The NCAA News - News and Features

August18, 1997

• Chaos the rule with state agent laws
• Management Councils start with new structure -- Division I: Bowl-eligibility rule may be altered
• Management Councils start with new structure -- Division II: Core-course panel recommended
• Management Councils start with new structure -- Division III: Football survey is sent to CEOS
• Participants are pleased with first athlete summit
• Hudson, Ruskamp leaving Divisions I, III staffs
• Foundation's Gavitt plans to leave position in January
• Law helps with tax treatment of corporate sponsorships
• NCAA awards 12 women's postgraduate scholarships
• I Baseball Committee hears presentation on umpire program
• Tournament format revisions recommended in II baseball
• Gymnastics association names '97 top teams, scholar-athletes
• New alignment in III baseball would affect four regions
• State legislation relating to college athletics
• Research Committee approves study on academic support
• Interpretation Committee minutes
• Annual NAADD workshop offers variety of information
• NACMA discusses coordinated marketing strategies
• Group to gather information on financial aid practices in III
• Committee examines communication in new structure
• Grambling placed on two years' probation for infractions
• NYSP committee works on planning
• Student-Athlete Advisory Committee focuses on planning and communication
• Summary of initial 1998 Convention proposals
• Wrestling officiating clinics to use satellit transmissions
• Legislative assistance
• Basketball to experiment with four-quarter format
• Read-In Day
• NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program
• Operation Victory

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