required either because aid to student-athletes exceeded aid awarded to nonathletes who demonstrated similar need by more than 4 percent, or because of new "triggers" of reviews that were adopted by the Division III Financial Aid Committee this year.